Today marks 15 years since the former Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, the grandmother of the Netherlands’ current monarch, King Willem-Alexander, died after suffering years of ill health at the hands of dementia.
By the mid-1990s, Princess Juliana, who had reverted to being called Princess after her reign as Queen, was diagnosed with a progressive onset form of dementia and no longer…
It’s the first day of spring today and the Royal Family has taken to social media to celebrate the blooming of a brand new season. This fresh chapter in the year’s story has been told online by the Windsors with photos of Buckingham Palace bursting into life.
As…
With the forthcoming exhibition of the Royal Collection George IV: Art & Spectacle set to open later this year, I want to take a brief look at the relationship between the future Queen Victoria and her paternal uncle, the Prince Regent, later George IV.
The Duke of Kent…
A thank you present from a king and queen in exile to one of their supporters is about to get its first ever public viewing. A silk bedspread, given by King James II and his wife, Maria of Modena, to a family who accompanied them into exile following the Glorious Revolution of 1688 will be displayed in Cumbria.
Visitors to Sizergh Castle will now be able to view the 300 year old piece which was…
As we look at the marvellous monies raised by Comic Relief, and the other support that the Arts give to charity we may think that this is a modern phenomenon – not so and the Foundling Hospital now known as Coram is an excellent example. When the Duchess of Cambridge makes…
Peter Phillips, the eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, married his Canadian bride Autumn Kelly on 17 May 2008 at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.
The couple met in Montreal at the 2003 Canadian Grand Prix, but Peter did not reveal his true…
On St. Patrick’s Day, royal watchers can look forward to an event dating back over a century as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge carry on a regal tradition and attend the St. Patrick’s Day Parade for the 1st Battalion Irish Guards.
As Colonel of the Irish Guards, one of the five regiments of the Foot Guards, the Duke of Cambridge attends the annual event to present sprigs of shamrock to the…
It’s one of the most famous dates in the UK sporting calendar and there are no prizes for guessing which royals made their presence felt at this year’s horse racing showpiece, the Cheltenham Festival.
The Princess Royal and Zara Tindall were regular attendees at…
Queen Victoria’s mother, the Duchess of Kent, died on 16 March 1861 at her residence of Frogmore House, in Windsor Great Park. Frogmore had been occupied by the Duchess since May 1841 when Queen Victoria asked her mother whether or not she would like to use Frogmore House…
As she prepares to head off on another packed tour, representing her country, you can only doff your hat to the Duchess of Cornwall. Camilla has created a royal agenda and role of her own, against the odds, let’s not forget, and is now widely accepted as one of the bedrocks of the 21st century House of Windsor. So given all she’s achieved and all she is still clearly planning to do, is…
