Prince Charles has had a short meeting
with the Pope during a royal visit to the Vatican. The encounter
took place as the Prince of Wales attended the canonisation of
Cardinal John Henry Newman, the first English saint to be created
in decades. The future Head of the Church of England met the Head
of the Catholic Church as people from across the world came
together in a ceremony at St.
It’s the hat that everyone wants to see
and we’ll get another go in 2020. Princess Beatrice is set to marry
Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in 2020 which means plenty of speculation
about the bride’s dress, the wedding tiara and her granny’s hat.
Yes, one of…
He regularly clocks up several hundred
engagements a year but the Duke of Gloucester remains one of the
more low key members of the Royal Family. His recent visit to
Morocco is a case in point. The duke spent several days in the
north African country, carrying out a series…
The beer tents have been put away, the
dancing is done and nearly all of the hangovers have faded.
Oktoberfest, the huge beer and folk festival that takes over Munich
for several weeks in early autumn, has come to a close just days
ahead of a special anniversary. For October 12th is rather
important for Oktoberfest. For on that date in 1810 a spectacular
royal wedding took place and to celebrate a…
A year ago today, Princess Eugenie and
Jack Brooksbank were married in a ceremony at St. George’s Chapel,
Windsor. And while the couple are celebrating behind closed doors,
the royals are marking the occasion with some previously unseen
footage of the wedding on their…
In the early autumn days of1537,King
Henry VIIIwas celebrating as his court welcomed a prince. His
longed for son and heir, Edward, had been born on October 12th at
Hampton Court Palace to widespread rejoicing. Preparations were in
full swingfor…
It is thought to be the only surviving
remnant of the famous wardrobe of Elizabeth I. Now visitors to
Hampton Court Palace can see a fragment of one of her most famous
dresses for themselves. The exquisitely embroidered fabric is now
on show at the Tudor palace, next to one of the best known
portraits of the Virgin Queen which is believed to show her wearing
the material. For the first timem…
Well, what else was it going to play? It
turns out that, for today anyway, visitors arriving at the Duke and
Duchess of Sussex’s front door are regaled by a rather familiar
tune. Yes, Harry and Meghan’s doorbell is the National Anthem.
Well, as far as we know.
The mother of the bride has answered one
of the big questions over the next royal wedding of the year.
Sarah, Duchess of York has been speaking about the engagement of
her elder daughter, Princess Beatrice, and has confirmed that her
marriage to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi will be…
The Editors' Debate: Yes - The Queen should wear the Crown to the State Opening of Parliament
8th October 2019
A week, they used to say, is a long time
in politics. Right now, in the UK, make that fifteen minutes. But
we do now know that there will be a Queen’s Speech on October 14th
2019 after Parliament was prorogued, without legal issue, on
October 8th. And a Queen’s Speech usually means the Monarch, golden
carriages and the Crown. But the last time a Conservative led
administration…
