While most of our “Last Queens” series focuses on consorts, this particular last queen was a reigning monarch. Liliuokalani was the only queen regnant and the last monarch of Hawaii before the Hawaiian kingdom was overthrown. It became the shortlived Republic of Hawaii before being annexed by the United States in 1898.
Her Early Life
Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Kamakaʻeha was…
Did Kate’s style on #RoyalVisitIreland leave you feeling green around the gills? Debate has gone on all week over the Duchess of Cambridge’s latest take on diplomatic dressing. Here, our Chief Reporter, Kristin Contino, argues you can have too much of a good…
Perfection or overload? As the debate continues about how much of a nod to a country’s flag is enough when it comes to royal tour dressing, Jess Ilse argues that the Duchess of Cambridge’s recent wardrobe picks on #RoyalVisitIreland were spot on.
Kate wore a…
One aspect of the evolution of monarchy that I find interesting is the development of Ordinal numbers, or regnal numbers, and also called post-nominal numbers used to differentiate between monarchs of the same name within the same territory. In the British system of numbering the monarchs, a king or queen will not get a regnal number unless there is another monarch with the same name. For example…
The remains of Princess Eanswith, also written as Eanswythe or Eanswide, have been discovered hidden inside the wall of a church in Kent. Historians say that the bones and teeth that were found are almost certainly those of the 7th century Princess and saint.
Dr Andrew…
How The Queen's honours process has changed for the better: An interview with Bayleaf Honours
4th March 2020
We’ve all seen the smiling photos of actors, authors, emergency workers, and charity leaders holding up their new CBE, MBE, or OBE at Buckingham Palace, but how did they get there? And really, what are the chances of an everyday person getting honoured by The…
Clarence House has once again insisted that the Duchess of Cornwall will not become Queen when Prince Charles becomes King.
When the Prince of Wales married Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005, Clarence House said at the time that she would be styled as Princess Consort when Charles becomes monarch rather than Queen Consort
Similarly, she was made Duchess of Cornwall instead of Princess of Wales…
The battle against the coronavirus could be solved if people sing the national anthem whilst washing their hands according to the British government.
Senior British Cabinet Ministers are advising people to wash their hands while singing ‘God Save The Queen’.
Health…
Why was ”God Save The Queen” played as George H.W. Bush's casket arrived in Maryland?
3rd March 2020
If you watched President George H.W. Bush’s casket arrive in Maryland in December 2018 and are British, you might have been confused as to why “God Save The Queen” was being played. If you are American like me, you would think nothing of it. You would recognise it…
On Thursday of last week, Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia held a gala dinner in London at the Berkeley Hotel. This year’s dinner was also a memorable evening for a good cause. It all started with a reception where the 200 guests were served with a drink and the opportunity to talk to the royals and other prominent guests. A three-course dinner followed.
During…
