Duke And Duchess of Cambridge Wedding Anniversary, Princess Charlotte's Birthday

 April 29, 2011 was the day Catherine Middleton married Prince William. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge... as they were thereafter styled... celebrate their 8th anniversary today, April 29, 2019.

 I loved her wedding dress... definitely an elegant princess...

We actually even have just a few of the Royal Victorian wedding mugs at Time Was Antiques we sourced from the pottery for the festivities, although almost gone....

 And the famous Balcony Kiss on a tea towel... only a few left of those also....

May 2nd is Princess Charlotte's 4th birthday... born May 2, 2015.

Withe her big brother Prince George...
 

Last year at age 3...

And I love this photo of Catherine, George and Charlotte on a school visit in Ireland last year...

 

From the archives of Time Was Antiques, the mug we had from Adderley for the occasion of her birth in 2015... now sold out...

 

So definitely a week for Royal fans.

Prince Louis of Cambridge First Birthday April 23rd, Shakespeare And St. George and More!

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Hello there. Thanks for joining me for a post about English birthdays...

The youngest being little Prince Louis, son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge who turns one year old today... April 23rd. The photo was taken by his mother, Catherine. So cute!

Wonder if he will face plant in his cake... if he does, it will be publicized!

This was taken of the entire Cambridge family in 2018 when Louis was 6 months old at Amner Hall near Sandringham...

Also...today is St. George's Day, and St. George is the symbol flag of England... ask any English sport fan...not the Union Jack....

 Which is the symbol of the United Kingdom, but the flag of St. George, or the George Cross is the flag of England, and is the symbol on the National teams of England. St. George is the patron saint of England and believed to have died on April 23rd. He is thought to have been a Roman soldier, and, of course...reputed to have killed a dragon.....

 This is a Dunoon, England bone china mug we have at Time Was Antiques with the ubiquitous image of the St. George Cross, symbol of England...so...

April 23rd is also famous in England because it is celebrated as William Shakespeare's birthday...

 

Who has the added distinction to be thought to have been born on April 23, 1564 and died on the same day in 1616...

 

 

We have just added an 1896 volume of Shakespeare's play King Henry IV part II that even has an actual etching of a castle bound into the book... click on the photo for more info at Time Was Antiques

And, lastly, April 23rd is also the anniversary of the founding of the Coldstream Guards, a unit of the Queen's Brigade of Guards... 5 units, and special to us because it was my husband's old unit. They take turns being actually a crack infantry unit mixed with guarding royal properties including Buckingham Palace...you know, changing the guard, etc. He has some great stories of his times on guard.  For more on the guards, I have posted previously about it HERE

 So... thanks for joining me!

Happy Easter and Happy Birthday Ma'am!

Wishing you all a blessed Easter Sunday!

And today, April 21st is also Queen Elizabeth II's 93rd actual birthday, although her official birthday is celebrated in June when the weather is usually more agreeable.

Elizabeth was born on April 21, 1926 to the Prince Albert, Duke of York (later known as King George VI), andElizabeth Bowes-Lyon.

She became Queen Elizabeth when her father died in 1952 and was crowned in 1953...

On the 9th of September 2015, Queen Elizabeth surpassed her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria as the longest reigning British monarch...

So wishing a Happy 93rd Birthday to Her Majesty... on of her recent photos with her Cambridge great grandchildren from 2018... love this!

Easter Week... Maundy Thursday

Today in the Christian calendar, Maundy Thursday in celebrated, and is always on Queen Elizabeth's calendar....

 Getty photos

this year accompanied by Princess Eugenie, daughter of Prince Andrew, this year at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.

 Part of the tradition is handing our pouches of coins to pensioners... one man and woman for each year of the Queen's age.

This year therefore, 93 men and 93 women...

The money in the White Purse includes 1, 2, 3 and 4 silver penny pieces, the sum equals the number of years of the Monarch’s age.

The red purse contains a 5 pound coin minted to commemorative the 200th birthday of Queen Victoria, and amusingly a 50p coins commemorating Sherlock Holmes... :)

 This year the purse will equal 93p as Her Majesty turns 93 on Sunday!

Maundy Thursday, the fifth day of Holy Week is in remembrance of the sharing of the Last Supper with his disciples before Christ's death on Good Friday.

The origins of the ceremony come from the commandment Christ gave after washing his disciples' feet, where according to the Bible, he told them to "love one another as I have loved you".

Historically, it has involved handing out food and clothing and cleaning the poor.

Ever since coming to the throne in 1952 the Queen has carried out 

the tradition.