Welcome to a brand new Royal Central
podcast. Every week, the team will be bringing you the latest news
and debate on all things royal. This week, we’re chatting about the
problems faced by the British Royal Family in what’s been a
difficult month. There’s also discussion about a much loved
princess who passed away and a spotlight on a tricky situation for
one of…
Of the nine children of Queen Victoria’s
children, one daughter married in London another on the Isle of
Wight and one son in St. Petersburg. The remaining six married at
Windsor, five at St. George’s Chapel and one in the Private Chapel
at Windsor Castle. The…
The Times has issued an apology to the
Duchess of Cambridge’s hairdresser after publishing an incorrect
article in March. Richard Ward, who styled the Duchess of
Cambridge’s hair on her wedding day, was accused of breaching
Catherine’s confidence in a…
Early Life Albert Frederick Arthur George
was born as the second son to the thenPrince George,Duke of Yorkand
Mary, Duchess of York on 14 December 1895 at York Cottage on the
Sandringham Estate. He wasborn during the reign of Queen Victoria –
his great-grandmother and was fourth in line to the throne after
his grandfather, father, and older brother, Prince…
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde’s oldest
son, Prince Gabriël has decided to quit hockey. The 16-year-old
Prince of the Belgians is said to be very talented. It has,
however, become impossible for the young man to combine his school
work with his demanding…
With the birth of a new royal baby, I
would like to explore the history of royal wet-nurses. Why were
they once a perceived necessity? In historical terms, a wet-nurse
would have been engaged for a royal baby and taken on as part of an
official appointment. The wet-nurse…
‘An angel whose brightness shall illume
my life”. The passionate words of a young prince in love, written
to the queen he had just been asked to marry, are among the many
items shared on a new website celebrating the life and achievements
of one of the most famous royals of all. On the 200th anniversary
of the birth of Prince Albert, the Royal Collection Trust is
launching a new…
Nine royal houses have ruled England
since the Norman Conquest in 1066 and all of them have made their
mark. But eight have seen their power pass elsewhere and this
summer Royal Central is looking at what happened to those that have
now faded into history. At the start of…
Nine royal houses have ruled England
since the Norman Conquest in 1066 and all of them have made their
mark. But eight have seen their power pass elsewhere and this
summer Royal Central is looking at what happened to those that have
now faded into history. Today we look at a…
Consigned to Sotheby’s London auction
Russian Works of Art, Faberge & Icons on 5 June 2018, was a quite
remarkable object offering unique insight into the private gifts of
the last Tsarina of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna. I ‘discovered’
its existence whilst browsing past auctions for research. Lot 429,
it was one of the Tsarina’s personal ledgers dated between 1897
and…
