Prince Gabriel of Belgium has discovered
that growing up a royal brings its own unusual aspects. As the
second in line to the throne turns 22, papers in his home country
are already speculating about who he might marry. However, in a
sign of changing times, it is the prince who is being spoken about
as a potential consort to a future ruler. Prince Gabriel of Belgium
poses for a birthday…
Tucked into the rolling Scottish
countryside is one of the UK’s most romantic homes: Glamis Castle.
Its turrets rise from a patchwork of fields and woodland like
something out of a fairy tale, the kind of place children imagine
when they first hear of kings, queens…
A moment of history as the last £1 coins bearing the image of Queen Elizabeth II enter circulation
20th August 2025
The last £1 coins bearing the image of
Queen Elizabeth II are being put in circulation. It’s a final
chapter in this part of a royal story that spanned over seven
decades. The £1 were already struck when Queen Elizabeth died in
2022. There is always a supply…
This is why your brand new £1 coin was actually made three years ago and has Queen Elizabeth II on it
20th August 2025
Millions of brand new £1 coins are about
to enter tills across the UK but the will say 2022 and you won’t
find King Charles on them. If that left you scratching your head or
wondering if there’d been some kind of time slip, then I can
provide the answer. Your brand new coin is actually three years
old. On August 20 2025, the Royal Mint released 29 million shiny £1
coins into…
One princess who has spent several years
living abroad with her family is suddenly undertaking a growing
number of engagements for her royal house with her latest outing
focused on a crucial matter. Princess Marie of Denmark has been
living in France and the US with her…
Looking for a royal inspired name for a baby? These unusual picks might just be your answer
19th August 2025
If you’re looking for a royal inspired
baby name, you’ll be well aware of the usual suspects already. But
dive just a little deeper into the christening records of some of
the best known members of the House of Windsor and you’ll find a
treasure trove of…
This is why I am obsessed with one of the least famous Queens of England - and you should be too
19th August 2025
On July 12th 1543, a rather low key royal
wedding took place. The groom was Henry VIII and his sixth
wife was Katherine Parr, a relatively unknown minor noblewoman who
had risen from daughter of a knight to Queen of England in thirty
years. The woman who became a royal bride on that
July day at Hampton Court was also one of her country’s most
interesting consorts. I’m obsessed and…
It’s a royal ‘what if’. What if Edward
VIII hadn’t abdicated? The possibility of a different royal line
taking the throne lingers in an alternative history. But another
intriguing possibility is highlighted as new papers about the
moment that changed the monarchy…
t was a marriage that sealed a famous
love story and turned a princess into a queen. On September
18th1964, royalty from across Europe gathered in Athens to see the
continent’s newest monarch wed a bride who had just turned
eighteen. Constantine II of Greece and…
He was among the only people outside a
royal inner circle who knew the answer to a question everyone was
asking and on a chilly winter’s day he, briefly, became rather
famous for that very reason. And given that the person who shared
that secret with him was the always formidable Prince Philip, it’s
perhaps little wonder that he kept it. That’s a very good reason to
stay quiet. John…
