It’s one of my all time favourite royal
wedding dresses and just a glimpse of it can make me feel ever so
slightly emotional. For not only was the pale blue gown worn by a
lass called Lilian from Swansea on a cold, December day in 1976 a
masterclass in elegance and chic, it was also the wedding dress of
a princess decades in the making. It’s now forty four years since
Prince Bertil of…
Windsor Castle is ready for Christmas as
the Queen prepares to spend the festive season there for the first
time in over thirty years. The tree is up in St. George’s Hall and
sparkling ready for the big day. Royal Collection Trust / © Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II…
Fans of the Netflix series “The Last
Kingdom” and the series of books by Bernard Cornwell, on which the
series is based, will know the main character Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
He is a fictional character; however, many events in the series
based in ninth-century…
It was the last major royal wedding of
the 20th century and it began a new chapter in a royal story that
would lead to a throne. On December 4th 1999, the then heir to the
Belgian throne, Philippe, married Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz before a
host of regal guests. The couple became King and Queen of the
Belgians in 2013. On the twentieth anniversary of their marriage,
Royal Central…
The tragedy of the last Stuart Monarch – Queen Anne’s 18 pregnancies
3rd December 2020
Queen Anne quite frankly had a tremendous
reign becoming the first Monarch of a united single sovereign
state, known as Great Britain in 1707 as well as showing her worth
as a Queen Regnant in a male dominated society. Though tragedy was
never far away from the last of the…
1 December 1135: On this day in 1135,
King Henry I died in Normandy, France. The fourth son of William
the Conqueror was married to Matilda of Scotland, with whom he had
three children, and to Adeliza of Louvain, after Matilda’s death.
He also had at least twenty-four…
Royal Wedding Rewind: George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece
29th November 2020
It was a wedding featuring two very
popular royals and two ceremonies and it led to one of the most
influential unions of the 20th century. The marriage of Prince
George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece, on November
29th 1934, was a day that changed the House of Windsor forever. The
couple matched each other in popularity and royal suitability. The
groom was the dashing fourth son of…
Hermine Reuss of Greiz was born on 17
December 1887 as the fifth child and fourth daughter of Heinrich
XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, and Princess Ida Mathilde Adelheid of
Schaumburg-Lippe. Her elder brother had been injured during a
childhood surgery, leaving him mentally and…
In a second edition, Royal Central has
once again asked viewers to share their unique and rare pieces of
royal memorabilia. From King George V’s coronation to royal
weddings, our readers have no shortage of collectables. If you are
interested in having your…
I’ve always felt rather sorry for the
mistress known as Mrs Jordan. For two decades, she lived alongside
the third son of King George III. Her partner is known to history
as King William IV but for their duration of their relationship he
was the somewhat dodgy Duke of Clarence who had champagne taste and
no money, having spent most of it. Dorothea Jordan was the main
breadwinner for much of…
