She had made the season her own. The
festive season at the end of the 19th century was very different
from that in 1837, the year she had become monarch. Yet the final
Christmas of Queen Victoria was filled with heartbreak. The queen
herself could not get away from it, noting in her diary for
December 25th 1900 ”this has indeed been a terribly sad Christmas
for us all!”. And it had…
Sandringham, the favourite home where the Royal Family spends Christmas
22nd December 2022
King Charles III is gathering the Royal
Family around him at Sandringham for Christmas celebrations. It’s
the first festive season for them since the death of Queen
Elizabeth II and the first time the whole family has been able to
gather at the Norfolk estate for…
The Dutch December month is already quite
busy with the Sinterklaas celebrations in early December, but the
Dutch Royal Family also celebrate the traditional Christmas. As
Queen Máxima is from Argentina, the family often spends their
Christmas break in Argentina. King…
For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth II was
a staple of Christmas Day, appearing on television, radio and on
the internet throughout her reign to deliver her annual Christmas
Message. This year, King Charles III will deliver his first
Christmas broadcast – a tradition started by his great-grandfather,
King George V, and continued through his grandfather, King George
VI via radio broadcast. It…
Christmas tends to be a pleasant time,
especially for the royals. When it comes to the Norwegian Royal
Family, they have many good Christmas traditions that make
Christmas a pleasant time. There is, however, a period when
Christmas for the Royal Family from Norway was not…
Rosenborg Castle has plenty of royal
history and carries an air of regal menace that is only slightly
softened when the snow falls. Decked in flakes, it still looks as
if its only place in a fairytale is as the home of a villain. It
has majesty and mystery and covered in…
Paddington steals the show again as the Royal Family celebrate a new Christmas tradition
16th December 2022
He’s almost part of the family, now.
Paddington Bear, who so famously starred in a sketch with Queen
Elizabeth II to mark her Platinum Jubilee and became a poignant
symbol of remembrance following Her Late Majesty’s death, took a
starring role in a new royal tradition. As the Princess of Wales
welcomed hundreds to Westminster Abbey for her second Christmas
carol service, Paddington…
We all love a royal ‘what if’ and perhaps
one of the most intriguing of recent times revolves around the
question of the king who renounced his throne for love. On December
11th 1936, 86 years ago, Edward VIII announced to the world that he
was ending his reign…
The nominations for the 80th Annual
Golden Globe Awards have been announced, and once again, Netflix’s
The Crown has made the list. The show has been nominated for Best
TV Series – Drama. Imelda Staunton is nominated for Best Actress in
a Drama Series for her…
The accession of a baby who became one of the most famous queens of all
14th December 2022
Mary Queen of Scots was born on 8
December 1542, at Linlithgow Palace, incidentally the birthplace of
her father, James V of Scotland, in West Lothian, some fifteen
miles distance from Edinburgh. The palace’s name translates
literally as the “loch in the damp hollow” and still overlooks a
inland loch. Today it ismaintained by Historic Scotland and was the
residence of…
