It’s been a difficult few weeks for the
Spanish monarchy, but you’d never know the tension behind the
scenes judging by Wednesday’s crowds welcoming King Felipe VI and
Queen Letizia to the Autonomous Community of Castile and León. Fans
carried a banner reading “Viva El Rey” or “Long live The King” as
the King and Queen walked through the streets of the…
Prince Oskar Wilhelm Karl Hans Kuno of
Prussia was born on 15 July in 1915 at the Marmorpalais (Marble
Palace) near Potsdam in the Kingdom of Prussia. He was the son of
Prince Oscar Karl Gustav Adolf of Prussia and his wife, Princess
Ina-Marie Gräfin of Bassewitz. He was…
Less than a day after launching its own
gin, Buckingham Palace’s bar has run dry. The spirit, made from
botanicals from the gardens of the famous royal home, has sold out
in hours. The Buckingham Palace gin was launched on July 13th 2020,
retailing at £40 for a…
In the run up to this royal wedding,
there was as much speculation about the guest list as there was
about the bridal gown. As Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, only daughter
of Princess Margaret and her former husband, Antony, Earl of
Snowdon, prepared to marry Daniel Chatto, the chatter was about who
might attend. They wed on July 14th 1994, as the bride’s royal
cousins were going through…
Surprisingly, Sweden has few rubies in
its very vast arsenal of royal jewels. They have a beautiful ruby
tiara that Queen Silvia has stunned in and a diamond and ruby
brooch worn by several women in the Royal Family. The King Edward
VII Ruby Tiara This tiara arrived in…
It’s been the subject of debate for
decades but now the Queen’s real role in a political event that
rocked Australia have been revealed. Letters just released confirm
that Elizabeth II had no advance knowledge of the sacking of the
country’s Prime Minister…
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark delivers powerful speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council
14th July 2020
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark has
delivered a powerful speech on women’s rights to open the 44th
session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. The
48-year-old gave her heartfelt address virtually, as the ongoing
coronavirus pandemic meant she was unable to travel to Switzerland.
Despite the distance, her words were no less powerful as she
discussed how the health…
When The Royal We, the 2015 bestseller
from Jessica Morgan and Heather Cocks (aka The Fug Girls) was
released, fans ate up the story of Bex, an American study abroad
student who marries Nick, second-in-line to the British throne. The
Will-and-Kate-esque royal couple…
Empress Elisabeth of Austria was born as
Duchess in Bavaria in 1837. She enjoyed an informal upbringing
before marrying her first cousin Emperor Franz Joseph I at the age
of sixteen. Empress Elisabeth was recognised as one of the most
beautiful women in Europe and always…
Today, on the 150th anniversary of his
birth, let’s take a look back at the life of a complex Sovereign
Prince of Monaco, Prince Louis II, who oversaw a period of great
cultural strides and dark days for the principality. Prince Louis
Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi was born 12 July 1870, the only
child of Prince Albert I of Monaco and Lady Mary Victoria
Douglas-Hamilton. His parents…
