Princess Marie has opened an exhibition
of Danish art in her home city of Paris. The Danish royal, 44,
attended the Petit Palais on Friday where she opened ‘The
Golden Age of Danish Painting’ exhibition. The large-scale
exhibition features more than 200 works by Denmark’s leading
artists painted from 1801 to 1864. [getty
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The inside story of when Diana pushed her stepmother down a flight of stairs following a 'furious row'
19th September 2020
Diana, Princess of Wales, once pushed her
stepmother down a flight of stairs following a ‘furious row’ at
Althorpe. According to the documentary ‘Princess Diana’s wicked
stepmother’, the young Princess of Wales ‘flew into a
rage’…
They share the same name and the same
destiny but over seven decades separates them. Prince Charles of
Luxembourg, second in line to the throne of Luxembourg, has been
christened, surrounded by his family in a low key ceremony which
everyone wanted to see. Back in 1948…
As Prince Charles of Luxembourg is
christened today, we’re looking at the godparents of Europe’s
heirs. The Prince of Wales [getty src=”3424303″ width=”432″
height=”594″ tld=”ca”] Prince Charles was born on 14 November 1948
and christened on 15 December of that year. His godparents were
King George VI (his maternal…
Queen Elizabeth II is known for making an
annual visit to the Women’s Institute at West Newton near her
Sandringham estate in Norfolk. The Queen started to attend meetings
back in 1943, taking over as President from the Queen Mother who
had taken over the role from…
Unlike the christenings of Queen
Victoria’s children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, the
christening of the future Queen is an event about which far less is
known. It was not the subject of a painting, nor was much written
about it as the ceremony itself was a…
Seven years ago, on 17 September, Prince
Felix of Luxembourg, (then 29), the third son of Grand Duke Henri
and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, married Claire Lademacher, (then
28), in the bride’s hometown of Frankfurt, Germany. [getty
src=”181423938″ width=”594″ height=”385″] Several days later, on 21
September, the two had their religious wedding in the…
Royal Central’s Europe Correspondent,
Oskar Aanmoen, has had a busy year. As well as covering the
continent’s royal families in a time of unprecedented challenges,
he’s also been completing a brand new book. Oskar, who has already
published five books, is…
Opinion: ''Hold Still'' is one of the Duchess of Cambridge's most important projects
15th September 2020
I wasn’t even 20 portraits in before my
eyes had welled up. Hold Still, a digital photographic exhibition
put together by The Duchess of Cambridge and the National Portrait
Gallery, has given us a glimpse of hope in a dark time. Of strength
and spirit and how we came…
Willem-Alexander is the current King of
the Netherlands. When he came to the throne in 2013, he was the
first king in 123 years after three generations of queens. He is
from the House of Orange which has reigned over the Netherlands for
over 400 years, firstly as a republic and since 1815 as a kingdom.
His grandparents consist of two minor members of the German
nobility – who lived many…
