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 take a look back on the
early years of her life. Grace Patricia Kelly was born on the 12th
of November 1929 at the…
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia talk bullying: "We didn't think it would be as bad as it was."
5th November 2019
One of the biggest focuses of Prince Carl
Philip and Princess Sofia’s Foundation is combating online hate
speech, and the Prince Couple spoke more about bullying in a recent
interview with SVT’s Morning Studio. Friday’s interview comes after
a new…
Princess Leonor visits Catalonia for the first time and presents Princess of Girona Foundation Awards
5th November 2019
For the first time, Princess Leonor, as
the Princess of Girona, has attended the Princess of Girona
Foundation Awards in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, where she gave a
speech and handed out the awards as her very proud parents looked
on. Leonor attended alongside her…
The Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg
attended a traditional Mass to celebrate deceased members of the
Grand Ducal Family at Luxembourg City’s Notre Dame Cathedral on
Saturday morning. Grand Duke Henri attended alongside his younger
brother, Prince Guillaume, as well as Prince Félix and Princess
Claire with their two children: Princess Amalia (5) and Prince Liam
(2). Amalia and…
Princess Benedikte attends Agerskov Youth School’s 100th-anniversary celebration
4th November 2019
Princess Benedikte of Denmark spent her
Sunday afternoon as one of about 600 guests who attended the
celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the Agerskov Youth
School. “We sent an invitation to the Royal House and are pleased
that Princess Benedikte will spend a…
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…
On Sunday Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
attended the annual national memorial day at Akershus fortress. His
Royal Highness arrived on Sunday morning at the monuments in the
new part of the fortress. Here he laid a wreath at the memorial for
fallen soldiers. At the ceremony in the Museum Courtyard at
Akershus, Defense Chief Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hansen gave the
memorial speech. The President of…
Princess Madeleine of Sweden undertook a
rare engagement on Sunday near her home in Miami, Florida. The
Princess attended the Swedish Church in Florida’s 10th anniversary
at the Scandinavian Church and Center in Davie, Florida, alongside
over 200 worshippers.
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…
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, the 32-year-old ruler of the pocket state of
Monaco. A pretty famous pocket at that, it consists almost entirely
of…
