Upon the death of the Sovereign, he is in
charge of organising the funeral as well as the accession and
coronation of the new monarch. The Earl Marshal is a senior figure,
which takes precedence after the Lord Great Chamberlain before all
peers of his own degree other than Royal Dukes. The Earl Marshal
and the Lord Great Chamberlain also preside at the State Opening of
Parliament. The Earl…
Margaret Rose was born in 1930,
four years after her sister, Princess Elizabeth, at Glamis
Castle in Scotland, which was her mother's ancestral home. At
the time of her birth, George V was the reigning monarch, making
Margaret the fourth-in-line to the throne.
why Camilla must become our Queen‘. Since
its publication, the article became the site’s single most
discussed article, receiving over several hundred comments
with varying views and numerous email responses to the site’s
editors. In the piece, I argued it would…
In Search of Alfred the Great: The King,
the Grave, the Legend (Hardback) – by Edoardo Albert & Katie Tucker
– Publication date: 28th August, Amberley Publishing For centuries
it was believed that Alfred the Great’s remains were lost forever,
buried in an unknown grave in Winchester, the old capital of
Wessex. However, this all changed recently with a discovery by the
University of…
A few weeks ago, The Brownies celebrated
their 100th birthday with a party at Buckingham Palace. The
Countess of Wessex and daughter Lady Louise attended the
celebration and one Brownie from Newport has spoken to me about her
time at The Palace. Millie Leadley is 9 years old…
The baronetage seems to have its origins
in the 14th century, though it wasn't until the reign of James I
that issuing of the honour became more prevalent. It was used as a
means of creating an dignity that was just below the peerage,
but ranking above commoner and was…
In London, salutes are fired in Hyde Park
by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery and at The Tower of
London. Upon State Visits, the State Opening of Parliament and for
The Queen’s Birthday Parade, Green Park (next to Buckingham Palace)
is used for the salutes instead of Hyde Park. The amount of rounds
varies per occasion and place. A basic royal salute will have 21
rounds. Because Green…
Firstly, thank you for once again
allowing me the pleasure to discuss another one of your programmes
with Royal Central. My pleasure – I’m glad that your readers are
interested in the work we do at Historic Royal Palaces! You have
given viewers insight in the Royal…
In this post, we’ll analyse if the
other European monarchies enjoy the same levels of support as the
British Monarchy and just how things are for the royals on the
continent. Denmark Queen Margrethe of Denmark – the world’s only
other Queen Regnant other than Queen…
A granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and
great-aunt of the present Duke of Edinburgh, no one who saw
Princess Elizabeth (Ella) of Hesse-Darmstadt gracing the opulent
Romanov Court could have imagined that she would die horrifically
of infected wounds and starvation in a mineshaft in Siberia, or
that she would one day be recognised as a saint by the Russian
Orthodox Church. The second daughter of…
