Recently, people have complained that the Duchess of Sussex appears to have altered her engagement ring. To them, she has changed a “piece of history”, adding that as such it’s not fashion that should be changed.
I’m going to have to respectfully disagree with this. It’s HER engagement ring given to HER by her now husband. Her choice doesn’t impact us.
For all we know, she may have…
The Duchess of Cambridge was beaming on Tuesday when she stepped out with youngsters from Action for Children, to attend a photographic workshop held by the Royal Photographic Society.
The event was timed to coincide with the announcement from Kensington Palace, that Kate…
The Queen had a good Ascot and so did the bookies, thanks in part to the now customary practice of predicting the colour of the royal hat in carriage number one. Betting on the Queen’s choice of topper is as much a part of Ascot as the royal procession itself and this…
The history of the monarchy in the British Isles has been littered with iconic and fabled reigns of kings. From the legendary conquest of England by William of Normandy in 1066 to the stoic courageousness of King George VI during World War II, the monarchy in the United Kingdom has largely been a man’s story. It is worth exploring how some of the monarchy’s most influential reigns have been…
As she celebrated her twentieth wedding anniversary with a day out at Royal Ascot with her husband, it appeared that the Countess of Wessex was paying her own tribute to her famous day as a royal bride. For Sophie was in white and black on her big anniversary, just as she…
As the crowds began to take their places in Windsor ahead of the 2019 Order of the Garter procession and ceremony, the royals involved in this year’s event took to social media to share some behind the scenes details. From the stunning setting for a very regal meeting…
When the news broke that Prince Carl Philip of Sweden was dating former reality show participant and model Sofia Hellqvist, a flood of criticism followed. Many doubted that this most unlikely romance would be sealed by marriage. Today, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia celebrate four years of marriage.
In the summer of 2009, Prince Carl Philip met Sofia Hellqvist through mutual friends at a…
“The dedicated efforts of Elephant Family are helping to highlight and resolve the issues faced by Asia’s vulnerable elephants. Not only are these magnificent animals trapped in a daily battle for food, water and space with an ever-expanding human population, but…
In May 1894, Princess Alix of Hesse undertook a cure in the fashionable Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate for sciatica. She had become engaged to Tsarevich Nicholas of Russia at Coburg the previous month. Whilst she stayed at Harrogate, she regularly corresponded with her…
The earliest memories of a historical personage are extraordinarily important, as not only do they reveal first consciousness of their world and circumstances but crucially, what they remembered first. They tell snippets of true events, as they saw them. Of course, we know that all true biography begins before birth and that event could hardly be expected to count amongst any of even the very…
