Category: The Royal Visitors
The first royal visitor to Tunbridge Wells camped in a tent for six weeks because the town didn’t exist yet. Three centuries and several monarchs later, a king put “Royal” in front of the town’s name. This series covers everything in between — the visits, the snubs, the tents, and the letter that changed the signposts.
The Letter That Made Tunbridge Wells ROYAL
Part 3 of The Royal Visitors The Dandy Chronicles | The Chronicles On 8 April 1909, a letter arrived that changed the name over every shopfront in town. It came from Buckingham Palace. It granted a single word — Royal… Read More →
The Princess and The Donkey
Part 2 of “The Royal Visitors” The Dandy Chronicles | The Chronicles Before she was Queen of the United Kingdom, Empress of India, and the woman who gave her name to an entire age, Victoria was a small girl on… Read More →
The Queen Who Slept In a Tent
Part 1 of “The Royal Visitors“ The Dandy Chronicles | The Chronicles In the summer of 1630, the Queen of England arrived at a spring in Kent to recover her health. She came with her full court — ladies-in-waiting, physicians,… Read More →