Queen Victoria wrote in 1867 of the peace
at Frogmore, in Windsor Great Park, in ‘this dear lovely garden’.
By this point, she was six years into the widowhood, which
would last until the end of her life. The gardens at Frogmore had a
particularly sacred meaning for her, as they were the location of
the mausoleums of her mother, the Duchess of Kent and her beloved
husband, Albert, the Prince…
Prince Maurice of Battenberg was Queen
Victoria’s grandson, as he was the son of Victoria’s daughter,
Princess Beatrice and her husband, Prince Henry of Battenberg.
Prince Maurice of Battenberg was born at Balmoral Castle in 1891
and grew up in Great Britain. His elder…
In the northern end of the gardens at
Frogmore is a small building, the so-called Gothic Ruin. We know
that Queen Victoria used her brick and tiled Tea House in which to
breakfast, write, sit and take tea. She often worked outdoors on
her papers in a tent set up close to the…
On July 21st, Belgium celebrates its
National Day. Naturally, the Belgian Royal family plays a big role
in the celebrations. This year, however, the special day will be
marked very differently due to the ongoing pandemic. Let’s take a
look at King Philippe and Queen Mathilde’s agenda for the day. Each
year on the 21st of July, the Belgians celebrate their National Day
as they…
Newlyweds Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and
Princess Beatrice have shared more photos of their wedding day. The
couple, who got married on July 17th at Windsor, added two more
images to their official album. They were taken by Benjamin Wheeler
who also took the two photos…
It was a secret wedding that was all over
before we even knew it was on. Princess Beatrice and Edoardo
Mapelli Mozzi took us all by surprise by marrying discreetly at
Windsor on July 17th 2020. The bride and groom emerged from their
ceremony beneath a huge arch of bloom…
In the end, this was a royal wedding all
about the special bond between a grandmother and granddaughter. As
Princess Beatrice married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, she wore a gown
that had once belonged to her granny and the tiara that the Queen
had chosen for her own wedding over seven decades before. But this
wasn’t a one way street of tributes. For the Queen made some rather
lovely nods to her…
It’s become one of the big questions in
the run up to a royal marriage – which tiara will the bride wear?
It’s now an accepted part of any Windsor wedding and the decision
of Princess Beatrice to wear the same tiara as her grandmother did
as a bride for her…
The Royal family has many notable pieces
of jewellery in its collection. While Royal Central has covered
different parts of the vast collection, this month Royal Central is
looking at Britain’s famous rubies. Considered one of the
traditional cardinal gems along…
Elizabeth II has reigned for 25,000 days,
another milestone in a reign already filled with history The Queen
took the throne on February 6th 1952. Since then she has become the
longest reigning Monarch in British history as well as the longest
lived Monarch that the country has ever known. She reached the
25,000th day of her reign on July 18th 2020. This new milestone
also puts another…
