On 5 February, Crown Princess Victoria attended the People and Culture Convention in Eskilstuna. The People and Culture Convention is organised for the public and private sectors, media, associations, academia and citizens with the aim of highlighting the importance of art and culture in the development of democracy and society. It is the third edition of the convention, and this year, Crown…
After a quiet engagement, there is every expectation that Princess Beatrice of York is about to confirm the details of her wedding. The Queen’s granddaughter announced her marriage plans in September last year with speculation now mounting that she will be a May bride.
Our royal history is filled with major moments and those attached to the monarchs and consorts whose names are all too familiar take on a significance all of their own. Each month, at Royal Central, we’re taking a look at the monarchical milestones that pepper the past and…
Birth and Childhood
Mary Elizabeth Donaldson was born on 5 February 1972 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. She was the youngest child of Donald and Henrietta Donaldson. She has two older sisters, Jane and Patricia, and an older brother, John.
Mary’s mother died in 1997, and her father remarried, to Susan Horwood, a British novelist, in 2001.
As a child, Mary excelled in sports and music.
On this week’s Royal Central podcast, the team discuss the background to the decision by Belgium’s King Albert II to acknowledge Delphine Boel as his natural daughter and asks what legacy this controversy will leave.
Join Brittani Barger, Moniek Bloks and…
Welcome to the show, to the Histo-remix- the six queens of Henry VIII are taking over Broadway. Tudor history will be taking centre stage on 13 February 2020 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York with Six the Musical making its Broadway debut.
Six the Musical…
Count Folke Bernadotte - the Swedish royal who helped save thousands during World War Two
31st January 2020
As we mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we are taking a look at a less known royal who helped save thousands during World War II – including hundreds of Danish Jews from concentration camps – Count Folke Bernadotte.
Folke Bernadotte (b. 1895) was the son of Prince Oscar and Princess Ebba of Sweden and the grandson of King Oscar II and Queen Sofia of…
Instagram superstar Marcel le Corgi visits the Royal Yacht Britannia
30th January 2020
Fresh from working with superstar Helena Bonham Carter and Harper’s Bazaar to mark series three of The Crown, the Insta-famous corgi, Marcel, made a stop at a real royal residence: The Royal Yacht Britannia.
The fluffy Pembroke Welsh corgi, who has more than 128,000…
George IV ascended the British throne 200 years ago today. Here, Royal Central’s Assistant Editor, Moniek Bloks, looks at the life of the Regent who finally got to reign.
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The future George IV was born at St. James’s Palace on 12 August 1762 to George III and…
We all love a groom who cries as his bride walks towards him, and when it’s a royal groom, it’s even better. However, rewind a couple of centuries, and a weeping prince at the altar was no laughing matter. For when George, Prince of Wales and king in waiting wed Caroline of Brunswick on 8 April 1795 the tears of the groom were a public demonstration of his unhappiness in a marriage…
