King Charles III

Eat, drink and be merry: Charles and Camilla enjoy their first day as part of annual visit to Cornwall

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20th July 2015
After wrapping up a very successful week in Wales a few weeks ago, The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall began their annual visit to the South West. A bit of rain did not dampen the spirit of The Duchess of Cornwall during her visit to Padstow on Monday. The theme for their time spent in Cornwall is year’s visit are tourism and supporting local communities. According to their schedule, for the next…
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FeaturesInsight

A brief look at the Privy Council

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19th July 2015
An engraving showing the Privy Council in 1770. It’s often forgotten that just like the Prime Minister has his body of advisers in the Cabinet, Her Majesty has her own in the form of the Privy Council. Originally descended from the Curia Regis, a group of household…
Queen Elizabeth II

Buckingham Palace reacts to images showing The Queen as a child appearing to give Nazi salute

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18th July 2015
Buckingham Palace has said it is disappointed by the decision of The Sun newspaper to publish an image taken in 1933 of The Queen performing a Nazi salute under the gaze of her uncle, the man who later became Edward VIII. The image that appears on their front page this morning is taken from a 17 second video that the newspaper has also published. That footage shows the then Princess Elizabeth of…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

Prince George's second birthday marked with commemorative coin from Royal Mint

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15th July 2015
Prince George turns two years old on the 22nd July and to mark this special occasion, the Royal Mint have released a commemorative sterling silver £5 coin. The limited edition coin depicts a contemporary re-imaging of the St George and the dragon legend by Christopher Le Brun whilst the other side bears the current portrait of Her Majesty The Queen by Jody Clark. Speaking of the recently released…
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History

Stories of the Stuarts: Great Storm of 1703

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15th July 2015
The Great Storm of 1703 occurred during the reign of Queen Anne and was one of the worst natural disasters ever recorded in Southern England. The week long hurricane began on 26th November 1703 and sent the roofs of houses flying and knocking flat thousands of trees…
Opinion

Is it time we made more of royal birthdays?

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15th July 2015
Looking at the images coming from Sweden on July 14th this year, two things struck me. Firstly, the second in line to the throne, Princess Estelle, has royal engagements wrapped up at the age of three. Secondly, doing a walkabout every year on a royal birthday is really…
FeaturesOpinion

Icons of England: your 90 second summer reading review

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15th July 2015
As most readers of Royal Central know, The Prince of Wales is my favourite royal. As I have written many articles on Charles, I came across a quote during some research and inquired as to where it originated. In 2010, Charles wrote: “And what greater icon could we have than our countryside, which I have always believed helps define our identity as a nation.” George V postbox put up between…
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