Each monarch leaves their mark, placing
their personality on the fabric of history. And charting those
footprints tells a story all of its own. From births to weddings,
coronations to the passing of power, the major moments in a
monarch’s life have an impact far beyond palace walls. Here, we
look at the stand out kingly events that fell in the first month of
the year. A Calendar of Kings…
An island in Australia is to be named
after The Queen as part of year long celebrations marking her
Platinum Jubilee. Aspen Island, in Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin,
will become Queen Elizabeth II Island in June 2022 as the main
celebrations marking the 70th…
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…
The Queen has granted a special honour to
her daughter-in-law. The Duchess of Cornwall has been made a Royal
Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. The appointment of
Royal Knights and Ladies is entirely in the gift of The Queen.
Camilla’s appointment takes effect from January 1st 2022. She joins
a select group of Royal Ladies of the Order of the Garter. The
Princess Royal was…
The King of Norway has ended 2021 with an
upbeat message urging people across the country to face the year to
come with energy and determination. Harald V delivered his
traditional New Year’s Eve speech from the Royal Palace in Oslo.
The king placed a particular…
It promises to be a very busy royal year
with plenty to look forward to over the coming twelve months.
There’s not one but two jubilees as well as a host of big birthdays
and wedding anniversaries and that’s before anyone steps outside a
palace and gets busy. As…
It was, once more, a royal year like no
other. As 2021 winds to a close, fading to nothing more than
memories, many moments remain, but some linger more than others.
The past twelve months have proved challenging for everyone,
royalty included, and amongst the joy has been deep sadness, too.
As the year comes to an end, the Royal Central team looks back at
the memories that remain outstanding for…
Princess Anne's royal year underlines her role as a 'strength and stay' to the House of Windsor
31st December 2021
If 2021 ended with an enforced quietness,
then it was in sharp contrast to the year just gone for the
Princess Royal. Despite the challenges of the twelve months past,
Princess Anne remained as busy as ever and, perhaps, even more
important to her royal family. For it is…
A year of sadness, yes, but 2021 was far from another 'annus horribilis' for the Windsors
31st December 2021
It’s a well worn phrase, coined by the
Monarch herself. As the dust settled on a truly terrible year for
the Royal Family in 1992, The Queen described it as an ‘’annus
horribilis’’. Thirty years on, it’s been used several times to
describe the twelve months the…
The promise of the future meets the shadow of the past: Spain's royal year dominated by a former monarch and a queen in waiting
31st December 2021
If the theme of 2020 for Spain’s royals
was the shadow of the past catching up with them, then the family
began 2021 with their focus firmly on the future. With King Juan
Carlos several thousand miles from Madrid, there were moments when
the controversies around him seemed almost forgotten as the young
princess who is in line to inherit the throne he helped recreate
stepped into the…
