Lydia Starbuck

She was the royal who insisted she would only marry for love while he was a prince with a broken heart and no desire to wed again. However, on a summer’s day, exactly a century ago, they fell in love in London and began a royal romance that would lead to a crown and change the attitudes of a whole royal family. The love story of Lady Louise Mountbatten and Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden…

Ian Wright leads the field of sports stars recognised in the first Birthday Honours list of the reign of King Charles III.The former England and Arsenal player is made an OBE for his services to football and charity.Another football legend, John Grieg, is made a CBE. He spent decades with Rangers as a player, manager and director and has been named the greatest ever by the club’s…

The first King’s Birthday Honours of the reign of Charles III include a knighthood for one of Britain’s most famous novelists that was conferred just before he died.Sir Martin Amis received his honour the day before he passed away. The Cabinet Office made the unusual move of conferring the knighthood ahead of the release of the list to ensure that Sir Martin was honoured.The…

This year will see the Sovereign’s Birthday Parade, better known as Trooping the Colour, held in honour of King Charles III for the first time. It will also be a return to a more familiar Trooping, for the final years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II saw the traditional ceremony altered several times for different reasons.In 2020 and 2021, it was held at Windsor Castle, because of the…