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 visits to the country. The Queen
marked her first visit to the country in February 1974 alongside
The Princess Royal and the…
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…
Charles Spencer, the 9th Earl Spencer,
continues to be busy in his career. It was announced this week that
his seventh book, the 2017 To Catch a King: Charles II’s Great
Escape, will be developed for the screen. Steve Coogan and Jeff
Pope, the duo behind The Lost King and Philomena, have bought the
rights to the book, but it is still unknown whether or not it will
be developed for…
Throughout her 70 year reign, The Queen
has worn hundreds of pieces of jewelery with some making
appearances more than others. The Delhi Durbar necklace is perhaps
one of the most famous pieces Her Majesty has worn throughout her
reign. The Queen has worn it on many…
While she has made countless milestones
and memories over her 70-year reign, Royal Central is taking a look
back at Her Majesty’s historic 1965 visit to West Germany in honour
of the Platinum Jubilee. Her Majesty The Queen and her husband, the
Duke of Edinburgh…
They are a very special set of paintings
that arrived in England in mysterious circumstances and which were
only accessible to the guests of one of the richest and most
powerful men in Europe for years. Now, they are at the heart of a
new exhibition of Spanish art which has brought Queen Letizia to
England. ‘Jacob and his Twelve Sons’ were painted by Francisco de
Zurburan, famed for his…
Milestones of a Monarch: The Queen rides by carriage to Trooping the Colour for the first time
5th April 2022
The Queen’s historic reign has seen many
famous moments and milestones. For the first three decades of her
rule, Her Majesty rode at Trooping the Colour and the year that she
decided to start attending by carriage instead caused huge debate.
The famous ceremony…
June Brown, the legendary TV actress who
has died at the age of 95, revealed she was so nervous at meeting
The Queen on one of their several encounters that she almost fell
over. The star, who was awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours
list just months ago…
When you think of 70 years on the throne,
you probably think of all the royal milestones and memorable
moments during that time. But another way to think of 70 years on
the throne is to think of all the history that happened outside the
palace. For example, the invention of the internet and email. On 26
March 1976, The Queen would make her own technologic history when
she sent the first-ever…
