The marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince
Albert is perhaps one of the most celebrated in royal history. Not
only were the couple young, rather good looking and desperately in
love, their union would become the bedrock of a new royal dynasty
that, in time, managed to weave itself into ruling houses across
Europe. Their wedding, on February 10th 1840, was a matter of state
as well as a ceremonial…
The House of Windsor just can’t get away
from weddings. While Lady Gabriella Windsor keeps on with the
planning for her big day with Thomas Kingston, set for Windsor at
some point in 2019, the castle itself is fast turning into a one
stop shop for wedding dresses. Just as…
In the portrait she is a young widow,
mourning a husband who had died not long after their wedding and
whose death left her free to pursue the power she had been born to
wield. Almost five hundred years after it was painted, an image of
Mary, Queen of Scots at a crucial…
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to
make a three day visit to Morocco, touching down on February 23rd
for a series of engagements carried out at the request of the UK
government. As Harry and Meghan prepare for this latest high
profile trip, Royal Central takes a look back at three other
important visits between the two countries. State Visit to Morocco,
October 1980 Embed from Getty Images The…
Royal Pictures from History: first sight of Elizabeth II as Queen
7th February 2019
In this occasional series, looking at
famous royal images from history, Royal Central goes back to 1952
and the moment the world first saw Elizabeth II after her sudden
accession to the throne on the death of her father, King George VI.
The Image:Queen Elizabeth II…
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…
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 now the claim that the pair didn’t
get along is examined again in a show on Channel 5. In Paxman on
the Queen’s Children…
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…
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 celebrating their 17th
wedding anniversary! To celebrate, let’s take a look back at
Máxima’s stunning wedding ensemble: the…
