For the last millennium, royal mistresses
have played a substantial role at court – given that most royals
were not allowed to marry for love and instead served as strategic
national alliances. So it makes sense that in many marriages, one
or both partners would look elsewhere for their romantic
relationships, and Charles II was no exception. He had at least
seven different mistresses…
With the Olympics underway, let’s take a
look at the Scandinavian royals and their connection to the
Olympics. Although there haven’t been that many Scandinavian royal
competitors, these families are very closely intertwined with the
Olympics. Sweden There haven’t been…
Jane Shore - from witty mistress of a king to dangerous political conspirator
31st July 2021
Elizabeth “Jane” Shore (née Lambert) was
one of the many mistresses of King Edward IV of England. Jane would
go on to become one of the most intelligent and beautiful women in
the realm. Known as the witty mistress of the king, she would come
to be known as a…
Queen Rania of Jordan visited the Royal
Grant Scheme projects during her trip to Al Shobak on Wednesday.
The Queen met several representatives of local societies, local
officials and owners of some income-generating projects. Queen
Rania spoke to beneficiaries of the Royal Grant Scheme in the
visitor’s centre of Shobak Castle; there, she shared encouragement
and her happiness that she was…
Once upon a time, there was a fairytale.
I was just a little girl when it was told but like many who lived
through it, I still find a resonance in that strange summer day
when once upon a time met, briefly, happy every after. On July 29th
1981, the world stopped to watch…
On 29 July 1981, 750 million people
around the world watched as Prince Charles married Lady Diana
Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. Dubbed the “wedding of
the century”, the wedding broke records and set global fashion
trends. Forty years on, Royal…
The flowers chosen by Diana, Princess of
Wales for her wedding day are among the most memorable of royal
bouquets. The tumbling, trailing mix of cream, green and yellow
blooms that the bride carried into St. Paul’s Cathedral on July
29th 1981 for her marriage to the Prince of Wales remain among the
most recognizable of royal flowers almost four decades after they
were first seen. For a start…
In recent years, British royals, when in
need of a wedding day tiara, put in a request to the Queen, who
seems happy to oblige. But forty years ago when the world tuned in
to watch Lady Diana Spencer wed Prince Charles, the bride wore her
family’s tiara for the big…
It is perhaps the most famous royal
wedding dress of them all. The gown worn by Lady Diana Spencer for
her marriage to the Prince of Wales on July 29th 1981 at St Paul’s
Cathedral has a special place in royal history. Designed by David
and Elizabeth Emanual, it came to…
In the end, it wasn’t the fairytale
marriage the world had hoped for, but on 29 July 1981, Prince
Charles, the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer married in a
glittering ceremony that could best be described as a fairytale,
watched by an estimated one billion people. Forty years on, Royal
Central looks back at this historic day. [getty src=”71520536″
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