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 of Wales remain among the
most recognizable of royal flowers almost four decades after they
were first seen. For a start…
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…
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 bond between them was evident on the
day that Letizia Ortiz married into the Spanish Royal Family as
Menchu gave a reading at her…
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…
The Countess of Wessex has made a return
trip to a Navy destroyer of which she is sponsor. Sophie spent a
morning touring HMS Daring as it is moored in Portsmouth for a
refit. She has been the ship’s sponsor since 2006 and has kept a
close eye on its work ever since.
The Duke of Kent has paid a poignant
visit to a military cemetery to pay tribute to those who lost their
lives in conflict. And, for the first time on such a trip, he was
accompanied by the Countess of Wessex. The Duke and the Countess
visited Brookwood Military Cemetery, which is cared for by the
CWGC, on July 21st 2021. The two royals both laid wreaths at the
Stone of Remembrance which…
The Princess Royal has sent a good luck
message to Team GB as the final countdown to the Tokyo Olympics
gets under way. Princess Anne, who is President of the British
Olympic Association, told the team ”This is your Olympics. It will
be different, but not in its…
For over twenty years, it was accepted
that Prince Edward would one day be Duke of Edinburgh. Prince
Philip’s youngest son was lined up for the title by the man himself
and the decision was shared on the day that Edward got married, in
June 1999. However, it’s now been…
Henry VIII is famous for many things but
perhaps the most talked about is his penchant for weddings. The
king with six wives clearly enjoyed being married even if those he
tied the knot with ended up less than impressed. However, Henry
didn’t like to make a fuss about his weddings. He preferred a
discreet and often private ceremony and several of his brides
weren’t confirmed publicly as his…
