To mark the 60th birthday of the King of
the Belgians, join the Royal Central team for a special podcast.
From first born son of one of the most glamourous royal couples in
Europe to unsure heir and popular monarch, Brittani Barger, Moniek
Bloks and Lydia Starbuck discuss the life and reign of Philippe as
he marks his major…
[getty src=”542259040″ width=”594″
height=”396″ tld=”ca”] Prince Philippe and Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz
made a surprising announcement in September 1999: they had been in
a secret relationship and were now engaged…
This month, the Queen of Denmark
celebrates her 80th birthday. While celebrations will take place
later in the year, owing to the coronavirus outbreak, as Margrethe
reaches this major milestone, her remarkable life and reign are
again in the spotlight. Today, let’s take a…
At the end of February, an air of
excitement surrounded the famous Abbey Road Studios in London; Jon
Bon Jovi was re-recording a single, but this time with a very
special guest in attendance… The re-recording of Bon Jovi’s song
‘Unbroken’, with the Invictus Games Choir, was part of a
collaboration with Prince Harry and the Invictus Games Foundation,
of which the Prince is Patron. The…
Today, let’s take a look at Queen
Margrethe’s life as she prepared to be a queen. We’re looking back
at her life from 1959 to 1971, just before her January 1972
accession to the throne. [getty src=”558631203″
width=”492″…
In a two-part documentary about the
Swedish Royal Jewels, both Queen Silvia and Crown Princess Victoria
have spoken about wearing some of the oldest and most precious
jewellery in the world. The Queen and Crown Princess of Sweden also
revealed their favourite tiaras. Her…
This year, in 2020, marks 75 years since
World War II ended. It’s also 80 years since war came to the
monarchies of Norway and Denmark. While the Danish royal family was
taken prisoner by the Germans, the Norwegian royal family managed
to escape from the Germans and carry on the war for the next five
years from exile. Following the German attack on Norway on April 9,
1940, Crown Princess…
When the Prince of Wales and the Duchess
of Cornwall announced their engagement in February 2005 they wasted
no time in setting a date or venue for their marriage. They
immediately told the world they would marry in April that year in a
civil ceremony at Windsor Castle…
The flowers carried by the Duchess of
Cornwall on her wedding day, April 9th 2005, were filled with
personal touches that had their own place in her royal romance with
the Prince of Wales. For not only were the flowers in Camilla’s
posy highly significant, they had been…
Today, we’re looking back at King
Philippe’s adult life until he became the King of the Belgians in
2013. [getty src=”172013850″ width=”438″ height=”594″ tld=”ca”]
After Prince Philippe turned 18, he joined the Belgium Royal
Military School and began training. Here, he’s pictured in
camouflage during a training exercise, on…
