Queen Margrethe was in the audience last
night at the Pantomime Theatre, along with many of her family
members, to enjoy her work on The Snow Queen. Appropriately, it was
snowing as they arrived and were dressed for the weather. The Queen
has worked with Tivoli Ballet Theatre in Copenhagen on several
different projects, both as a set and costume designer. Two years
ago, she started working on a…
The Duchess of Cambridge has visited the
Victoria and Albert Museum in London to see a new exhibition with
royal ties. Catherine visited the V&A on Thursday morning to
see Fabergé in London: Romance to Revolution, which recently
opened. The exhibition includes over…
Aiko, Princess Toshi, the daughter of
Japanese Emperor Naruhito, will reach the age of maturity on her
twentieth birthday on 1 December 2022. In the following days, she
will take part in specific ceremonies and will start attending
public engagements with her…
Inside the Jubilee Exhibition: The Queen's most famous portrait?
22nd November 2021
To celebrate the Platinum Jubilee in
2022, the Royal Collection Trust will be staging three different
exhibitions in 2022. The exhibition at Buckingham Palace will focus
on her Accession, the Windsor Castle exhibition on her Coronation,
and the Palace of Holyroodhouse exhibition on her Jubilees. The
Buckingham Palace exhibition will feature some of the most famous
portraits of The…
The second season of The Great from Hulu
has premiered in the United States and Canada and will be
premiering in the United Kingdom on 5 December. The popular period
drama is a fictional take on Catherine the Great’s early
reign. The Great was written by Tony…
Inside the Jubilee exhibitions: Coronation on show at Windsor Castle
18th November 2021
The Royal Collection Trust will be
staging three different exhibitions in 2022 to mark The Queen’s
Platinum Jubilee, at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, and the
Palace of Holyroodhouse. The exhibition at Windsor Castle is set to
explore The Queen’s Coronation in…
The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara: an iconic royal jewel
17th November 2021
The Queen has numerous tiaras to choose
from for formal occasions. However, there are a few that she turns
to again and again. The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara is
one of those pieces, and even features in the first portraits taken
during her reign. Queen Mary’s Girls of Great Britain and Ireland
Tiara was given to Princess May of Teck as a wedding present.
Society hostess…
The Bavarian Royal Family had several
notable members, including King Ludwig II (The Swan King) and
Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as Sisi. However, the Kingdom
of Bavaria had a relatively short lifespan. In 1805, Elector
Maximilian IV Joseph elevated Bavaria from…
The unveiling of the Cenotaph: The day George V led a nation still recovering from war
11th November 2021
On 11 November 1920, King George V led
Britain in two minutes of silence to remember those lost in the
First World War and to mark the exact moment when Armistices
brought the Great War to a close. The king also unveiled the
Cenotaph in Whitehall. In 1919, the…
Queen Margrethe's poised jewel pick for state visit to Germany
11th November 2021
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is
currently in Germany on a state visit; her son, Crown Prince
Frederik, is accompanying her. On Wednesday, 10 November, they
attended a state dinner at Bellvue Palace in Berlin. The Danish
Royal Family has one of the most impressive jewellery vaults in
Europe, and The Queen did not disappoint. Margrethe chose to wear
pearls with a floor-length, green lace gown…
