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 her wedding day but not the man she married.
The couple were talking to the press ahead of the marriage of their
eldest daughter…
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…
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 Minister by Her Majesty.
They will become the fifteenth person to serve as UK Prime Minister
in the reign of Elizabeth II.
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…
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 fallen…
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 September 5th 2022, when the
results of a ballot of members across the country is announced.
Either Foreign Secretary, Liz…
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…
A is for Anne but why did the Queen’s
only daughter end up with a name that, at the time, wasn’t a usual
one for members of the Royal Family? The answer can perhaps best be
found in the summer of 1930 and the arrival of a princess. In
August that year, the future…
The sad anniversary that has given the Duke of Kent a place in the royal record books
25th August 2022
The Duke of Kent is marking a poignant
anniversary as he becomes the first person in recorded history to
hold a dukedom for eighty years. Prince Edward, 86, became Duke of
Kent on August 25th 1942 at the age of six when his father was
killed in a plane crash. He has now held his title for eight
decades, easily the longest that anyone has ever been a royal duke.
It is a moment of deep…
