Royal Central is pleased to announce the
launch of The Courtier. This new diarist-style blog will serve
as Royal Central’s new hub for finding out the goings-on in court
at Buckingham Palace and in other Monarchies around the world. It
will include international pieces you wouldn’t normally get to see
anywhere else and interesting pieces from the Court of St James
that other media…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have
released a new official photograph from Prince George’s
christening. Proud mum Kate can be seen in the portrait cradling
her son with Prince William by her side as they both look adoringly
at their three-month-old son. George…
'No breaking windows': Prince William jokes ahead of Buckingham Palace football match
7th October 2013
On Monday afternoon, Buckingham Palace
held its first ever football match on the lawns outside to mark the
Football Association’s 150th anniversary. Ahead of the match,
Prince William in a speech joked: “You will be playing football on
my grandmother’s…
Royal Central is pleased to announce that
Monique Turnbull will be joining the Royal Central editorial team
from today under the role of ‘Desk Editor’. Monique’s role will be
to collect headlines and feed them back to Royal Central’s writers
to enable us to cover even more of the latest news. She will also
support the other editors in assisting with other editorial duties…
The Duchess of Cambridge is expected to
be admitted to hospital soon in preparation for the birth of her
first child and future heir to the throne. She will be admitted to
the Lindo wing of St Mary’s Hospital, the same hospital in which
Prince William himself was born…
For centuries the Dukedom and Duchy of
Cornwall has been the title and source of income for the eldest son
of the Monarch. And now, even after succession laws have changed to
allow females equal rights to become Monarch, the Duchy will not be
inherited by the eldest child of…
The once-hardened-republican PM, Julia
Gillard has revealed yet another soft spot for the Royal Family by
admitting that she is in the process of knitting a woollen toy
kangaroo for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first child when
it’s born next month. Ms Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia, was
regarded as one of the most outspoken advocates of republicanism in
Australia until…
The Duchess of Cambridge is set to become
the official Royal ambassador for the Wimbledon tennis
championships. The Duchess is a fan of the game and has been a
frequent spectator in the Royal Box on Centre Court since her
marriage to the Duke of Cambridge in 2011. She…
King Henry VIII was crowned King of
England on 24th June 1509. Five hundred and four years ago today,
Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon were crowned King and Queen of
England in a ceremony of pomp and splendour at Westminster Abbey.
The coronation ceremony was performed…
If you enjoy historical fiction as much
as me, I am sure that you will be looking forward to the BBC’s new
programme ‘The White Queen’, starting tonight at 9pm, as much as I
am. Based on Philippa Gregory’s popular ‘cousin’ books this
ten-part series follows the fortunes of three of the most
influential women at the time of The War of the Roses. So who is
the…
