The works of Sir Peter Lely have long been my favourite Restoration, and whilst I love the work of Van Dyke and Kneller, I think Lely wil...

I have wanted for the longest time to own a dress that would fit in at Charles II's Restoration Court but for a very long time the co...

Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, a line engraving by an Unknown Artist Before I get stuck into this post I just want to say a mass...

Phillipe Duc D'Orleans "Monsieur is a villain!" These are the words that Charles II is said to have shouted when he rec...

You all know how much I adore Charles II. Sometimes I may even consider myself his number 1 fan...did I just admit that? I regret nothing...

On 29th May 1630, Queen Henrietta Maria gave birth to a son at St James' Palace London. The child's father was, of course, the fa...

When I sat down to write this blog post, it was originally going to a book review of of Charles Spencer's "Prince Rupert: The Last ...

On 23rd April 1661, King Charles II was crowned at Westminster Abbey, and I thought that I would write a little something about it. Just ...

Barbara Villiers by Sir Peter Lely  It's been a while since I posted about Barbara Villiers, mainly because writing about how her r...