Ever known as the glamorous sister of
Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret chose couture gowns and
dramatic hair styles regularly. Never one to shy away from the
spotlight, she often accessorised with impressive jewels. And one
of her favourite brooches is from none other than Cartier.
The Cartier Ruby Flower Brooch is an open-faced flower. There are
diamonds set in the petals, several…
This is why your brand new £1 coin was actually made three years ago and has Queen Elizabeth II on it
20th August 2025
Millions of brand new £1 coins are about
to enter tills across the UK but the will say 2022 and you won’t
find King Charles on them. If that left you scratching your head or
wondering if there’d been some kind of time slip, then I can
provide the answer. Your…
Looking for a royal inspired name for a baby? These unusual picks might just be your answer
19th August 2025
If you’re looking for a royal inspired
baby name, you’ll be well aware of the usual suspects already. But
dive just a little deeper into the christening records of some of
the best known members of the House of Windsor and you’ll find a
treasure trove of…
This is why I am obsessed with one of the least famous Queens of England - and you should be too
19th August 2025
On July 12th 1543, a rather low key royal
wedding took place. The groom was Henry VIII and his sixth
wife was Katherine Parr, a relatively unknown minor noblewoman who
had risen from daughter of a knight to Queen of England in thirty
years. The woman who became a royal bride on that
July day at Hampton Court was also one of her country’s most
interesting consorts. I’m obsessed and…
It’s a royal ‘what if’. What if Edward
VIII hadn’t abdicated? The possibility of a different royal line
taking the throne lingers in an alternative history. But another
intriguing possibility is highlighted as new papers about the
moment that changed the monarchy…
t was a marriage that sealed a famous
love story and turned a princess into a queen. On September
18th1964, royalty from across Europe gathered in Athens to see the
continent’s newest monarch wed a bride who had just turned
eighteen. Constantine II of Greece and…
Princess Louise, the sixth child and
fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, holds an
interesting spot in history. She supported higher education for
women and feminist causes and was closely involved in the arts –
not at all common for a Victorian princess. In opposition to her
siblings, her mother wanted her to marry a British suitor rather
than a foreign one. Louise married the…
The Duchess of Edinburgh’s engagement
ring may not have as much attention as The Princess of Wales’
engagement ring (once worn by Diana, Princess of Wales) but it is a
beautiful ring that was created by a favourite jeweller and with a
love message hidden in its…
He was among the only people outside a
royal inner circle who knew the answer to a question everyone was
asking and on a chilly winter’s day he, briefly, became rather
famous for that very reason. And given that the person who shared
that secret with him was the always…
This is how Princess Anne's family life brought the royals into the 21st century
15th August 2025
Many royal women receive credit for
breathing new life into the institution of monarchy, each one of
them, so often described as ‘dragging it kicking and screaming’
into modern times, helping to change it slightly from the way they
experienced it growing up, and Princess Anne is no exception.
Princess Anne was the first of her siblings to get married. On 14
November 1973, she married her…
