It was one of the most talked about
weddings of the 19th century. All eyes were on a young, Danish
princess called Alexandra as she walked into St. George’s Chapel,
Windsor on March 10th 1863 to marry Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.
Her groom was heir to Queen Victoria, her father first in line to
the throne of Denmark. And so the gown chosen by the teenage bride
had to fit the bill. And it…
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…
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 all sides of this are
shouting their thoughts from the rooftops. However, I would argue
that the American…
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…
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 ruling Monarch in
British history, the rules set up by her father still hold sway and
here, Royal Central outlines what that…
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…
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 Windsor on May 19th 2018 was, until now,
believed to have been the moment Harry and Meghan were joined in
matrimony.
