Buckingham Palace won’t be opening its
doors to the public this summer. Ongoing coronavirus restrictions
mean that the annual tourist season for the Queen’s London home is
off for 2020. The Royal Collection Trust, which oversees the
opening, has just announced that the State Rooms won’t be opening
up this year and anyone who has already bought tickets will be
issued with a…
The UK government could allow small
weddings to take place in England as they continue to review
lockdown restrictions put in place because of the coronavirus
pandemic. However, the change to the current ban on marriages won’t
take effect until June 1st 2020 at the…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge could
soon be back on the school run – but only for one of their three
children. New government plans revealed on Sunday night mean that
Princess Charlotte could be back in class within weeks. Prime
Minister Boris Johnson announced…
We all love a royal what if and perhaps
one of the most intriguing of recent times revolves around the
question of the king who renounced his throne for love. What if
Edward VIII hadn’t abdicated? Who would be Monarch now? There are
two roads to go down here. The first is that Edward VIII did give
up the woman he loved. No marriage to Mrs Simpson would leave him
free to wed someone else. Who…
In the end, the Queen didn’t just follow
in her father’s footsteps – she gave the floor to him. As people
across Britain settled down to watch Elizabeth II mark 75 years
since VE Day, they didn’t see their Monarch but the man who went
before. The…
As Victory in Europe was declared, on May
8th 1945, a shy man who had found himself at the centre of the
efforts to defeat the Nazis prepared to speak to millions by radio.
At his side was the wife who had played just as crucial a role
throughout World War Two. The words of…
They were the words spoken by a king as a
country looked to him for inspiration and, legend has it, they were
handed to him by the heir who would go on to make history. During
Britain’s first Christmas of World War Two in 1939, George VI
broadcast to the country and quoted a few lines of a poem which
became forever associated with him. In fact, they are so much a
part of his story that they…
It is one of the most famous pictures in
royal history, a moment when a Monarch and his people were
completely united. As World War Two came to an end in Europe, King
George VI and his family stood on the balcony of Buckingham Palace
surrounded by the cheers of thousands.
On May 8th 2020, the Queen will speak to
her country and her Commonwealth to mark the 75th anniversary of
Victory in Europe Day. Her own VE Day address will take place at
9pm, the exact time her father, King George VI, spoke as World War
Two came to an end in Europe seventy…
In the days and weeks afterwards, King
George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited many parts of England to see
how people were beginning to tackle post war living. They were
given a warm reception everywhere while some areas, like London’s
East End, welcomed them as one of their own. On the 75th
anniversary of VE Day, Royal Central looks back at how Britain
celebrated with its king and…
