Royal News

The Princess of Wales is all smiles in Mother's Day photo

The Princess of Wales has been seen for the first time since undergoing major surgery. On Mother’s Day, Catherine was photographed with her three children in a family portrait take by the Prince of Wales. Prince George cuddles his mum while Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are on either side of Catherine who has her arms around them both. Photo by the Prince of Wales The Princess…
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Royal WeddingsSweden

The royal bride who wore her sister's wedding dress

It was a royal wedding with a recycled gown worn by a woman who gave up her royal status for love. When Princess Desiree of Sweden got married, she left her HRH status at the altar to be with the man she loved. Royal Wedding Rewind heads back to June 1964 for the wedding of Desiree and Baron Niclas Silfvershiold. The princess was the second of the four sisters of Carl Gustaf of Sweden to marry…
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Monaco

Princess Charlene of Monaco – the royal bride who wore the trousers

It’s a very famous royal wedding outfit, a style statement worn as a much talked about bride became a princess. Charlene Wittstock arrived at her civil marriage to Prince Albert II of Monaco in a trouser suit she designed with the help of Karl Lagerfeld. Charlene and Albert’s civil wedding took place on July 1st 2011, at the Prince’s Palace in Monaco. For the event, the first part of what…
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British Royals

The historic first Maundy coins of King Charles III

They were real pieces of history, The first Maundy coins to bear the image of King Charles III were handed out at a special service at York Minster where His Majesty distributed them in a tradition that stretches back centuries. The King handed out the first Maundy money to bear his image to 74 men and 74 women in April 2023. The number of recipients reflected his age at the time of the…
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