A range of commemorative products featuring the official Platinum Jubilee emblem has been produced by Royal Collection Trust, a department of the Royal Household, to celebrate Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee.
The official emblem was designed by 19-year-old graphic design student Edward Roberts from Nottinghamshire. The design was chosen in The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Emblem…
Cities across the globe paint the town green and get Guinness out to celebrate St Patrick’s Day on 17 March every year. It is a day and time where people sing, dance, and celebrate all things, Irish.
This is no exception for the Royal Family, which has carried out…
During the reign of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Windsor Castle was made their primary royal residence despite the Queen complaining early on in her reign that the castle was “prison-like” and “dull and tiresome.” She would often prefer Osborne…
King George III became heir to the throne after the death of his father in 1751. And almost from the moment he became King, in 1760, George would spend most of his reign reigniting a royal interest in Windsor Castle.
Windsor had been overlooked after the House of Hanover took the British throne in 1714. Alongside his wife, Queen Charlotte, and their growing family, George III made the move to…
Commonwealth Day is perhaps one of the most important days in the diary of the Royal Family in any given year. But what exactly is Commonwealth Day?
Commonwealth Day, formally known as Empire Day, is the celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations. Since 1977, the day is…
Windsor Castle serves as the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world and has been the family home of British kings and Queens for nearly 1,000 years. William the Conqueror originally built the site to secure the western approach to London while providing easy access…
Over the past 15 months, news of Iñaki UrdangarÃn being offered new conditions to serve his sentence for tax fraud and money laundering have come out regularly. Let’s take a look back at the timeline of the story.Â
On 12 June 2018, Spain’s Supreme Court ruled to uphold UrdangarÃn’s prison sentence, although they reduced it to five years and ten months from six years and three months.
Letters Patent in the United Kingdom are legal instruments typically issued by the monarch.
These patents grant an office, right, title, or status to a person. They can also be used for the creation of different corporations or offices, granting city status, granting…
The infamous Tudor queen Anne Boleyn is still a source of fascination 500 years later, and starting 4 March, visitors to Hampton Court Palace will be able to see a special symbol associated with the doomed royal.
A carved heraldic badge of a crowned falcon on a tree…
Unseen portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales takes centre stage in new Kensington Palace exhibition
3rd March 2022
A previously unseen portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales is among the photos on show in a new exhibition opening at her former home, Kensington Palace.
The picture, taken by David Bailey is part of a new event in Jubilee year, Life Through a Royal Lens, which examines the relationship between royalty and photography. The snap was taken in 1988 for one of Diana’s patronages but never…
