Lydia Starbuck

With just weeks to go until King Charles and Queen Camilla are set to head to the US for a State Visit, final preparations are being made. The trip is expected to include a State Banquet, the only moment during the trip that The Queen could wear a tiara. However, two historic jewels are already out of the reckoning and one has symbolic ties to the UK’s relationship with President Donald…

Queen Mary of Denmark and her father, Professor John Donaldson, shared many things but among them is a moment of history. For on May 14 2004, John Dalgleish Donaldson walked with his youngest daughter, Mary Elizabeth, through one of the most famous churches in Europe as she prepared to marry the heir to one of the oldest kingdoms in the world. And they gave us one of the all time best royal…

In April 1926, the papers were filled with royal news as the countdown to the arrival of a new prince or princess entered its final stages. The Duke and Duchess of York, who would later become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, were expecting their first child. The much anticipated baby would be third in line to the throne but a life of obscurity, as a monarch’s cousin, appeared to await.