Royal watchers in Belgium will have more on their to-see lists this summer. Both the Royal Palace of Brussels and the Royal Crypt in Laeken will be open to the public.
The Royal Palace of Brussels serves as the official home of the King and Queen of the Belgians. The palace now stands on the grounds of Coudenberg Palace, which dates back to the 11th century. It burned down in the…
A new exhibition at Windsor Castle has opened for the Platinum Jubilee and is celebrating The Queen’s Coronation in 1953. The collection includes four prominent brooches that have never been on public display.Â
Platinum Jubilee: The Queen’s Coronation is now open at…
Three Iconic Outfits from The Queen's Jubilees
6th July 2022
The Royal Collection Trust has three different exhibitions this summer in honour of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The exhibition at Holyrood features three of Her Majesty’s Jubilee looks from her reign.
The Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977 was more understated…
Both of The Queen’s historic outfits from her Platinum Jubilee will be on display this summer at the Palace of Holyrood.Â
For Her Majesty’s first Platinum Jubilee appearance, at Trooping the Colour, she wore a powder blue dress and coat that features a white and silver petal design around the collar and the front, designed by The Queen’s dressmaker, Angela Kelly. She also wore a…
A rare portrait of the late Princess of Wales is currently on display this summer in London.
The portrait is an oil sketch done as a preliminary piece for Nelson Shanks’ full-length portrait. In it, Diana is wearing a dark green, velvet military-style Catherine…
Queen Máxima learns about making curtains for palace
2nd July 2022
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands had a busy Thursday and was on an engagement literally close to home.Â
On Thursday morning, Máxima visited the TextielMuseum in Tilburg. Conservators at the museum are currently working on repairing and restoring curtains from the…
Spending on Buckingham Palace tops £100 million
2nd July 2022
In the past fiscal year, the Royal Family spent more than £100 million on significant repair work on Buckingham Palace, drawing large amounts of funding.Â
The Royal Family released its annual spending report for the last financial year, released on Thursday, 30 June. The Sovereign Grant report details how the Royal Family has spent their funds.Â
During the last financial year, the Royal…
Several members of the Royal Family are in Scotland for Holyrood Week, including The Earl and Countess of Wessex.
Edward and Sophie are known as the Earl and Countess of Forfar in Scotland, and they were in Moray on June 28 2022 to meet with volunteers and celebrate the…
Queen Margrethe hands out "Queen's Clock"
26th June 2022
Queen Margrethe of Denmark has had a busy June this year and carried out another engagement on Friday, 24 June, in Copenhagen with an annual event.Â
On Friday, Margrethe visited the Life Guards’ barracks in Copenhagen to present the Queen’s Clock. She attended the…
The future Queen of Norway, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, debuted a new-to-her tiara at her eighteenth birthday celebrations.
The pearl and diamond tiara belonged to Ingrid Alexandra’s great-great-grandmother, Princess Ingeborg of Sweden.
Born Ingeborg Charlotte Caroline Frederikke Louise in 1878, she was the daughter of King Frederick VII and Louise of Denmark. She was a first cousin…