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 worn with either 15 pearls or 15
emeralds hanging from the diamond circles. But how did it end up in
the British Royal…
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? The MailOnline reported that The Queen
set up her profile, which includes the…
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 King George VI, delivered at
9pm on VE Day, were a public event that became part of history. But
behind the scenes, both…
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…
It is one of the most famous pictures in
royal history, a moment when a Monarch and his people were
completely united. As World War Two came to an end in Europe, King
George VI and his family stood on the balcony of Buckingham Palace
surrounded by the cheers of thousands.
On May 8th 2020, the Queen will speak to
her country and her Commonwealth to mark the 75th anniversary of
Victory in Europe Day. Her own VE Day address will take place at
9pm, the exact time her father, King George VI, spoke as World War
Two came to an end in Europe seventy five years before. On this
historic occasion, Royal Central shares the words of King George VI
on VE Day, in full. Today…
In the days and weeks afterwards, King
George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited many parts of England to see
how people were beginning to tackle post war living. They were
given a warm reception everywhere while some areas, like London’s
East End, welcomed them as one of…
Around the same time that the UK
introduced new succession laws that allowed girls the same rights
as boys, the country also passed same sex marriage legislation. But
royal laws haven’t caught up with that yet. In the future, as is
the case in most European countries, a…
In the years ahead, both the Duchess of
Cornwall and the Duchess of Cambridge will act as consorts to their
husbands when they one day ascend to the throne. It is a well
established constitutional convention that the wife of a King is
styled as Queen Consort. The last time we had a Queen Consort in
Britain was back in 1936 when Queen Elizabeth acted consort as to
her husband, King George VI…
