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 with and left daisies
on her grave. Margaret died on May 1st 1920, plunging her family
and her country into grief. She had…
Princess Anne lets us peek inside her parlour
30th April 2020
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…
The Princess Royal opens Scotland's Louisa Jordan Hospital
30th April 2020
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 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…
What is so magical about royal weddings?
29th April 2020
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…
The Windsor Brides of Westminster Abbey
29th April 2020
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…
Royal Wedding Rewind: a romantic and reluctant queen
28th April 2020
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…

