The Duke of Cambridge has popped to the
local pub as the hospitality trade across England prepares to open
up again after months of closures caused by the coronavirus
pandemic. As pubs and restaurants across the country got ready to
welcome back visitors, William spent time at a centuries old inn to
hear how they hope to get back to business as lockdown eases. The
Duke of Cambridge headed to…
The Princess Royal meets Thomas the Tank Engine
3rd July 2020
The Princess Royal has been captured on
camera talking about the time her mother met a talking train. It’s
all in a good cause. Princess Anne has read a special version of a
Thomas the Tank Engine story to celebrate a successful campaign by
one of the charities closest…
The Tower of London set to reopen to visitors
2nd July 2020
One of the UK’s most famous royal
buildings is getting ready to welcome back visitors after
coronavirus pandemic restrictions began to lift. The Tower of
London will open its doors again to tourists as summer gets well
and truly under way. The Tower opens again on…
They were an unexpected king and queen
and their royal romance has weathered several storms but today King
Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium will mark their sixty first
wedding anniversary. The couple, who married on July 2nd 1959
in Brussels, now live quietly following Albert’s abdication. Royal
Central looks back at the wedding which would put a shy young
couple on the path to a…
The King of the Belgians has been
pictured with his predecessor and his heir as the country’s royal
family continued their very public support for local tourism. King
Philippe, King Albert II and Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
were photographed together as…
The Queen praises dedication to duty on Armed Forces Day
27th June 2020
The Queen has sent a message of thanks to
mark Armed Forces Day in which she praised personnel and veterans
for their dedication and spoke of the way both serving and past
members ‘contribute’ to life across the UK. The message, signed
Elizabeth R., was sent…
How many of Henry VIII's queens were crowned?
27th June 2020
‘Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced,
beheaded, survived.’ That sad little rhyme, summing up the fates of
Henry VIII’s six wives, is familiar to many. But while just about
everyone knows that the monarch with a thing for wedding cake said
‘I do’ six times only to turn sour, and then some, on the majority
of the women he married, the details of his consorts’…
Richard III was declared King of England
on June 26th 1483 – thanks to a royal romance which had all but
been forgotten. She was the long dead widow who was used by a king
to overthrow his own nephew and yet her name is all but forgotten
today. Eleanor Butler was…
The Countess of Wessex volunteers at a charity shop
26th June 2020
The Countess of Wessex has been helping
out at a charity shop as she continues to support volunteers across
a wide range of sectors during the coronavirus pandemic. Sophie’s
stint in the shop was also part of the Royal Family’s high profile
support for…
Two German visitors to Mallorca got an
unexpected start to their holiday on the Spanish island when King
Felipe and Queen Letizia provided the official welcome. The meeting
came during the royal couple’s visit to the Balearics, part of
their ongoing tour around Spain to show support for business and
industry as the country reopens following tight restrictions during
the coronavirus…

