Philippe d’Auvergne’s life was that of a
great adventurer. In his life, he rose through the ranks of the
Royal Navy, saw service in the American Revolution, earned the
confidence of an ageing duke, led the defence of his homeland
against the barbarity of the French Revolution, funded the royalist
cause, and marched with his contingent at the Battle of Waterloo.
His is a life that is…
If you haven’t been living under a rock,
then you surely know that the Netherlands has a monarch. Following
the abdication of Queen Beatrix on 30 April 2013, Willem-Alexander
became the very first Dutch king in the last hundred years. Holland
is one of the many European…
The Duchess of Cornwall, born Camilla
Rosemary Shand, graced the world with her presence on the morning
of 17 July 1947. Camilla’s father, Bruce Shand, would later be
known as a businessman, but in his early years worked as a British
army officer. Her mother, Rosalind…
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…
