Not many people know that the continent of Europe is home not to one but two principalities recognised by most international organisations.
While most people have heard about Monaco, the Principality of Andorra remains mostly hidden from the majority of the public.
The Pyrenees-nestled microstate was founded in 1278 with the same political arrangement with which it is managed today…
This week, Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles had appointed Queen Camilla to the Order of Thistle. The Order is the highest chivalric order in Scotland.
King James VII founded the first confirmed iteration of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle…
The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded in 1348 during the reign of King Edward III. It is the highest order of chivalry in the United Kingdom and membership is limited to 24 Knights and Ladies Companion.
The Sovereign has the sole discretion to fill memberships to…
Although Queen Victoria inherited the throne in the United Kingdom, and during her reign, the British Empire gained a vast amount of territory, she was still unable to inherit the throne of Hanover as a woman.
Her uncle, Ernest-August, became King of Hanover instead. And Victoria and Ernest-August had a lengthy battle over the Crown Jewels that once belonged to Queen Charlotte.
When Queen…
The royal family of Sweden do like a royal wedding in June. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia married in the month as did all three of their children while three of the king’s four sisters were June brides, too. And all of them had something else in common, too. For…
The Bernadottes first began ruling over the Kingdom of Sweden in 1818 with King Karl XIV Johan (also called King Charles XIV John), who was also the King of Norway during this time. He was born on 26 January 1763 in France as Jean Bernadotte. It was in 1810 that he was…
The idea of the Crown Jewels being stolen might seem like a movie.
Well, it’s not. They really were stolen thanks to one Irishman, Thomas Blood.
Born in County Meath in 1618, Blood came from a good family. His father was a prosperous blacksmith, and his grandfather was a Member of Parliament. That said, one might assume he might not get into trouble.
When the English Civil War…
It’s been nearly 90 years since the United Kingdom crowned its last King, King George VI. And the outfit worn by George on 12 May 1937 might give us an idea of how King Charles III may dress when he is crowned on 6 May, and how he could follow tradition.
As he…
A significant artefact of the Chinese Ming Dynasty will be put up for auction in London after spending almost eight decades in private hands.
The artefact in question is a decorative box that is believed to be part of a five-piece set of such items designed specifically…
What are coronation banquets and why aren't they held anymore?
12th April 2023
King Charles III is making considerable changes to the coronation to modernise the ceremony and recognise the monarchy’s position in the twenty-first century. Both the coronation ceremony and procession will look quite different from his mother’s coronation in 1953.
However, Charles is not the only monarch to make changes to coronation traditions.
Historically newly–crowned monarchs…
