Luxembourg

Stately new portraits of Luxembourg's future grand duke released

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26th August 2025
With just over a month to go before Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume ascends to the Luxembourgish throne, the Grand Ducal Court is sharing new photos of him and his wife, Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie.In one portrait, the future Grand Duke poses alone in a suit. A message accompanying the portraits—which will hang in government buildings and businesses—notes that a future portrait of…
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European Royals

Belgium's future queen set to return to Harvard after concerns

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20th August 2025
It seems Princess Elisabeth is set to return to the US this autumn to continue her studies at Harvard, after a summer of confusion and upheaval regarding the status of international students at the prestigious university.But now, according to the Belgian Royal Court’s spokesman, Xaiver Baert, the future queen of the Belgians is aiming to return for her second year of a master’s degree in…
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Features

This is how Princess Anne's family life brought the royals into the 21st century

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15th August 2025
Many royal women receive credit for breathing new life into the institution of monarchy, each one of them, so often described as ‘dragging it kicking and screaming’ into modern times, helping to change it slightly from the way they experienced it growing up, and Princess Anne is no exception.Princess Anne was the first of her siblings to get married. On 14 November 1973, she married her…
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Royal News

Princess Royal: Princess Anne's most famous title

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15th August 2025
Princess Anne, who celebrates her 75th birthday today, holds many titles, but perhaps her most famous is that of Princess Royal.Princess Royal is a title given at the discretion of the monarch to their eldest daughter and is the highest title a royal lady can be granted.
Royal News

Princess Anne, the military princess

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15th August 2025
Princess Anne has high ranks in all branches of the British Armed Forces. In 2012, she became an Admiral of the Royal Navy; while in 2020, to coincide with her 70th birthday, Queen Elizabeth II appointed her General of the British Army and Air Chief Marshal of the Royal Air…
Royal News

These are the patronages held by Princess Anne - buckle up, it's a big list

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14th August 2025
From the moment her royal career began when she was only 18 years old, Princess Anne has maintained a dedicated—and heavy—schedule of work with charities and organisations around the world.At current count, Princess Anne is involved with over 300 organisations either as patron, president, or member. In honour of her 75th birthday, we’re taking a look at some of her biggest…
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