Queen Margrethe is the proud mother of two sons, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim. She also has two loving and dutiful daughters-in-law, Crown Princess Mary and Princess Marie. Today, let’s look at some of Queen Margrethe’s motherly (and mother-in-law-ly) moments.
Princess Margrethe became a mother for the first time on 26 May 1968, when her son, Prince Frederik, was…
This month marks a very special birthday for a popular and successful queen. Margrethe II turns 80 on April 16th and in the run up to her big day, Royal Central will be taking a look at some of the major moments in her life. And today, we start with one of her most special…
As the last Emperor of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II’s twenty-three-year reign came to an abrupt end when he abdicated on 15 March 1917. Those tumultuous years of his reign were defined by the Russo-Japanese War that saw the annihilation of the Russian Baltic Fleet, Bloody…
Queen Geraldine occupies a unique position in Albanian history: she’s the only queen consort in modern times, and she reigned alongside her husband for less than a year before they had to flee an Italian invasion.
Though she spent the rest of her life zigzagging the world,
trying to find a place to settle, Queen Geraldine never gave up promoting her son’s
interests as an uncrowned king.
Spotlight: The Duchess of Cornwall's work towards ending domestic violence
9th March 2020
There’s no greater royal champion for survivors of domestic
violence than The Duchess of Cornwall. It’s been a cornerstone of her work,
highlighting causes, charities and organisations around the issue of domestic violence,
and Camilla has always spoken compassionately…
While most of our “Last Queens” series focuses on consorts, this particular last queen was a reigning monarch. Liliuokalani was the only queen regnant and the last monarch of Hawaii before the Hawaiian kingdom was overthrown. It became the shortlived Republic of…
The life and times of the 18th Duchess of Alba, who had more titles than Queen Elizabeth II
2nd March 2020
The 18th Duchess of Alba, María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, was born on 28 March 1926 at the vast Liria Palace, which has served as the Madrid residence of the Dukes of Albas for generations (most of the home was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War and was rebuilt by the Duchess’s father and the Duchess).
The Fitz-James Stuarts, the most powerful aristocratic…
In this special edition of the Royal Central podcast, we hear from author Deb Stratas who has spent several years visiting every home Diana, Princess of Wales lived in to discover the woman behind the royal image.
Deb’s new book, ‘At Home with Diana’…
Queen Elizabeth II is NOT the Queen of England - is it so hard to get it right?
23rd February 2020
I am a bit of a stickler for correct usage of styles and titles. So it is a bit of a pet peeve of mine when these are used improperly. The main one that bugs me is calling Elizabeth II, Queen of England. That bothers me because “Queen of England” is not her correct…
Whatever happened to the 1969 documentary 'Royal Family' which The Queen banned from the public?
23rd February 2020
It has been over 50 years since the famous documentary ‘Royal Family’ was shown on British TV screens. At the time this, documentary really was the most talked about thing; not necessarily because of its content, but the plain fact that such a documentary was broadcast.
The chances are, unless you’re a really attentive royalist, you’ve never even heard of the documentary, and there’s…
