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 first Honorary Colonel of the
Army Foundation College as he turns 100. The college is based in
Harrogate in Yorkshire, 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…
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 marriages took place there at
all. But the House of Windsor changed all that. For the last
century, it’s been a…
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…
The year 1923 saw the marital calendar
was packed with princely nuptials. The springtime wedding of
Albert, Duke of York had brought huge crowds to London, and there
was an impressive turnout in the city that autumn when Lady Louise
Mountbatten wed Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf…
Princess Alexandra has thanked staff
working at a hospital treating patients with Covid-19. The Queen’s
cousin praised their efforts in a message sent to the Princess
Alexandra Hospital in Essex as it marked its 55th anniversary. The
hospital, in Harlow, was named in honour of the princess and she
officially opened it back in 1965. On the exact anniversary of the
ceremony, Alexandra sent…
A memorial service for Jean, Grand Duke
of Luxembourg will be held in early May. However, owing to the
coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions currently in place, it
will be an online Mass. The Grand Ducal Court announced that a
service marking the anniversary of his…
A special royal tradition that sees the
Swedish Royal Family give their support to children in need has had
a very different look this year because of the coronavirus
pandemic. The annual event, which sees Queen Silvia welcome
fundraisers to the Royal Palace in Stockholm…
The Queen Mother’s determination to keep
her distance from Wallis Simpson is well known, with Her Majesty
once writing a letter describing the American socialite as a
‘’naughty lady’. The description of Wallis came in a letter penned
by Elizabeth to her own mother-in-law, Queen Mary. In it she writes
‘’relations are already a little difficult when naughty ladies are
brought…
