It’s a very famous royal wedding outfit, a style statement worn as a much talked about bride became a princess. Charlene Wittstock arrived at her civil marriage to Prince Albert II of Monaco in a trouser suit she designed with the help of Karl Lagerfeld, the fashion supremo who has died at the age of 85.
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Charlene and Albert’s civil wedding took place on July 1st…
As the Duchess of Cornwall heads to London Fashion Week, a look at the 'Camilla Effect'
19th February 2019
The Duchess of Cornwall is going FROW on February 19th with a visit to London Fashion Week where she will present the Queen Elizabeth II Award for Design. We’re used to seeing the word duchess and designer in the same sentence and Camilla’s couture isn’t necessarily…
Opinion: Moroccan Royal Court should confirm or deny the divorce to ease concerns over disappearance of Princess
18th February 2019
Royal Central’s Deputy Editor, Brittani Barger, gives her opinion as to why the Moroccan Royal Court should publicly confirm or deny the divorce between the King and Princess consort.
Divorce rumours emerged early in 2018 between King Mohammed and Princess Lalla Salma of…
Death of Lee Radziwill, the princess who came to the new Camelot
16th February 2019
Lee Radziwill has died at the age of 85. The former princess was known as a socialite and style icon while her attempts to forge an acting career were well documented. But for many, she will always be the little sister of Jackie Kennedy.
In the early 1960s, with Jackie and her husband John F. Kennedy in the White House, Lee was the princess at the heart of the court later called a new Camelot. Her…
A Week in Royal History: fashion, lost secrets and a right royal romance
16th February 2019
Royalty is never far from the news and Britain’s rich regal history can offer up tales to thrill on even the wettest Wednesday in February. The past seven days have seen a slew of stories all about the past so here’s a round up of the week just gone in royal…
She wasn’t just the power behind the throne, she was the force that helped create the throne and now one of the grand houses she called home is in the sight of modern historians. Archaeologists have begun a hunt for the Northamptonshire residence of Margaret Beaufort…
They were both the stars of royal fairytales built around them that, in reality, may have had little to do with the lives they led. Princess Grace of Monaco and Diana, Princess of Wales were two of the most famous women of the 20th century and the first time their paths crossed, Diana turned to Grace for help. In this occasional series, Royal Central goes back to 1981 and the first meeting of two…
We’ve reached that point of a royal pregnancy where there are already too many things to speculate about. The gender, name and even title of baby Sussex are all the subject of debate but one thing is certain. Harry and Meghan’s baby is already going to cost their parents…
Today, an impressive large statue of King Karl Johan is present at the Palace Square in Oslo. It has been there since 1875 and has become a symbol, a landmark and an icon of the entire city. What is less known is that this was not the first statue there. Before the…
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the fall of the 2,500-year-old Persian monarchy. We are taking a look at what happened to the Iranian royals after the monarchy was officially deposed in the evening on this day in 1979.
The monarch in Iran was the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was married to Empress Farah. The Shah had four children with the Empress (Crown Prince Reza…
