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, who is dressed in the replica
Honiton lace gown originally made for Queen Victoria’s daughter,
Victoria in 1841, can be seen…
'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 lawn. One…
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…
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 and also the soon-to-be-born-baby’s
uncle Prince Harry. St Mary’s Hospital. Where the royal baby is
planned to be born. The…
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…
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 accepted an
honorary membership of Wimbledon’s All England Club in January
2013. A spokeswoman for Buckingham Palace…
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…
As somebody who was not around at the
time of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953, in fact somebody
who was born nearly 40 years after her accession, it was amazing to
watch today the whole thing from start to finish. From the
procession to Westminster Abbey, to the procession down the Abbey,
the very personal anointing of the Queen to the crowning shortly
after and then the magnificent…
