This year it is 30 years since King
Harald and Queen Sonja became monarchs in Norway after the death of
King Olav V. There will be no grand celebration this year due to
the pandemic, but the King and Queen have therefore in
collaboration with the state TV channel NRK made a documentary
series where they talk about the 50 state visits that have been
made in the last 30 years. In the first episode…
A sad anniversary falls for the House of
Windsor as January continues to freeze. 18 January marks 102 years
since Prince John of the United Kingdom died from a severe seizure.
John was the fifth son and the youngest of the six children of King
George V and Queen Mary.
It was a quiet country house, described
by several who knew it as ‘’little’’ and a ‘’pied a terre’, given
as a wedding present to a royal couple who were expected to linger
on the fringes of regal life. Yet on July 2nd 1903, it became the
birthplace of one of…
Through The Royal Collection Trust, the
papers of Queen Victoria’s father, Edward, Duke of Kent and
Strathearn are now available online. More than 1,000 documents make
up the collection ranging from account records and lesson books to
personal and official correspondence. Prince Edward Augustus was
born 2 November 1767 at Buckingham House. The fourth son and fifth
child of George III and…
Skaugum Estate is a farmhouse that lies
just outside Oslo, Norway, and it is currently the home of Crown
Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, though it has a
storied history that dates back to the Middle Ages and is known as
the birthplace of King Harald, in…
The former Second Lady of the United
States will become the First Lady when her husband, former Vice
President and current President-elect Joe Biden takes the oath of
office on 20 January. Prince Harry has grown close with the Bidens
over the years, and in honour of the…
King Harald marked his Silver Jubilee on
17 January 2016 with a series of events held throughout the year in
Norway. As he marks 30 years on the throne, let’s take a look back
at his last big jubilee event. [getty src=”505422170″ width=”594″
height=”395″ tld=”ca”] On the morning of 17 January, the Norwegian
Royal Family gathered on the…
Amongst the prettiness of rolling
countryside and the gentle sound of sheep grazing sits a castle
with its own little chapel. The walls are golden yellow while
around it grow sweet scented flowers and glossy, regal trees. But
behind this calm serenity lies the tomb of a…
On a hot summer day in 1543, a young
widow married an ageing and much wed king in a ceremony that took
many by surprise. By the time Katherine Parr said ‘I do’ to Henry
VIII in the Queen’s Closet at Hampton Court Palace on July
12th 1543, his five previous unions and…
We know the American state of Hawaii as a
tropical paradise with beautiful beaches and the original home of
surfing. Less known is that Hawaii was, for nearly 100 years, an
independent kingdom. United in 1795 by its first monarch, King
Kamehameha I, known as “The Great”. There were eight monarchs until
the Kingdom’s overthrow in 1893 – the last monarch being its only…
