This princess has just overseen a major
change to royal history as she and her husband oversee an
alteration to succession laws that will brig a tiny nation into the
21st century. But this royal, called Sophie, has another strange
succession claim to her name. For this princess who is pretty much
unknown outside the country she now calls home might have been in
line to claim the throne Charles III…
She served Queen Elizabeth II for almost 50 years - now her remarkable unicorn jewel is going to auction
10th August 2026
A spectacular unicorn brooch once owned
by one of Queen Elizabeth II’s longest-serving ladies-in-waiting is
heading to auction in London with an estimate of up to £30,000. The
extraordinary jewel belonged to Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy,
Dowager Countess of Airlie…
Why King Charles and Queen Camilla couldn't get married in Windsor Castle - even though they announced they could
9th August 2026
It was a marriage for the history books
but the bride and groom soon discovered that even royalty has to
play by some rules. When King Charles and Queen Camilla announced
their engagement in February 2005, they said almost straight away
that they would marry in April…
When history judges a monarch, it
remembers the Crown; but rarely remembers the person standing just
behind it. Yet, behind every successful reign is someone the public
seldom sees – the Private Secretary. It is one of the most powerful
jobs in Britain. No elections. No fanfare. No balcony appearances –
but immense influence. As Sir Clive Alderton prepares to step away
after…
King Charles has continued the
long-standing tradition of spending part of every August at the
Castle of Mey, the remote Caithness retreat loved by his
grandmother, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. But alongside its
royal history, the castle is also home to one of…
The event that meant Prince William had to swap one ancient title for another
1st August 2026
William and Kate are known around the
world as the Prince and Princess of Wales. In Scotland, they
actually use a different title – the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay.
As they visited the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, that’s a name
they both had to get used to…
Diana, Princess of Wales went against royal norms at her wedding and even Buckingham Palace commented
29th July 2026
The flowers chosen by Diana, Princess of
Wales for her wedding day are among the most memorable of royal
bouquets. The tumbling, trailing mix of cream, green and yellow
blooms that the bride carried into St. Paul’s Cathedral on July
29th 1981 for her marriage to the then Prince of Wales remain among
the most recognizable of royal flowers, four decades after they
were first seen. For a start…
This is why Queen Elizabeth II had to wait to wear the tiara that the Princess of Wales made famous again
29th July 2026
The Princess of Wales pulled a jewel
suprise when she wore one of the most valuable tiaras in the royal
collection but it’s a mystery gem to most people and for a very
good reason. The gem in question hasn’t been seen in public for
over twenty years and…
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester,
carried an extraordinary burden for the final years of her
husband’s life – choosing never to tell Prince Henry that their
eldest son had died. The deeply personal decision followed the
tragic death of Prince William of…
How to follow in William the Conqueror's footsteps as medieval kings and queens become the royals everyone wants to know
25th July 2026
The arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry in
England for the first time in almost 1000 years has put a different
kind of royalty in the spotlight. This summer is about to get
medieval as the Conqueror, his queen and the crown he won and made
his own are all anyone wants to talk about, Chainmail is all the
rage for clothing and interiors, there are online queues for
tapestry tickets and no autumn party…
