This year, it is 150 years since the
Norwegian Queen Maud was born in London. Much has been written
about the queen who was elected to be monarch together with her
husband as a new Norwegian royal couple in an independent Norway in
1905. When Queen Maud came to Norway, she brought a lot of
jewellery with her. One item from this precious collection has
simply disappeared. It has been stolen and it…
Christmas at Windsor to include gifts exchanged by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
23rd November 2019
The bicentenary of the births of Queen
Victoria and Prince Albert will be celebrated by a small display at
Windsor, once the setting for the many Christmases which the royal
couple spent together with their growing family of nine children.
Displayed in the Octagon Dining…
Historic Royal Palaces to mark 200th anniversary of King George III's death
20th November 2019
Following a year of commemorations
marking the bicentennial of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s
births, next year Historic Royal Palaces will commemorate the
bicentennial of King George III’s death. Kew Palace, a residence
most closely associated with King George…
Trio of historic royal paintings on show together for first time
16th November 2019
They were created to show the power of a
Queen and now they will be united for the first time to underline
that one woman’s continuing influence on history. Three Armada
portraits of Elizabeth I will go on show together next year. All
three paintings are versions of the same image, one of the most
famous PR creations of the Tudor dynasty, renowed for its ability
to put on a good public…
During her royal career, Princess Grace
was active in supporting Monaco on the global stage. She focused
her charity work to support the arts scene in Monaco, as well as
flowers and gardening, healthcare, children, and motherhood. Today,
we’re going to take a look at…
Grace Patricia Kelly, the Hollywood film
star who became the most famous princess in the world, was born on
November 12th 1929. Ninety years on, she remains one of the
ultimate regal icons of the 20th century. From the romance that
turned her into a princess to her work to…
Though her acting career was short-lived
compared to her role as the Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly was
certainly one of the top stars in Hollywood in the mid-1950s.
Starting in live television and transitioning to Hollywood
roles—and ultimately winding up as an Oscar-winning, Hitchcockian
ice-blonde cool girl—the myth of Grace Kelly loomed large over
Hollywood lore long after she’d traded…
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…
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…
