“For dear Miss Jackson, with loving Xmas
wishes from Alix, 1900”. With these words, inscribed as a
dedication in pencil and today preserved in a frame of its own,
Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (1872-1918) sent her
Christmas gift of 1900 to Miss Margaret Hardcastle Jackson, her
former governess from her days as a Princess of Hesse in Darmstadt.
The gift came in a box, with its…
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. The latest…
Welcome to the Royal Central round up.
Much of this week’s royal news had a serious tone with more details
of the enthronement of an Emperor and the sad confirmation of the
passing of a princess. There were some bright spots, too, with a
special royal birthday and some…
Following the success of his first debut
in Munich, playing for the musically-gifted Elector Maximilian III
Joseph of Bavaria, the six-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart set out
for the imperial court of Vienna, arriving on 6 October 1762. He
was accompanied by his parents, Leopold Mozart and Maria Anna
Mozart, as well as his elder sister, Maria Anna ‘Nannerl’ Mozart.
The concert that the young…
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 the…
Mozart’s musical debut, anticipating his
journey to the imperial court at Vienna by seven months, took
place, somewhat predictably, before royalty. This was, had he known
it, the beginning of what would prove to be many performance-based
trips throughout Europe…
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 start with the Conqueror’s own dynasty
and ask – what happened to the House of Norman? The House of Norman
The dynasty had…
At least we now know what’s likely to
form dinner conversation when Queen Margrethe of Denmark hosts
President Donald Trump on a State Visit at the start of September.
It’s been reported that the US leader has explored the possibility
of buying Greenland which is ruled…
Royal Relations: how Elizabeth II is linked to Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
16th August 2019
Her Majesty The Queen is related to many
of Europe’s sovereigns, not in the least because of Queen
Victoria’s matchmaking but also because of another woman, Princess
Carolina of Orange-Nassau. Princess Carolina was born on28 February
1743 as the daughter of…
King and Queen of Malaysia thank rescue teams who searched for missing Nora Quoirin
15th August 2019
The King and Queen of Malaysia have
thanked the search and rescue teams, as well as the volunteers, who
were involved in the search for the missing teenager Nora Quoirin.
Her remains were found in a ravine over a week after she went
missing from the resort where she and her parents were staying.
[getty src="1091598026" width="594" height="396"] “Their Majesties
were deeply saddened to…
