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Official Royal Websites:
The British Monarchy official website: www.royal.gov.uk
(old website) and www.royal.uk (new website).
The Prince Of Wales official website:
www.princeofwales.gov.uk
The Royal Collection: www.royalcollection.org.uk
Balmoral, Scottish Home to the Royal Family, official website: www.balmoralcastle.com
The Sandringham Estate official website:
www.sandringhamestate.co.uk
Edinburgh Castle Official Website:
www.edinburghcastle.gov.uk
Historic Royal Palaces: www.hrp.org.uk
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The Royal Parks, London: www.royalparks.org.uk
Queen Victoria’s Journals, A Royal Archives website:
www.queenvictoriasjournals.org
Reference, Information Sites and Web Resources:
BBC History: www.bbc.co.uk/history
BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk
British History Online: www.british-history.ac.uk
British Pathe’: www.britishpathe.com
Luminarium, anthology of English literature. Luminarium Encyclopedia Project: www.luminarium.org
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:
www.oxforddnb.com
Oxford Reference: www.oxfordreference.com
Public Monuments and Sculpture Association:
www.pmsa.org.uk
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The Times Digital Archive, 1785-2006:
http://gale.cengage.co.uk/times-digital-archive/times-
digital-archive-17852006.aspx
The Victorian Web resource website:
www.victorianweb.org
Wikipedia: www.wikipedia.org
Government Resources:
Gov.uk: www.gov.uk
Legislation.gov.uk: www.legislation.gov.uk
The Privy Council Office:
http://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/
The UK Parliament official website: www.parliament.uk
The UK Prime Minister official website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/prime-
ministers-office-10-downing-street
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Church and Religious Websites:
The Abbey Church of St Mary and Melor, Amesbury:
www.maryandmelor.com
Biblical Studies: https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/
The Church of England official website:
www.churchofengland.org
The Church of Scotland official website:
www.churchofscotland.org.uk
Douai Abbey official website: www.douaiabbey.org.uk
St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle official website:
www.stgeorges-windsor.org
Westminster Abbey official website: www.westminster-
abbey.org/
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British Armed Forces and other Military-Related
Websites:
The British Army official website: www.army.mod.uk
British Military Awards and Decorations:
https://www.gov.uk/topic/defence-armed-
forces/military-awards-commemorations
Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, an
unofficial information site: http://changing-guard.com
The Greenwich Hospital Royal Navy Charity official
website: www.grenhosp.org.uk
The Household Division official website:
www.householddivision.org.uk
Old Comrades Associations of the Household Cavarly:
http://householdcavalry.co.uk/
The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard, by Yeoman William Norton: www.yeomenoftheguard.com
The Royal Hospital Chelsea official website: www.chelsea-
pensioners.co.uk
Trooping the Colour, an unofficial information site:
www.trooping-the-colour.co.uk
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Museums and Educational Institutions:
The American Film Institute: www.afi.com
British Film Institute Screen Online:
www.screenonline.org.uk
The British Library official website: www.bl.uk
The British Postal Museum and Archive Blog:
https://postalheritage.wordpress.com
Elmbridge Museum, Surrey:
http://elmbridgemuseum.org.uk
The Guards Museum, London:
www.theguardsmuseum.com
The Household Cavalry Museum, London:
www.householdcavalrymuseum.co.uk
Kingston Upon Hull history centre:
www.hullhistorycentre.org.uk
Lyme Regis Museum official website:
www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk
Museo Nazionale Scienza e Technologia Leonardo da
Vinci, Milan, Italy: www.museoscienza.org
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Museum of the History of Science, Oxford:
www.mhs.ox.ac.uk
The National Archives: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
The National Army Museum, London: www.nam.ac.uk
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa: www.gallery.ca
Royal Museums Greenwich: www.rmg.co.uk
Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery official website:
www.tunbridgewellsmuseum.org
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, official
website: www.vam.ac.uk
Local Authorities Resources:
Beeston Regis Parish Council website:
http://beestonregispc.norfolkparishes.gov.uk
Bere Regis village website: www.bereregis.org
Bognor Regis information site: www.bognor-regis.co.uk
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Epsom and Ewell History Explorer:
www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk
Grafton Regis Village website: www.grafton-regis.co.uk
A History of Birmingham Places and Placenames A to Y by William Dargue:
https://billdargue.jimdo.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-
y/places-k/kingstanding/
Houghton Regis Town Council official website:
www.houghtonregis.org.uk
Kingsclere Heritage Association blog:
https://kingsclereheritageassociation.wordpress.com
King’s Langley Local History and Museum Society:
www.kingslangley.org.uk
King’s Lynn online information site:
www.kingslynnonline.com
King’s Sutton, Northamptonshire information site:
www.kingssutton.org
Kingswinford, West Midlands history website:
www.kingswinford.com
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Kinneff Old Kirk, Guardians of the Honours of Scotland, 1651-1660: www.kinneffoldchurch.co.uk/
The London Borough of Greenwich, official website:
www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk
The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, official website www.richmond.gov.uk
Rowley Regis Village website:
http://rowleyvillage.webs.com
Genealogy and Heraldry:
Debrett’s Online: www.debretts.com
Heraldica, a site about heraldry: www.heraldica.org
Medieval Lands. A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families:
http://fmg.ac/Projects/Me
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The Peerage. A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of Britain as well as the Royal families of Europe:
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Blogs and Dedicated Sites:
British Royal Family History: www.britroyals.com
English Monarchs: www.englishmonarchs.co.uk
From Her Majesty’s Jewel Vault:
http://queensjewelvault.blogspot.co.uk/
Regency History: www.regencyhistory.net
Royal Magazin blog: http://royal-magazin.de/
The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendour:
http://orderofsplendor.blogspot.co.uk
Unofficial Royalty, the site for royal news and discussion:
www.unofficialroyalty.com
Other Sites:
All about Elgar: www.elgar.org
The Armada Paintings project:
http://armada.parliament.uk/history.html
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The Ceremony of the Lilies and Roses at the Tower of London, Spitafields Life website:
http://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/05/24/the-ceremony-of-
the-lilies-the-roses-at-the-tower-of-london/
Department of Canadian Heritage:
www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage.html
Eltham Palace and Gardens, official English Heritage website: www.english-
heritage.org.uk/visit/places/eltham-palace-and-gardens
Faberge, official website: www.faberge.com
GB Stamps, Great Britain Philately: www.gbstamps.com
The Jacobite Heritage: www.jacobite.ca
Linn’s Stamp News: www.linns.com
Marlborough House, the Commonwealth official website:
http://thecommonwealth.org/marlborough-house
Measuring Worth: www.measuringworth.com
The National Archives Currency Converter:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency/
Newmarket Racing Site: www.newmarket-racing.org
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The Queen’s Swan Marker: www.royalswan.co.uk
The Redfern Gallery, London: www.redfern-gallery.com
The Royal Variety Charity:
http://www.royalvarietycharity.org
Somerset House, official website:
www.somersethouse.org.uk
The State Coach Britannia:
http://royalcoach.downau.com via http://archive.is
Welsh Corgi News: www.welshcorgi-news.ch
AUDIOVISUAL SOURCES:
Documentaries:
David Starkey’s Monarchy. First Series. (Channel 4: 2004).
David Starkey’s Monarchy. Second Series. (Channel 4: 2006).
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David Starkey’s Monarchy. Third Series. (Channel 4: 2007).
David Starkey’s Music and Monarchy. 4 Episodes. (BBC: 2013).
Days of Majesty. (ITV: 1993).
Richard III: The New Evidence. (Channel 4: 2014).
Royal Deaths and Diseases. “Episode 5: Tainted Blood”.
(Channel 4: 2003).
Royal Paintbox. Artists of the Royal Family. (ITV: 2013).
Films:
(used to compile the section ‘Notable Films on Royal
History’)
A Man For All Seasons. (1966). Dir: Fred Zinnemann.
Alfred the Great. (1969). Dir: Clive Donner.
Anne of the Thousand Days. (1969). Dir: Charles Jarrott.
Beau Brummell. (1954). Dir: Curtis Bernhardt.
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Becket. (1964). Dir: Peter Grenville.
Bonnie Prince Charlie. (1948). Dir: Anthony Kimmins.
Braveheart. (1995). Dir: Mel Gibson.
Cromwell. (1970). Dir: Ken Hughes.
Diana. (2013). Dir: Oliver Hirschbiegel.
Elizabeth. (1998). Dir: Shekhar Kapur.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age. (2007). Dir: Shekhar Kapur.
Fire Over England. (1937). Dir: William K. Howard.
Henry VIII and His Six Wives. (1972). Dir: Waris Hussein.
Lady Jane. (1986). Dir: Trevor Nunn.
Mary of Scotland. (1936). Dir: John Ford.
Mary Queen of Scots. (1971). Dir: Charles Jarrott.
Mrs Brown. (1997). Dir: John Madden.
Nell Gwynn. (1934). Dir: Herbert Wilcox.
Saraband for Dead Lovers. (1948). Dir: Basil Dearden.
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The Bruce. (1996). Dir: Bob Carruthers and David McWhinnie.
The King’s Speech. (2010). Director: Tom Hooper.
The Lion In Winter. (1968). Dir: Anthony Harvey.
The Madness of King George. (1994). Dir: Nicholas Hytner.
The Other Boleyn Girl. (2008). Dir: Justin Chadwick.
The Private Life of Henry VIII.(1933) Dir: Alexander Korda.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex. (1939). Dir: Michael Curtiz.
The Queen. (2006). Dir: Stephen Frears.
The Virgin Queen. (1955). Dir: Henry Koster.
The Young Victoria. (2009). Dir: Jean-Marc Vallee.
To Kill A King. (2003). Dir: Mike Barker.
Tower of London. (1939). Dir: Rowland V. Lee.
Young Bess. (1953). Dir: George Sidney.
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About the Author
Alex David has a Bachelor’s Degree in History and Politics, a Master’s Degree in Christian Theology, as well as qualifications in journalism and English-language teaching. He has lived in three countries (Italy, the United States and Britain), and speaks English, Italian and French. This is his first book. He lives in London.
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More British Monarchy
Miscellany!
The research for this book produced more that could be included in a single work. A second book of royal facts, lists and trivia will be published later, and will include the following items and subjects:
Facts sheets on Anglo-Saxon monarchs and on
Scottish monarchs.
Chapters on Royal Weddings, Coronations, and
Pretenders to the Throne.
More potted biographies of Royal Family Members
from last 1,000 years.
Chapters on Royal Symbols, including Postage,
Money and Royal Standards.
A whole section entitled ‘Empire and
Commonwealth’, including chapters on the
Monarchy and India; royal visits to the British Empire between 1860-1950; places named after the British
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monarchy in the USA and Canada; and the
monarchy’s role in Commonwealth realms.
A list of Royal Patronages and Royal Warrant holders in the UK.
Royal Family members who served in the Armed
Forces since the 17th century.
People executed by King Henry VIII.
65 artists who painted Queen Elizabeth II.
Royal Saints
And much more!
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