Zara Tindall returned to competitive show jumping last weekend, two months after the birth of her second child, Lena Elizabeth. She was competing on her horse, Class Affair at the Somerford Park Horse Trials where she looked relaxed and confident. As well she might, the thirty-seven-year-old won silver at the 2012 Commonwealth Games in London, where the medal was presented to her by her mother…
Autumn Phillips is the wife of Peter Phillips, son of Princess Anne and eldest grandchild of HM Queen Elizabeth II. She was born Autumn Patricia Kelly on the 3rd May 1978 in Montreal, Canada and has a twin brother, Chris and elder brother, Kevin. She grew up in a Catholic…
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia had an enjoyable time this week as they hosted a garden show at their summer residence, Solliden Palace on Öland, an island just off the coast of Sweden in the Baltic. The purpose of the show was for designers to showcase ideas for…
Queen Sirikit is the Queen Mother in Thailand, having married the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 1950 shortly before his coronation; sadly she has not been seen much in public recently following a stroke in 2012. She was born on 12th August 1932, at the home of her maternal grandfather, Lord Vongsanuprabhand. Her father, Prince Nakkhatra Mangala was a diplomat in Thailand and at the time was on…
Antony Armstrong-Jones was born on the 7th March 1930, the son of barrister Ronald Armstrong-Jones and his first wife Anne Messel, in Belgravia, London. It is perhaps his mother’s lineage that later led to his creative side, Oliver Messel the stage designer was a maternal…
As Special Envoy for technology start-ups in the Netherlands, Prince Constantijn has announced in Amsterdam that he is looking for fifty companies to join him in January 2019 in Las Vegas for the world’s largest technology show. Earlier this year, the Prince was there and…
It has been announced that a Rolls-Royce from the Queen’s fleet, similar to the one used by the Duchess of Sussex at her wedding to Prince Harry in May, will be sold by Bonham’s auctioneers within a collection of eight “High Importance” Rolls-Royce cars at an auction at Goodwood in September.
The 1950 Rolls-Royce Phantom IV State Landaulette is one of only eighteen manufactured and carries…
Memorial Services held across Romania to commemorate two years since the death of Queen Anne
30th July 2018
Memorial Services were held over the weekend to commemorate two years since the passing of Queen Anne of Romania aged 92. Her husband King Michael passed at the end of last year and following his views the current custodian of the Crown of Romania is their eldest daughter…
Most people when you mention Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, remember that from a difficult first meeting between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy, true love eventually blossoms when young Elizabeth realises first impressions may be deceptive. However, a recent…
The Duchess of Cornwall met a Dame who has played two English Queens this week whilst visiting Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. She spent some time on a private beach with Dame Judi Dench, who received an Oscar for her appearance as Queen Elizabeth I, and played Queen Victoria in Victoria & Abdul. Many of the scenes were filmed in the grounds of Queen Victoria’s former residence on the…
