It’s been announced that Crown Princess
Victoria of Sweden is pregnant with her second child. The
princess, heir to her country’s throne, is expecting her baby in
March 2016. The new prince or princess will be third in line to the
Swedish crown. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, seen with her
husband and daughter, has announced she is expecting a second baby
next March There had been…
Kensington Palace marks longest serving monarch with film installation
4th September 2015
Kensington Palace is to mark the date
Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain’s longest-serving monarch with a
new film installation celebrating the reigns of The Queen, and her
predecessor as longest serving monarch, Queen Victoria. The Palace
is a royal residence set in…
A new portrait of The Queen to mark the
occasion of Her Majesty becoming Britain’s longest-reigning monarch
has been unveiled. The new portrait was commissioned by Illustrated
London News Ltd (ILN), with collaboration from The Queen Elizabeth
Scholarship Trust (QEST) and…
Royal Mint issues commemorative £20 silver coin honouring The Queen's record breaking milestone
1st September 2015
Fewer and fewer people in Britain can
remember a time when another head adorned our currency or indeed
our stamps. In fact, the Royal Mint has confirmed that of the 28.9
billion coins in circulation, never have all of them carried the
portrait of the same monarch. The new, limited edition, £20 coin.
The Queen will become the longest-reigning monarch in British
history on 9th September 2015…
Things are starting to bloom this month as Duchess of Cornwall accepts garden presidency
1st September 2015
The Duchess of Cornwall has recently
agreed to become president of the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in
Hampshire. The Duchess of Cornwall is pictured here visiting the
Big Lunch Project at the Skainos Centre in East Belfast in May
2015. Founded in 1953 by nurseryman Harold…
The year was 1774 and seventeen-year-old
Lady Georgiana Spencer was a blushing bride. All of England
whispered about the most advantageous marriage. Lady Georgiana’s
groom was none other than the much-sought-after Duke of Devonshire,
considered the most attractive bachelor…
Today, images of the Royal Family are
everywhere. As technology advances, we can instantly retrieve
images of any member of the Royal Family, both in private and
outperforming their royal duties. Now, because of this, the members
of the royal family can be recognized instantly. However, this was
not always the case, many of the royal portraits released by
monarchs of the past were not very…
Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart was the second
child of King James II and his second wife, Mary of Modena. Born on
28th June 1692 at St-Germain-en-Laye, Louisa was referred to as The
Princess Royal by her father’s supporters, the Jacobites. James
Francis Edward and Louisa…
Christmas is just that time of the year
where it is perfectly acceptable to eat and drink as much as you
see fit. That theory even stood during the reign of the House of
Stuart, probably in a bigger sense than it does today. King Charles
I and his family spent several months…
Duchess of Cornwall to present medals to Navy personnel who helped with the Ebola crisis
28th August 2015
The Duchess of Cornwall begins the new
royal season on 10 September honouring Navy personnel who helped
with the Ebola crisis last year. The Duchess of Cornwall is
pictured here in 2012 at HMS Excellent in Portsmouth. There she
presented operational medals to Royal Navy medics upon their return
operations in Afghanistan. Camilla, Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal
Naval Medical Services will present…
