The wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah
Ferguson, on July 23rd 1986, was really rather floral indeed. We
expect all brides to carry a bouquet but Sarah, unlike many women
in recent royal history, chose to wear flowers in her hair, too. As
she made her way into Westminster Abbey, this royal bride was
surrounded by petals and all of them had special meanings for the
brie. Sarah Ferguson packed a…
It was filled with special symbolism for
the bride became a popular favourite, too. The dress
worn by the then Sarah Ferguson for her marriage to Prince Andrew
on July 23rd 1986 at Westminster Abbey is still one of the most
talked about royal weddings gowns of modern…
The marriage of the Duke of York and
Sarah, Duchess of York took place on July 23rd 1986. Prince Andrew
Albert Christian Edward and Sarah Margaret Ferguson had known each
other since childhood but romance blossomed in the summer of 1985
after they sat next to one another…
Queen Victoria wrote in 1867 of the peace
at Frogmore, in Windsor Great Park, in ‘this dear lovely garden’.
By this point, she was six years into the widowhood, which
would last until the end of her life. The gardens at Frogmore had a
particularly sacred meaning for her, as they were the location of
the mausoleums of her mother, the Duchess of Kent and her beloved
husband, Albert, the Prince…
Prince Maurice of Battenberg was Queen
Victoria’s grandson, as he was the son of Victoria’s daughter,
Princess Beatrice and her husband, Prince Henry of Battenberg.
Prince Maurice of Battenberg was born at Balmoral Castle in 1891
and grew up in Great Britain. His elder…
In the northern end of the gardens at
Frogmore is a small building, the so-called Gothic Ruin. We know
that Queen Victoria used her brick and tiled Tea House in which to
breakfast, write, sit and take tea. She often worked outdoors on
her papers in a tent set up close to the…
On July 21st, Belgium celebrates its
National Day. Naturally, the Belgian Royal family plays a big role
in the celebrations. This year, however, the special day will be
marked very differently due to the ongoing pandemic. Let’s take a
look at King Philippe and Queen Mathilde’s agenda for the day. Each
year on the 21st of July, the Belgians celebrate their National Day
as they…
Newlyweds Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and
Princess Beatrice have shared more photos of their wedding day. The
couple, who got married on July 17th at Windsor, added two more
images to their official album. They were taken by Benjamin Wheeler
who also took the two photos…
It was a secret wedding that was all over
before we even knew it was on. Princess Beatrice and Edoardo
Mapelli Mozzi took us all by surprise by marrying discreetly at
Windsor on July 17th 2020. The bride and groom emerged from their
ceremony beneath a huge arch of bloom…
In the end, this was a royal wedding all
about the special bond between a grandmother and granddaughter. As
Princess Beatrice married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, she wore a gown
that had once belonged to her granny and the tiara that the Queen
had chosen for her own wedding over seven decades before. But this
wasn’t a one way street of tributes. For the Queen made some rather
lovely nods to her…
