As the Summer Olympics get underway,
Royal Central takes a look at Great Britain’s royal Olympians. In
1971, the Princess Royal competed in multiple European three-day
event championships where she won a gold medal, and in 1975, she
won in both the individual and team disciplines, where she took
home silver. Anne, the Princess Royal took part in the 1976 Summer
Olympic Games in…
As we mark 70 years since The Queen
ascended the throne, we’re taking a look back at the life and reign
of Britain’s longest-serving monarch, Elizabeth II. Early Life At
the time of her birth, Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Marywas never
meant to be a…
Thank you Your Majesty for saying what we have all been thinking - of course Camilla should become Queen
5th February 2022
Finally, rejoice! Ever since Royal
Central first launched in 2012, we have been vocal campaigners for
one particular cause – that Camilla should be afforded the title of
Queen Consort when Charles becomes King. Now, 17 years after the
Prince of Wales and Duchess of…
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution
has sent its congratulations to The Queen as she approaches the
70th anniversary of her reign. Ahead of the anniversary, on
February 6th 2022, the RNLI recalled the many years of support they
have received from The Queen for their work and sent their best
wishes as she made history by becoming the first British Monarch to
mark a Platinum Jubilee. The…
The Queen pays tribute to her father as she prepares to mark her Platinum Jubilee
5th February 2022
Queen Elizabeth II will have many
tributes paid to her, in her Platinum Jubilee year but she is
beginning the event with a tribute to her father, King George VI.
At Windsor Castle, The Queen looked at items from past jubilees,
her own and previous monarchs. Wearing a…
Ahead of a new exhibition highlighting
Crown Princess Mary and the four Crown Princesses of Denmark
preceding her, let’s take a look at the women who have held the
title Crown Princess of Denmark. Louise of Hesse-Kassel The first
modern Crown Princess of Denmark was…
The death of King George VI caused shock
around the world. Although it was known that the King was ill, the
severity of his condition wasn’t obvious. He passed away peacefully
in his sleep in the early hours of February 6th 1952 and his throne
passed, without witness, to his elder daughter who became Queen
Elizabeth II. in the days that followed there were many tributes
paid to a man…
On 6 February 2022, Queen Elizabeth II
will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, 70 years on the throne. On 9
September 2015, Elizabeth passed Queen Victoria’s record for the
longest reigning British monarch. While Elizabeth and Victoria both
have lengthy reigns, there are some…
Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth II’s
grandmother, lived to the age of 85 and saw 6 different reigns-
Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George V (her husband), King
Edward VIII, King George VI, and Queen Elizabeth II. She faced
immense personal tragedy, as she outlived…
Yuan Shikai attempted to reign over China
in the early 1900s. He was unsuccessful and had a reign that only
lasted 83 days.But who was Yuan Shikai, who ended the famous Qing
Dynasty and failed to create a dynasty of his own? He was born in
the Zhangying village on 16 September 1859, but his family clan
later moved to a hilly area near Xiangcheng that was easier to
defend, where they built…
