“Reach for the moon. Evenif you miss, you
will land among the stars!” – Norman Vincent Peale If the stars
align next year, then The Queen could have a live contender in The
Derby – the world’s most prestigious flat race. Reach For The Moon
– a two-year-old colt owned by the monarch – has already won the
Group 3 Solario Stakes, and has finished…
The royals who have visited Ground Zero to pay their respects
11th September 2021
As it has been 20 years since the United
States suffered the worst terrorist attack in their history that
changed the world, we are taking a look at how the royals of the
world have paid tribute to the lives lost and the heroes of
September 11, 2001. Many of the…
Queen Paola of Belgium is marking her
84th birthday quietly but she is set to tell her own story for the
first time since it was confirmed that her husband, King Albert,
fathered a child outside of marriage. Earlier this year, newspaper
Nieuwsblad, broke the exclusive…
The Royal Family out in force for wedding blessing
10th September 2021
Princess Alexandra’s granddaughter, Flora
Vesterberg, and her husband, Timothy, have been joined by members
of the Royal Family for wedding celebrations. Embed from Getty…
The English Queens of France
10th September 2021
On an autumn day, over 500 years ago,
Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, marriedthe French king, Louis
XII. The spectacular ceremony in Abbeville in Northern France
transformed Mary into the Queen of France. No other English
princess held that title after…
Prince William's career as an air ambulance pilot
10th September 2021
The second week of September is when the
UK marks Air Ambulance Week (AAW.) For 2021, the week takes place
from 6th to the 12th of September and is a chance for air ambulance
charities across the UK to come together to deliver the vital
message, “every second counts…
Royal tour fashion favourites: Diana, Princess of Wales in Italy, 1985
10th September 2021
Royal tours are always a source of
excitement, not just for interesting locales and fun engagements
but also for stand-out style moments. This summer, Royal Central is
looking back at some of the best tour fashion moments from over the
years. The Prince and Princess of Wales embarked on a 17-day tour
of Italy in April 1985, and while it might not be their best-known
royal tour (Australia does…
Marie Antoinette's diamonds up for sale
10th September 2021
Diamonds once worn by Marie Antoinette
are going up for auction later this year. Two diamond bracelets
belonging to the ill fated queen are set to go under the hammer in
Geneva in November. The gems form part of the collection that Marie
Antoinette had sent from France…
Around the same time that the UK
introduced new succession laws that allowed girls the same rights
as boys, the country also passed same sex marriage legislation. But
royal laws haven’t caught up with that yet. In the future, as is
the case in most European countries, a…
Mysterious Mary, the queen's daughter who disappeared
9th September 2021
Within the walls of one of England’s most
picturesque castles, a queen gave birth to her only child and set
in motion a chain of events that would become one of Tudor
England’s most intriguing mysteries. The birth had been much
anticipated and much talked about. The baby, a little girl, was
immediately taken off to a nursery decked in scarlet and gold where
a string of…

