A brand new stamp, showing Queen
Elizabeth II in five different decades of her life, has been issued
by the Italian Postal Service. The stamp was released to mark the
anniversary of the death of Her Late Majesty. It is extremely rare
for the Italian Postal Service to issue a stamp featuring a
non-Italian and the Royal Family immediately thanked them, on
social media, for the honour. The…
Princess Martha Louise and Durek Verrett set their royal wedding date
13th September 2023
Princess Martha Louise of Norway and
Durek Verrett have revealed when they plan to marry. The couple,
who announced their engagement in 2022, have said their wedding
will take place on August 31st 2024. In a post on her Instagram,
Princess Martha Louise also confirmed…
The King of Sweden reflects on the loss that handed him a throne
13th September 2023
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has
remembered his predecessor as monarch in a speech to parliament
that marked the beginning of his Golden Jubilee. Just hours before
official celebrations for the milestone were due to begin, the
Swedish king spoke to his country’s…
Spain's future queen reaches new milestone in her military training
13th September 2023
Princess Leonor has reached an important
moment in the first year of her military training. The heir to the
throne of Spain has been at the General Military Academy in
Zaragoza for a month, training with the Army as she begins three
years of work which will see her also complete year long
initiations with the Navy and Air Force as well. Now, the princess
has completed the Combatant Training…
His birth secured the succession in a way
the British royal family had never known before. When Mary, Duchess
of York delivered a healthy boy on June 23rd 1894 she ensured that
her royal dynasty had three heirs in direct line to the throne. But
the baby who arrived that day…
The jubilee celebrations that were stopped by a tragic accident that changed a royal family forever
12th September 2023
In December 1947, the King of Sweden sat
down for an official portrait. Around him were close family members
including the ageing heir to his throne and a young child who
already had a life of royal duty laid out before him. The picture
had been a long time in the planning…
A truly historic royal wedding dress created by Marc Bohan of Dior
11th September 2023
It was a wedding for the history books as
the King of Sweden ripped up the royal rule book that had governed
marriages for centuries to wed his love. And the bride, the most
talked about in the world, chose Marc Bohan of Dior to create her
gown. It was an historic royal wedding which created a consort.
When Silvia Sommerlath married King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden on
June 19th 1976, she became…
It’s among the most unusual pieces in any
royal collection and, in recent years, it’s acquired a reputation
as the go to tiara for Sweden’s royal brides. The diadem now known
as ‘the Cameo’ has a long and romantic history. And since Queen
Silvia…
The poignant losses that marked Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee year
11th September 2023
The historic reign of Elizabeth II, which
lasted seventy years, saw many significant times. Among the most
poignant were those in 2002 when Queen Elizabeth II said goodbye to
her sister and her mother within a matter of weeks and saw the very
fabric of her Royal Family alter…
The little known rule that stopped a royal wedding at one of the world's most famous castles
10th September 2023
WhenKing Charles III and Queen
Camillaannounced their engagement in February 2005, they wasted no
time in setting a date or venue for their marriage. They
immediately told the world they would marry in April that year in a
civil ceremony at Windsor Castle followed by a service of blessing
at St. George’s Chapel later the same day. Yet just a week later,
they had to move their civil…
