On 5 February, Crown Princess Victoria
attended the People and Culture Convention in Eskilstuna. The
People and Culture Convention is organised for the public and
private sectors, media, associations, academia and citizens with
the aim of highlighting the importance of art and culture in the
development of democracy and society. It is the third edition of
the convention, and this year, Crown…
After a quiet engagement, there is every
expectation that Princess Beatrice of York is about to confirm the
details of her wedding. The Queen’s granddaughter announced her
marriage plans in September last year with speculation now mounting
that she will be a May bride.
Our royal history is filled with major
moments and those attached to the monarchs and consorts whose names
are all too familiar take on a significance all of their own. Each
month, at Royal Central, we’re taking a look at the monarchical
milestones that pepper the past and…
Birth and Childhood Mary Elizabeth
Donaldson was born on 5 February 1972 in Hobart, Tasmania,
Australia. She was the youngest child of Donald and Henrietta
Donaldson. She has two older sisters, Jane and Patricia, and an
older brother, John. Mary’s mother died in 1997, and her father
remarried, to Susan Horwood, a British novelist, in 2001. As a
child, Mary excelled in sports and music.
On this week’s Royal Central podcast, the
team discuss the background to the decision by Belgium’s King
Albert II to acknowledge Delphine Boel as his natural daughter and
asks what legacy this controversy will leave. Join Brittani Barger,
Moniek Bloks and…
Welcome to the show, to the Histo-remix-
the six queens of Henry VIII are taking over Broadway. Tudor
history will be taking centre stage on 13 February 2020 at the
Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York with Six the Musical making its
Broadway debut. Six the Musical…
Count Folke Bernadotte - the Swedish royal who helped save thousands during World War Two
31st January 2020
As we mark the 75th anniversary of the
liberation of Auschwitz, we are taking a look at a less known royal
who helped save thousands during World War II – including hundreds
of Danish Jews from concentration camps – Count Folke Bernadotte.
Folke Bernadotte (b. 1895) was the son of Prince Oscar and Princess
Ebba of Sweden and the grandson of King Oscar II and Queen Sofia
of…
Instagram superstar Marcel le Corgi visits the Royal Yacht Britannia
30th January 2020
Fresh from working with superstar Helena
Bonham Carter and Harper’s Bazaar to mark series three of The
Crown, the Insta-famous corgi, Marcel, made a stop at a real royal
residence: The Royal Yacht Britannia. The fluffy Pembroke Welsh
corgi, who has more than 128,000…
George IV ascended the British throne 200
years ago today. Here, Royal Central’s Assistant Editor, Moniek
Bloks, looks at the life of the Regent who finally got to reign.
The future George IV was born at St. James’s Palace on 12
August 1762 to George III and…
We all love a groom who cries as his
bride walks towards him, and when it’s a royal groom, it’s even
better. However, rewind a couple of centuries, and a weeping prince
at the altar was no laughing matter. For when George, Prince of
Wales and king in waiting wed Caroline of Brunswick on 8 April 1795
the tears of the groom were a public demonstration of his
unhappiness in a marriage…
