On the latest Royal Central podcast, it’s
baby talk time. This week saw the birth of the long awaited first
child of the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg. Their
son, Prince Charles, will one day rule his country and his arrival
was a moment for the history books as well as a very happy time for
Guillaume and Stephanie. Moniek Bloks, Lydia Starbuck and Brittani
Barger chat…
Since the outbreak of coronavirus, many
royal families have had to live their lives quite differently. The
same applies to the Swedish Royal Family. King Carl Gustav and
Queen Silvia decided to temporarily move from Stockholm Palace to
the smaller Stenhammar’s Palace.
The British royal family has many notable
pieces of jewellery in their collection. From personal purchases to
items passed down through generations, Royal Central is taking a
look at the origins of the Cambridge emeralds. Nearly 200 years
ago, in Germany, after the…
On this day, the 14 May 1643, Louis XIV
took over the throne in France following the death of his father
King Louis XIII. Louis XIV is often called the ‘King of the Sun’,
and was born in 1638 as the eldest son of King Louis XIII and Anna
of Austria. For as long as his father was incapable of ruling, the
real power lay with Cardinal Mazarin. When the Cardinal died in
1661, Louis XIV…
Royal Wedding Rewind: Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Mary Elizabeth Donaldson
14th May 2020
Theirs sounds like a love affair out of a
romantic comedy: at the Slip Inn pub in Sydney, Australia, a crown
prince meets a sales executive during the Summer Olympics. He
doesn’t reveal his identity straight away, and she has no idea of
the secret he’s keeping. Then, he…
The Grand Duchess Vladimir Tiara is one
of the most impressive pieces in The Queen’s tiara collection. It
is one of her favourite tiaras and is frequently worn for different
events. It is notable, not only for its sheer size and brilliance
but for the fact that it can be…
Your friend list is nothing without The Queen's secret Facebook account added
10th May 2020
Queen Elizabeth isn’t your average
grandmother or great-grandmother, not least due to the fact she is
very tech-savvy. But did you know that Her Majesty has a top secret
Facebook account? TheMailOnlinereported that The Queen set up her
profile, which includes the highest privacy and a secret friends
list. TheMirrordid their own search in an attempt to try and find…
We all love a royal what if and perhaps
one of the most intriguing of recent times revolves around the
question of the king who renounced his throne for love. What if
Edward VIII hadn’t abdicated? Who would be Monarch now? There are
two roads to go down here. The first…
As Victory in Europe was declared, on May
8th 1945, a shy man who had found himself at the centre of the
efforts to defeat the Nazis prepared to speak to millions by radio.
At his side was the wife who had played just as crucial a role
throughout World War Two. The words of…
They were the words spoken by a king as a
country looked to him for inspiration and, legend has it, they were
handed to him by the heir who would go on to make history. During
Britain’s first Christmas of World War Two in 1939, George VI
broadcast to the country and quoted a few lines of a poem which
became forever associated with him. In fact, they are so much a
part of his story that they…
