The Belgian Royal Family has announced
that Prince Gabriel, second child of King Philippe and Queen
Mathilde, is moving to England to continue his education. The news
came as the prince, who is second in line to the Belgian throne,
celebrated his eighteenth birthday. As his family shared new images
of him to mark his coming of age, they also confirmed that he had
obtained his International…
A new statue of The Queen will take its
place at one of England’s most celebrated churches to mark the
Platinum Jubilee. First glimpses of the sculpture, which will sit
in a currently empty niche on the West front of York Minister, have
been revealed. The statue…
Poll shows majority of people in Spain want Princess Leonor to undergo military training
16th August 2021
There is strong support for the heir to
the Spanish throne, Princess Leonor, undertaking military training,
according to a new poll. The survey, for leading newspaper ABC,
shows two thirds of those asked want the Princess of Asturias to
train with the military once she…
Princess Charlene has been undergoing a
major operation as she continues to deal with health problems that
have left her unable to fly home to Monaco for almost four months.
The four hour surgery is taking place under general anaesthetic in
South Africa where Charlene has been since May. Several French
magazines reported that the Prince’s Palace in Monaco has shared
details of the…
It is a truth, universally acknowledged,
that I have very, very little in common with royalty. I love
writing about them but the ruling dynasties of the world, past and
present, are a long way removed from my origins in the East End.
However, as the eighth month of the year…
All big royal events have symbolism
attached to them and when Prince Julian of Sweden is baptised, on
August 13, 2021, at the Royal Chapel at Drottningholm Palace, he
will find himself wrapped in one of his family’s best-known
traditions. The little royal, youngest child…
The Queen hails Olympic athletes as an ''inspiration'' in special message marking the end of Tokyo 2020
9th August 2021
The Queen has sent her congratulations to
athletes from Britain and the Commonwealth as the Tokyo Olympic
Games come to a close. In a special message released just hours
after the XXXII Olympiad ended, The Queen described those who had
taken part as an ”inspiration” in ”unique and challenging times”.#
The full message, sent on August 9th 2021, reads: I send my…
Sports stars across Europe have received
royal congratulations as the Tokyo Olympics come to an end. Kings,
queens, princes and princesses have sent messages of celebration to
their country’s Olympians as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
finished. King…
As 1922 got under way, newspapers began
to run excited articles about a royal wedding. The only daughter of
King George V and Queen Mary was about to say ‘I do’ and every
moment of her marriage ceremony was up for scrutiny. Princess
Mary’s wedding dress…
The first famous Windsor woman to be born
on August 4th lived most of her adult life in the spotlight and yet
one very basic detail of her story is shrouded in mystery. For no
one is really sure exactly where Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
was born. And no one did more to get people guessing than the Queen
Mum herself. In 1980, as preparations were under way for her
eightieth birthday…
