I Never Knew That About Royal Britain

Bestselling author Christopher Winn explores Britain's royal past, unearthing a rich legacy of castles and palaces, cathedrals and country retreats, battlefields and monuments where kings and queens lived and died. In this exploration of royal British history, discover whose heart is buried near the Tower of London, which palace was built on top of a mulberry garden, the world's oldest and largest occupied castle and the first building in Britain to have latrines.From the Palace of Scone to the Palace of Westminster, from Pembroke Castle, the birthplace of Henry VII, to Pontefract Castle, where Richard II starved to death, and from banqueting halls to beheading sites, this gem of a book is guaranteed to inform and amuse in equal measure.

With the royal wedding around the corner, there no better time than the present to get acquainted with Royal Britain

Bestselling author Christopher Winn explores Britain's royal past, unearthing a rich legacy of castles and palaces, cathedrals and country retreats, battlefields and monuments where kings and queens lived and died.

In this exploration of royal British history, discover whose heart is buried near the Tower of London; which palace was built on top of a mulberry garden; the world's oldest and largest occupied castle and the first building in Britain to have latrines.

From the Palace of Scone to the Palace of Westminster, from Pembroke Castle, the birthplace of Henry VII, to Pontefract Castle, where Richard II starved to death, and from banqueting halls to beheading sites, this gem of a book is guaranteed to inform and amuse in equal measure.

Préface
A charming compendium of facts and tales about Britain's rich royal history of kings, queens and castles

Auteur

Christopher Winn

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I Never Knew That...

• Prince William and his wife Kate began their married life in a farmhouse on Anglesey, in North Wales, not far from the site of the farmhouse called Penmynydd where his ancestors the Tudors originated in the 14th century

• The first recorded public fireworks display in Britain was held at Stirling Castle to celebrate the christening of James VI of Scotland (James I of England) in 1566

• At 5 feet 4 inches (1.62m) tall, Elizabeth II is the same height as Elizabeth I and Britain's shortest king, Charles I

• Hanging in the nave of Westminster Abbey is the oldest known contemporary portrait of an English monarch, a wooden panel painting of Richard II, which dates from the 1390s

• The National Anthem was first played in public in 1745, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London, after a performance of The Alchemist by Ben Jonson