It was a low key royal wedding, set
against a backdrop of family illness and impending drama. But the
marriage of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice Montagu
Douglas Scott, on November 6th 1935, began a royal partnership that
would become a bedrock for the House of Windsor as it faced some of
its most challenging times. Prince Henry, third son of King George
V and Queen Mary, had…
“Remember remember the 5th of November,
gunpowder, treason and plot…” November 5th is still considered to
be one of the most important in British history. But why? What are
the royal links? And why do we still mark it today? On April 13,
1570, Guido ‘Guy’…
It is not often American politicians say
“God save the Queen”. This was exactly what happened when Joe Biden
certified the election of Donald Trump as President in January
2017. While the applause rang out in the Senate chamber, he quietly
said: “God save the…
Learn more about the Earl of Snowdon, the
son of the late Princess Margaret and nephew of The Queen, on his
59th birthday: David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones was born on
November 3, 1961, in Clarence House to Princess Margaret and
Anthony Armstrong-Jones, the Countess and Earl of Snowdon. He
is the older brother of Lady Sarah Chatto and is first cousins with
Prince Charles, Princess…
We’ve seen hundreds of photos of members
of the Royal Family, and sometimes, we see them hanging out with
other famous faces. Royal Central is taking a look at royals and
what celebrities they consider friends. The Duchess of Sussex and
Priyanka Chopra-Jonas [getty…
1 November 1864: On this day in 1864,
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine was born in Germany. She
met her tragic end in 1918 when she was murdered by The Cheka
(Soviet secret police) by being beaten and thrown in a mine before
having grenades launched at them and…
Dukedoms are the highest titles in the
British roll of peerage. These titles are sometimes created and
bestowed on sons and grandsons of the British monarch, usually when
they get married. Named after the capital city of Scotland, the
Dukedom of Edinburgh was first created on 15 July 1726 during the
reign of King George I, who bestowed it upon his grandson, Prince
Frederick (1707-1751), who…
Glamis Castle is steeped in history.
Located in Angus, Scotland, it has been the seat to the Earls of
Strathmore and Kinghorne and home to the Lyon family since the 14th
century. An author you may have heard of, William Shakespeare, used
it as inspiration for “Mac, err…
History of Royal Titles: Why is Queen Elizabeth II also known as the Duke of Normandy?
31st October 2020
In the middle ages, the Duke of Normandy
was the ruler of the Duchy of Normandy in northwestern France. In
911, the duchy came from a grant of land given to the Viking
leader, Rollo, by Charles III, the Carolingian ruler of West
Francia in a bid to stop the Viking onslaught.
The Duke of Sussex is a substantive title
and is one of the several royal dukedoms created twice in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. The dukedom takes its name from the
county of Sussex in southeast England. The title first appeared
with the Kingdom of Sussex, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom annexed by the
Kingdom of Wessex around 827; later on, the kingdom became part of
the Kingdom of England. In…
