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…
Friday morning at 9 am, the Norwegian
Royal Court published parts of the guest list to the upcoming
confirmation of Princess Ingrid Alexandra on Saturday. The Royal
Court can confirm that the following royal guests are coming to
Oslo tomorrow: HM. King Felipe of…
Former Prime Minister Sir John Major to take Boris Johnson to court over Queen's Speech
30th August 2019
A former Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom is taking a current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to
court in an unprecedented move. Sir John Major, Conservative PM
from 1990 – 1997, has announced that he is taking Boris Johnson and
the government to court over…
The Speaker of the House of Commons, John
Bercow, has called the planned suspension of Parliament a
“constitutional outrage” in an extraordinary intervention. In an
angry statement, the Speaker said: “I have had no contact from the
Government, but if the reports that it is seeking to prorogue
Parliament are confirmed, this move represents a constitutional
outrage. “However it is…
Uniquely among the early modern kings,
Frederick II – King ‘in’ Prussia until ‘of’ Prussia was finally
adopted in 1772, who was already known as ‘the Great’ by an
admiring Europe – does not rest in the ancestral vault of the royal
house to which he belonged…
VIDEO: Newly unearthed footage shows how the BBC broke the news of Lord Mountbatten's assasination
27th August 2019
Newly unearthed archive footage shows how
the BBC interrupted normal broadcasting to break the news of Lord
Mountbatten’s death 40 years ago. As it was a Bank Holiday Monday,
the BBC was airing a special comedy double-bill featuring Bob Hope
at the time the…
Growing up in the Royal Family is an
experience quite unlike the childhood many (if not all) of us had.
Although Prince Charles was lucky enough to have both his parents
in his life, they were both quite absent from his upbringing. This
was both due to the fact mummy and daddy are Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II and Prince Philip and the fact that the Queen was
frightened by the tough nanny Helen…
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.
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 recent Relative Values magazine feature
in the newspaper. The Times has since published a correction,
saying that in actual…
