Our Deputy Editor, Brittani Barger, an
ALS Advocate, writes her opinion on why she thinks more royals (and
people as a whole) should take up the cause of the fight against
ALS. Today marks 4 years since I lost my mother to ALS (MND in the
UK). Since then, I’ve become an ALS advocate, and I decided to
write this opinion piece on why I think more royals should take up
the cause for ALS. It is a…
The Duke & Duchess of Sussex have
announced that they are to step back as senior royals, instead
focusing on splitting their time between the UK and North America.
Within moments of the news being announced via the couple’s
Instagram account, many people began…
The decision by the Duke and Duchess of
Sussex to step back from royal duties has led to many questions
including who will pay for their security as they make the move to
becoming financially independent. Now the couple have sought to
answer the queries with a detailed…
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex
effectively resigned as senior royals on Wednesday, deciding that
they would prefer to split their time between the UK and North
America while ”continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen”.
In a statement, Harry & Meghan said: “We intend to step back as
‘senior’ members of the Royal Family and work to become
financially…
She was the beautiful princess who had
been the subject of endless royal wedding speculation, he was the
handsome prince with a crown waiting in his future. When Marie-Jose
of Belgium married Umberto, heir to the throne of Italy, in January
1930 their marriage had all the…
On a cold, January day in 1937, a happy
young couple stepped out into the chilly air to make royal history.
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands married Prince Bernhard of
Lippe-Biesterfeld before a royal guest list and surrounded by
thousands of her fellow Dutch citizens who…
As a new decade gets underway, the ruling
houses of Europe are looking to the future and that future is
increasingly female. The next generation of rulers on the continent
is dominated by women with the princesses who will one day be
queens taking on increasingly high profile roles. By the end of
this decade, much may have changed in Europe’s royal families. Here
are the heirs who stand in…
The Queen, Sussexes and Cambridges send messages of support to Australia as it battles a catastrophic bushfire crisis
5th January 2020
The Queen, Sussexes and Cambridges have
sent messages of support to Australians affected by the worst
bushfire crisis in the country’s history. In the messages, the
royals expressed their shock over the horrific conditions and
praised firefighters, emergency workers…
The Royal Crypt at Laeken (near Brussels)
in Belgium is the final resting place of the Belgian royals. It is
inside the Église Notre-Dame and was built in memory of Queen
Louise of Belgium (born Louise of Orléans), who was the second wife
of King Leopold I – who had…
The royal past is peppered with
milestones, those major moments that take on an importance all of
their own, and Britain’s queens have provided plenty of history
worth talking about. From the reigns that started to the rules that
came to an end, from the happy arrivals to the sad farewells, we
look at the queenly events that took place in the first month of
the year. A Calendar of Queens…
