It’s not the most talked about royal
wedding of all time but the marriage that took place on a cold,
January day in 1967 has proved to be an important one for the Dutch
Royal Family. Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, aunt of the
current monarch King Willem-Alexander, wed Pieter van Vollenhoven
in a regal setting and the couple have gone on to be among the most
solid supporters of their royal…
Government minister: police have been asked to look at allegations of potential breach of Princess of Wales’s medical records
20th March 2024
Health Minister Maria Caulfield has said
the police have been asked to look into a potential breach of the
private medical information of the Princess of Wales. Speaking to
LBC Radio, Ms Caulfield confirmed that officers have been asked to
further look into the…
Investigation into claims attempt was made to access private medical records of Princess of Wales
20th March 2024
An investigation is under way after
reports that an attempt to access the medical records of the
Princess of Wales was made during her treatment at the London
Clinic. The Princess was admitted to the Clinic in January for
abdominal surgery and was treated there for two…
She was the queen who tried to save her
dynasty with nothing more than a bouquet of flowers. Maria Amelia
saw her husband and eldest son mortally wounded at close range in
an assassination that would hasten the demise of their dynasty. She
had done all she could to save the monarchy she married into but it
would all come to nothing as she watched another son lose his
throne just years after the…
King Charles has met veterans of the
Korean War at Buckingham Palace. The audience marked seven decades
since the end of the conflict. His Majesty listened to the military
men’s experiences of the war during the meeting. It marked a return
to larger scale…
The princess who chose a fairytale royal wedding at an island church decked with summer flowers
18th March 2024
The Royal Family of Sweden does love a
June wedding. The majority of their modern marriages have taken
place in the month and June comes to an end with another Swedish
royal wedding anniversary. Princess Margaretha, the eldest sister
of King Carl XVI Gustaf, married…
It’s one of my all time favourite royal
wedding dresses and just a glimpse of it can make me feel ever so
slightly emotional. For not only was the pale blue gown worn by a
lass called Lilian from Swansea on a cold, December day in 1976 a
masterclass in elegance and chic, it was also the wedding dress of
a princess decades in the making. It’s now forty four years since
Prince Bertil of…
He created some of the most famous royal
looks of the 20th century and he’s still producing talked about
style picks. Sir Norman Hartnell was already a sought after wedding
dress designer when he was first commissioned to produce a bridal
outfit by the House of…
The Princess Royal presented the Gold Cup
on the biggest day of this year’s Cheltenham Festival. Galopin Des
Champs claimed the prestigious race for the second time. [getty
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It was well hidden from view until the
official Coronation photographs appeared but the necklace worn by
the Princess of Wales on the day King Charles III was crowned
provided a rather special touch to this historic event. The
sparkling set of diamonds, often referred to as the King George VI
Festoon Necklace, was a gift from a father to a daughter, from a
king to an heir and it became a…
