When Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
officially abdicates on April 30, she will end a 33-year reign that
is viewed as one of the most successful in Dutch history. But it is
also marred with personal tragedy. In 2002, Beatrix lost her
companion and consort, Prince Claus, whom she had married 38 years
earlier. Claus had been battling Parkinson’s Disease and had
previously dealt with cancer and…
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…
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 Queen!” They were challenging times in Europe: In Italy, the
fascists came into power and in Germany was the triumph of the
anarchy…
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…
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 a starting point, and we
have decided we will be launching a faction of Royal Central for
the Netherlands’ Monarchy…
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 you enjoy! Blenheim Palace This is one of England’s
largest residences, larger than Buckingham Palace, it was used in…
