You may think that all the Kings and
Queens of Great Britain are buried somewhere in our sceptre isle,
even if in the case of some efforts are still going on to work out
exactly where. In fact, two of our Kings and one of their wives at
buried at the Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud, in Anjou,
France. They are Henry II, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine and their
son Richard I. For this was in…
Autumn Phillips is the former partner of
Peter Phillips, son of Princess Anne and eldest grandchild of HM
Queen Elizabeth II. She was born Autumn Patricia Kelly on the
3rdMay 1978 in Montreal, Canada and has a twin brother, Chris and
elder brother, Kevin. She grew up…
Aiko, Princess Toshi is the daughter and
only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan. She was
born on 1 December 2001 at the Imperial Household Agency
Hospital in the Tokyo Imperial Palace. The Princess has two names,
a personal one Aiko, and an official…
Princess Alexandra is to pay a visit to
Lancaster at the end of May to open a new building and celebrate
two anniversaries which also acknowledge the generosity of some of
the city’s previous mayors. The visit, scheduled for Wednesday 29
May, will see her visit the new Lancaster Community Fire &
Ambulance Station in Cable Street, Penny’s Hospital Alms Houses in
West Street, and Westfield…
Stars of the ATP Tour join Prince Albert II of Monaco ahead of Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters
18th April 2019
This week the elite of tennis will be
competing in the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. But on Sunday a group
of them were in a court of an entirely different kind, as they met
with HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, who has always supported the
tournament at every stage. No 1 Seed…
This week, Crown Prince Frederik, heir
apparent to the Danish throne, used the Danish Royal House’s
Instagram account to show photographs of his time aboard the Danish
Navy frigate, Niels Juel, currently sailing in the Mediterranean as
part of the carrier group…
It has been announced from Stockholm that
the Swedish King and Queen will pay a State Visit to Ireland next
month at the invitation of the Irish President, Michael D Higgins.
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia will be joined by
representatives of the Swedish government including the Minister
for Foreign Affairs, Margot Wallström, Minister for Energy and
Digital Development Anders Ygeman.
Crown Prince Naruhito’s memoir of time at Oxford reissued in English ahead of 1 May accession
31st March 2019
As Crown Prince Naruhito prepares to
ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1st, his first
autobiographical book has been republished in English. The book,
“The Thames and I” covers the time the then Prince was studying at
Merton College, Oxford; his studies were on the…
The title Duke of Gloucester has long
been one of the royal dukedoms associated with the Royal Family and
given to one of the sons of the monarch. The current dukedom was
created for Prince Henry, one of the sons of King George V. He was
also given the titles Earl of Ulster…
Japan’s Princess Kako graduates from university and expresses wish that her sister be happy
24th March 2019
Princess Kako graduated from the
International Christian University, her elder sister’s alma mater,
in Tokyo on Friday and used written answers to press questions to
indicate not only what she looked forward to, but some would say a
very modern approach to marriage for Japan but one that has born
success recently in the United Kingdom. When asked about the
possible postponement of her…
