The first month of the year is done and
it’s been a strange one for royal dynasties across Europe. Major
events have been cancelled, postponed or altered as all of them
continue, like the rest of us, to deal with the ever changing
challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. But they have found new
ways of managing old royal traditions and as January comes to an
end, there has been a steady…
King Harald V of Norway is doing well
following an operation to repair a tendon in one of his knees. The
King is recovering in hospital in Oslo. Harald, who will turn 84 in
just a few days’ time, underwent the procedure on the morning of
January 30th 2021. Soon…
The birth registration of Archie
Mountbatten-Windsor, son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, was
altered soon after it was first completed. The change was agreed to
and made three weeks after the original registration. A copy of the
document, obtained by The Sun, showed…
Behind the scenes Royal Family programme disappears from YouTube after Palace speaks out
28th January 2021
The famous TV programme following the
Royal Family through a year in their lives at the end of the 1960s
has been pulled from YouTube, just moments after it became public
knowledge that Buckingham Palace wanted it removed. The film,
called ‘The Royal Family’, was made by the BBC in 1969 and gave
unprecedented access to life behind palace doors. It was uploaded
to a channel called HM…
Diana's nieces reveal how the Princess was always ''just our aunt''
27th January 2021
Two of the nieces of Diana, Princess of
Wales have spoken of how she was always an aunt first to them. Lady
Eliza and Lady Amelia Spencer revealed that her importance on a
global platform didn’t really hit home until after her death.
Speaking exclusively to Tatler…
Princess Eugenie and her husband, Jack
Brooksbank, are just weeks away from welcoming their first child.
The couple, who wed in 2018, will become parents as 2021 gets
underway. Their baby, thought to be due in February, will be
eleventh in line to the throne and although…
This year will see several royal couples
around the world mark very special wedding anniversaries. From
first big landmarks to marital milestones, here’s a run down of the
biggest anniversaries in 2021. A marital milestone Tenth wedding
anniversaries are usually marked with gifts made of tin, to
represent the durability needed for a strong marriage. And four
royal couples will be…
He is one of the 20th century’s most
famous fashion designers who became involved in a fairytale royal
wedding through loyal links to a proud patron. Cristobal
Balenciaga, who was born on January 21st 1895, created the regal
gown worn by Queen Fabiola of the Belgians…
We’ve got used to seeing royals live and
direct from their front rooms during the pandemic but they usually
keep the dress code smart casual as they go about their virtual
engagements. However, Sweden’s Prince Carl Philip and Prince Daniel
have raised the digital…
And then we came to the end. The
controversial presidency of Donald J. Trump finishes at noon on
January 20th 2021 but will be talked about for years to come. In
his four years in charge of the United States of America, President
Trump has had several brushes with royalty and some of them have
their very own place in the history books. Here, Royal Central
looks back at the regal run ins of…
