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A Royal guide to … Wales
“Tudors”, aberfan, Arthur “Tudor”, Balmoral, banners, Battle of Bosworth, birth dates, Caernarfon Castle, Channel Four, Charles “III”, coronets, dragon, Edmund “Tudor”, Edward II, Edward VI, Edward VIII, Gwynedd, Harold II, harps, Henry VII, Henry VIII, investitures, John Ashdown-Hill, Master James of St. George, Normans, regalia, Rhuddlan Castle, statues, Victoria, WalesThis excellent documentary was featured on Channel Four during March. It told of Wales’ existence as a Kingdom before the Normans arrived and sought to reinforce their borders and the last Principality was suppressed about a year before the future Edward II was born at his father’s greatest military outpost at Caernarfon. It discussed the…
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THE LOST CHAPEL OF THE PRINCE BISHOPS
Antony Bek, Archdeacon of York, Auckland Castle, banners, Barnard Castle, Battle of Neville’s Cross, chapels, Constable of the Tower, Crusades, david II, Durham, Durham Cathedral, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, Edward of Middleham, Farne Islands, Lincolnshire, Oxford, Patriarch of Jerusalem, prince bishops, Prior of Durham, Puritans, Richard III, saints, Scotland, Sir Arthur Heselrige, slighting, St. Cuthbert, statues, Westminster Abbey, Windsor CastleOnce upon a time, in the 13th century, in the grounds of Auckland Castle, there stood a mighty northern chapel that was almost as large as St George’s at Windsor and bigger than St Stephen’s Chapel at Westminster. The Prince-Archbishop Antony Bek was its founder, a man so powerful it was said by some that…
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