Elizabeth Jane Timms

1 month ago | royalcentral.co.uk | Elizabeth Jane Timms |Russian royalty |European royalty

The regal tradition of scratching signatures in windowpanes is long established and well known. The windows – particularly when in rooms of royal residences – formed a kind of living ‘guestbook’, often accompanied by the date the visit or signature, was made. These windowpanes are silent witnesses to vanished royal gatherings on long ago summers or essential occasions, represented today by the grouping of names that remain.

Mar 28, 2024 | praguepost.com | Elizabeth Jane Timms

Local Prague legends say that W. A. Mozart was locked in a room at least twice in the Bohemian capital as a playful exercise to compel him to compose something. The fruits of this seemingly involuntary confinement are thought to have been his 6 German Dances, K509, and on a later occasion, his scena for soprano, Bella mia fiamma, K58. The locations for both works are listed as Prague in the Köchel catalogue, but is there any evidence to support the legends?

Mar 14, 2024 | royalcentral.co.uk | Elizabeth Jane Timms |Russian royalty |European royalty

Of the nine children of Queen Victoria’s children, one daughter married in London another on the Isle of Wight and one son in St. Petersburg. The remaining six married at Windsor, five at St. George’s Chapel and one in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle.

Dec 23, 2023 | royalcentral.co.uk | Elizabeth Jane Timms |Russian royalty |European royalty

Prince Albert is generally credited with introducing the Christmas tree to Britain, but in fact, it was the work of his wife’s grandmother, Queen Charlotte. Like Prince Albert, Charlotte was born and raised in Germany, where the tradition of bringing a tree inside at Christmas time, decorated with lights and sweets, is believed to date back to the 16th century. As a child, Charlotte’s family always decorated single yew branches and laid presents for each other underneath.

Dec 18, 2023 | royalcentral.co.uk | Elizabeth Jane Timms |Russian royalty |European royalty

By Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger 1497/8 (German)Details of artist on Google Art Project - eAHC0d0WiemXSA at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons While modern royal Christmas celebrations take place at Sandringham, for hundreds of years it was Windsor Castle that was the preferred setting for the festive celebrations of kings and queens. Victoria and Albert loved to spend the season there but they were only following the pattern of dozens of...