Sweden

A very royal meeting as an emperor welcomes a king

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17th May 2025
King Carl Gustaf of Sweden was welcomed to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo by Emperor Naruhito of Japan during an important visit to the country.The King of Sweden has been visiting Expo 2025 during an official visit to Japan and as his time in the country came to a close, he met the Emperor of Japan. The Swedish king began his trip on 13 May and visited the Nordic Pavilion at Expo 2025 in…
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Royal News

Queen Camilla speaks of her hopes for the future as she helps begin new chapter in royal history

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15th May 2025
The Queen has spoken of a big hope that she and The King share and which is linked to their Coronation.Two years after the ceremony that saw them crowned, Queen Camilla returned to Westminster Abbey to help begin a new chapter for the abbey. And she told her hosts that Charles III shares her wish that the two of them will be back in the church for a very special reason in the coming…
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Norway

King Harald hosts Barack Obama at summer home

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14th May 2025
King Harald of Norway met up with an old friend as he hosted the former President of the United States, Barack Obama, at his summer home.The King of Norway was joined by his daughter-in-law, Crown Princess Mette Marit, for the meeting. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr…
British Royals

This princess pulled the ultimate royal wedding jewel surprise

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13th May 2025
Every royal bride needs a tiara and some take the diadem game to another level with their picks. Princess Eugenie is one of them as her tiara choice wasn’t just unusual, it involved a gem that no one had seen in public for decades.Dame Margaret Greville was one of the leading society hostesses in the first half of the twentieth century and upon her death in 1942, she bequeathed much of…
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Features

Who was Jane Austen's favourite monarch?

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12th May 2025
The royal that Jane Austen is most often connected with is the Prince Regent, or the future King George IV, as he requested a copy of her novel for his library. However, there is a different royal from history that Austen much preferred to “Prinny”.A fifteen-year-old Austen wrote The History of England in 1791; the satirical history textbook covers England’s monarchs from King…
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