Antony Armstrong-Jones was born on the
7th March 1930, the son of barrister Ronald Armstrong-Jones and his
first wife Anne Messel, in Belgravia, London. It is perhaps his
mother’s lineage that later led to his creative side, Oliver Messel
the stage designer was a maternal uncle, and relatives further back
included a cartoonist for Punch magazine and a Berlin architect.
Antony did not have the…
On a summer’s day in 1818, a young German
princess walked into one of the most famous hotels in London to
meet a man twice her age. Just a year earlier, Adelaide of
Saxe-Meiningen and her suitor, William, Duke of Clarence, would
never have considered chatting let alone…
She’s the future queen consort, a mother
of three – including a future king – and one of the most famous
women in the world. But back in 1982, the future Duchess of
Cambridge was just another baby in the nursery at Royal Berkshire
Hospital. Catherine…
It was a quiet country house, described
by several who knew it as ‘’little’’ and a ‘’pied a terre’, given
as a wedding present to a royal couple who were expected to linger
on the fringes of regal life. Yet on July 2nd 1903, it became the
birthplace of one of the most popular and celebrated monarchs of
the 20th century. For it was at Appleton House, on the Sandringham
Estate, that…
The official announcement that King
Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands will make a
state visit to the UK this autumn is confirmation of a long-awaited
and hotly anticipated trip. The visit will run between October 23rd
and 24th and will see the Dutch royals…
In the series “Before they were royal” we
are taking a look at their young lives, education, and professional
lives before gaining their royal title. The third edition focuses
on The Duchess of Sussex or Meghan Markle as she was known
before her marriage. Her…
In the series “Before they were royal” we
are taking a look at their young lives, education, and professional
lives before gaining their royal title. The second edition focuses
on Queen Máxima of the Netherlands or Máxima Zorreguieta
Cerruti as she was known before her marriage. Born
as Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti to Jorge Zorreguieta
and María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart…
Twice a year the Queen bestows upon the
hardest working people an award of achievement. This award can be
given to people from all walks of life, and is a formal
recognition by the royal family of an individual’s achievements in
their sector. A person can be awarded a…
The World Cup is about to get underway in
Russia with the England squad now at their training camp with royal
backing after the Duke of Cambridge visited them ahead of
their departure for the competition. We know there will be no
Windsor representation in the VIP stands…
Prince Philip has had 97-years of collecting the wonderful and unusual
10th June 2018
Somewhere behind the closed doors of the
Royal Residences lays the Duke of Edingburgh’s vast and unusual
collections. Prince Philip has had 97-years to build his
collections, and without a doubt, he has some of the best. As a
child, the Duke recalled first collecting penknives. That
collection has now graduated to art and cartoons. A frequent topic
of royal cartoons, the Duke of Edinburgh is…
