When Mary Donaldson tied the knot with Crown Prince Fredrik in 2004, the Australian-born marketing executive joined one of the world’s oldest surviving monarchies. Taking on her new role, Crown Princess Mary tackled the job with gusto, proving to be one of Denmark’s best assets. Steeped in history and rich in tradition, Mary has transformed the role of the Crown Princess with her own…
The upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing will look much different than when the city hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics. Besides the main difference between the Summer and Winter Games, this year, the world is still in a global health crisis creating many changes such as a…
The reign of George VI came to an end on February 6th 1952. The King died in his sleep in the early hours of the morning and silently, his throne passed to his elder daughter who was, without knowing it, now Queen Elizabeth II. They had parted exactly a week before when the…
King Felipe of Spain celebrates his 54th birthday in a rare break from tradition. Because 30 January falls on a Sunday, he will not be working, as he has done most years since becoming an actively working member of the Royal Family.Â
He will have more time to reflect on the year that has passed, and we will undertake the task with him.
He began his 54th year of life by celebrating the…
The dramatic wedding that led to one of the most controversial royal marriages of all
29th January 2022
We all love a groom who cries as his bride walks towards him, and when it’s a royal groom, it’s even better. However, rewind a couple of centuries, and a weeping prince at the altar was no laughing matter. For when George, Prince of Wales and king in waiting wed…
He remains Britain’s longest ruling king but the real character of the monarch whose reign ended two centuries ago remains shrouded by the long standing claim that he was mad. George III, whose time on the throne encompassed some of the biggest social changes seen in…
Remembering the tragedy that devastated Sweden's royals, 75 years on
26th January 2022
The Swedish Royal Family will mark a sad anniversary on January 26th 2022. It is the 75th anniversary of the death of Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, eldest son of the later King Gustaf VI Adolf. The Prince, second in line to the throne of Sweden at the time of his death, was the father of Carl XVI Gustaf, the current King of Sweden, and his four sisters.
Prince Gustaf Adolf was killed in an…
Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco stepped into the shoes of one of the most legendary women in history, bearing her title and serving Monaco as their first lady just as she did. Nearly six years following the succession of Prince Albert II to his father’s…
The moment the Platinum Queen could share her Jubilee day with the world
24th January 2022
The Queen is now at Sandringham where she will spend the 70th anniversary of her reign.
Her Majesty arrived at Wood Farm on the Norfolk estate on January 23rd 2022, exactly two weeks before her Platinum Jubilee day.
The Queen traditionally spends the anniversary of…
Princess Birgitta of Sweden was born on 19 January 1937 as the second child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her elder sister is Princess Margaretha (born 1934), and her younger siblings are Princess Désirée (born 1938), Princess Christina (born 1943) and King Carl XVI Gustaf (born 1946).
Birgitta and her sisters have no succession…
