Category: Britain

The Royal Britannia Official Jewellery Collection

One of the special things sold on the Royal Brittania yacht is a line of jewellery that is approved for sale by Buckingham palace.  This collection is made out of faux pearls and crystals and all pieces are hand-cast, hand polished  and hand finished. One of the offered pieces for 350 pounds is a sapphire and diamond brooch that was given to her as a […]

Henry IV Nicknamed the Henry the Mad Ruler of England

The medieval ruler Henry IV that ruled form 1421 to 1461 was often just called Henry the Mad by his not so loving subjects. He was a gentle, naive and prudish man that spent all of his time meditating and in prayer.  He was very fragile and after losing some of his French possessions after a war with France he had a complete nervous breakdown […]