A new exhibition displaying iconic images of Diana, Princess of Wales has opened at the Althorp Estate, Northampton, the princess’s final resting place and the family seat of the Earls of Spencer since 1508.
The images – fifteen in total, taken in 1997 by legendary photographer Mario Testino – will be on display in the estate’s Grade 1-listed stables during house opening days at Althorp…
New BBC2 drama King Charles III portrays a British Royal Family descending into chaos following the ascension of Prince Charles to the throne. Adapted from Mike Bartlett’s West End and Broadway hit of the same name, the show features a full-blown constitutional crisis and…
New interactive map shows the links between Scandinavian royal houses and the British Royal Family
30th April 2017
A new interactive family tree has been launched by the travel company Expedia to explain just how the British and Scandinavian royals are related to each other. “Royally Connected” allows users to explore the family ties shared by Europe’s most prominent…
Her Majesty The Queen has appointed a new personal chaplain; Rev George Cowie of South Holburn Church joins her household as Chaplain-in-Ordinary.
He is a minister of the Church of Scotland. Cowie is 53 and has been a church minister for 26 years. He will hold this position until the age of 70. Cowie is one of ten personal chaplains in Scotland.
This position is today, mostly ceremonial, but dates…
Lady Amelia Windsor to star in fashion campaign for favourite designer of Duchess of Cambridge
27th April 2017
Lady Amelia Windsor is 36th in line to the British throne and has been named by Tattler magazine as “the most beautiful member of the Royal Family.”
With the success of her latest modelling appearance where she took to the runway at the Dolce & Gabbana show in…
Earlier this week, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry opened the Global Academy in Hayse, London. This is a new West London school that builds mental health and wellbeing courses into its curriculum.
During her time at the Global Academy, the Duchess said…
Mayor Mircea Hava of former capital city Alba Iulia, in Transylvania, has extended a formal invitation to Prince Charles to take on the honorific title of Prince of Transylvania.
In a letter to the Prince of Wales Mayor Hava said: “We know how much you love Transylvania. It has become your second home and you have been the region’s most valuable ambassador. Moreover, you claim your roots from…
Prince Charles speaks to Holocaust survivors about his grandmother who hid Jewish family
7th April 2017
Speaking with Holocaust survivors at the Jewish Museum in Vienna, Prince Charles shared his pride for his ‘amazing’ grandmother, who sheltered a Jewish family from the Nazis during World War Two.
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall were in Vienna on the final…
New book on Prince Charles sheds light on his personality and relationship with Diana
4th April 2017
Royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith is set to reveal new facets of the heir to the throne in Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life, publishing this Thursday, 6 April.
After four years interviewing 300 of the prince’s family members, friends…
Documentary reveals MI5 spied on the Duke of Windsor during his reign & after his abdication
3rd April 2017
In a Channel 4 documentary, Spying on the Royals, which aired Sunday night in the UK, it was revealed that during and after his brief reign as King, Edward VIII was under surveillance by the British secret service.
Adrian Phillips, author of The King Who Had to Go, has said that ‘putting MI5 onto Edward VIII was to treat the unchallenged and legitimate head of state as a potential threat to…
