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Royalty

Its proximity to London has made Hertfordshire a favourite haunt of royalty. Every monarch has visited the county and some, such as Elizabeth I, have stayed for much longer. Do you have any memories of royal visits to Hertfordshire?

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  • Christ's Hospital School, Hertford
    Christ's Hospital School, Hertford
    Memories of the Wardrobe Mistress
  • Do you remember the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 60 years ago?
    Do you remember the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 60 years ago?
    Towns and villages in Hertfordshire celebrated the Coronation with a format which had been used for many previous Royal occasions ...
  • Events from the Illustrated London News
    Events from the Illustrated London News
    The Royal Visit to Hatfield House
  • Geoffey Chaucer
    Geoffey Chaucer
    Possible connections with Berkhampsted
  • Magna Carta and its Hertfordshire Connection
    Magna Carta and its Hertfordshire Connection
    This article makes reference to the content of Magna Carta only in so far as it relates to the naming ...
  • Mrs. Ecuyer
    Mrs. Ecuyer
    Meets The Queen
  • Princess Margaret visits Hertford County Hospital
    Princess Margaret visits Hertford County Hospital
    A new Diagnostics Unit
  • Princess Margaret's visit to Hertford County Hospital
    Princess Margaret's visit to Hertford County Hospital
    Official opening of the Diagnostic Unit (approximately 1989)
  • Queen Victoria's funeral
    Queen Victoria's funeral
    An eye witness account
  • Royston Street Parties
    Royston Street Parties
    Honey Way Party in honour of Charles and Diana 1981
  • Silver, Golden, Diamond!
    Silver, Golden, Diamond!
    How Hertfordshire celebrated past royal Jubilees
  • Sir Hedworth Meux and the Cedars Park Cats
    Sir Hedworth Meux and the Cedars Park Cats
    From Lowewood Museum
  • The Keeper and the Queen
    The Keeper and the Queen
    Part 1
  • The Keeper and the Queen
    The Keeper and the Queen
    Part 2
  • The Old Palace
    The Old Palace
    On the Walk Round Old Hatfield
  • The Queen's visit in 1959
    The Queen's visit in 1959
    Roses for The Queen
  • The Royal Borough of Broxbourne?
    The Royal Borough of Broxbourne?
    The history behind Broxbourne's royal borough bid
People
  • A Day in the Life of a Hertfordshire Mercury Reporter c.1959
  • A father and son massacred in the New Hebrides
  • A Hard Life But a Happy One
  • A heroine who loved life (and more)
  • A Local Naval Hero
  • A SHOOTING IN WATTON - AT - STONE
  • A Short Personal Profile
  • A warning to Journalists who break the rules
  • Annie Swan, Suffragette
  • Audrey Collins OBE, Cricketer
  • Audrey Peattie, 1950's NHS Pathology Technician
  • August 1914: Watford businessman escapes Western Front by train
  • Æthelflæd, Warrior Queen of the Mercians, 10th Century
  • Barbara Follett, Member of Parliament
  • Boudicca and her daughters, 30- 61 AD; the Terrorist – or freedom fighter?
  • Charles John Brewster Ray
  • Children of Hertfordshire
  • Christina of Markyate, Religious Visionary.
  • Cissi Pratt - Memories of St Ippolyts and Gosmore
  • Coleman connections
  • Cuffley Take Care
  • Dame Elizabeth Fuller, Education Pioneer.
  • Dame Ellen Terry, Actor
  • Dame Juliana Berners, Writer
  • Dame Margaret Tuke, Academic/Educator
  • Decorated Will
  • Delarivier Manley, Journalist
  • Denise Cook/Kelly
  • Dolly Shepherd, The Pioneering Edwardian Lady Parachutist
  • Dr Gladys Margaret Proudlock Dunbar
  • Dr Mary Groves Rowe MBE
  • Dr Miall-Smith, The Welwyn Garden City Doctor
  • E. Margaret Burnside, Midwifery Inspector
  • Elisabeth Hudson, Disability Campaigner
  • Elizabeth Baker, Playwright and Suffragette.
  • Elizabeth Impey, Suffragette
  • Emily Davies, Suffragette & Founder of Britain’s First Women’s College.
  • Family search
  • First Jump from Dreaded Balloon
  • George Eliot, Author
  • George Hill, last person executed in Hertford
  • Gwendoline Page – From Boreham Wood To Bletchley
  • Hatfield Mayor Lynne Sparks (2015-2016 Term)
  • Henry Kingham, 1817-1882, Watford Grocer, Origins
  • Hertford County Constabulary
  • Herts Characters
  • Herts Hidden Heroines Project
  • Hilary Ratcliffe OBE, Gender Equality Campaigner
  • I was born at The Hoo on the Sixth of September, 1941!
  • In Black and White | Roger Britten |Royston's Printer (Part 1)
  • In Black and White | Roger Britten |Royston's Printer (Part 2)
  • Jane Hawking Jones, Educator & Author
  • Jane Wenham, The Accused Witch!
  • Judy Fryd CBE, Harpenden, campaigner & founder of Mencap.
  • Katherine Ferrers: The Wicked Lady - or was she?
  • Katherine Warington and Winifred Brenchley - Scientist
  • Kitty Hart-Moxon, Survivor
  • Lady Constance Lytton
  • Lady Constance Lytton, Suffragette
  • Lady Fanshawe - a Brave and Persistent Wife
  • Lavinia and William de Lautour
  • Lisa Buckingham OBE
  • Liz Hobbs MBE, Watersking Champion, Businesswoman
  • Looking for Katy Phillips
  • Looking for relatives of F/Lt Richard PICTON
  • Lorna Paulin, Hertfordshire County Librarian.
  • Louisa Puller, Suffragette
  • Lucy Shepherd, Explorer
  • Margaret & Annie Johnson - The First Hertfordshire Women Police Officers.
  • Margaret Murray, Egyptologist
  • Margaret Tyrwhitt Drake's Reference Book
  • Martine Wright, Paralympian & Campaigner
  • Mary Stout, Campaigner!
  • Maternity ww2
  • Mayor Lynne Sparks Speaks!
  • Micci Gorrod, Founder & Artistic Director of The Conscious Creative.
  • Mum's Story
  • Musical Memory Box
  • My early memories
  • My great-grandmother Annie Sears
  • P.C. Francis William Harmsworth ("Bill")
  • Peggy Hodges OBE, Aeronautical Engineer
  • Reba Younge, Educator, Anti-Racism Campaigner
  • Regina 4AD
  • Researching Gorham Ancestry in England
  • ROBERT ORRIDGE BAXTER - EXECUTIONER
  • Ruth Osborne, The Accused Witch!
  • Syeda Momotaz Rahim, Community Activist
  • The Amazing Dolly Shepherd!
  • The ATA Girls (Air Transport Auxiliary) World War Two
  • The Edwardian Parachute Queen
  • The Mysterious Condition of Rev. Henry Etough
  • The Reverend Samuel Briercliffe in Africa
  • The Timmins Family of Aldenham
  • Thomas Kingham, 1854-1919, paternity of Whitehouse children, DNA
  • Ursula Bloom, Music Maker For Silent Films
  • Victoria Farmer, Aviator
  • Violet Olivia Cressy-Marcks 1895-1970
  • Wartime Nursing Memories
  • Yvonne Maslinksa, War Intelligence Worker
  • African & Caribbean people in Herts before 1830
  • Armed Forces
  • Artists and Illustrators
  • Businesses
  • Doctors and Nurses
  • Ebenezer Howard
  • Edward Lawrence - A Hertfordshire Man Remembers
  • Famous / Infamous
  • George Paul: A Life in Hertford
  • Gypsies, Travellers and Showmen
  • Hertfordshire Centenarians
  • John Gravestock
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer
  • Local Folk
  • My Story
  • Nobility
  • Novelists, playwrights and poets
  • Politicians
  • Radcliffe Family and Hitchin Priory
  • Royalty
  • Scientists and Inventors
  • Servants
  • Sportspeople
  • Ted Humphreys BEM
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