On the afternoon of August 3rd 2020, a
simple letter was sent to the King of Spain. In it, the man who had
once ruled the country told his successor that he was leaving to
protect the monarchy. By the time that letter was made public, Juan
Carlos I of Spain had gone into self-imposed exile. A year on, the
man they call King Emeritus remains thousands of miles from the
country he once helped…
Spain's royals arrive in Mallorca for summer stay amid fresh questions over the future of King Juan Carlos
2nd August 2021
King Felipe and Queen Letizia have both
been seen out and about in Mallorca as they begin their traditional
summer stay on the island. And this holiday has had another
familiar air to it as they start their time at the Marivent Palace
under the shadow of fresh questions over…
Over half of’people in Spain want King
Juan Carlos to return home from his self-imposed exile, according
to a new poll for a newspaper. The NC Report survey for La Razon
showed that 57% of those asked believe the former monarch should
come back to Spain, a year…
Princess Charlene hopes she will be back
in Monaco by October. The princess, who has been in South Africa
for nearly three months, shared her wishes in a radio interview.
Charlene was speaking to South Africa Radio 702 when she addressed
her ongoing stay in the country. Her trip, which began in early
May, was only meant to last around 10 days but soon after her
arrival she sought medical help…
Once upon a time, there was a fairytale.
I was just a little girl when it was told but like many who lived
through it, I still find a resonance in that strange summer day
when once upon a time met, briefly, happy every after. On July 29th
1981, the world stopped to watch…
The flowers chosen by Diana, Princess of
Wales for her wedding day are among the most memorable of royal
bouquets. The tumbling, trailing mix of cream, green and yellow
blooms that the bride carried into St. Paul’s Cathedral on July
29th 1981 for her marriage to the Prince…
It is perhaps the most famous royal
wedding dress of them all. The gown worn by Lady Diana Spencer for
her marriage to the Prince of Wales on July 29th 1981 at St Paul’s
Cathedral has a special place in royal history. Designed by David
and Elizabeth Emanual, it came to symbolise the fairytale wedding
that hundreds of millions of people around the world tuned in to
watch. The ending was far…
In the end, it wasn’t the fairytale
marriage the world had hoped for, but on 29 July 1981, Prince
Charles, the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer married in a
glittering ceremony that could best be described as a fairytale,
watched by an estimated one billion people.
The Queen of Spain has lost one of the
most influential figures in her life. Queen Letizia’s grandmother,
Menchu Alvarez del Valle, has died at the age of 93. Letizia was
extremely close to her paternal grandmother and followed in her
footsteps as a journalist. The…
The line of succession to the throne of
the longest reigning Monarch in British history has seen as few
changes in the past months and will undergo at least one more shake
up before 2021 is out. The arrival of the Queen’s twelfth great
grandchild later this year will see the order move around for the
fourth time in less than a year. As she approaches her Platinum
Jubilee in 2022…
