Today, we’re looking back at the first
ten years of Queen Margrethe’s reign, from 1972 to 1982. Princess
Margrethe was born in 1940, the oldest daughter of Frederick IX and
Queen Ingrid. At the time of her birth, women could not succeed to
the throne of Denmark. However, after three daughters were born to
the king, it became clear that he would not have a male heir to
succeed him and the…
There have been many royals to grace the
cover of magazines – the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of
Sussex, Diana, Princess of Wales and Princess Eugenie just to name
a few. However, it was the Princess Royal who became a regular
cover star for Vogue in the 1970s. …
Queen Margrethe has celebrated a few
milestones on the Danish throne. A Silver Jubilee in 1997; a Ruby
Jubilee in 2012. If she is still on the throne in 2022, she will
mark her Golden Jubilee. And having ascended to the throne at the
age of 32, Queen Margrethe has marked a…
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…
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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 to be married. Mathilde,
a member of…
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″
height=”594″…
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…
