August will bring us this year’s big
royal wedding as Princess Martha Louise of Norway weds Durek
Verrett. The couple tie the knot in a private ceremony that will
cap a weekend of celebrations. And while there’s plenty of
speculation about what this uber stylish couple will wear for their
big day, never mind the salsa themed celebration the night before,
one important part of the…
In August 1968, all eyes were on Oslo for
one of the biggest and most talked about royal weddings of recent
times. The heir to the throne of Norway, Crown Prince Harald,
finally married Sonja Haraldsen, after seeing off opposition from
those who felt a future king…
The future queen who went Victorian with orange blossoms instead of diamonds at her wedding
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She might have been marrying the then
heir to the Belgian throne, but when Paola Ruffo di Calabria said
‘I do’ to Albert, Prince of Liege, she had absolutely no
expectation that they would ever end up as Belgium’s king and
queen. So Paola’s wedding look was a…
In recent years, abdication has become
increasingly common among Europe’s monarchies but one king has just
been told by his country that they’d rather he didn’t consider it.
A new opinion poll in Norway has found that almost three quarters
of those asked don’t want King Harald V to step aside. The King of
Norway is now 87 and has experienced some health problems in…
For the first time ever you might be
about to find a pound coin with a king on it in your pocket. Brand
new pound coins are entering circulation this week and as well as
being the first of the reign of Charles III, they are also the
first pound coins to bear the image of…
Legend has it that if the ravens ever
leave the Tower of London, the kingdom will fall. Now, the man
who’s just taken charge of ensuring their safety, and with it that
of the realm, has revealed just what The King thinks of the
tradition. Yeoman Michael Chandler…
A tiara that began as a wedding present
from devoted parents to a daughter about to marry a king’s son got
a new chapter in its royal history after decades of being hidden
behind palace doors. The Princess of Wales chose the Strathmore
Rose tiara for the State Banquet given in honour of the President
of South Korea at Buckingham Palace in November 2023. It was the
first time that the…
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…
Tom Cruise took a leaf from the book of
Queen Elizabeth II and brought parachutes to the Olympics. In a
scene that brought back memories of London 2012, the superstar
actor helped close the 2024 Games by jumping from a plane. [getty
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We didn’t have that one on the 2024 bingo
card. The unexpected king of Olympic corrs, Snoop Dog, ended his
epic Paris 2024 adventures by teaming up with the Prince and
Princess of Wales. The rapper joined the future king and queen in a
video tribute to Team GB, shared as the Olympics came to an end.
Snoop Dogg has loved every moment of the Games where he’s been a
spectator as…
