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 queen. She arrived on 21 April 1926 as the first
child of the Duke and Duchess of York, Prince Albert and his wife…
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…
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 turquoise dress and her
familiar three-strand pearl necklace, Her Majesty also wore two
aquamarine brooches. The brooches are…
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…
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 English monarchs who have had
rather short reigns. These are the shortest reigns of monarchs of
England that are not…
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…
Classic flowers for a royal bride - Queen Maxima's wedding bouquet
2nd February 2022
While a royal wedding dress might grab
all the headlines with the almost obligatory tiara coming a close
second, no set of regal nuptials would be complete without a bridal
bouquet. We might not get round to admiring it until after our
fourth discussion about the wedding gown itself but the flowers
have their own part in every big royal wedding. That was no
different on February 2nd 2002 when…
