The Queen has sent a message of support
to the Chelsea Flower Show in a difficult year. As the annual event
went online, because of the coronavirus pandemic, Her Majesty
underlined its importance to the Royal Family. The Chelsea Flower
Show has been cancelled for the first time since the Second World
War because of the coronavirus pandemic. The event will now be held
virtually with online…
On the latest Royal Central podcast, it’s
baby talk time. This week saw the birth of the long awaited first
child of the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg. Their
son, Prince Charles, will one day rule his country and his arrival
was a moment for the…
The King of the Belgians is back on the
school run. King Philippe accompanied his youngest child, Princess
Eleonore, as she made her way to classes on Friday as Belgium’s
educational establishments began a partial reopening following
months of closures caused by the…
Europe’s newest royal has made his
official debut. The first official photos of Prince Charles, the
newborn son of the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg,
have been shared on the day his father registers his birth. Baby
Charles is seen in the arms of his mother, Princess Stephanie, in a
series of photos taken at the Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity
Hospital where mother and…
Buckingham Palace won’t be opening its
doors to the public this summer. Ongoing coronavirus restrictions
mean that the annual tourist season for the Queen’s London home is
off for 2020. The Royal Collection Trust, which oversees the
opening, has just announced…
The UK government could allow small
weddings to take place in England as they continue to review
lockdown restrictions put in place because of the coronavirus
pandemic. However, the change to the current ban on marriages won’t
take effect until June 1st 2020 at the…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge could
soon be back on the school run – but only for one of their three
children. New government plans revealed on Sunday night mean that
Princess Charlotte could be back in class within weeks. Prime
Minister Boris Johnson announced that primary schools could reopen
from June 1st 2020 in England – if the ongoing public health
emergency doesn’t…
We all love a royal what if and perhaps
one of the most intriguing of recent times revolves around the
question of the king who renounced his throne for love. What if
Edward VIII hadn’t abdicated? Who would be Monarch now? There are
two roads to go down here. The first…
In the end, the Queen didn’t just follow
in her father’s footsteps – she gave the floor to him. As people
across Britain settled down to watch Elizabeth II mark 75 years
since VE Day, they didn’t see their Monarch but the man who went
before. The…
As Victory in Europe was declared, on May
8th 1945, a shy man who had found himself at the centre of the
efforts to defeat the Nazis prepared to speak to millions by radio.
At his side was the wife who had played just as crucial a role
throughout World War Two. The words of King George VI, delivered at
9pm on VE Day, were a public event that became part of history. But
behind the scenes, both…
