The wedding dress, the bridal party and
the music to be played were all up for debate as fresh details of
Europe’s biggest royal wedding of the year were shared. With just
over a week to go until Belgium’s Princess Maria Laura marries
William Isvy in Brussels, the plans for both their civil and
religious ceremonies were discussed as the bride’s parents spoke to
the press about…
The Queen is to miss one of the favourite
parts of her stay in Scotland. Royal officials have confirmed that
Her Majesty won’t attend the Braemar gathering, a staple in her
Balmoral diary. The Prince of Wales will be present at the games.
It was confirmed on…
They have been married for decades so it
was something of a relief for Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria
when his wife confirmed she’d wed him all over again if given the
chance. Belgium’s Princess Astrid told reporters she’d change
several things about…
American by birth, hugely popular and
credited with helping turn Monaco from a forgotten principality
into a European hotspot – but this isn’t the story of Grace Kelly.
Almost seven decades before her famous marriage to Prince Rainier
III, another US born princess had taken Monaco by storm and
transformed its fortunes. However, there was no fairytale ending
for Alice Heine, the first…
The Queen will receive her new Prime
Minister at Balmoral for the first time in her 70 year reign.
Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Her Majesty will remain at her
Scottish retreat for the transition of power from Boris Johnson to
his successor. Earlier this summer…
All The Queen's Prime Ministers - who has held the top office in Elizabeth II's historic reign?
31st August 2022
The Queen is about to see the fifteenth
Prime Minister of her reign. Boris Johnson announced his plans to
step down and the Conservative Party has spent the summer picking
his replacement. Either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will head to
Buckingham Palace to be appointment Prime…
Flag flies at half mast at Diana's ancestral home on the 25th anniversary of her death
31st August 2022
The flag at the ancestral home of Diana,
Princess of Wales was lowered to half mast on August 31st 2022, the
25th anniversary of her death. Exactly a quarter of a century after
Diana died, following a car crash in Paris, the flag at Althorp
House, Northamptonshire was lowered. Diana is buried on an island
in the Oval Lake at Althorp. The estate has been the ancestral home
of the Spencer…
It lost out in the contest to be named a
city for the Platinum Jubilee but now Gibraltar has been told it
had civic status already – thanks to another Jubilee queen. The UK
government has confirmed that Gibraltar was given city status by
Queen Victoria but had…
The Queen could receive her new Prime
Minister for the first time at Balmoral. Her Majesty is currently
in residence at her Scottish home with her planned stay there
traditionally lasting until early autumn. However, the Conservative
Party will choose its new leader on…
The royal woman who went from hidden queen to founder of history's most famous dynasty
25th August 2022
For a woman who founded one of the most
famous royal dynasties in British history, she is surprisingly
enigmatic. Katherine of Valois was the first Kate to be Queen of
England and yet much of the modern imagining of her comes from her
fleeting appearance in the works of Shakespeare. But what little we
do know seems to indicate that the ‘fair Kate’ of Henry V was every
bit as ambitious…
