Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been
sharing more details of their marriage with just over two months to
go until they say ‘I do’. The couple are promising a ‘moment of fun
and joy’ so to get in that celebratory spirit, Royal Central
rounds up everything we know, so far, about the first Royal Wedding
of 2018. The Big Day Prince Harry and Meghan Markle get married on
May 19th 2018 at…
How important are the Royal Family to the
idea of Britishness today? That’s one of the questions raised by a
set of coins which go into circulation in the UK on March 1st 2018.
The Royal Mint has launched a series of new ten pence pieces– 26 in
all, created to form an…
The Duchess of Cambridge has become the
patron of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
(RCOG). She’s just the second patron of the organization but her
new role is the continuation of a long association between the
college and the Royal Family. To mark the…
On July 12th 1543, a rather low key royal
wedding took place. The groom was Henry VIII and his sixth
wife was Katherine Parr, a relatively unknown minor noblewoman who
had risen from daughter of a knight to Queen of England in thirty
years. The woman who became a royal bride on that
July day at Hampton Court was also one of her country’s most
interesting consorts – here are ten reasons…
After weeks of speculation, we now know
which of the stunning tiaras in the royal collection was Kate’s
choice for her first State Banquet. The Duchess of Cambridge chose
the Lotus Flower tiara that she was last seen wearing in 2013 for
this mahor event of the State Visit…
William III and Mary II are an odd couple
in British royal history. They are our only joint sovereigns, so
far, and they swept to power in a series of events that were
romantically named the ‘Glorious Revolution’. The deal they did
with parliament to make themselves…
Within the walls of one of England’s most
picturesque castles, a queen gave birth to her only child and set
in motion a chain of events that would become one of Tudor
England’s most intriguing mysteries. The birth had been much
anticipated and much talked about. The baby, a little girl,
was immediately taken off to a nursery decked in scarlet and gold
where a string of attendants awaited…
George I became an international name in
1714 when he became King of Great Britain and Ireland. Until then,
he was one of many German princes and dukes with their own patch to
rule but not much reason for the rest of the world to take notice
of them. George had acquired some…
Maria of Modena was born in October 1658
and is the last queen consort, so far, to have celebrated a
birthday in that month When being a queen meant that you had
married a king, rather than being a ruler yourself, life stories
were told very differently. The queens of…
October is truly the king of all the
autumn months as the leaves turn to gold and regal red and the
fading sun adds a gentle sparkle to all it touches. And it’s marked
the beginning of five royal roads that ended with a crown –
although all five monarchs had very different royal careers. Here
are the men who became the October kings. King Richard III
was born in October 1453, one of five…
