Each family has its own Christmas
tradition and royal families are no exception. For seven decades,
Elizabeth II enjoyed the celebrations of a family Christmas which
she shaped into a traditional all of her own. As the Windsors
prepare to mark their first festive season since her death, we look
at how Elizabeth II made Christmas a very special time for family.
A Very Big Family Lunch A week…
The Princess of Wales pulled a sparkling
surprise as she attended the Earthshot Awards in Boston. For the
first time, Kate chose an emerald and diamond necklace famously
worn by Diana, Princess of Wales. The choker necklace has a long
royal history and made its first…
It was green in more ways than one.
Vibrant and verdant, and a perfect match for a famous necklace, the
dress worn by the Princess of Wales for the Earthshot Prize
ceremony in Boston was also rented for the evening. The Princess
chose a gown by Solace London featuring an…
Queen Victoria spent her last Christmas
at Osborne in 1900. It was forty years exactly since Prince Albert
had celebrated his final Christmas in 1860 at Windsor, the setting
for so many happy family festivities in the past. Prince Albert did
not live to see Christmas 1861, dying on 14 December in the same
room in which with strange historical prescience, George IV and
William IV had also died, in…
The Danish Royal Family are some of the
most open when it comes to details on how they celebrate the
Christmas holidays. Ahead of the festive season, they always send
out a press release about their Christmas plans. The Danish royals
spend the holiday at Marselisborg…
Snow has provided enjoyment for countless
generations of children and adults alike; royalty, of
course, is no exception to this time-honoured rule. English
monarchs have wintered at Windsor since the twelfth century.
Windsor Castle was the preferred royal residence in…
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg had been in
personal union with the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1839 until
the death of King Willem III of the Netherlands in 1890. Upon his
death, the Netherlands passed to his daughter Wilhelmina, but
Luxembourg passed to a distant male relative who became Adolphe,
Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The current Grand Duke is Adolphe’s…
“Twenty-five years ago my grandfather
broadcast the first of these Christmas messages. Today is another
landmark because television has made it possible for many of you to
see me in your homes on Christmas Day.” Queen Elizabeth II uttered
those words on Christmas Day…
Who is Lady Susan Hussey, Queen Elizabeth II's long standing confidant at centre of racism row?
30th November 2022
Lady Susan Hussey, who has left
Buckingham Palace after allegations of racism towards a guest, has
a long history of service with the Royal Family. Lady Susan was a
lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth II for over sixty years and
remained one of her closest confidantes. She…
It was a wedding featuring two very
popular royals and two ceremonies and it led to one of the most
influential unions of the 20th century. The marriage of Prince
George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece, on November
29th 1934, was a day that changed the House of Windsor forever. The
couple matched each other in popularity and royal suitability. The
groom was the dashing fourth son of…
