While we often associate the French
royals with the Palace of Versailles and the Louvre Palace, they
owned far more than that over the centuries. The Palais-Royal in
Paris began as a cardinal’s palace but made its way into royal
hands. The Palais-Royal is in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, on
Rue Saint-Honoré. Architect Jacques Lemercier was commissioned in
the late 1620s to create a…
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have
been welcomed into the highest Scottish chivalric order during
Holyrood Week. Queen Camilla and Prince Edward have joined
King Charles and Prince William as members of the Most Ancient and
Most Noble Order of the Thistle, the…
Prince William has joined his father in
Edinburgh for the second half of Holyrood Week. Prince William is
known as the Duke of Rothesay in Scotland and spent Wednesday in
Edinburgh. It was a notable day for the family as a whole, as The
Queen and The Duke of…
The King took part in a historic ceremony
to begin Holyrood Week in Edinburgh. The Ceremony of the Keys
is held in the Forecourt of the Palace of Holyroodhouse whenever
the Monarch arrives. This time it was for the week that King
Charles and Queen Camilla traditionally spend in Scotland each
July. In the ceremony, the Lord Provost offered the keys of
the city on a velvet pillow with this…
King Charles hosted his annual Scottish
Garden Party at the Palace of Holyroodhouse and The Duchess of
Edinburgh looked to thoroughly be enjoying herself. The Duke
and Duchess of Edinburgh joined King Charles and Queen Camilla for
the annual Garden Party, and they…
The King and Queen have arrived in
Scotland for a shortened Holyrood Week. Queen Camilla was busy on
Tuesday morning with a literary schedule. The Queen hosted an event
at the Palace of Holyroodhouse where she met with authors,
booksellers, and Edinburgh Book…
King Frederik and Queen Mary set out this
weekend on their first trip to Greenland since the accession in
January this year. And while the couple have now been joined by two
special guests. The King and Queen’s two younger children,
Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, joined their parents on
Sunday on a boat trip to Qeqertarsuaq. The family visited a new
Arctic sound station that will be…
Although Buckingham Palace’s 2024 Garden
Parties have officially come to an end, Queen Camilla hosted a
small but special extra celebration week. Nine-year-old Tony
Hudgell was unable to attend The King’s Garden Party in May after
he and his family got stuck in…
The Princess Royal has shared her regrets
at missing an important event in her first statement since leaving
hospital this week. Canadian Governor General Mary Simon has
shared a statement from The Princess Royal after she was forced to
miss a visit to Canada where she…
With Wimbledon underway once again for
the 2024 tournament, there will once more be royals present to take
in a match or two. One glamorous duchess was a constant fixture at
Wimbledon for decades and was a true symbol of the
championship. Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, remains the
royal most closely associated with Wimbledon. The beautiful and
sophisticated Greek Princess married The Duke…
