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 an electorate to a kingdom; he served as King of Bavaria from 1 January to 1 August 1806 when Bavaria seceded from the Holy…
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…
Jewels belonging to the doomed French queen, Marie Antoinette, have gone up for auction in Geneva and sold for several times more than the original estimate.
Marie Antoinette sent two diamond bracelets to a former Austrian ambassador in Brussels for safekeeping and is thought to have even wrapped the bracelets in cotton cloths and packed them in a wooden box to keep them…
The Duchess of Cambridge opens two new galleries at the Imperial War Museum
11th November 2021
On Wednesday, 10 November, ahead of Remembrance Sunday, The Duchess of Cambridge visited the Imperial War Museum in London. She was at the museum to open two different galleries, one which included some of her own photographs.
In an Alexander McQueen blouse that she…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands are in Norway for a three day state visit that was postponed from 2020 due to the global health crisis. They arrived on the morning of Tuesday, 9 November and after several engagements during the day attended a state…
On 8 November, Lady Louise Windsor – the daughter of The Earl and Countess of Wessex – will turn 18. And on her 18th birthday, she could choose to go by the style “Princess Louise”. However, she would not be the first Princess Louise in the Royal Family. The last Princess Louise was the Princess Royal and the mother of a duchess in her own right.
Princess Louise of Wales was…
Can Lady Louise really take the title of Princess on her 18th birthday?
6th November 2021
On 8 November 2021, Lady Louise Windsor will turn 18. The elder child of Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, and his wife, Sophie, much of the conversation around her milestone birthday is about her styling.
Louise is known formally as Lady Louise Windsor, as the daughter…
While The Queen was unable to attend the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow due to health reasons, she recorded a message for world leaders and activists gathered there. She wore a particularly poignant piece of jewellery for her statement, a butterfly brooch that is rarely…
Prince Charles wears Amazonian necklace to deliver major COP26 speech
3rd November 2021
The Prince of Wales has addressed world leaders at the COP26 climate conference for the second time, speaking at the World Leaders Action on Forests and Land Use Event. He gave his speech while wearing a unique gift.
Prince Charles met with a delegation of Indigenous leaders representing 24 different nations with tropical rainforests from the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities. The…
