With the Easter holiday fast approaching,
Royal Central is looking into the history of Royal Maundy Services.
Royal Maundy is a religious service in the Church of England held
on Maundy Thursday, which precedes Good Friday. At the service, the
British monarch, or a royal official, ceremonially distributes
small silver coins referred to as “Maundy money.” Legally, the
coins are known…
Milestones of a Monarch: The Queen's historic State Visit to South Africa
14th April 2022
In March 1995, Her Majesty The Queen
would make a historic visit to South Africa. It was hugely
significant for many reasons and came less than a year after the
country’s first fully democratic elections had seen Nelson Mandela
chosen by his people as their…
Royal walkabouts have created some of the
most iconic moments in history, whether that’s a special hug or a
royal going out of their way for a special interaction. Believe it
or not, as common as they are now, the royal walkabout didn’t
actually start until the…
Blue, gold and cream: the intricate wedding dresses that turned a controversial consort into a royal bride
9th April 2022
It was one of the most talked about royal
weddings in decades. When Camilla Parker-Bowles and Charles,
Prince of Wales on April 9th 2005 in Windsor, millions were
watching. And they saw a royal bride with not one but two different
wedding outfits for her big day. As the couple mark their fifteenth
wedding anniversary, Royal Central looks back at the wedding gowns
of Camilla, Duchess of…
As Britain’s monarch and Head of the
Commonwealth, Her Majesty The Queen holds a number of titles and
some might be more familiar than others. Ahead of The Princess
Royal’s visit to Papua New Guinea in honour of the Platinum
Jubilee, Royal Central is looking at…
The Queen's Reign in Style Moments: Mother of the bride for the first time
9th April 2022
On 14 November 1973, Princess Anne, the
only daughter of Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh walked down
the aisle at Westminster Abbey in London to wed Mark Phillips, a
British Army cavalry officer, and a skilled equestrian and
horseman. Not only would this mark the first…
Grand National Memories: Zara Tindall’s horse finishes third in the world's most famous horse race
9th April 2022
A horse co-owned by Zara and Mike Tindall
finished in third place in the 2015 Grand National held at Aintree
Racecourse. It was a huge gamble entering Monbeg Dude in the
National – the world’s most famous horse race which attracts a
global audience of over half a billion people. But the gamble paid
off, with the ten-year-old bay gelding finishing 3rd of 39 runners,
picking up…
In honour of 70 years of the throne,
senior members of the Royal Family are touring the United Kingdom
and parts of the Commonwealth. With The Princess Royal set to visit
Papua New Guinea in honour of the Platinum Jubilee, Royal Central
is taking a look at past Jubilee…
Grand National Memories: Devastation for The Queen Mother as she suffers the most heartbreaking defeat in racing history
9th April 2022
The Queen Mother suffered one of the
cruelest defeats in the history of sport when her horse
bellyflopped at the finishing line of the Grand National back in
1956. Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, was a huge horse racing
lover, with it being estimated that she had owned…
It was a wedding 35 years in the making
for Prince Charles and Camilla. On April 9, 2005 after a royal
scandal, a tragic death, forbidden love, two marriages and four
children, Charles and Camilla were finally able to tie the knot.
But like the years leading up the ceremony, the wedding day was no
walk in the park. First of all, the day itself had to be
rescheduled. Originally meant to take…
