Zara Tindall has been banned from driving
for six months after admitting speeding. And she lost her licence
after breaking the limit on the same stretch of road where her
mother, the Princess Royal, was caught speeding almost twenty years
ago. The Queen’s granddaughter was found doing 91 mph on the A417
near her Gloucestershire home last November. She was given four
penalty points at a…
She was the beautiful princess who had
been the subject of endless royal wedding speculation, he was the
handsome prince with a crown waiting in his future. When Marie-Jose
of Belgium married Umberto, heir to the throne of Italy, in January
1930 their marriage had all the…
Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of
Badajoz has died. She was 83. The infanta, sister of King Juan
Carlos and aunt of King Felipe VI, passed away in Madrid on
Wednesday. Infanta Pilar had been admitted to hospital in the
Spanish capital earlier this week. Although details…
On a cold, January day in 1937, a happy
young couple stepped out into the chilly air to make royal history.
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands married Prince Bernhard of
Lippe-Biesterfeld before a royal guest list and surrounded by
thousands of her fellow Dutch citizens who had come to share her
special day. But this was more than just a royal wedding. Juliana
was then heir to the throne of the…
As a new decade gets underway, the ruling
houses of Europe are looking to the future and that future is
increasingly female. The next generation of rulers on the continent
is dominated by women with the princesses who will one day be
queens taking on increasingly high…
The Queen and the three princes who will
in turn inherit the Crown have been caught on camera in a new
portrait to mark the start of the 2020s. And in the background of
this historic image is the throne that links the destinies of all
four. The photo was taken by Ranald…
To be a consort is an interesting role in
this new century. On paper, they are the support act, the person
walking two steps behind. But in a media driven world, where royal
watching places an emphasis on style, they can often be the star of
the show. In 2020, the consorts of Europe gain as much attention as
the monarchs they married. Here are the consorts of Europe at the
start of a new…
The royal past is peppered with
milestones, those major moments that take on an importance all of
their own, and Britain’s queens have provided plenty of history
worth talking about. From the reigns that started to the rules that
came to an end, from the happy arrivals…
As a new royal decade gets under way,
thoughts turn to the future and what the coming years will hold for
the monarchies which now rule across Europe. Several have seen
major changes in the past ten years and all enter the new decade
facing challenges as well as triumphs. As…
As the Royal 2010s come to an end, the
team at Royal Central are looking back at the highlights of the
decade just gone. Brittani Barger, Moniek Bloks and Lydia Starbuck
are joined by Laura Faurot, Oskar Aanmoen, Sydney Zatz, Jess Ilse
and Kristin Contino as they try to pick their standout moments of
the royal years just gone. We’d love to hear from you, too. Share
your favourite memory…
