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…
