The Queen of Denmark has led
commemorations for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of her
country. Margrethe II was clearly moved as she laid a wreath and
bowed her head to remember all those who lost their lives during
World War Two. The Danish Monarch placed a garland of laurel
wreaths, draped in red and white ribbons for her country’s flag, at
the Memorial at Mindelunden. She was…
We’re about to meet a monarch in the
making. This month, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of
Luxembourg welcome their first child. It’s a happy event for them,
a moment of celebration in strange and difficult times and history
in the making. For their baby…
Crown Princess Victoria has paid a
poignant visit to the grave of a royal relative to lead tributes to
a missing Queen of Sweden. On the anniversary of the death of Crown
Princess Margaret, her descendants remembered her with an
arrangement of the flower she shared her name…
So what does a straight talking, hard
working, wear the same suit for forty years princess keep in her
parlour? Now, we know. As Princess Anne became the latest royal to
reveal her interior decor choices through the wonder of video
calls, we were all given a reminder that this Windsor means
business. From her sensible paint choices to home accessories
clearly purchased around the same time she…
The Princess Royal has officially opened
a brand new medical facility which can provide over 1,000 beds for
Scottish patients being treated for coronavirus. Princess Anne
inaugurated the new hospital in Glasgow in an online ceremony.
Speaking during the official opening…
The fundraising of Captain Tom Moore has
been recognised on his 100th birthday with a special military move.
Captain Moore has been made an Honorary Colonel by the Queen to
celebrate his centenary. The man who has captured imaginations
around the world has been made the…
The Countess of Wessex has helped pack
food parcels as she continues to support volunteers looking after
the most vulnerable members of society during the coronavirus
pandemic. She put together emergency supplies on a visit to a
foodbank earlier this week. Sophie spent time at the Woking
Foodbank’s site at Sheerwater in Surrey where she helped assemble
packages for those in need. She also…
They are filled with tradition and part
of history and there’s no doubt about it, they’re popular. A royal
wedding has a power to fascinate that continues, however much time
and society change around it. In the first of a special summer
series, Lydia Starbuck…
It’s been a seat of royal tradition for
centuries, a place of coronations, kings and queens. But for much
of its ancient history, Westminster Abbey was far from a go to
place for royal weddings. From the end of the 14th century until
the beginning of the 20th, no regal…
The Prince of Wales will follow in the
footsteps of his grandfather on the 75th anniversary of VE Day.
Prince Charles will read extracts from the diaries of King George
VI in a specially recorded programme to mark the event. Charles’
readings will form part of a day of commemorations which will also
see the Queen broadcast to Britain with a special message to be
transmitted at 9pm on May…
