”The prime minister’s advice to HM the
Queen and the prorogation which followed thereon was unlawful and
is thus null and of no effect”. With this brief sentence, a panel
of judges in Scotland has placed the relationship between the Queen
and her Prime Minister under a greater spotlight than perhaps at
any previous time in her 67-year reign. It follows a legal
challenge to…
This week’s Royal Central podcast looks
ahead to the enthronement of the new Emperor of Japan. As well as
the latest behind the scenes news on the guest list from our Deputy
Editor, Brittani Barger, there’s also a debate about whether
abdication is changing the…
Denmark's main royal residence, Amalienborg Palace, increases terror preparedness
10th September 2019
The Danish royal residence of Amalienborg
Palace in Copenhagen will soon be closed to all car traffic as part
of moves to reduce the threat of a terror attack. The Danish
news-agency “Ritzau” confirmed the details from Copenhagen City
Council and the Danish Royal Court.
This week’s Royal Central Podcast looks
to the future and events coming up for ruling families across
Europe as well as considering the past and some special
commemorations taking place in the next few months. Join Brittani
Barger, Moniek Bloks and Lydia Starbuck for…
Serbia's Crown Prince Couple open new exhibition on King Peter II
5th September 2019
Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess
Katherine officially opened the “His Majesty King Peter II – The
Making of the King” exhibition at the Royal Palace in Belgrade
earlier this week. The new exhibition has debuted around the
anniversary of King Peter’s birthday…
As The Queen continues her traditional
summer break at Balmoral, we’re taking a look at another Scottish
castle with ties to the Royal Family. Glamis Castle was the
childhood home of the Queen Mother and the birthplace of Princess
Margaret, and it also served as inspiration for Shakespeare’s
Macbeth. Chief Reporter Kristin Contino visited the castle this
summer in her quest to uncover…
This week, the Brazilian national press
announced that the Brazilian royal, Prince Luiz Philippe of
Orléans-Braganza will become the new Chairman of the House of
Foreign Relations Committee. The change of office will happen when
the current post holder, the son of President…
”There may be dark days ahead…but we can
only do the right as we see the right” The words of King George VI,
spoken on this day in 1939, still hold a resonance. They were part
of his historic broadcast made as Britain went to war with Nazi
Germany. His…
It was an epic battle for power involving
parliament and it came to its conclusion on September 3rd. But this
fight for the future of a country took place not at Westminster but
at Worcester. Today, almost 370 years later, experts have announced
they have finally found physical evidence of the battle that
secured the rout of a royal dynasty and the supremacy of
parliamentary power. The scene…
