Flowers are being laid on the grave of George VI at Windsor today to mark the 67th anniversary of his death. The Queen’s father, who died in his sleep on February 6th 1952, is buried at St. George’s Chapel.
A wreath of seasonal flowers in yellow and regal purple is among the tributes being left for the monarch who was 56 when he passed away at Sandringham in Norfolk. He had been king…
Diana and Anne's relationship in spotlight as new TV show examines claims they didn't get along
5th February 2019
The relationship between Diana, Princess of Wales and the Princess Royal is in the spotlight again as a new series of programmes focused on the Queen’s family airs. The bond, or lack of one, between the two women was often discussed in the years before Diana’s death and…
The royal year is underway, and while January might not be the busiest month of them all, The Royal Family have been out and about as their 2019 diaries begin to fill. Royal Central has been taking a look at what they’ve been up to in January and how this royal year is…
While a royal wedding dress might grab all the headlines with the almost obligatory tiara coming a close second, no set of regal nuptials would be complete without a bridal bouquet. We might not get round to admiring it until after our fourth discussion about the wedding gown itself but the flowers have their own part in every big royal wedding.
That was no different on February 2nd 2002 when…
On 30 March 2001, Queen Beatrix announced the engagement of her son and heir, Prince Willem-Alexander to the Argentine-born investment banker Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti. The couple were married on 2 February 2002.
Today, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima are…
This month, Westminster Abbey became a royal wedding venue for the first time in centuries when Princess Patricia of Connaught married there. She was the church’s first royal bride in over 500 years. As the centenary of her wedding approaches, Royal Central is looking…
Royalty has always been the subject of imagery but some moments stick in the mind and take on an historical resonance all of their own. In this occasional series, Royal Central takes a look at some of the most famous images in royal history, beginning with a poignant picture taken on this day almost seven decades ago.
The Image – King George VI, London Airport, January 31st 1952
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Today, Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands turns 81-years-old. So we are going to have a little look at who she is and what has happened in her life so far.
Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard was born in 1938 in Soestdijk Palace in Baarn, the Netherlands as the eldest child of…
It’s one of the world’s leading fashion magazines and now its boss in the UK has publicly wished for the Duchess of Sussex as its cover star. The editor in chief at British Vogue has said he wants to put Meghan on the front of his magazine.
Edward Enninful was speaking…
The Duke of Kent was determined that his unborn child – history’s Queen Victoria – should not be born outside of Britain, to assure its right to succeed to the throne in the British mind. As a true Hanoverian, he was the fourth son of George III, the King who famously ‘glor[ied] in the name of Britain’. Clearly, it was a step forward from the reign of George I, who knew only faulty…
