It’s the hat that everyone wants to see
and we’ll get another go in 2020. Princess Beatrice is set to marry
Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in 2020 which means plenty of speculation
about the bride’s dress, the wedding tiara and her granny’s hat.
Yes, one of the style moments of all recent royal nuptials has been
the Queen’s choice of outfit. As a new royal wedding countdown
begins, Royal Central…
The Editors' Debate: No - The Queen should NOT wear the Crown to the State Opening of Parliament
12th October 2019
Following on from Desk Editor Lydia
Starbuck’s opinion piece that The Queen should wear her crown for
the State Opening of Parliament next week, Editor-in-Chief Charlie
Proctor says the regalia should be left in the Tower of London
where it belongs. Imagine walking over…
As we are finally to the weekend, True
Royalty has a great show for you to watch while relaxing on this
Saturday, “A Tale of Two Sisters: Elizabeth II and Margaret.” It
focuses on Her Majesty The Queen and her younger sister, the late
Princess Margaret who are very…
The beer tents have been put away, the
dancing is done and nearly all of the hangovers have faded.
Oktoberfest, the huge beer and folk festival that takes over Munich
for several weeks in early autumn, has come to a close just days
ahead of a special anniversary. For October 12th is rather
important for Oktoberfest. For on that date in 1810 a spectacular
royal wedding took place and to celebrate a…
In the early autumn days
of 1537, King Henry VIII was celebrating as his
court welcomed a prince. His longed for son and heir, Edward, had
been born on October 12th at Hampton Court Palace to widespread
rejoicing. Preparations were in full swing for an
elaborate…
It is thought to be the only surviving
remnant of the famous wardrobe of Elizabeth I. Now visitors to
Hampton Court Palace can see a fragment of one of her most famous
dresses for themselves. The exquisitely embroidered fabric is now
on show at the Tudor palace, next to…
Princess Alix of Hesse, sixth child and
fourth daughter of Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Alice, Grand
Duchess of Hesse and her husband, Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse,
was six years old when her mother died on 14 December 1878,
incidentally the seventeenth anniversary of the death of Albert,
the Prince Consort. This effect of this singularly shattering event
on the young Princess Alix can…
The Editors' Debate: Yes - The Queen should wear the Crown to the State Opening of Parliament
8th October 2019
A week, they used to say, is a long time
in politics. Right now, in the UK, make that fifteen minutes. But
we do now know that there will be a Queen’s Speech on October 14th
2019 after Parliament was prorogued, without legal issue, on
October 8th. And a Queen’s Speech…
Lady Jane Grey, England's Forgotten Queen: An interview with Dr Helen Castor (Part 2)
8th October 2019
Today we continue with the final part of
Chief Reporter Kristin Contino’s interview with historian, author,
and BBC documentary presenter Dr Helen Castor (Read the first part
of the interview here). Castor recently travelled to America to
present lectures about Lady…
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has
revoked the royal styles of Royal Highness from five of his
grandchildren – the children of his younger two children, Prince
Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine. So, why does this make sense to
do? While there’s no doubt that the King loves all of his
grandchildren, it makes sense that he has removed Princes Alexander
and Gabriel (the sons of Prince Carl…
