King Charles has declared that Queen Victoria’s dream of a lasting friendship between Britain and France is “a reality”, as he welcomed President Emmanuel Macron to Windsor Castle for the first French State Visit of his reign.
Speaking at a grand state banquet in St George’s Hall at Windsor Castle, the King reflected on the personal bonds and political alliances that have linked the two…
The princess you've probably never heard of who helped make Wimbledon a royal favourite
6th July 2025
We’re used to seeing royals at Wimbledon with the Princess of Wales now patron of the All England Club. But rewind nine decades and another royal was a familiar face there. A princess known to her family as Thora regularly cropped up on the Pathe newsreels of the time…
The Queen has made carried out her first engagement with the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland since becoming the organisation’s patron.
Queen Camilla welcomed the QNIS to a special reception which she hosted at Holyroodhouse Palace in Edinburgh.
Her…
Queen Victoria’s jewellery collection was immense but has been widely scattered throughout her descendants. Prince Albert created many pieces and parures for her, including a striking emerald and diamond set.
In 1843, Prince Albert designed a set of emerald and diamond pieces for his wife- it includes a necklace featuring large square emeralds surrounded by diamonds, a pair of earrings…
Queen Victoria amassed a major collection of jewellery throughout her long reign, including a special pearl and diamond necklace which she received when she celebrated her Golden Jubilee.
In 1887, as Victoria marked 50 years on the throne, the Countess of Stratford led…
King William IV, known as the Sailor King, inherited the throne when his elder brother, George IV, died in 1830 with no surviving heirs. Although William had no legitimate children of his own, he still did everything he could to help the young woman he wanted to take the…
Just over 200 years ago, the future Queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace, Her arrival, on 24 May 1819, marked the start of a very famous story. While the healthy baby girl was happily welcomed by her parents, the family had been forced to race against the clock for Victoria’s birth.
Her father, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent was the fifth child and fourth son of King George III and…
It’s rare to see a royal engagement ring featuring an emerald. The striking stone features in very few of these most romantic pieces of jewellery but it has had a starring role in some of the most talked about royal gems that sealed truly famous love stories.
Queen…
The Royal Family has a spectacular jewellery collection that brings together many strands of history. One of the most familiar sets also has one of the most interesting stories and it goes back centuries.
The Kent Amethyst Demi-Parure is an amethyst and diamond set that…
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are considered by many to have had of the most successful of all royal marriages. However, many of their relatives were not so lucky in love.
Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was the sister of Victoria, Queen Victoria’s mother, and Ernest, Prince Albert’s father. Given that she came from a relatively small German duchy, she made what should have…
