There’s always much excitement when a
royal baby makes their Buckingham Palace balcony debut and while in
recent times, parents have tended to wait until their new arrivals
have reached their first birthday before braving the waving, some
have dared to try sooner. In 1964, soon after she became a mother
for the fourth time, The Queen presented her newborn son to the
cheering crowds outside…
It was a wedding fit for a queen in
waiting but the bride and groom only made it to the altar after a
wave of protest, some of it angry, that threatened to stop their
romance in its tracks. When Beatrix of the Netherlands, then heir
to her country’s throne, wed Claus van…
On Sunday and Monday, much of the world
watched as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex gave a tell-all interview
with Oprah Winfrey. The media are scrambling to keep up with
fact-checking and responses as more clips are shared afterwards.
Emotions are running high, and people on…
The Queen’s biggest mistake of the last decade was allowing Charles & Andrew to oust Lord Geidt from the Royal Household
10th March 2021
For as long as there has been a monarchy,
there has been turbulence with the Royal Household having to deal
with a variety of crises that land at their door. The most pressing
issue for The Queen, and indeed the entire institution, is the Duke
& Duchess of Sussex and the serious allegations they have raised
about the workings of the royals. In my opinion, this situation
could have been…
The Queen has said that she is saddened
to hear of how challenging the past years have been for The Duke
and Duchess of Sussex but has underlined that issues raised in
their interview with Oprah Winfrey will be handled behind Palace
doors. The full statement reads…
The Regency Act of 1937 lays out who
stands in for a Monarch in a range of situations where they can’t
exercise their functions. It came into force in the first year of
the reign of King George VI, when his heir was a ten year old
princess called Elizabeth. Now the longest…
SYDNEY ZATZ: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are being unfairly treated by the monarchy
9th March 2021
Sydney Zatz says that the Duke and
Duchess of Sussex’s interview was a difficult watch, but that
ultimately, they were being treated unfairly by the monarchy. On
Sunday night, America watched as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex
candidly sit down with Oprah Winfrey in an interview filled with
the good, the bad and the ugly. The Duke and Duchess touched on
several key issues, including…
In the UK there are very specific rules
regarding who is entitled to be a Prince or Princess. Most of these
rules come from Letters Patent issued in 1917 by King George V, in
which the King accords the Princely title to all children of the
Sovereign, to the Sovereign’s…
The Duchess of Sussex’s revelation that
she married Prince Harry privately three days before the ceremony
watched by the world at. St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, has led to
questions about which of the services was their legally binding
wedding. The ceremony at…
The second oldest child and the only
daughter of Her Majesty The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, the
Princess Royal has played an active part in the Commonwealth over
the years. She also holds several titles within the Commonwealth
including, the 1990 Extra Companion of the Queen’s Service Order
and the Canadian Forces Decoration (CD) with three clasps (1999,
2009, and 2019.) While the…
