Today’s Royal History Mystery focuses on
the fate of one of medieval England’s most famous royal mistresses.
What happened to The Fair Rosamund? Much of Rosamund Clifford’s
life is now the stuff of legend and folklore but, in her time, she
was England’s greatest beauty and Eleanor of Aquitaine’s greatest
nemesis. John William Waterhouse / Public domain Rosamund Clifford
may have…
The Prince of Wales reveals details about special musical tribute to The Queen Mother
27th May 2020
The Prince of Wales has revealed more of
the inspirations behind the piece of music he commissioned to
honour his grandmother, The Queen Mother, after her death. He was
speaking on Classic FM on Tuesday evening. “I asked [Nigel Hess] to
write a piano concerto in memory…
To mark what would have been the 85th
wedding anniversary of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid, the
Danish Royal House shared details about her family heirloom wedding
crown on their social media channels. Queen Ingrid wore a myrtle
wedding crown as part of her bridal…
The King and Queen of Spain join experts looking at global impact of COVID-19
27th May 2020
King Felipe and Queen Letizia attended a
session of the Scientific Committee of the Elcano Royal Institute
to learn about the international impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Upon their arrival, the King and Queen were greeted by the
President and Director of the Institute, Emilio Lamo de Espinosa
and Charles Powell, who made a presentation to the royals on how
the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting…
The Danish Royal Family counts just one
emerald tiara in their collection, but it’s a stunning piece that
features 67 emeralds and over 2,600 diamonds. Let’s take a look at
the Danish Emerald Parure Tiara. King Christian VIII commissioned
an emerald parure for his…
The Prince of Wales has opened up about
his love of classical music and how he has lent out his skills in
choosing musical pieces for royal weddings in a special radio
programme. On Monday evening, the first night of a two-part radio
programme on Classic FM, Prince…
Queen Máxima paid a visit to the OLVG
Amsterdam hospital to learn more about their digital hospital work
during the COVID-19 pandemic. During her visit, Queen Máxima
learned how the hospital’s COVID-19 initiatives, including The
Corona Check app — which tracks symptoms and allows people to talk
with medical professionals within 24 hours if need be — are working
within the existing…
Call it the Elisabeth Effect! When the
Belgian Royal House announced that 18-year-old Princess Elisabeth,
Duchess of Brabant, would be attending the Royal Military Academy
starting this fall, the photo to accompany the press release on the
royal website featured Princess…
Princess Beatrice on dyslexia: ''There is nothing wrong, there is just everything that is so right.”
26th May 2020
Princess Beatrice has conducted a rare
interview in support of dyslexia charity Made By Dyslexia, saying
that she feels “we have a responsibility to change the narrative”
for young people in the classrooms. In the interview, posted on the
Made By Dyslexia YouTube page…
Today, we’re looking at a Royal History
Mystery that involves a king and his niece and whether their
relationship was too scandalous for the time period. Did Richard
III want to marry his niece Elizabeth of York? One of the most
turbulent periods in English history was the Wars of the Roses and
the conflicts between different royal dynasties. In a previous post
outlining the Royal History…
