King Charles will take part in this year’s Commonwealth Day Service despite being under doctor’s orders to avoid public engagements for the time being.
His Majesty won’t be attending the ceremony, at Westminster Abbey, in person. Buckingham Palace has announced that The King will be seen delivering a pre-recorded message during the annual service.
King Charles and Queen…
The history of royal Maundy, the ancient tradition Queen Camilla will now carry out on behalf of King Charles
5th March 2024
Queen Camilla will distribute Maundy money this year, carrying out the ancient tradition on behalf of King Charles as he continues his treatment for cancer. Her Majesty will take on one of the oldest royal duties of all with its history intertwined in the very origins of the…
A royal love story: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
19th February 2024
Their love is perhaps one of the strongest in royal history, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. His early death impacted the rest of her reign as a depressed widow who took every opportunity to pay tribute to her late husband.
Albert was Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha…
The love story of the Prince and Princess of Wales
16th February 2024
In 2001, Prince William met Catherine Middleton while they were students in residence at St Salvator’s Hall at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. While the two were close friends at first, it was at a charity fashion show in 2002 that Catherine reportedly caught William’s eyes as she wore a see-through lace dress. During their second year, they became flatmates with another pair…
Edward and Sophie: their love story
16th February 2024
If one wanted to be cheeky, one could say this royal love story began with a match. Well, it did when Prince Edward, the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II, met Sophie Rhys-Jones at a tennis event in 1993. She represented firms across the UK, Switzerland, and Australia…
On 20 November 1947,Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh tied the knot at London’s Westminster Abbey. Their marriage would last more than 70 years until Philip’s passing in 2021.Â
Elizabeth and Philip shared a royal history with both being…
The royal romance that made history
14th February 2024
While it’s happily ever after for King Charles and Queen Camilla, it was a long road to get to that point.
In the summer of 1970, the two reportedly met during a polo match at Great Windsor Park. The two shared a love of polo and the same sense of humor as Camilla jokedher great-grandmother had an affair with King Edward VII. They began dating but Charles left to serve in the Royal…
It’s not every day one gets to marry a prince. But for Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother,) it was a real-life fairytale.
King George VI, formerly known as Prince Albert, Duke of York was the second son of King George V.
The good luck gift turned into one of the most famous pieces of modern royal jewellery
5th February 2024
Queen Camilla gave a brand new chapters to one of the most famous tiaras in the Royal Family’s collection in 2023 when she wore it for the State Banquet in honour of the President of South Korea.
Her Majesty chose the very modern ruby tiara which was created in the…
The Duchess of Gloucester has a jewellery collection to rival some of those held by royal dynasties in Europe. Some of her pieces come from Queen Mary thanks to the current duke’s mother and her mother-in-law, Princess Alice. But one tiara in particular has a different origin, coming from a lesser-known branch of Queen Victoria’s family tree. It’s known as the Cartier India…