It’s one of my all time favourite royal
wedding dresses and just a glimpse of it can make me feel ever so
slightly emotional. For not only was the pale blue gown worn by a
lass called Lilian from Swansea on a cold, December day in 1976 a
masterclass in elegance and chic, it was also the wedding dress of
a princess decades in the making. It’s now forty four years since
Prince Bertil of…
Princess Elisabeth helped welcome a
special visitor to the Castle of Laeken on Sunday, joining her
father in welcoming former US President Barack Obama to Belgium.
President Obama is in Belgium this weekend for the FTI SuperNova
conference in Puurs-Sint-Amands, where he…
The diamond tiara hidden for decades that is now the favourite of a queen
14th March 2024
It’s perhaps the most talked about tiara
in the Dutch royal collection and it’s been chosen by Queen Maxima
for her latest official portrait. The queen wears it in a set of
photos marking the tenth anniversary of the accession of her
husband, Willem-Alexander, as…
King Harald of Norway has left hospital
after several weeks of treatment. The Norwegian monarch, 87, was
discharged from the Rigshospitalet in Oslo on March 14th and went
home to the Royal Palace where he will continue to recuperate. The
Royal Court said King Harald would be on sick leave until at least
April 8th 2024 and his son and heir, Crown Prince Haakon, would
continue to carry out all…
King Harald has undergone successful
surgery to place a permanent pacemaker following a period of
infection, the Norwegian Royal Court announced on Tuesday. The King
had been vacationing in Malaysia with Queen Sonja when he fell ill
and was taken to a local hospital. His…
Crown Princess Victoria was in Brussels
Monday to mark Sweden’s entry into NATO, representing her father
the King while he’s away on a State Visit to Mexico. The Crown
Princess joined other Swedish dignitaries at the NATO headquarters
for the symbolic flag raising…
The marriage of Sonja Haraldsen to the
future King of Norway, on August 29th 1968, marked a moment of joy
in a relationship that had caused huge debate as soon as it was
known about. For the bride had no royal blood in a monarchy where
princes were expected to wed regally. However, love prevailed and
Sonja married the then Crown Prince Harald in front of crowned
heads from across Europe. This…
The fairytale dress chosen by the bride at the 21st century's first major royal wedding
10th March 2024
It was the first big royal wedding of the
21st century bringing kings, queens, princes and princesses
together for a very modern monarchical marriage. The relationship
between Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Mette-Marit Tjessme Hoiby
had been under scrutiny from the moment…
It was a royal wedding with a recycled
gown worn by a woman who gave up her royal status for love. When
Princess Desiree of Sweden got married, she left her HRH status at
the altar to be with the man she loved. Royal Wedding Rewind heads
back to June 1964 for the wedding of…
It’s a very famous royal wedding outfit,
a style statement worn as a much talked about bride became a
princess. Charlene Wittstock arrived at her civil marriage to
Prince Albert II of Monaco in a trouser suit she designed with the
help of Karl Lagerfeld. Charlene and Albert’s civil wedding took
place on July 1st 2011, at the Prince’s Palace in Monaco. For the
event, the first part of what…
