On a bright spring day in 1935, King
George V became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Silver
Jubilee. The 25th anniversary of his reign followed plenty of royal
tradition but there was also innovation in the celebrations as well
as a rather historic moment on the Buckingham Palace balcony. No
other British king or queen had held festivities to mark a quarter
of a century of rule.
As with any large sporting event such as
the Commonwealth Games or Olympics Games, members of the royal
family are always expected to be in attendance to show their
support and the 2012 Summer Olympic Games Opening Ceremony held in
London was no exception. As this historic…
In May 1982, Pope John Paul II visited
the United Kingdom marking the first visit there by a reigning
Pope. The visit was organised and largely funded by the Roman
Catholic Church. It’s estimated it cost around £7 million at the
time. This visit would be a…
There has long been a close relationship
between fashion and royalty. One of the most notable relationships
between designer and royal is between Louis Vuitton and Empress
Eugénie de Montijo. Louis Vuitton was born in 1821 in France
and ran away from home to escape family issues. When he arrived in
Paris at the age of 16, he studied under Monsieur Marechal, one of
the most pre-eminent truck…
Throughout The Queen’s seventy year reign
she has hosted dozens of world leaders on State Visits. And it all
began with a meeting with friends in 1954. In June that year, Her
Majesty welcomed King Gustaf VI Adolf and Queen Louise of Sweden as
they made the first…
On this day in 2011, the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge were married at Westminster Abbey. Let’s take a look
at the day through the lens of the grandmother who witnessed her
grandson’s nuptials but also saw an heir begin his own family and
dynasty. Prince William had…
Milestones of a Monarch: The Queen presents the World Cup to Bobby Moore
28th April 2022
On 30 July 1966, an estimated audience of
32.3 million viewers tuned in to watch the World Cup Final between
England and West Germany at Wembley Stadium. Of the thousands who
got to watch the match in person were The Queen and the Duke of
Edinburgh were in attendance. The match went into overtime as
German player Wolfgang Weber scored an 89th-minute equaliser to tie
the game. England went on…
It’s been more than a century since
restaurateur and caterer Searcys created the extravaganza that was
Princess Maud of Wales’s wedding cake. It was such a big occasion
that it brought the company’s founder, John Searcy, out of
retirement. Now, the company…
In November 1983, Queen Elizabeth II
presented an honourary Order of Merit to Mother Teresa in
recognition of her outstanding service to humanity. The Nobel Peace
Prize winner became the fifth non-British citizen to win the Order.
During the simple ceremony on the lawn of…
The Queen has many impressive suites in
her jewellery vaults. The King George VI Victorian Suite is one of
the most sentimental sets in her collection and has a short but
meaningful history for Her Majesty. King George VI gave his
eldest daughter, the then-Princess Elizabeth, a wedding gift of a
Victorian suite that he had purchased. It is thought that it was
initially created at some point…
