It’s puzzled historians for centuries but
now one of the pressing questions hanging over one of the most
famous royal artefacts in the world has an answer. And it sheds a
new light on the reign of the king it celebrates, William the
Conqueror. The conquest that gave him a throne and a place in royal
legend was commemorated in the Bayeux Tapestry. It tells the story
of his decision to…
Following their attendance at the
Enthronement Ceremony of Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, Japan, on 22
October, King Felipe and Queen Letizia flew to South Korea where
they will spend two days on a state visit. They arrived in Seoul,
South Korea on the morning of 23 October…
Whilst researching on the correspondence
of the last Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918) of Russia and
Princess Marie Bariatinsky, one of the Tsarina’s first
maids-of-honour (freilina) in her early years in Russia and a later
friend, I discovered a series of…
Recently there has been a remarkable
shift in the photographs shared by the royal courts. Increasingly,
the official pictures are no longer taken by professional
photographers but by members of the royal families themselves.
Photographing has become a typical “royal” hobby. In the previous
decades, the royal courts instantly contacted professional
photographers when there was a need…
Whilst on one of her late holidays in the
south of France, Queen Victoria made her only visit to Spain. It
was a visit that aroused the Queen’s socio-historic curiosity in
national culture and peoples, something she often gave expression
to in watercolour sketches as vivid…
This week on the Royal Central Podcast,
the debate is all about royal women. We ask whether royal women
today get enough credit for their work and take a look back at the
queens and princesses of the past to debate whether their
fascinating lives can ever be truly uncovered…
Marie Antoinette died on the guillotine
at the hands of French Revolutionaries on 16th October 1793. Upon
her death, the de-throned Queen was the most hated woman in France
and was used a scapegoat for all that was failing in the country at
the time following her husband’s reign. Now 226 years after her
execution, a new exhibition Marie-Antoinette: the Metamorphosis of
an Image, is opening in…
Today, we’re looking at some of the
diamond engagement rings of Windsor brides. From Queen Elizabeth to
Princess Beatrice, diamonds are a classic choice. Here’s Royal
Central’s look at the sparkling rings of the brides of the House of
Windsor. Queen Elizabeth II…
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended
the WellChild Awards on Tuesday evening. The WellChild Awards
honours young people with “exceptional health needs” as well as the
doctors, nurses, volunteers, and siblings “who have gone the extra
mile to make a difference to…
In the spring of 1873, Princess Alice of
Hesse, second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, set out
from Darmstadt to visit Italy. It was the fulfilment of a life’s
dream. Certainly, it was a totally new experience of travel for
her, in marked contrast to the type of holidays that she had made
up until this point in her life. Due to the financial constraints
of her family and the…
