Grace Patricia Kelly, the Hollywood film
star who became the most famous princess in the world, was born on
November 12th 1929. Ninety years on, she remains one of the
ultimate regal icons of the 20th century. From the romance that
turned her into a princess to her work to support children and
families, her royal life was one of the most talked about in the
world. On the 90th anniversary of the…
Last week, Princess Marie attended the
official launch event of the “Food with Respect” cookbook in
Copenhagen. Princess Marie took part in the book by writing the
foreword and sharing four of her own recipes but a new interview
with the author of the cookbook…
New findings on Queen Victoria and the midwife who delivered her
11th November 2019
I first encountered Marian Theodore
Charlotte Heidenreich von Siebold back in 2018 when I was
researching the birth of the future Queen Victoria, ahead of this
year’s bicentenary. Madame Siebold was the skilled German
obstetrician who by an extraordinary circumstance…
American by birth, hugely popular and
credited with helping turn Monaco from a forgotten principality
into a European hotspot – but this isn’t the story of Grace Kelly.
Almost seven decades before her famous marriage to Prince Rainier
III, another US born princess had taken Monaco by storm and
transformed its fortunes. However, there was no fairytale ending
for Alice Heine, the first…
Looking back at the wedding of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace
11th November 2019
The royal wedding of Prince Rainier III
of Monaco to American actress, Grace Kelly was dubbed the “Wedding
of the Century” and took place on the 18th and19th of April 1956.
As one of the most respected and highly paid actresses in
Hollywood, Grace was…
Princess Haya's website taken offline as trial over custody of her children is set to start
11th November 2019
Update: The website is back online as of
Tuesday, 12 November. As the court hearings in London are set to
begin over the custody of the two children between Princess Haya of
Jordan, 45, and Rule of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
al-Maktoum, 70, today, Princess…
Having wrapped up filming To Catch a
Thief, Grace Kelly, travelled back to the South of France to
promote the movie and attend the Cannes Film Festival. [getty
src=”78951059″ width=”594″ height=”388″] As part of her promotional
duties, the French magazine, Paris Match arranged for the ‘Queen of
Hollywood’ to meet a real-life prince charming, Rainier…
Ippolita Trivulzio holds the distinction
of being the first woman to hold the title of Princess of Monaco.
Today, we are continuing our series by taking a look at the first
princess consort in Monaco. Ippolita Trivulzio was born in 1600 in
Palazzo Trivulzio, Duchy of…
On this remembrance weekend, Her Majesty
The Queen will once again lead the nation at the National Service
of Remembrance, held at the Cenotaph in London on Remembrance
Sunday. The service, which includes a two-minute silence at 11 am,
remembers British and Commonwealth…
The power on a chessboard lies with the
queen and now new research indicates the same goes for royal
history. Experts have found that European queens were more likely
to go to war and had greater success in expanding their realms than
any of their male counterparts. The investigation by Chicago
University and the College of William & Mary in Virginia studied
the reigns of monarchs in all…
