Deb Stratas has written her fourth book featuring Diana, Princess of Wales. This one, At Home with Diana, tells Diana’s story through the windows of her homes and residences.
The book goes from her birth to her death in homes such as Park House, Althorp, Kensington Palace and Highgrove. We see how she lived her life in each home and how they shaped her into who she became.
It begins…
Every royal life is peppered with milestones, the moments that mark beginnings and ends, filled with joy and sometimes sadness. On Royal Central, we’re charting the famous dates throughout the year in our Calendars of Kings and Queens. And as March gets well and truly…
Carolina - The blue-eyed Princess who became the grandmother of Europe
28th February 2020
It has been nearly two years since I first saw the portrait of a young Princess with blue eyes in a beautiful blue dress. Since then I’ve visited archives, held her letters to her brother in my hand and visited the places where she lived and died.
Carolina of…
When Princess Patricia of Connaught, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, wed Alexander Ramsay in London in 1919, she more than made her mark. For not only had Patricia wed a man with no royal title. She had given up her own HRH to become his wife.
Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth, second daughter of Victoria’s third son, the Duke of Connaught, walked into Westminster Abbey on February 27th…
Newsnight's interview with Prince Andrew named as 'Scoop of the Year'
26th February 2020
BBC Newsnight’s interview with the Duke of York has been named as ‘Scoop of the Year’ at the Royal Television Society Journalism Awards 2020.
The award was presented to the Newsnight on Wednesday evening following their interview with Prince Andrew…
At first glance, she is the very embodiment of regality but look closer and the hint of mourning behind an iconic image of the Queen becomes clear. On February 26th 1952, Elizabeth II posed for her first official portrait as Monarch with her gentle smile hiding the grief she…
Kristin Contino, Chief Reporter
Both of my outfits from this month were from Spain’s Queen Letizia. The first was from Valentine’s Day when she debuted a new polka dot dress during a day visiting Huelva andCádiz.
As per the Queen Letizia Style blog, she wore the white Emporio Armani“Crepon long dress with polka dot jacquard motif” along with repeat…
In this special edition of the Royal Central podcast, we hear from author Deb Stratas who has spent several years visiting every home Diana, Princess of Wales lived in to discover the woman behind the royal image.
Deb’s new book, ‘At Home with Diana’…
Royal Pictures from History: the engagement of Charles and Diana
24th February 2020
As a future king, his wedding was always going to be big news. For years, Prince Charles had been the subject of chatter about who and when he would marry and when he did announce his engagement to Lady Diana Spencer, on February 24th 1981, it made headlines around the…
Princess Beatrice and fiancé, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, are set to wed the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace, London, on the 29th of May.
In the leadup to their nuptials, Royal Central is looking back on other brides from the House of Windsor who married in the spring month of May.
The last royal wedding of a member of the Windsor family occurred on the 18th of May 2019 when the Lady…
