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 70cl bottle. It is being sold by the Royal
Collection Trust. However, by the morning of July 14th, would be
buyers were told…
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…
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 by her Governor General in 1975. The
letters had been kept secret for over forty years but were finally
made public…
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…
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 attracted attention wherever
she went. She was obsessed with her appearance, and she implemented
some bizarre beauty…
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…
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…
On a summer’s day in 1818, a young German
princess walked into one of the most famous hotels in London to
meet a man twice her age. Just a year earlier, Adelaide of
Saxe-Meiningen and her suitor, William, Duke of Clarence, would
never have considered chatting let alone taking the step that would
inevitably follow this brief exchange. But after a short time
together, with chaperones, of…
