The 75-year-old Monarch announced her intended abdication in January and since then preparations have been underway to prepare for Prince Willem-Alexander’s accession as King.
When he accedes, Willem-Alexander will become Europe’s youngest Monarch at the age of 46. He will become King Willem-Alexander (a break with being called King Willem IV, as he says as Willem-Alexander he’s…
90 years ago today, The Queen’s parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later known as The Queen Mother), at the time known as Prince Albert, Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married at Westminster Abbey.
Despite the grand and sumptuous day, the occasion…
It was in the early morning of 21 April 1926, when the surgeon, Sir Harry Simpson, ended, with great skill, a difficult caesarean section with which it came to light the small baby called Elizabeth. The first doctor’s words were: “She was born a…
Prince Willem-Alexander, in an interview with Dutch TV has spoken about his desire to serve his people and has even spoken about being happy to work with the government in reducing his constitutional powers to that of a purely ceremonial Monarch.
He and his wife, Princess Maxima, are due to accede to the Dutch throne at the end of the month on ‘Queen’s Day’ when…
Top marks to the producers of ‘Royal Paintbox’ for capturing such a candid side to the Prince of Wales in explaining his own thoughts on the Royal Family’s artwork and previous generations of the Royal Family.
One of the main things that was apparent from…
Royal Central is pleased to announce that we will be expanding our coverage to a new Monarchy starting in a few weeks. We are to move onto covering the Monarchy of the Netherlands.
We have done a little research into which Monarchy we should expand to, even if it is just as…
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There’s no doubt with us that the British Monarchy is the most iconic and famous Monarchy in the world. Its history, though, is just as iconic as its present. In this article, we explain how England, and then Britain’s Monarchy came to begin to in bite size…
There is no doubt that Britain’s history means it has some of the most fantastic residences in the world. We have decided, in a break with ‘strictly royal’ content, we’d provide you all with a list of 5 of the most beautiful castles in England.
Hope…
With all the fuss about the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge being made every time a new engagement is announced, it’s worth reflecting sometimes that despite their public appearance, and the media coverage of their appearances, they are by no means the most active members of the Royal Family. Indeed now, it is often the most active members who are overlooked.
Princess Anne has been performing…
