With just weeks to go until the Duke and Duchess of Sussex undertake their first overseas tour as a married couple, more details have been released about just what Harry and Meghan will get up to as they spend just over a fortnight visiting Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand. They are really packing their agenda out, so Royal Central is breaking it down into chunks, and it’s time to look…
The final countdown is under way for the first official overseas tour by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and to say it’s packed is a bit of an understatement. The visit, which starts in Australia on October 16th, comes to an end in New Zealand on October 31st and…
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex head off on their first overseas tour as a married couple in just a few weeks’ time and we now have more details on just what Harry and Meghan will get up to when they visit Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand. The tour, which takes place…
Queen Victoria’s accession began with a staircase. Fascinating to consider is the fact that this very staircase survives at Kensington Palace and may be seen today. A staircase had also played a part on another historic day in Victoria’s life, much later. On 10 October 1839, the young Queen stood at the top of the staircase at Windsor Castle, at half-past seven in the evening, to receive her…
Hanging in the magnificent Waterloo Chamber at Windsor is the state portrait of King William IV in his Garter robes with the Garter and Bath collars, painted by Sir David Wilkie for the King in 1832, that parliamentary historic year of the Reform Act and also the year in…
For some, Queen Victoria remains etched into the popular memory as the monochrome royal widow, dressed in black for the rest of her life, a black occasionally relieved by the enormous white handkerchiefs which she often took around with her, or the little lace cap, that…
With the second royal wedding of the year less than two weeks away, excitement is starting to build. Of course, one of the most buzzed-about items at a royal wedding is the dress.
The designer is never announced until the day, but one detail we know for sure is that Princess Eugenie will wear a British designer. “I’m not telling anyone who is making it, but I can say it is a…
Eamonn & Ruth to present coverage of Princess Eugenie's wedding live from Windsor
30th September 2018
Husband and wife television presenters, Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford, have been lined up to present coverage of Princess Eugenie’s wedding to Jack Brooksbank live from Windsor Castle on ITV.
The television couple will be presenting coverage of the marriage on a…
Yes, folks, it’s October and that can only mean one thing in the royal world. Well, two if we get a baby Sussex announcement but let’s not be greedy. October means the second royal wedding of 2018. Princess Eugenie of York will wed Jack Brooksbank in just a few…
The wooden dolls of the future Queen Victoria have long been the subject of fascination. Perhaps this is because we are fascinated by something so strongly associated with the childhood of that Queen who to a large extent, still remains in the historical imagination as either the monochrome royal widow or the elderly Queen-Empress of the Golden and Diamond Jubilee.
Several of these dolls are…
