As Queen Sofía of Spain marks her 85th
birthday, we take a look at her life, from the Kingdom of Greece to
the Kingdom of Spain. The person who we now know as Queen Sofía of
Spain was born on 2 November 1938 in Athens, Greece, as Princess
Sophia Margarita Victoria Frederika of Greece and Denmark. Her
parents were the then Prince Paul of Greece and Princess Frederica,
a daughter of Ernest…
She would go on to become the
longest-serving Queen of Sweden, but no one could have expected
what the future reserved for her as Silvia RenateSommerlath was
born on 23 December 1943 in Heidelberg, Germany. The youngest and
only daughter of Walther Sommerlath and…
The princess who left her home for a throne that didn't yet exist: the life of Queen Sofia of Spain
2nd November 2023
As Queen Sofía of Spain marks her 85th
birthday, we take a look at her life, from the Kingdom of Greece to
the Kingdom of Spain. The person who we now know as Queen Sofía of
Spain was born on 2 November 1938 in Athens, Greece, as Princess
Sophia Margarita Victoria…
Marie Christine von Reibnitz has been a
member of the British Royal Family for over 40 years, and even
though she doesn’t carry out official royal engagements, she is a
well-known figure, not least because of some of her highly
publicised controversial actions in the past. Marie Christine is
better known as Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent. She is
married to Prince Michael of Kent…
In the UK there are very specific rules
regarding who is entitled to be a Prince or Princess. Most of these
rules come from Letters Patent issued in 1917 by King George V, in
which the King accords the Princely title to all children of the
Sovereign, to the Sovereign’s…
The date of 7 October 2020 marked one
year since the Royal Court of Sweden announced King Carl XVI
Gustaf’s decision to remove the style of Royal Highness from five
of his grandchildren. This decision affected the children from his
two youngest children, Prince Carl…
All the royals who have lived in Kensington Palace's Apartment 1
22nd September 2020
Apartment 1 at Kensington Palace remains
vacant a year after the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester moved out of
the 21-room residence. The apartment, which is adjoined to the
Cambridge family’s living quarters, was occupied by the Gloucesters
from 1972 until September 2019. In this article Royal Central takes
a look at the previous occupants of the now empty property which is
rich in royal…
Prince Albert II of Monaco marks the 15th
anniversary of his accession as Sovereign Prince of Monaco this
year. Prince Albert, son of Prince Rainier III and American actress
Grace Kelly, succeeded his father on 6 April 2005, only five days
after he had been called by the…
Born Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley on 22
February 1933, she would one day become a much-loved member of the
Royal Family, as the Duchess of Kent, but now we take a look at her
life before her marriage to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. Katharine
is the youngest child and only…
Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones was born on 20
January 1965 as the youngest child and only daughter
of Christopher Bournes Rhys-Jones and the late Mary O’Sullivan
at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. She has an elder brother,
David. One of her godparents was the late actor Thane Bettany,
who was her father’s stepbrother. Stephen Lock/i-Images Sophie grew
up in Kent, to where her family moved…
