British Royals

The Duchess of Gloucester: the discreet royal whose long service has been recognised with a special honour by King Charles

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23rd April 2024
The Duchess of Gloucester has been named as a Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter by King Charles III. It is a reflection of the ongoing senior role within the Royal Family that the Duchess has. In the announcement, Buckingham Palace noted that Her Royal Highness has links with over dozens of organisations covering a wide range of areas including sport, the arts and health and…
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Features

What are the most popular royal names?

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20th April 2024
Monarchy is all about traditions and that includes naming conventions. Throughout the royal families of Europe there are common threads to be found for those who ascend to the throne. Today, we’re looking at some of the most common regnal names. Denmark The…
European Royals

The dazzling diamonds hidden for decades that are now the favourites of a queen

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18th April 2024
Queen Maxima has given us another showing of the Stuart Tiara as she hosted a State Banquet for the King and Queen of Spain. The stunning diamond diadem has become a favourite of the Queen of the Netherlands since she brought it out of royal retirement just over five years ago. It’s now perhaps the most talked about tiara in the Dutch royal collection and it packs plenty of history as well…
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European Royals

The royal bride picked from a photograph who was queen for just one summer

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13th April 2024
She was called ‘the White Rose’ and her time as queen lasted just one summer. Geraldine, last Queen of Albania, reigned as consort for just a year before she and her royal family had to flee an Italian invasion. Though she spent the rest of her life zigzagging the world, trying to find a place to settle, Queen Geraldine never gave up promoting her son’s interests as an uncrowned…
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Denmark

Queen Mary shares her love of nature at deer haven

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9th April 2024
Queen Mary professed her love of nature over the weekend after she dedicated new land to an existing deer haven. The Danish queen visited the southern part of Jægersborg Hegn on Sunday afternoon to incorporate it into the existing Dyrehaven (Deer Haven) in Copenhagen.
History

Mystery surrounds whether a queen murdered her love rival

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5th April 2024
The fate of one of medieval England’s most famous royal mistresses has fascinated historians for centuries. What really 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. For by the time Rosamund began a relationship with Eleanor’s…
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