Many will only know the Duchess of Kent
as the lady who stood at the Wimbledon Tennis Championship Finals
every year to hand out the prizes, famously having Jana Novotna cry
on her shoulder in 1993. The Duchess of Kent, or Katherine Kent as
she prefers to be known, is now an uncommon face in the British
Royal Family and very rarely makes public appearances. However, she
once was a regular at the…
Spain’s former Monarch, King Juan Carlos,
watched fellow Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza win the Women’s
Wimbledon Final from the Royal Box. The 79-year-old, who
abdicated as King of Spain in 2014, sat alongside the Duke of Kent
and the Duchess of Gloucester as guests in…
[commentary] Analysis by Charlie Proctor,
Royal Central’s Editor-in-Chief Social media accounts often make
mistakes when scheduling tweets. Anybody who follows @RoyalCentral
on Twitter will know we sometimes accidentally send tweets out at
10pm instead of 10am on…
Victory for Prince Harry as IPSO rules British newspaper breached his privacy with Jamaica photos
14th July 2017
The Independent Press Standards
Organisation (IPSO) has ruled that Prince Harry’s privacy was
breached by the Mail Online after they published photographs
of him wearing swimming trunks on a private beach in Jamaica.
Prince Harry made a complaint to IPSO, arguing that the images had
been taken “surreptitiously” using a long lens camera. The
fifth-in-line to the throne was in the country as…
It has been announced that The Queen has
appointed two new Ladies in Waiting to assist Her Majesty in her
official duties. The Court Circular reads: “The Queen has been
pleased to appoint the Lady Elizabeth Leeming and Mrs. Simon Rhodes
to be Extra Ladies in Waiting to Her…
The Duchess of Cornwall opened up the
grounds of Clarence House today for friends and charities as she
hosted a special Garden Party to celebrate her 70th birthday. Embed
from Getty Images Camilla, who turns 70 next week, put on the party
for the charities she supports.
Princess Anne, Prince Andrew & Prince Harry receive Spanish Honour for their role in State Visit
13th July 2017
The Princess Royal, the Duke of York and
Prince Harry have been recognised by the Spanish Royal Family for
their efforts in King Felipe and Queen Letizia’s State Visit to the
UK. The three royals have been appointed to the Order of Isabel the
Catholic – a Spanish Civil Order in which membership is
granted in recognition of services that benefit the country.
Although usually awarded to Spanish…
The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin
Trudeau, has announced that The Queen has appointed former
astronaut, Julie Payette, as the country’s new Governor General. Ms
Payette will be officially installed into office in a ceremony
scheduled to take place in the…
On this day in 1982, an intruder managed
to evade security and break into Buckingham Palace making his way
into The Queen’s bedroom whilst she was in residence. This incident
is to this day one of the worst royal security breaches in modern
history, with The Queen only…
Seventy years ago today Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Princess Elizabeth & Philip Mountbatten
9th July 2017
Seventy years ago today, Buckingham
Palace announced the engagement of Princess Elizabeth and
Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. The couple were married in
Westminster Abbey on 20th November 1947 – meaning in just four
months time The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will be celebrating
their historic Platinum wedding anniversary. The Queen first met
her future husband Prince Philip when she was just…
