Day four of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s tour sees the first official engagements outside South Africa as Prince Harry begins his duties in Botswana. And there will be more focus on an issue close to Meghan’s heart as her agenda continues in Cape Town. Here’s what to expect from Day Four of the Sussexes in southern Africa.
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Extraordinary times and extraordinary questions. For much of her 67 year reign, the Queen has done what every monarch in recent times has done and remained removed from politics. But in the past month, Her Majesty has been drawn into a maelstrom that has ended with the…
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex begin their ten day tour of southern Africa later today. The royal couple will arrive with their four month old son, Archie. Harry and Meghan will settle their little one into his temporary home before beginning their official diary. Royal…
Ahead of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s tour of South Africa later this month, Royal Central looks back at the work Diana, Princess of Wales did with the Halo Trust in Angola.
It was the 15th of January 1997, and Diana, Princess of Wales was nervous. She’d swapped her usual glamorous dresses and tailored suits for a pair of chinos and body armour.
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From Vienna to Versailles: the last, romantic days of Marie Antoinette's bridal procession
21st September 2019
All this week, Royal Central’s Elizabeth Jane Timms has been telling the story of Marie Antoinette’s bridal procession as she made her way to her new home in France. Today, she reaches the end of the story and that first, fateful meeting between Marie Antoinette…
Princess Margriet attends the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem
21st September 2019
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and her husband Pieter van Vollenhoven attended the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem last night.
Princess Margriet/Photo by Moniek Bloks
Pieter van Vollenhoven and Ahmed Marcouch/ Photo by Moniek…
Vienna to Versailles: inside the bridal procession of Marie Antoinette
20th September 2019
Earlier this week, Elizabeth Jane Timms took Royal Central readers into the heart of the story of how Marie Antoinette became a royal bride. Now she continues the story of her bridal procession, which took Marie Antoinette from Vienna to Versailles…..
The first stop was the great Benedictine baroque abbey of Melk above the Danube. According to Antonia Fraser’s biography of Marie…
Daughter of Saudi King found guilty of ordering assault on French worker in Paris
20th September 2019
Last week, a Paris court found Princess Hassa bint Salman Al Saud guilty of ordering her bodyguard to beat up a French worker in 2016. The Princess was not present at court, where she was found guilty of violence and complicity to hold someone against their will. Princess…
Duchess of Cambridge appears on Blue Peter with young Back to Nature design winner
20th September 2019
The Duchess of Cambridge appeared on Thursday evening’s episode of the CBBC television show Blue Peter to reveal the winner of her Back to Nature contest and tour the RHS Wisley garden with the winner and runners up.
The contest, announced during Kate’s last…
While all anniversaries are special to the couple involved, some get far more attention than others. The biggies, the landmarks, the ones ending in a 5 or a zero usually get everyone reminiscing and that’s never more true than with a royal wedding. In 2019, regal couples across the continent are marking special anniversaries so grab some cake (wedding, of course) and enjoy Royal…
