Remembering William and Catherine's Wedding in 2011, Princess Charlotte's Birthday

It is sort of one of those "Where were you..." moments... April 29, 2011, when Prince William married Catherine Middleton. A wonderful pageant indeed...

We all watched and loved it...most with a cup of tea in hand... I know we did....

And who can forget the balcony kiss! Here on a tea towel we have a few left of...

So Happy anniversary today, April 29th, to the royal couple!

We have a few left of the English bone china Royal Wedding mugs from 2011. We had cups and saucers, but they sold out...and due to an error...I sold mine!!! Oh well...

And May 2, 2015 the family welcomed a second child, Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, so Happy Birthday Charlotte!
Here above from last year with big brother George...

The family in 2018

 

So Many English Things This Week!

 Greetings to my fellow cocooning friends!
Some days have not a lot going on, and it is difficult to find interesting things to blog about.
However... April 23rd, actually has too many things!

First of all...today, April 23rd is St. George's Day, and St. George is the symbol of England...not the Union Jack....

 Which is thy symbol of the United Kingdom, but this is the flag of England...it's 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 Shakespeare's birthday in 1564, and also his date of death in 1616...

 which is a big deal in parts of England...especially Stratford-upon-Avon where he lived...big celebrations there every year...

 This the is Church Of The Holy Trinity in Stratford where the Bard is buried...

This is a cake plate from 1904-1906 of the church...

And Shaespeares gravestone within the church. My husband was born just a few miles from here, so we have visitied many times and loved rambling along the River Avon along the picturesque Shakespeare Trail.

Speaking of my husband... 

April 23rd in the anniversary of the founding of the Coldstream Guards, a unit of the Queen' Own Guards brigade of 5 units, and special to us because it was my husband's old unit. For more on the guards, I have posted previously about it HERE

The Coldstream Guards is a part of the Guards Division, Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. It is the oldest regiment in the British Army in continuous active service, originating in Coldstream, Scotland, in 1650 when General George Monck founded the regiment.

My husband has some great stories of his time in the Guards, and guarding the Queen at Buckingham Palace.... 

 

And on April 23rd of last year, Prince Louis was born... third child of the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge...

 

 

This photo was just released by his Mum Catherine for his second birthday... obviously an enthusiastic finger painter!

 

 

So wishing you a wonderful day celebrating a lot of things British! We will be flying the flag outside again!

Cheers!

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.

Happy Birthday Prince George!

Happy 5th birthday today, July 22nd, to Prince George, son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Catherine...

This photo, released by the royal family, was taken at his grandfather, Prince Charles' hom in London, Clarence House following his brother Louis' christening on July 9th...

typical cheeky boy grin...

 It wasn't long ago...last year in fact...that he headed off to school....

And we remember his birth too!

in 2013...

We still have a few commemorative mugs left that were made for Prince George's birth, and a tea towel as well at

Time Was Antiques...

 

Happy Birthday Prince Harry

Today, September 15th, is Britain's Prince Harry's 33rd birthday, having been born in 1984

The younger son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, following older brother William...

Prince Harry has had a military career, serving in Afghanistan and is actively involved now in supporting the royal family as the Queen, his grandmother ages.

He is close to his father and is said to be about to be engaged...

He is a great supporter of the Invictus Games for wounded military personnel and the Sentebale Trust conservation activities in Africa.

Harry lives as Kensington Palace, London as does his brother and sister-in-law, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Happy Birthday Harry!

Prince George's 4th Birthday July 22, 2017 Happy Birthday!

Happy 4th Birthday to Prince George, son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Catherine....

This photo by Chris Jackson from Getty Images is so cute! 

It has been fun watching him grow up...from birth...

to toddler...this photo is by Mario Testino, a favorite royal photographer...

to this week when he turns 4 and spent time in Poland and Germany with his parents... 

during which he looked decidedly underwhelmed by all the proceedings,

although this moment in Germany was probably the hit of the trip for him... 

Time Was Antiques still has a few Birth Of Prince George English bone china mugs available...

click on the photos...