Whether or not the Duchess of Cornwall
will be styled as Queen when her husband takes to the throne has
always been a contentious matter. Legally, Camilla will become
Queen Consort the moment Prince Charles becomes King. However,
Clarence House insists the Duchess will instead take up the title
of Princess Consort. Depending on which title Camilla will hold
during her time as consort…
Today, we’re looking at a royal history
mystery involving Queen Victoria and a controversy that swirled
early in her reign. What was the Flora Hastings Scandal? A Royal
Destiny Queen Victoria was poised for the throne from birth. By the
time her uncle, William IV…
We’re about to meet a monarch in the
making. This month, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of
Luxembourg welcome their first child. It’s a happy event for them,
a moment of celebration in strange and difficult times and history
in the making. For their baby…
On Saturday 2 May 2015, the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge welcomed their second child, a baby girl,
Princess Charlotte. Charlotte was born at 08:34 at St Mary’s
Hospital in London. The Princess weighed 8lbs and 3oz. [getty
src=”471960422″ width=”594″ height=”463″ tld=”com”] The Duke of
Cambridge was present for the birth. In a press…
As the only son of the Russian Empress
Catherine the Great, Tsar Paul I succeeded his mother on her death
in 1796. He would rule the Russian Empire for the next five years.
Probably, he would had ruled the Russian Empire much longer than
that. But Paul was murdered. And his…
Today we’re looking at a royal history
mystery that took place during the Wars of the Roses and resulted
in the death of a king. What happened to Henry VI? Henry VI became
the King of England shortly after his birth in 1421. His father,
Henry V, died after a sudden…
Seraphine, a fashion brand frequently
worn by the Duchess of Cambridge during her pregnancies, has
received The Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade
2020. “The Kate Effect” struck the company when the Duchess wore
several of their designs during her first pregnancy, but especially
when she sported their fuschia knot-front ‘Jolene’ maternity dress
in the…
George III is rather well-known as a
British monarch – The King who lost America, the father of a very
large family, the one who went mad. When people think of him, it
either tends to be as the devoted family man he was in his early
life or his quiet madness in later…
In the latest in our series looking at
the last consorts of monarchies around the world, we come to one of
the most famous royals of all. Marie Antoinette’s whole life was
lived in the spotlight and her story continues to fascinate. While
other women later took on the…
They are filled with tradition and part
of history and there’s no doubt about it, they’re popular. A royal
wedding has a power to fascinate that continues, however much time
and society change around it. In the first of a special summer
series, Lydia Starbuck, Brittani Barger and Moniek Bloks discuss
what makes a royal wedding so…
