His Majesty The King of the Belgians has begun his final preparations for his abdication this Sunday when he will formally hand over Kingship to his son, who will become King Philippe.
King Albert II has been King of the Belgians for almost 20 years and announced earlier in the month that he would be abdicating because he says his health is no longer good enough to continue his duties.
He will…
Her Majesty The Queen and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal are to perform a series of joint engagements in Cumbria on Wednesday, being one of the only times both Her Majesty and the Princess Royal have performed engagements together.
The Queen and her only daughter…
One of the big questions on everybody’s lips, with the royal baby on its way is, what will happen to Prince Harry?
Harry who is currently third in line for the British throne will drop down to fourth. With this there will be less pressure on him as a royal, because it…
She has been, for most of our lifetimes, the only Queen we have ever known. Powerful yet delicate, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, by the grace of God, Queen and Defender of Faith has paved the way for the future queens of the world’s monarchies. Currently there are 2 countries who count queens as their leaders.
Those countries are Denmark and the UK. Along with Her Majesty, Queen Margrethe…
The Queen will be the first person to be told of the Royal Baby’s birth.
Her Majesty The Queen is to receive a special encrypted phone call when the Royal Baby is born. According to information released last month by St James’s Palace, Her Majesty will be one of…
King Albert will abdicate on 21st July.
With the Belgian Abdication just announced (and happening in just a few weeks’ time), we thought we’d give you 10 of the most need-to-know facts about the Belgian Monarchy.
The Belgian Kings and Queens are known as…
The second instalment in this series of blogs focuses on the third Monarch of the House of Stuart, King Charles II.
Charles was born on 29th May 1630 at St James’s Palace to the reigning King Charles I and his consort Henrietta Maria (who was in fact the sister of French King Louis XIII). Charles was baptised in the Chapel Royal on the 27th June by the Anglican Bishop of London William Laud…
