The royal past is peppered with milestones, those major moments that take on an importance all of their own, and Britain’s queens have provided plenty of history worth talking about. From the reigns that started to the rules that came to an end, from the happy arrivals to the sad farewells, we look at the queenly events that took place in the first month of the year. A Calendar of…
If ever a wedding dress summed up its wearer, it was the gown chosen by Sophie for her marriage to Prince EdwardÂ
6th January 2023
On January 6 1999, Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones announced that they were engaged to be married. To celebrate the occasion, 24 years on, Lydia Starbuck takes a look back at the Countess of Wessex’s striking wedding dress.
If ever a royal wedding dress summed…
As 2023 gets under way, special anniversaries loom for several of Europe’s consorts. Two will mark a decade as queens of their country while another has a special royal celebration ahead of her. As a new year begins, we look at Europe’s current consorts.
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for the first time in decades, the royal landscape of Europe looks somewhat different as the New Year gets under way. Queen Elizabeth II was the longest reigning Monarch and the oldest for many years but now, all that has changed. As 2023 begins, this is how Europe is ruled
Margrethe II of Denmark
Queen Margrethe II has ruled Denmark since 1972(Photographer Per Morten Abrahamsen for…
Another year, another Jubilee. We’ve got used to these monarchical milestones in recent years. However, the celebrations in Sweden this September for the half century of King Carl XVI Gustaf’s rule have their own claim to fame. For the Swedish monarch is marking…
As Charles III begins a New Year, a milestone is beckoning in the summer months of 2023. For in August this year, His Majesty’s reign will overtake that of a king with a famously truncated rule. And that milestone will take him one step further away from having one of…
The year 2022 has left its mark on royal history. The past twelve months have changed much and the United Kingdom has lived under the reign of two Monarchs.
Elizabeth II’s record breaking rule reached another magnificent milestone as 2022 began. Her Late Majesty became the only British Monarch to reign for 70 years on February 6th 2022. She marked the moment in her usual style, with a…
It was taken on the off chance but became one of the most famous photos in history. As Queen Elizabeth II waited for the fifteenth Prime Minister of her reign to arrive at Balmoral for the traditional kissing of hands, she posed for quick picture. It wasn’t shared…
King Charles has hailed Pope Benedict XVI’s efforts to promote peace and goodwill as he paid tribute to the former Pontiff following his death.
Pope Benedict, who retired as leader of the Roman Catholic Church in 2013, died on New Year’s Eve 2022 in the Mater…
Royalty around the world are among the most photographed people and every image tells part of their story. As 2022 came to a conclusion, there were some big firsts caught on camera while the year ended as it had begun, around the throne of a Jubilee queen.
A future queen makes an important debut
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In December 2022, the Dutch royal family confirmed that the heir to…
