Marie-Astrid Liliane Charlotte Léopoldine
Wilhelmine Ingeborg Antoinette Élisabeth Anne Alberte was born on
17 February 1954, the eldest daughter of the (then) Hereditary
Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Prince Jean and his wife Princess
Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium. The Princess was born at Betzdorf
Castle in Luxembourg, as were all of her siblings: Prince Henri,
the current Grand Duke of…
God save our gracious King…This famous
anthem has potential to invoke trips down memory lane and possibly
create aristocratic fantasies in the minds of those that sing it
with pride. However, one of the greatest Monarchs in British
history is not someone who had the dream…
Princess Haya, the wife of prime minister
and vice president of the United Arab Emirates – Sheikh Mohammed
Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, attended the Leaders in Healthcare
conference earlier this week in Dubai. What is the Leaders in
Healthcare conference? The conference is…
Rural farmers in India can now market and
transport their crops at a click of a button, thanks to a new
application unveiled by Prince Charles at the annual gala dinner of
the British Asian Trust (BAT) in London. The Digital Green App,
part of the BAT’s Rural Livelihood Fund , was created by the Trust
and has won the support of the Indian government. It comes as HRH
continues to advocate the…
Although the Emperor of Japan is afforded
no political powers by the Japanese Constitution, he still must
attend to numerous other ceremonial duties, such as his opening of
the Japanese National Diet earlier this year. Many of these are
purely ceremonial, maintained out of a…
This is an opinion piece by Royal
Central’s Benjamin Knights, and why he thinks it would be a grave
error to withdraw a State Visit invitation to Donald Trump. Nobody
can claim that Donald Trump’s first week as President of the United
States was not…
It was a career that became a
passion, and Prince Harry still feels nostalgic about it. Officer
Cadet Wales, as he was known when he first joined the Army in 2005,
has revealed that he misses “black humour” and camaraderie of army
life, as he spoke to a group of war veterans. The remarks came
during a visit to the charity Help for Heroes recovery centre in
Wiltshire, Tedworth House…
His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Akihito of
Japan, opened the Japanese National Diet this Friday. Reading a
prepared speech within the upper assembly, it marks Japan’s 189th
Ordinary Session since the first Imperial Diet was opened by
Emperor Meiji on 29 November 1890. In…
It may shock some people who peruse this
site to realise that, despite some misconceptions to the contrary,
it is not the nature of the British Monarchy for its kings to be
chosen by popular vote. World-shattering, I know, but please,
humour me. By law, by tradition, and by…
The less than flattering assessment given
to King George III by many today has recently been shown to be
rather inaccurate, pending new insights derived from a number of
papers just uncovered that detail George III’s reign and activities
during the course of the American War of Independence. King George
III is famed mainly for losing the American colonies and then for
slipping into an…
