Since 1988, the Royal Family have traditionally spent Christmas and New Year at Sandringham House, Norfolk.
Just like any typical family, the royals have certain festive traditions which they follow each year, and we have all that you need to know about the facts and traditions of the Royal Family at Christmas time…
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It has been 11 months since Charles III became King of the United Kingdom, following the sad death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. This is a huge change for the British public, and new coinage featuring King Charles III is now trickling through into circulation.
If you have noticed that The King’s circulating coinage doesn’t feature him wearing a crown and wondered the reason for this, especially when the late Queen Elizabeth II wore a crown on her circulating coinage portraits, then you have come to the right place! Here is everything you need to know about the history of crowned coinage portraits…
A ‘jubilee’ is an event in which the life and reign of a monarch is celebrated, usually worldwide. Typically, royal jubilees celebrate significant periods in monarchs’ reigns, and in British history, only four monarchs have experienced national jubilee celebrations. The naming of these celebrations coincide with wedding anniversary traditions i.e. Silver Jubilee for 25 years, Golden Jubilee for 50 years, Diamond Jubilee for 60 years, and Platinum Jubilee for 70 years.
Here, we have everything you need to know about the jubilee milestones that British monarchs have celebrated…
This year sees the coronation of a new British monarch, the first for over seventy years, reminding us how special an event like this is. Certainly, there will be special coins issued to commemorate the event, but what may surprise you is that of the five monarchs to precede King Charles III, only three of them had crown coins issued for their coronation year, and of those only two were commemorative designs.
There are five particular coins that bring together those special coronation year issues, with two others to mark significant jubilees of the five crowned monarchs to precede King Charles III. Here is everything you need to know about them…
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