It was a marriage that sealed a famous
love story and turned a princess into a queen. On September 18th
1964, royalty from across Europe gathered in Athens to see the
continent’s newest monarch wed a bride who had just turned
eighteen. Constantine II of Greece and Anne-Marie of Denmark’s
romance went on to weather political crises and exile. Their path
to the altar had begun five years…
The princess whose royal wedding had to wait until the heir to the throne had married
10th January 2023
It’s not the most talked about royal
wedding of all time but the marriage that took place on a cold,
January day in 1967 has proved to be an important one for the Dutch
Royal Family. Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, aunt of the
current monarch King Willem-Alexander…
How Princess Margaret made a poignant nod to her late father, King George VI, on her wedding day
10th January 2023
The gowns worn by royal bridesmaids can
often be overlooked but the creations made for the attendants at
Princess Margaret’s wedding in May 1960 had a very special meaning.
For they were a link between the bride and her beloved father, who
had died almost a decade before…
The last king of Greece, Constantine II,
remains in a serious condition in hospital but he has now been
moved from intensive care. The former monarch is in a ‘serious but
stable’ condition and his family remain at his bedside, according
to latest reports on CNN. Constantine, who is 82, has been in
hospital for five days. It’s understood he has suffered a stroke.
His…
On a cold, January day in 1937, a happy
young couple stepped out into the chilly air to make royal history.
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands married Prince Bernhard of
Lippe-Biesterfeld before a royal guest list and surrounded by
thousands of her fellow Dutch citizens who…
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…
If ever a wedding dress summed up its wearer, it was the gown chosen by Sophie for her marriage to Prince Edward
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 up its wearer, it was the gown chosen by
Sophie Rhys-Jones for her marriage to Prince Edward on 19 June 1999
at St George’s…
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. Queen…
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…
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 a true Jubilee. On September 15th 2023,
the longest reigning king in Europe will mark the 50th anniversary
of his reign.
