It’s the other outfit that everyone wants to see at a royal wedding, the one chosen by the Queen. While anticipation was huge seven decades ago for the bridal gown worn by the future Elizabeth II for her own marriage to Prince Philip, in the intervening years her style picks for the nuptial celebrations of her grandchildren have become just as talked about. From bold bronze to pretty…
It might be over a year away but plans are already being drawn up to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Elizabeth II’s historic reign will be feted in a long weekend of parties in June 2022. We can expect Europe’s ruling houses to be involved but they…
How an heirloom necklace became the ultimate Windsor wedding tiara
16th November 2020
It’s become one of the big questions in the run up to a royal marriage – which tiara will the bride wear? It’s now an accepted part of any Windsor wedding and the decision of Princess Beatrice to wear the same tiara as her grandmother did as a bride for her…
The Prince of Wales shows thanks for birthday wishes with unseen photo
14th November 2020
The Prince of Wales has taken to social media to show his gratitude for the good wishes being sent to him as he celebrates his 72nd birthday.
Clarence House has shared a new image of the Prince to mark his big day. The photo shows Charles against a backdrop of vibrant autumn trees with the message ”Thank you for all the well wishes on The Prince of Wales’s 72nd Birthday!”.
The…
The only daughter of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh is known for her down to earth, no-nonsense approach to life and in many ways, the flowers chosen by Princess Anne for her wedding in 1973 to Captain Mark Phillips were that attitude in petal form. As she became the…
Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, was the first of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh’s children to wed and she was also the first to contract a second marriage. For both ceremonies, she chose striking outfits which would take their own places in royal wedding…
She was the first of The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh’s children to marry and her big day set the template for the royal celebrations that would follow in its wake. Princess Anne’s wedding to Mark Phillips, on 14 November 1973, was a huge state occasion with a massive television audience that captured imaginations around the world. The bride might be famously down to earth but her first…
The Prince of Wales celebrates his 72nd birthday on November 14th 2020 and will look back on an eventful year which has seen change in his family and a challenge to alter the Royal Family in a moment unprecedented in its recent history. As Charles marks his birthday, Royal…
The Platinum Jubilee: the monarchical milestones reached in 2022 by Europe's other rulers
12th November 2020
The UK government has announced plans for a four day celebration to mark the Platinum Jubilee of The Queen in 2022. Although the 70th anniversary of the accession of Elizabeth II takes place on February 6th that year, the party won’t get started until June when…
The Prince of Wales has laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey as commemorations for all those killed in war took place on Armistice Day.
Prince Charles, accompanied by the Duchess of Cornwall, paid his respects at a special ceremony held at the Abbey, exactly one hundred years after the Warrior was buried there. The royal wreath was based on the one left by King…
