In 1938, 80 summers ago, twelve-year-old
Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) and her younger sister,
Margaret, looked forward excitedly to their annual holiday in
Scotland during August and September. Only the recent death of
their beloved maternal grandmother, the Countess of Strathmore,
would mar their visit to Glamis Castle, still occupied for part of
the year by their grandfather, the…
Twice a year the Queen bestows upon the
hardest working people an award of achievement. This award can be
given to people from all walks of life, and is a formal
recognition by the royal family of an individual’s achievements in
their sector. A person can be awarded a…
Princess Alexia Juliana Marcela
Laurentien is the middle of the three daughters of King
Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. She was born on the 26th June
2005, like both of her sisters in the Bronovo Hospital in The
Hague. She was christened on 19 November 2005 in the…
Royal Central have compiled together some
of his most famous, yet hilarious gaffes. The list below details
remarks be has made about celebrities, places and even his own
family. Madonna After being told that Madonna would be performing
the Die Another Day theme tune back in 2002, Prince Philip famously
quipped: “Are we going to need earplugs?” Elton John Sir Elton John
has long been a…
Princess Laurentien is the wife of Prince
Constantijn of the Netherlands, and hence, the sister-in-law of
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. She was born on 25th May
1966 in Leiden, the daughter of a former Dutch Minister of Economic
Affairs, Laurens Brinkhorst. Though…
During a recent interview with CNBC, the
Crown Prince of Liechtenstein, Prince Alois, admitted to having an
interest in investing in cryptocurrencies and went on to speak in
glowing terms about the potential for blockchain technology – the
infrastructure that underpins the…
The life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
II has been one full of spectacular events, some that have changed
the course of history. Who, at the time, would have thought that
the fair-haired baby princess born in Mayfair would grow up to
become the United Kingdom’s longest-reigning monarch. Today, the
Queen celebrates 92 glorious years of life surrounded by her
devoted husband, her loving children…
Princess Annette is the wife of Prince
Bernhard, second son of Princess Margriet and Pieter van
Vollenhoven. She was born, Annette Sekrève on the 18th April 1972
in The Hague, and after she had passed the highest award in Dutch
secondary education, she went to the…
Prince Maurits is the son of Princess
Margriet and cousin to the current King of the Netherlands, King
Willem-Alexander. He was born in Utrecht on 17 April 1968 and is
eldest of four brothers born to Princess Margriet and Pieter van
Vollenhoven – the others being Bernhard…
Prince Edward to become Declan Donnelly's new co-host as Ant & Dec are rebranded Dec & Ed
1st April 2018
Royal Central has learned that The
Queen’s youngest son, Prince Edward, is set to become the new
presenting partner of TV’s Declan Donnelly. The Earl of Wessex,
famed for his previous television appearances on the hugely
successful It’s A Royal Knockout, will temporally
stand-in for Ant McPartlin who is on leave from his presenting
duties. Shows that the 54-year-old Prince…
