Worn by a famous bride on the day she
became a queen, visitors to Madrid can get up close and personal
with one of the best known royal wedding gowns of the 20th century.
The Balenciaga creation chosen by a certain Fabiola de Mora y
Aragon for her 1960 marriage to King Baudouin of the Belgians is
part of a retrospective of the designer’s work now on at one of the
best known galleries in the…
She was the long dead widow who was used
by a king to overthrow his own nephew and yet her name is all but
forgotten today. Eleanor Butler was the woman who helped change the
royal history of England forever and almost brought one of its most
famous dynasties to disaster…
This summer, we are taking a look at the
various lines of successions in the world’s monarchies. Today, we
are focusing on the eleven people in line to the Danish throne. The
current monarch is Queen Margrethe II. She ascended the throne on
14 January 1972 following the…
Having given several royal performances
before George III and Queen Charlotte, the boy Mozart’s sonatas for
keyboard and violin K10-15 were engraved before the end of 1764,
dedicated to the musical Queen: ‘Six Sonates pour le clavecin que
peuvent se jouer avec l’accompagnement de violin our
flaute/traversiere/Tres humblement dediees/a sa Majeste
Charlotte/Reine de la Grande Bretagne/composes…
They’ve claimed crowns, founded dynasties
and shaped royal history but much of it has been done against the
odds. For those born outside of royal marriage were often seen as
also rans until they stormed the castles their parents called home.
For centuries, royal…
As summer approaches, Queen Victoria is
the royal everyone is talking about. Even the descendant who
supplanted her as longest reigning monarch in British history has
been following in her famous footsteps in the past few days as the
woman who changed our concept of royalty…
King Henry VIII certainly took enough
mistresses in his day, but only one of the resulting children was
acknowledged: his beloved son, Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and
Somerset. He was born in June 1519, the son of Elizabeth “Bessie”
Blount and Henry VIII. Bessie Blount was a 17-year-old lady in
waiting to Catherine of Aragon, and she caught the eye of the king
whilst his wife was…
This summer, Royal Central is taking a
look at who is who in the lines of succession around the world.
Today we are looking at the line of succession to the Norwegian
throne. Compared to many monarchies, the Norwegian order of
succession is relatively short and counts only…
The Queen has been named as one of the
most admired people in the world in a new poll. The YouGov research
also shows that Elizabeth II makes the top twenty most respected
women in every country where the survey took place. The overall
poll lists the top twenty most admired…
Hair works like a symbolic thread
throughout a person’s life history. For Queen Victoria, this was no
exception. Indeed, for a royal personage, hair plays a massive part
in ceremonial display and formal dressing as well as private
ritual. The role of royal hairdresser is also one that enables
exceptional intimacy, thereby an indication of great privilege.
Today we can visit Queen Victoria’s…
