Royal Central is taking a look at the
princess consorts of Monaco in a new series. This edition focuses
on Antoinette de Mérode. Born on 28 September 1828, Antoinette
Ghislaine de Merode was born in Brussels, Belgium, to Count Werner
de Merode and Countess Victoire de Spangen d’Uyternesse. The
day she turned 18, a “golden-haired” Antoinette married Prince
Charles III of…
Today we’re looking back at some of
Princess Grace’s most stylish moments of the 1980s. Before her
untimely death in 1982, Grace maintained an active schedule of
royal duties. She also struck up a friendship with Diana, Princess
of Wales, prior to her wedding, and the…
Today we’re looking back at some of
Princess Grace’s most stylish moments of the 1970s. This decade saw
her as a hard-working royal who also took part in family events and
made her way back to Hollywood several times for events. Perhaps
the biggest event of the decade…
Yesterday, Princess Charlene of Monaco
revealed the first-year school photos of her and Prince Albert II’s
four-year-old twins, Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques. The
twins are seen in black and white photos in their school uniforms
consisting of white collared shirts and dark pants. There were
three images in total: one of each twin separately and one of them
together. Princess…
In the lead up to the 90th anniversary of
Grace Kelly’s birth, Royal Central looks back at her life. Long
before she was the Princess of Monaco or Alfred Hitchcock’s
favourite cool blonde leading lady, Grace Kelly was a regular
all-American girl from Philly. Here we…
It has been over sixty years since
fifties Hollywood Princess, Grace Kelly, wed Prince Rainer in a
small civil ceremony making her a real-life Princess of Monaco. On
the 18th of April, 1956, Grace looked stylish and elegant as she
exchanged vows and became Her Serene…
Today we’re looking back at some of
Princess Grace’s most stylish moments of the 1960s. This decade saw
her and Prince Rainer welcome their third child, Princess
Stéphanie, in 1965; attend the Summer Olympics in Rome in 1960; pay
two state visits to Ireland, in 1961 and 1965; and celebrate both
the centenary of Monaco and Grace’s 40th birthday towards the end
of the…
On 5 January 1956, from her parents’
house, Grace Kelly announced her engagement to Prince Rainier III
of Monaco. “A big day in Philadelphia when millionaire John B.
Kelly’s daughter, film star Grace Kelly, announces her engagement
to Prince Rainier…
As Royal Central marks the 90th
anniversary of the birth of one of modern history’s most famous
princesses, we are taking a look back at some of Grace’s most
stylish moments of the 1950s. This decade saw her rise to Hollywood
stardom by the mid ’50s, with an…
Her gown she wore for her religious
marriage is one of the most famous royal outfits ever worn and an
icon of the 20th century but Grace Kelly had another wedding dress
before that celebrated creation. Grace and Prince Rainier III of
Monaco said ‘I do’ in a civil ceremony the day before the church
service beamed around the world and for that event, this royal
bride wore pink. The two piece…
