Queens of England Since the Conquest
Generosa et religiosa virago (A generous and devout heroic woman) - Westminster Chronicler How high does the arrogance of woman rise if it is not restrained? - Henry III Amesbury, 21st November 2025 I tried to do the right thing and contact the Amesbury Abbey Nursing Home beforehand to see if I could make an... Continue Reading →
During which I gathered Margaret of Anjou Purley, September 26th 2025 I would normally do this over breakfast but I'll be up and out at the crack of dawn so I'd better do it now. Got a nice easy going swim in this morning, passed by the doctors to get my B12 booster and home... Continue Reading →
Angers, September 28th 2025 I'll do my best to catch up on the day later, but for now I need to capture Margaret. There is no tomb. Like so many monuments it was destroyed during the revolution, or at least that's what I think happened. Somewhere it said that when the tomb was opened to... Continue Reading →
Astuti pectoris virilisque constantiae femina (Having the virile, courageous breast of a man, but the constancy or fortitude of a woman) Travelogue Faversham, August 23rd 2025 Despite having one of the best 'stories' to tell, Matilda's gather has been a bit limp. I knew it would be, I knew all I could do was walk... Continue Reading →
Very much in need of the intercession of endowed prayers for her soul - Matthew Paris If that lady offended the Lord in many things, she did much to please him - Saint-Maixent Marlborough, June 18 2025 In the absence of an actual place I know that was meaningful to Isabella of Angouleme, I have... Continue Reading →
Humble and reverent Westminster Abbey, May 2nd, 2025 Elizabeth of York. I have researched her more thoroughly than any of the other queens and yet her personality, that sense of realness I have for say, Margaret of Anjou or Henrietta Maria, is missing. I have a list of facts, of dates and events, but where... Continue Reading →
Rouen, September 30 2018 So. Fucking. Tired. I was actually in pain as I slept and woke up at 4am because my feet and legs ached so much. Also starving so the clan of Japanese tourists is going to have to fight me for the individually wrapped slices of Emmental. OK, start from the beginning.... Continue Reading →
La mia grandezzo dal eccleso (My power is from the most high) Westminster, March 14th, 2025 I seem to be flip-flopping between big, dynamic queens and those who have been mostly overlooked. Anna's career, and the two ways that we understand her are so clearly split, with her time in Scotland marked by almost constant... Continue Reading →
Westminster, October 2nd, 2024 Its funny to me how emotional I still get, even for such a light-touch as Katherine. The descriptions of her tomb don't really tell you where to find her - she's in Henry V's chantry, but they always say that's in Henry VII's chapel. It isn't. In reality it sits over... Continue Reading →
During which I gathered Henrietta Maria of France, at Saint Denis, Paris Lille, July 9 2024 OK, so not a total clusterfuck, but its felt close a couple of times. Purely because of my own inability to organise myself. So much sitting waiting. And not good, comfortable sitting. Awkward, leaning back at a weird angle... Continue Reading →
Anglica Regina 