King Charles III took the throne on
September 8th 2022, on the death of Queen Elizabeth II. His Majesty
spent the first weeks of his reign continually in the public
spotlight, as he took on his new responsibilities while leading
national mourning for Her Late Majesty and dealing with his own
personal grief. Tens of thousands of photos have been taken of The
King in the four months since his…
Royalty around the world are among the
most photographed people and every image tells part of their story.
The year now ending has brought some of the biggest royal moments
in recent times. As 2022 came to a conclusion, we look back at them
and start in January when…
Queen Elizabeth, Queen of Scots and Edinburgh's Final Farewell
30th December 2022
The public had known for decades that
there was a very elaborate and specific plan in place dictating
what would happen following Queen Elizabeth II’s death. However,
because she passed while in Scotland, Operation Unicorn was put
into place. Operation Unicorn was…
REVIEW OF THE ROYAL YEAR: Rainbows, shooting stars and marmalade sandwiches: the moments that marked a nation's mourning
30th December 2022
In the days between the death of Queen
Elizabeth II and Her Late Majesty’s State Funeral, the country she
had ruled for seventy years went into national mourning. And amidst
the week and a half of ceremonial and constitutional events came
some moments that would mark the passing of a Monarch. Amongst the
most striking symbols of that strange time was the rainbow. As
Buckingham Palace…
YEAR IN REVIEW: Elizabeth, Queen of Scots leaves her realm for the final time
29th December 2022
Elizabeth, the first Queen of Scots to
bear that name, died in her northern realm on September 8th 2022.
Three days later, at 10am on the morning of 11th September, Her
Late Majesty began her final journey from her beloved Balmoral
Estate, Aberdeenshire, where she had passed…
As 2022 comes to an end, Royal Central
takes a look back at our ten most popular posts of the year. Our
ninth most read article was a feature by Lydia Starbuck on the
Dukedom of Edinburgh. Originally published on 19th November 2022,
the full post can be read below. It’s…
The queen’s daughter who disappeared without trace - one of Tudor England's most intriguing mysteries
29th December 2022
As 2022 comes to an end, Royal Central
takes a look back at our ten most popular posts of the year. Our
tenth most read article was a feature by Lydia Starbuck on Mary
Seymour – the only child of Katherine Parr. Originally published on
13th July 2022, the full post can be read below. Within the walls
of one of England’s most picturesque castles, a queen gave birth to
her only child and…
ROYAL YEAR IN REVIEW: How The Queen's Green Canopy became a tribute to an historic reign
28th December 2022
It started out as a loving gift to Her
Majesty in honour of her 70 years of service and it became a
memorial to Queen Elizabeth II and her historic reign. The Queen’s
Green Canopy has resulted in the planting of more than one million
trees throughout the Commonwealth.
The poignant words of a famous King's Christmas speech that echo through the years
24th December 2022
They were the words spoken by a king as a
country looked to him for inspiration and, legend has it, they were
handed to him by the heir who would go on to make history. Now,
they pay tribute to them both, written for posterity at the chapel
where both now rest. As Britain…
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…
