It’s become one of the big questions in the run up to a royal marriage – which tiara will the bride wear? It’s now an accepted part of any Windsor wedding and the decision of Princess Beatrice to wear the same tiara as her grandmother did as a bride for her big day is both sentimental and rather significant.
For Beatrice is now the third generation of the Queen’s family…
The Royal family has many notable pieces of jewellery in its collection. While Royal Central has covered different parts of the vast collection, this month Royal Central is looking at Britain’s famous rubies.
Considered one of the traditional cardinal gems along…
Elizabeth II has reigned for 25,000 days, another milestone in a reign already filled with history
The Queen took the throne on February 6th 1952. Since then she has become the longest reigning Monarch in British history as well as the longest lived Monarch that the…
Prince Joachim of Prussia may have found himself a king had history worked out differently. Today, on the 100th anniversary of his death, let’s take a look back at the life of the man who might have been King of Ireland.
Prince Joachim Franz Humbert of Prussia was born 17 December 1890, the youngest son of Kaiser Wilhelm II and his first wife, Augusta Victoria. He was Kaiser Wilhelm’s…
Queen Victoria’s last journey by train took place on Saturday 2 February 1901. The Great Western Railway produced a beautifully illuminated train plan for the ‘Funeral of Her Late Most Gracious Majesty The Queen. Arrangement of Royal Train. Paddington to Windsor. 1.32…
“She was a rare flower, too delicate for this world, but rejoicing others with her fragrance and cheering them on the way…”
With these words, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia described the death of her friend, Julia, Countess Rantzau in a letter of 1901 to…
On a cool day in early spring 1929, a king in waiting made his way to one of his country’s most famous churches for his wedding. At his side was a childhood friend. The bond between the men was strong enough for the groom to ask his royal relation to act as best man on this very special day. They were decked in military uniform and the royal honours of their respective countries while the…
It’s been a difficult few weeks for the Spanish monarchy, but you’d never know the tension behind the scenes judging by Wednesday’s crowds welcoming King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia to the Autonomous Community of Castile and León.
Fans carried a banner…
Prince Oskar Wilhelm Karl Hans Kuno of Prussia was born on 15 July in 1915 at the Marmorpalais (Marble Palace) near Potsdam in the Kingdom of Prussia. He was the son of Prince Oscar Karl Gustav Adolf of Prussia and his wife, Princess Ina-Marie Gräfin of Bassewitz. He was…
Less than a day after launching its own gin, Buckingham Palace’s bar has run dry. The spirit, made from botanicals from the gardens of the famous royal home, has sold out in hours.
The Buckingham Palace gin was launched on July 13th 2020, retailing at £40 for a 70cl bottle. It is being sold by the Royal Collection Trust. However, by the morning of July 14th, would be buyers were told…
