Queen Margrethe is in hospital after a
fall at her home. The queen, who is 84, was taken to the
Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen on Wednesday evening after falling at
Fredernsborg Castle. The royal court said she was ‘doing well under
the circumstances’ but remains in hospital for observation. The
fall came after a day of engagements for the queen which saw her
open a multiple…
It was a marriage that sealed a famous
love story and turned a princess into a queen. On September 18th
1964, royalty from across Europe gathered in Athens to see the
continent’s newest monarch wed a bride who had just turned
eighteen. Constantine II of Greece and…
The mystery at the heart of a royal wedding that created a world famous bridal tradition
16th September 2024
It’s perhaps the most famous and talked
about royal wedding bouquet of all. The flowers carried by the
Queen Mother, then Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, at her marriage in
April 1923 have entered regal folklore after the bride used them to
begin a royal wedding tradition known…
A woman has been arrested after sitting
on the silver throne used by the King of Sweden Queen Christina’s
silver throne, which dates from 1650, is on display at the Royal
Palace in Stockholm. On September 14th 2024, a woman walked past
the cordons around the throne and sat on it. The incident was
witnessed by guards who called in the police. Queen Christina’s
Silver…
The royal wedding gift of sapphires that was hidden behind palace doors for decades
14th September 2024
Queen Letizia likes to pull a style
surprise and among the biggest of the year so far is her decision
to dust down a sapphire necklace that hadn’t been seen for decades.
The Queen of Spain wore a very special but rarely seen set of
jewellery for one of the most…
The King found himself at the centre of a
group hug at Buckingham Palace and seemed all the happier for it.
King Charles had just welcomed the Black Ferns rugby union team to
the palace when he found himself at the centre of a rather unusual
request. The New Zealand…
Queen Silvia, who has been consort of
Sweden longer than anyone else in the country’s history, is rather
fond of the sapphire tiara belonging to her family’s dynasty. She’s
worn it on many important occasions, including a string of Nobel
Prize ceremonies and at the wedding of her only son, Prince Carl
Philip. But the tiara, which is part of a particularly impressive
parure, has a…
A special place for the discreet parents who have seen the Princess of Wales through her toughest days
9th September 2024
A parent is a parent, no matter how old
their child gets. In January this year, Carole and Michael
Middleton marked the 42nd birthday of their first born. Days later,
they saw her go into hospital for major abdominal surgery and
learned, weeks later, that she needed…
The Princess of Wales finishes chemotherapy: what we know about Catherine's latest health update
9th September 2024
The Princess of Wales has confirmed she
has completed the preventative chemotherapy which she has been
undergoing since earlier this year. Catherine announced that this
stage of her treatment is over and that she is now focused on a new
chapter and remaining cancer free.
The King and Queen attended the Braemar
Games ahead of a big anniversary. With just hours to go until the
second anniversary of Charles III’s accession, Their Majesties were
at the annual Highland gathering near to Balmoral. [getty
src=”2170785119″ width=”594″ height=”396″ tld=”com”] They enjoyed
an afternoon of Games including the…
