Let’s take a look back at the royal year of 2016.
The Queen celebrated another milestone year, when on 21 April, she turned 90-years-old. On that day, 1,000 beacons were lit across the United Kingdom, including one at Windsor lit by Her Majesty.
Her eldest son and heir, Prince Charles, spoke before she lit the beacon, saying, “But this, ladies and gentleman, is a very special occasion and this…
Zara and Mike Tindall Speak Exclusively to Australia's Daily Telegraph
11th December 2016
Zara and Mike Tindall sat down for an exclusive interview with Australia’s Daily Telegraph, where they discussed everything from parenthood to horses to polo.
They even discussed the recent news about Zara’s pregnancy.
“Mike and I are over the moon to be welcoming…
Princess Charlotte Receives a Special Christmas Present from her Bodyguards
10th December 2016
Princess Charlotte will receive a very special Christmas present from her bodyguards when she opens a framed print commemorating the day she was born.
The print, called On the Day You Were Born, will include details about her birthday, 2 May 2015, including her star sign…
Queen Fabiola of Belgium was the Spanish-born consort of King Baudouin of Belgiumand reigned alongside her husband from 1960 until his death in 1993.
Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón was born on 11 June 1928 in Madrid, Spain, to Don Gonzalo de Mora y Fernández y Riera y del Olmo, the 4thMarqués de Casa Riera, 2ndCount of Mora, and Doña Blanca de Aragón y Carrillo de…
Queen Margrethe of Denmark brought the family with her to the opening night of The Nutcracker, which she designed the sets and costumes, on 1 December.
Crown Prince Frederik, his wife, Crown Princess Mary, and their four children, Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Prince…
Bizarre Diana, Princess of Wales statue showing her riding a horse on an upturned car set to be unveiled in Trafalgar Square
2nd December 2016
Memorials and tributes are expected around the world next year to mark the 20th anniversary of Diana, Princess of Wales’s death, but perhaps one of the most ill-conceived is that of a proposed memorial of the late Diana riding a horse upon an overturned car in Trafalgar…
Princess Madeleine of Sweden can cross New York City off her list of residences, as she sold her Upper East Side apartment last week.
Princess Madeleine purchased the apartment in 2013, the same year she married her husband, British-American businessman Christopher O’Neill. The Princess moved to New York in 2010, where she began working for her mother, Queen Silvia’s World Childhood Foundation…
The Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, sent out a statement on 29 November stating that the dowager Queen had been released from the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital after being treated for a fever and a lung infection.
Queen Sirikit returned to her home at the…
Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York was born on 8 August 1988, as the first child of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and his wife, Sarah, Duchess of York. Beatrice has a younger sister, Eugenie, who was born in 1990.
Princess Beatrice was named after Queen Victoria’s…
A Bahraini politician was arrested for comments he made during an interview with the American press while the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall were on an official visit to the country earlier this month.
Politician Ebrahim Sharif, the former leader of Bahrain’s secular National Democratic Action Society who currently works in the Waad Party, was arrested and charged with inciting…
