On 19 October, the Grand Ducal Family of
Luxembourg will mark eight years since the civil marriage of
Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume with Belgian-born Countess
Stéphanie de Lannoy. Their religious marriage took place the
following day. The couple, who announced their engagement on 26
April 2012, tied the knot at Luxembourg City Hall where the then
Mayor of Luxembourg City, Xavier Bettel…
The unveiling of the Cenotaph: The day George V led a nation still recovering from war
11th November 2021
On 11 November 1920, King George V led
Britain in two minutes of silence to remember those lost in the
First World War and to mark the exact moment when Armistices
brought the Great War to a close. The king also unveiled the
Cenotaph in Whitehall. In 1919, the…
The long royal links of a simple tribute: The Fields of Remembrance
11th November 2021
First held in November 1928, attending
the Fields of Remembrance has become a simple yet impactful
tradition of Remembrance Day, For eight days from the morning of
the Thursday before Remembrance Sunday until the evening of the
following Thursday, the law of St…
Jewels belonging to the doomed French
queen, Marie Antoinette, have gone up for auction in Geneva and
sold for several times more than the original estimate. Marie
Antoinette sent two diamond bracelets to a former Austrian
ambassador in Brussels for safekeeping and is thought to have even
wrapped the bracelets in cotton cloths and packed them in a wooden
box to keep them…
What would happen if nearly everything
bad that ever happened in Diana, Princess of Wales’s life—that we
know happened, anyway—happened over the three-day period of
Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day 1991? Spencer would
happen. Fair warning: this…
There are few traditions in the Danish
royal family that are as strong as the Hubertus-hunt It has been
part of the Danish monarchy since 1730. And on November 7th 2021,
Crown Princess Mary attended this year’s Hubertus Hunt at the
Hermitage Castle in Copenhagen, which…
Norwegian Armed Forces Memorial Day has
been marked with Crown Prince Haakon placing a wreath at the
national veteran monument at Akershus Fortress in Oslo. At the
ceremony at Akershus fortress, on Sunday November 7th 2021, Chief
of Defence, General Eirik Kristoffersen gave the memorial speech
before he asked the Crown Princeacting as Regent, to place the
wreath. Guardsmen from His Majesty the…
Lady Louise, the discreet upbringing of The Queen's youngest granddaughter
8th November 2021
The Queen’s youngest granddaughter is now
18 and while her coming of age makes headlines, her upbringing has
taken place further away from the public eye than that of many of
her cousins. Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor,
born on November 8th 2003…
The first official souvenirs for the
Platinum Jubilee have gone on sale. The Royal Collection Trust has
issued a range of china as well as Christmas decorations with just
three months to go until the 70th anniversary of The Queen’s reign.
Photo by Royal Collection…
As Lady Louise celebrates her 18th
birthday today, let’s take a look at past members of the Royal
Family who shared this name and discover the unique lives each
woman led. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll Louisa Caroline
Alberta, the fourth daughter and sixth child of Queen Victoria and
Prince Albert, led one of the most colourful royal lives. Born 18
March 1848 as the daughter of the…
