Sweden

The princess who chose a fairytale royal wedding at an island church decked with summer flowers

The Royal Family of Sweden does love a June wedding. The majority of their modern marriages have taken place in the month and June comes to an end with another Swedish royal wedding anniversary. Princess Margaretha, the eldest sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf, married businessman John Ambler on June 30th 1964 in a ceremony strikingly different from those of her sisters. Let’s rewind to the…
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Features

The designer who reigned supreme at royal weddings

He created some of the most famous royal looks of the 20th century and he’s still producing talked about style picks. Sir Norman Hartnell was already a sought after wedding dress designer when he was first commissioned to produce a bridal outfit by the House of…
British Royals

Princess Anne presents the Gold Cup

The Princess Royal presented the Gold Cup on the biggest day of this year’s Cheltenham Festival. Galopin Des Champs claimed the prestigious race for the second time. Embed from Getty Images Princess Anne congratulated winning jockey, Paul Townend, as she oversaw the presentation ceremony as the four day festival drew to a close. It was his fourth win in the Gold Cup. Her Royal…
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Norway

King Harald out of hospital to recuperate at home

King Harald of Norway has left hospital after several weeks of treatment. The Norwegian monarch, 87, was discharged from the Rigshospitalet in Oslo on March 14th and went home to the Royal Palace where he will continue to recuperate. The Royal Court said King Harald…
Features

The mystery of the Queen Mother's wedding bouquet

It’s perhaps the most famous and talked about royal wedding bouquet of all. The flowers carried by the Queen Mother, then Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, at her marriage in April 1923 have entered regal folklore after the bride used them to begin a royal wedding tradition known around the world. But do you actually know what this celebrated bouquet looks like? The chances are that the answer is no…
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The lesson of royal history and International Women's Day

Royal history is peppered with stand out women. In the annals of all monarchies are queens and princesses who packed a punch and made a mark. But there is still a tendency to categorise the girls as the also rans, the second bests, the pretty and sometimes witty but when push comes to shove, they are always relegated to the role of background players. It only shows that men wrote history and, as…
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