King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the
Belgians have cancelled their forthcoming engagements after an
unnamed member of their family tested positive for coronavirus. The
king and queen will limit all their contacts in the coming days as
a precaution after a ”younger” member of their family was found to
have Covid. Philippe and Mathilde have taken PCR tests which have
come back…
The Queen of Denmark has ended her summer
tour on board the royal yacht by decking the boat with the many
bouquets she was given during her visits. Queen Margrethe has spent
several days touring different parts of Denmark on the Dannebrog as
well as hosting receptions on…
The RNLI is naming its new lifeboat after
the Duke of Edinburgh in honour of his lifelong commitment to
maritime services. The brand new Shannon class lifeboat will be
based at Wells-next-the-Sea and will go into service in late 2022.
The tribute was announced on the…
Camilla suggests a change to a British teatime staple but would Queen Victoria be amused?
1st September 2021
It’s an enduring favourite on tea tables
around the UK, famously crafted to perfection by members of the
Women’s Institute and named after Queen Victoria. But now, another
royal has added a rather unusual twist, quite literally, to the
mix. For the Duchess of Cornwall has suggested a change to the
filling of that archetypal English tea time treat, the Victoria
sponge. For decades, the two…
The future Queen of the Belgians,
Elisabeth, is set to study at Lincoln College, Oxford and her
admission to this prestigious establishment will add another regal
chapter to its already impressive history. The college, nestled on
Turl Street in the heart of Oxford, was…
King Felipe has visited the reception
centre set up in Spain for those being flown in from Afghanistan.
Felipe VI headed to the base at Torrejon on August 28th 2021 with
the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez. He met many of the
politicians involved in the programme…
The marriage of Sonja Haraldsen to the
future King of Norway, on August 29th 1968, marked a moment of joy
in a relationship that had caused huge debate as soon as it was
known about. For the bride had no royal blood in a monarchy where
princes were expected to wed regally. However, love prevailed and
Sonja married the then Crown Prince Harald in front of crowned
heads from across Europe. This…
The Queen will oversee the opening of new
sessions of both the Scottish and Welsh parliaments in the coming
weeks as she begins to increase her public engagements. The visits
to the Scottish Parliament and the Senedd are part of a string of
duties lined up for the Monarch…
The first major royal wedding of the 21st
century was a fairytale come true. The romantic bride and groom had
a love story that had enchanted millions while their marriage
ceremony was a first taste of ancient tradition in a brand new
millennium. And that brought another…
It’s not often the bridal bouquet gets
its own name but that’s just what happened at the first major royal
wedding of the 21st century. When Mette-Marit Tjessem Hjoiby
married Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, on August 25th 2001 in Oslo,
she carried an unusual arrangement of flowers that had a title all
of its own. The creation was called ‘Brudeloperen’ and it remains
one…
