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…
The remains of Queen Mother Helen of
Romania, born Helen of Greece and Denmark, will be repatriated to
Romania in October.Helen was a first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke
of Edinburgh. Helen will be laid to rest with her son King Michael
I of Romania – who died in…
Kristin Contino, Chief Reporter: Both of
Kristin’s top looks this month come from Spain’s Queen Letizia. For
the Spanish royal family’s annual summer photocall, Queen Letizia
wore a gorgeous pink-and-white floral dress with a full skirt. The
dress is…
The unique drawings of the highly
accomplished amateur artist Ella Taylor (1827-1914) represent a
rich portfolio of royalty in an informal pose. Carefully preserved
in the Royal Collection, they are little known but of quite
remarkable value. Ella Taylor sketched herself as well as her
subjects. She also made drawings of occasions which otherwise are
contained within journal entries or menu cards…
