At Hughenden, the Buckinghamshire manor
and former home of Benjamin Disraeli, arguably Queen Victoria’s
favourite Prime Minister, is a room with a poignant link to the
family of the Queen’s second daughter, Princess Alice, Grand
Duchess of Hesse. The story behind this link is a hidden one, told
only by two photographs to be seen on the desk of the Drawing Room
although the Drawing Room in…
In the entrance hall of Frogmore House in
Windsor Great Park is a sculpture of a royal child, remarkable in
the sensitivity of its execution and the fineness of its detail. It
may seem on first glance no more than a sentimental monument made
to memorialise a beloved child…
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…
It is fitting that this Hessian
granddaughter of Queen Victoria was christened ‘Irene’ – a name
meaning “peace” – an appropriate choice in more ways than one, as
her character and the circumstances of her birth would prove.
Perhaps one of Princess Alice’s surviving daughters about which
least is known, she was destined to outlive all her immediate
family, dying in 1953. Princess…
One is the longest reigning monarch in
Europe, the other is the newest king on the continent. But while
their reigns started sixty years apart, Elizabeth II and Felipe VI
have a linked history with roots in centuries past. The pair share
several blood lines with ties to two…
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. We now reach…
In the British Museum, there is a locket
containing hair traditionally said to be that of Marie Antoinette,
Queen of France and Navarre. Donated to the museum as part of the
Hull Grundy Gift (Gere, Charlotte; Rudoe, Judy; Tait, Hugh; Wilson,
The Art of the Jeweller, A Catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift to the
British Museum, Vol 1-2, London, BMP, 1984), the locket was
formerly held at the…
Sir Elton John makes extraordinary intervention into Harry & Meghan row accusing the press of ‘character assassination’
19th August 2019
Sir Elton John has leapt to the defence
of the Duke & Duchess of Sussex after articles appeared in the
British press accruing the couple of hypocrisy over their use of
private jets. Taking to Twitter, the singer and friend of The Royal
Family posted a lengthy…
Queen Margrethe holidaying in France before heading home to host President Trump on State Visit
19th August 2019
Queen Margrethe of Denmark is on her
annual summer holiday to France for a few weeks in the sun before
she returns home to host President Trump on a State Visit. Her
Majesty is staying in Château de Cayx, a French residence she
shares with her son, Crown Prince…
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. We look now at one of the most turbulent
and tense times in English history as the Wars of the Roses reached
end game and ask, what happened to…
