The Queen has distributed Maundy money at
a service at Windsor. The ceremony, which dates back centuries,
took place this year at St. George’s Chapel with Princess Eugenie
accompanying her grandmother for the day. Here are some of the best
images of the Royal Maundy service for 2019. Embed from Getty
Images British kings and queens have taken part in special
ceremonies to mark Maundy…
The Duke of Edinburgh has become a royal
record breaker. Again. He is now the longest lived descendant of
Queen Victoria. Prince Philip, born on June 10th 1921 in Corfu,
overtook Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone who was one of Queen
Victoria’s granddaughters. She lived…
Prince Charles has written to the
President of France expressing his sorrow over the damage caused to
the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. In his message, Charles
described the church as ”one of the greatest architectural
achievements of Western Civilization”…
Sadness and admiration are the central
planks of the message that the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have
sent to the President of France following the fire which devastated
Notre Dame Cathedral on April 15th 2019. Elizabeth II has also told
Emmanuel Macron that her ”thoughts and prayers” are with the French
people as they reflect on the damage done to the church. The
statement…
Millions are watching as efforts continue
to save Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris which continues to burn after
a huge fire broke out in the roof in the early evening of April
15th 2019. Messages of support for France are pouring in from
around the world. And among those…
A race against time and flames to save
the priceless artwork of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has begun
after it caught fire on the late afternoon of April 15th 2019.
Fortunately, it appears that no one has been hurt in the blaze
which engulfed the top part of the church as…
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of
Cornwall are to make a four day visit to Germany next month. The
couple will undertake the trip at the request of the UK government.
Charles and Camilla’s tour will run from May 7th to May 11th 2019
and see them visit Berlin, Leipzig and Munich on a trip that aims
to show the depth of relations between the UK and Germany and
underline the continuing…
It’s the biggest royal anniversary of the
year and it’s almost upon us. May 24th 2019 marks two centuries
since the birth of Queen Victoria, a monarch so influential, she
gave her name to an era. And as part of our Victoria series on
Royal Central, we’ve…
It raced to the top of the guessing
charts almost as soon as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced
their were expecting a baby and as the wait for the arrival of the
new seventh in line to the throne enters its final stages, it’s
still number one. A new survey has…
OK, I hate to be the one to break it to
you like this but you might not find out the answer to that
question until Baby Sussex is wailing down the walls of Frogmore
Cottage. The decision of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to keep the
arrival of their first child private means no hospital waits or
endless photos of doors from which a royal baby might emerge at any
moment. But that hasn’t…
