Royal Central, we were delighted to have
the chance to interview Historic Royal Palaces’ Chief Curator Dr
Lucy Worsley last month about her upcoming television
series on the first Georgian Kings of Great Britain. Last
night, BBC Four aired the first episode of the series The
First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain, which has
been produced in light of the 300th anniversary of…
The last post in this series of blogs
will be focused on the Frogmore Estate. The estate comprises 33
acres of private gardens within the grounds of Windsor Great Park
which adjoins Windsor Castle. It is the location of Frogmore House,
a royal retreat; however, it is also…
funeral of her brother Mark Shand, who
died last month. The funeral will be at Holy Trinity Church in
Stourpaine, near Blandford, close to where the Camilla’s sister
Annabelle Elliot resides. It is the same place where Prince
Charles, Camilla and Princes William and…
The Royal couple paid a visit to wrapping
paper company International Greetings UK Limited. Residents and
schoolchildren gathered to await Her Majesty with hopes of seeing
her arrival. “We are extremely privileged and overjoyed that Her
Majesty the Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh will visit us to
officially open and unveil our new printing press facility at our
UK Manufacturing operation in…
Prince Harry was on hand today to wish
the guys and girls good luck on their way to the games. Help for
Heroes, which works alongside the MOD to bring the event, will
launch the first games in a few months time. The games came from a
vision that Harry had when he visited the…
On 29 April 1986 The Duchess of Windsor,
Wallis Simpson was buried alongside her husband, The Duke of
Windsor at Frogmore in Windsor. The Duchess was buried in an
English oak coffin that contained a silver inscribed plate stating,
“Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, 1896-1986”. St George’s Chapel held
the rather simple funeral mass. Flags were flown at half-staff but
there was none of the…
1. Most military uniforms don’t have
pockets, and because Prince Harry was wearing his Blues and Royals
uniform, the uniform’s trousers had no pockets for the
ring! To resolve this problem, he carried the ring in the cuff
of his tunic. Needless to say… he didn’t…
The Sunday Times reports The Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge have reportedly been asked by Her Majesty The
Queen to attend a World War I ceremony on her behalf. The paper
reported that on 4 August, William and Catherine will attend the
commemorative ceremony with Prince Harry…
Royal Central last week, the itinerary
for the Royal tour of Canada has been released and includes details
of the visits The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will
undertake on their Royal visit.The Prince of Wales and The Duchess
of Cornwall will visit Charlottetown, Cornwall and Bonshaw on their
Royal Tour. The Prince and Duchess will visit Prince Edward Island
on May 19th and 20th. They…
