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 MarÃa 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…
