For a woman who had such a profound
effect on a whole country, she is surprisingly enigmatic. Catherine
of Valois changed royal history forever but even now, centuries on,
the prevailing image of her is the one created by Shakespeare for
whom this French princess was a pretty pawn in a political drama.
But what little we do know seems to indicate that the ‘fair Kate’
of Henry V was…
The Coronation of The Queen, on June 2nd
1953 at Westminster Abbey, was hailed as the start of a new
Elizabethan Age. The Monarch’s Coronation dress, created by Norman
Hartnell, was a masterpiece of symbolism that has become an
historic artefact. But there was just as…
Downton Abbey is, without doubt, one of
the most popular TV shows produced in recent decades. The show
gives us a look at the life of the Crawleys, a fictional
aristocratic family who run and own the Downton estate. Set in the
early 1900s, the show gives a fairly accurate…
With a slimmed-down 2020 National Day
ahead, we are taking a look at previous National Day celebrations
in Sweden with the Royal Family. The females in the family always
dress in the traditional Swedish dress and the family rides in
carriages to Skansen for a concert. They later host a reception at
the Royal Palace, which is officially opened for the summer by a
member of the family earlier in…
Pearls are the birthstone of June and
they’ve formed parts of royal jewel collections for centuries.
Today let’s look at some of the best pearl tiaras in the Dutch
Royal Family’s collection! Antique Pearl Tiara [getty
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While King Henry VIII lived, his greatest
fear was dying without a male heir to the throne. As it turns out,
he needn’t have worried, for when he died in 1547, King Henry was
succeeded by his son Edward VI. But the new King Edward was very
frail and sickly boy of nine, and…
Each year, Buckingham Palace holds three
garden parties in May, allowing ordinary citizens the opportunity
to rub shoulders with royalty. While this year’s events were
cancelled due to the global coronavirus pandemic, Royal Central is
sharing the history behind Queen Elizabeth’s ‘favourite’ royal
event. Each May, Buckingham Palace throws open the gates and allows
30,000 specially…
Princess Birgitta of Sweden has always
known how to make her mark. The second sister of King Carl XVI
Gustaf is known for her originality and her wedding was stand out,
too, for several reasons. Birgitta was the only one of her siblings
to marry a fellow royal and the only…
Prince Joachim, the 28-year-old nephew of
King Philippe of the Belgians, has tested positive for the
Coronavirus after attending a private party in Spain last Tuesday.
[getty src=”805167280″ width=”594″ height=”396″] Spanish…
8 August 1988 [getty src=”52118682″
width=”594″ height=”408″ tld=”com”] At 8:18 p.m. on 8 August 1988,
Princess Beatrice was born at the Portland Hospital in London, the
same hospital where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would welcome
their son, Archie in 2019. Four days after the Princess’s birth,
her parents introduced her to the…
