It has been 50 years since the famous
documentary ‘Royal Family’ was shown on British TV screens for the
first time, at the time this documentary really was the most talked
about thing; not necessarily because of its content, but the plain
fact that such a documentary was broadcast. The chances are, unless
you’re a really attentive royalist, you’ve never even heard of the
documentary, and…
The BBC’s coverage of the wedding of the
Duke and Duchess of Sussex has scooped a prestigious broadcasting
award. It won Best Live Event at the Royal Television Society
awards in London. In the citation that went with the award, the RTS
said the programme was ‘’ a very…
Today marks 15 years since the former
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, the grandmother of the
Netherlands’ current monarch, King Willem-Alexander, died after
suffering years of ill health at the hands of dementia. By the
mid-1990s, Princess Juliana, who had reverted…
It’s the first day of spring today and
the Royal Family has taken to social media to celebrate the
blooming of a brand new season. This fresh chapter in the year’s
story has been told online by the Windsors with photos of
Buckingham Palace bursting into life. As the sun tried to peek
through the grey clouds, the official Twitter and Instagram
accounts of the Royal Family shared images…
With the forthcoming exhibition of the
Royal Collection George IV: Art & Spectacle set to open later this
year, I want to take a brief look at the relationship between the
future Queen Victoria and her paternal uncle, the Prince Regent,
later George IV. The Duke of Kent…
A thank you present from a king and queen
in exile to one of their supporters is about to get its first ever
public viewing. A silk bedspread, given by King James II and his
wife, Maria of Modena, to a family who accompanied them into exile
following the Glorious Revolution…
As we look at the marvellous monies
raised by Comic Relief, and the other support that the Arts give to
charity we may think that this is a modern phenomenon – not so and
the Foundling Hospital now known as Coram is an excellent example.
When the Duchess of Cambridge makes a visit this week, she is
continuing a royal association with the charity that goes back to
King George II and one of the…
Peter Phillips, the eldest grandchild of
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, married his Canadian bride
Autumn Kelly on 17 May 2008 at St George’s Chapel at Windsor
Castle. The couple met in Montreal at the 2003 Canadian Grand Prix,
but Peter did not reveal his true…
On St. Patrick’s Day, royal watchers can
look forward to an event dating back over a century as the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge carry on a regal tradition and attend the St.
Patrick’s Day Parade for the 1st Battalion Irish Guards. As Colonel
of the Irish Guards, one of…
It’s one of the most famous dates in the
UK sporting calendar and there are no prizes for guessing which
royals made their presence felt at this year’s horse racing
showpiece, the Cheltenham Festival. The Princess Royal and Zara
Tindall were regular attendees at this year’s event, as they are
every year, and we also got a sighting of the Duchess of Cornwall
who had to hold on to…
