The Kents

The sweet nod to an historic romance as this forgotten royal makes big announcement

Lady Marina Windsor, granddaughter to the Duke and Duchess of Kent, has announced that she is engaged to be married. The 32-year-old revealed on Instagram that she is to marry Nico Macauley– an account executive at cloud security company Zscaler. Lady Marina posted three photographs on Instagram, along with the caption which simply read “Very happy!” Just to add to…
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Royal News

The King's passion that he kept secret to avoid 'raining on Queen Elizabeth's parade'

The King has enjoyed a particular fondness all his life, but as heir to the throne, he ‘kept it under wraps’ so not to steal his mother’s thunder. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, racehorse trainer Charlie Brooks suggested that His Majesty has never widely publicised his love of horse racing for fear of it taking attention away from the late Queen. Speaking of his encounter…
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British Royals

Princess Anne makes surprise visit to Barbados

Princess Anne has made a surprise overseas visit to Barbados, just under four years since the country ditched the monarchy in favour of becoming a republic. The Princess Royal visited the Caribbean island over the weekend, and was received by the country’s president, Sandra Mason, as well as Prime Minister Mia Mottley. Her Royal Highnesses’ visit was not publicised in advance…
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Royal News

The Queen issues rare personal statement mentioning her father

The Queen has issued a statement to commemorate the 85th anniversary of Operation Dynamo in which she offered a rare insight into her family history. Queen Camilla, whose father Major Bruce Shand served during World War II, was remembering the civilian war effort at Dunkirk in 1940 that saved 338,000 troops. Her Majesty said: “Today and together with the nation, The King and I would…
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