HistoryInsight

Liliuokalani, Last Queen of Hawaii

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…
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Features

Numbering the Kings and Queens of Britain

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…
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Clarence House insists Camilla will NOT become Queen

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…
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InterviewsSerbia

EXCLUSIVE: Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia talks charity with Royal Central

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…
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