For over 260 years, Trooping the Colour
has marked the official birthday of the British sovereign. While
Queen Elizabeth II was born in April, the annual event takes place
in June. Over 1,400 parading soldiers, 200 horses, and 400
musicians come together for military precision, horsemanship, and
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The Duchess of Cambridge has teamed up
with the National Portrait Gallery once again for the publication
of a commemorative ‘Hold Still’ book a year on from the launch of
the successful, community-based portrait exhibition. Hold Still: A
Portrait of Our Nation in 2020…
Women have always struggled with how the
world sees them in positions of power, and historian and author Dr
Helen Castor compared some of England’s early royal women to modern
politicians in an online lecture this week. Pointing out “the
precedent set by the…
Most British monarchs have something that
their reign is remembered for more than anything else, even if they
actually had little to do with it beyond offering their support.
Think of Queen Victoria and the Industrial Revolution, or George VI
and the Second World War. But one monarch stands out for me as
having a personal defining moment, something that he did, and which
shaped the British…
A new biography recently released by
Elisabeth Basford focuses on Princess Mary – the aunt of Queen
Elizabeth II. Princess Mary – The First Modern Princess is a dive
into the life of Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood. I should
preface this by saying that…
Last week it was announced that Their
Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of
Cornwall would travel to Greece later this month and attend its
Bicentenary Independence Day celebrations. This will be
Charles’s third visit to a country where his royal…
On Sunday March 21st 2021, the Census
takes place in the UK. Every ten years, all households in the
country are required to fill in a form with details of everyone
living in that one unit to give a picture of the population and
help plan future services. The information is held securely and
can’t be released publicly for another 100 years. But that means
that, a century on, we get wonderful…
It was a royal wedding for the history
books, the marriage of a future king and a regal love match to
boot. On this day in 1929, Olav of Norway married Martha of Sweden
in Oslo. The couple’s romance had captured the public imagination
while their rather glamourous…
Princess Louise, the sixth child and
fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, holds an
interesting spot in history. She supported higher education for
women and feminist causes and was closely involved in the arts –
not at all common for a Victorian princess.
Aquamarines are the birthstone for March,
and the blue-tinted stone features in many royal jewel sets across
Europe. This month, Royal Central is taking a look at our favourite
royal aquamarines. My all-time favourite is the Swedish royal
Aquamarine Kokoshnik Tiara. The tiara has large aquamarines with
diamonds dispersed throughout. It has been worn by Princess
Margaretha, Princess Christina…
