British Royal Family Tree

The British Royal Family has an impressive lineage and includes members of other Royal families from our neighbouring countries. Prince William recently broke the Royal tradition of marrying a ‘blue blood’ (a member of the upper class) in Britain or a member of a foreign royal family by marrying Kate Middleton, a middle class girl [...]

British Royal Family

WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL FAMILY?

The British monarchy and royal family history has its origins in the Kings of the Angles, Saxons and Scots. It was Wessex that rapidly emerged under Alfred the Great as the dominant regional kingdom in England. His grandson Athelstan could be described as the first monarch to rule over a unitary state. The royal family [...]

British Royal Family

All About The Slave Trade And The English Heritage

In the 1790s, the overwhelming impact brought about by the transatlantic slave trade was greatly felt across Britain, even beyond the slaving ports of London, Bristol and Liverpool. Undeniably, there were some people who lobbied for the slave abolition and others who benefited from the trade. It is, after all one of the largest forced [...]

Slave Shackle