In the latest instalment of our autumn series, looking at what led to the fall of various monarchies throughout history, Royal Central looks at the end of the monarchy in France.
The most well-known episode regarding the ending of France’s monarchy is the 1789 Revolution which led to the deaths of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie-Antoinette. But while this event did lead to the end of the…
Being Elizabeth I: Margot Robbie talks about her new royal role
24th November 2018
With just weeks to go until cinema viewers get to see Margot Robbie in action as Elizabeth I, the Hollywood star has been talking about what it’s like to play one of the most famous royals in history. The Oscar-nominated actress plays the Tudor monarch in the new…
The Portland Tiara, commissioned for a duchess to wear at a glittering and hugely important royal occasion, has been stolen. The diadem, made by Cartier in 1902 ahead of the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, was taken on Tuesday night from the gallery where…
It was the beginning of a royal chapter which would make history time and time again. But on November 20th 1947, the ceremony which joined Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip as wife and husband was described by one of the clergy involved as ”in all essentials, exactly the same as it would have been for any cottager who might be married this afternoon”. And just like everyone who said…
If you’ve not yet had your guess on what Baby Sussex will be called, then help might just be at hand. There’s been plenty of speculation already about what the Duke and Duchess of Sussex might call their first child, due in the spring, but a little bit of history…
Displayed as part of the London Science Museum’s exhibition on the Russian Imperial Family, The Last Tsar: Blood and Revolution is a pearl earring. This extraordinarily poignant object has its own silent story to tell, concerning the fate of the Romanovs. Believed to have…
He’s a future monarch and head of the Commonwealth, a husband, a son, a brother, a father, and a grandfather. But as Prince Charles turns 70, the inevitable question arises. What do the years ahead look like for this man whose sole job, in the words of his son Prince Harry, is to “sit quietly and wait?”
In the recent BBC documentary, “Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70,” we…
If you think that royal baby mania is a new thing, think again. Seventy years ago this week, ahead of the birth of Prince Charles, the papers were filled with plenty of stories about his parents, their plans and a very regal pregnancy. As the then Princess Elizabeth prepared…
In the second edition of her series, Deb Stratas focuses on the late Diana, Princess of Wales’s last year in her marriage to the Prince of Wales. Focused in 1991 and 1992, Diana, A Spencer in Turmoil tells of the difficult time in Diana’s life…the year…
It made headlines around the world with its revelation that the Prince of Wales will step back from campaigning once he succeeds to the throne but the new BBC One documentary Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70 had plenty of other special moments to savour as it followed the man who will be king in the run up to his landmark birthday. From the deep affection in which he’s clearly held by…
