Sweden will welcome a new royal baby in
the spring of 2021 and the confirmation that Princess Sofia and her
husband, Prince Carl Philip, will become parents again within
months has raised an intriguing question. What title will this
newest baby Bernadotte hold? For this eighth grandchild for Carl
XVI Gustaf and Silvia will be the first to be born since the King
of Sweden decided to remove the…
Spain’s former monarch, Juan Carlos I,
has settled a bill for back taxes as reports continue that he is
planning a return to the country he ruled for almost forty years.
In a statement released on December 9th 2020, the king’s lawyers
said he had paid 678,000 euros.
December usually means a great big dollop
of diamonds coming at us from Sweden as the Royal Family oversee
the Nobel Prizes and the glittering ceremonies that go with them.
Of course, all of that is off because of the coronavirus pandemic
meaning we’ll have to make do with…
Rare coins bearing the initials of three
of Henry VIII’s wives have been dug up. The gold pieces were
discovered by a family in the New Forest area of England who found
them while weeding their garden during the first lockdown. They are
part of a stash of forty coins from the 15th and 16th centuries.
Other items in the hoard include money from the reign of Henry
VIII’s grandfather, Edward…
The Queen will welcome two great
grandchildren in 2021 which means that the line of succession is
about to be shaken up again. Princess Eugenie and her husband, Jack
Brooksbank, are expecting their first child in the coming year
while Zara and Mike Tindall also have…
The Queen has been joined by several
members of her family at Windsor Castle for an event celebrating
key workers. The Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took part in the mini celebration at
the Castle where the royals met and…
King Juan Carlos I of Spain wants to
return home for Christmas after four months of self imposed exile
in the Middle East according to reports in several newspapers. The
former monarch left Spain in the first days of August after
allegations of financial irregularity reached crisis point. He
didn’t announce his departure until he had quit the country he
ruled between 1975 and 2014. Now, it…
A hospice in Norfolk is selling off a
range of royal Christmas cards from the late 20th century after the
coronavirus pandemic hit its fundraising this year. The Norfolk
Hospice, Tapping House received the cards as a gift from a former
Sandringham Estate worker at the end…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have
become joint patrons of NHS Charities Together which supports and
champions charities across the National Health Service. William and
Kate’s new roles will see them give their backing to the work of
the organisation which includes…
It’s one of my all time favourite royal
wedding dresses and just a glimpse of it can make me feel ever so
slightly emotional. For not only was the pale blue gown worn by a
lass called Lilian from Swansea on a cold, December day in 1976 a
masterclass in elegance and chic, it was also the wedding dress of
a princess decades in the making. It’s now forty four years since
Prince Bertil of Sweden…
