Joan of Kent, also known as the ‘Fair
Maid of Kent’, was the first royal bride to hold the title Princess
of Wales, and she set a scandalous standard that seems to have
echoed down the centuries through its usage. Joan of Kent was born
during a time of tumult and treachery. As a granddaughter of King
Edward I through her father, she was of noble birth and grew up in
close proximity to her…
Princess Eugenie's baby name pick, Adelaide, has a long royal history and links her daughter to an over looked queen
17th August 2026
Princess Eugenie has shared the name
she’s chosen for her baby daughter and it’s got some very regal
connections. The newest member of the Royal Family has been named
Adelaide Elizabeth Annina with the princess sharing that the choice
celebrated ”three…
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…
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, who served Queen Elizabeth II as a Lady
of the Bedchamber for almost five decades. But while the brooch’s
royal…
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…
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 Scotland’s most
enduring ghost stories. For generations, visitors and staff have
spoken of “The Green Lady”, a…
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…
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 that’s because it had become so heavily
associated with a queen who wasn’t meant to have it that no one
else really…
