As Queen Margrethe of Denmark will celebrate her 80th birthday on 16 April 2020, the Danish Court today released a program of events celebrating the Queen during the month of April. The program is similar to the one organised to celebrate the Queen’s 75th birthday in 2015.
On 2 April, the Queen will officially open the exhibition “The faces of the Queen” at the National…
When the leading princess of a royal court marries, it’s usually a grand affair with tiaras, sparkle and endless celebrations. But when Astrid, then the de facto first lady of Norway, said her ‘I dos’ in 1961, it was a low key affair that changed the rules…
Since the shock announcement from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, people in the UK have been questioning the response to it all in the United States (the Duchess’s home country) and what the American perspective on the entire situation is.
As an American, I thought…
Poll shows the majority of Canadians support Prince Harry being made Governor General
12th January 2020
A poll has found that the majority of Canadians
would support the appointment of Prince Harry as Canada’s Governor General.
Held just two days prior to the shock announcement that Harry and Meghan, would be “stepping back” from their royal duties, it showed 60 per cent of Canadians were in favour of the Prince taking up the role as Queen Elizabeth’s representative in…
There’s been plenty of royal history written this week but while the present and the shape of the regal future have dominated, the past has had its moments, too. As 2020 gets under way, the royals who lived and loved before have grabbed their own share of headlines.
'Better together': Madame Tussauds Sydney won't be removing Harry and Meghan from royal display
11th January 2020
As soon as the announcement was made that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex wanted to “step back” from their royal roles, Madame Tussauds London swiftly reacted by giving the couple the royal boot and evicting their wax statues from the main royal display.
But the…
The statement by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex about their futures and their decision to step back as senior members of the Royal Family has raised as many questions as answers. As the dust begins to settle on a tumultuous royal week, the Royal Central podcast looks at whether the plans the couple laid out so publicly can become real and debates what their decision means for them and the House of…
News Editor Lydia Starbuck explains why, in her opinion, the decision of the Duke & Duchess of Sussex to step down as senior royals means the Line of Succession must be changed.
As the Duke and Duchess of Sussex plan their new lives, away from the pressures of being…
The decision by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to ‘step back’ from being senior royals has raised more questions than it has given answers. And among them are constitutional matters which, in an ageing monarchy, are beginning to take on a pressing need.
Yes…
I’m just back from the shops. Yes, even when writing for a royal website covering a brewing constitutional crisis, the milk has to be bought and dinner has to be sorted. That’s the reality of life. These are the things that many royals say they crave, the moments of a normality that seem so appealing from the turreted towers of their privileged existence. But judging by the mood in my…
