Included amongst the works read as a
young woman by Princess Alix of Hesse, later Tsarina Alexandra
Feodorovna (1872-1918), were – according to letters that she wrote
to her eldest sister, Victoria, Princess Louis of Battenberg –
Guizot’s Reformation de la Litterature, the Life of Cromwell and
Raumer’s nine-volume set, Geschichte der Hohenstaufen(Baroness
Sophie Buxhoeveden…
It is the oldest Order of Chivalry in
Britain, linking the 21st century with the medieval era and today
it got new members. Buckingham Palace has announced that the Order
of the Garter is to welcome two new appointments. Dame Mary Peters,
the Olympic gold medallist who has…
Olivia Colman has won the Best Actress in
a Leading Role at the 91st Academy Awards for her part as Queen
Anne in The Favourite. She picked up her first Academy Award at the
ceremony in Hollywood on Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre. Colman
walked away with The…
The Academy Awards take place in
Hollywood tonight with Olivia Colman in the running for Best
Actress for her portrayal of Queen Anne in The Favourite. If
the British star does pick up the Oscar (and she has to get past
the mighty Glenn Close to do that) then she’ll join a select list
of performers who have won at the biggest film awards in the world
for playing a monarch. As Olivia (and…
'My darling Auntie': Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna and Princess Louise
21st February 2019
Amongst the extensive collection of
letters left by Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, the sixth
daughter of Queen Victoria, are at least two from her niece,
Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918). Two of Alexandra’s
letters to her aunt were reproduced in the admirable…
Meghan, Beyonce and a royal portrait that's got everyone talking
21st February 2019
It’s the royal portrait everyone is
talking about right now and it’s all about Meghan. As they picked
up the BRIT for Best International Group, Beyonce and Jay Z said
their thank yous in front of an imagined portrait of the Duchess of
Sussex in rather traditional royal…
It’s a very famous royal wedding outfit,
a style statement worn as a much talked about bride became a
princess. Charlene Wittstock arrived at her civil marriage to
Prince Albert II of Monaco in a trouser suit she designed with the
help of Karl Lagerfeld, the fashion supremo who has died at the age
of 85. Embed from Getty Images Charlene and Albert’s civil wedding
took place on July 1st…
As the Duchess of Cornwall heads to London Fashion Week, a look at the 'Camilla Effect'
19th February 2019
The Duchess of Cornwall is going FROW on
February 19th with a visit to London Fashion Week where she will
present the Queen Elizabeth II Award for Design. We’re used to
seeing the word duchess and designer in the same sentence and
Camilla’s couture isn’t necessarily…
Opinion: Moroccan Royal Court should confirm or deny the divorce to ease concerns over disappearance of Princess
18th February 2019
Royal Central’s Deputy Editor, Brittani
Barger, gives her opinion as to why the Moroccan Royal Court should
publicly confirm or deny the divorce between the King and Princess
consort. Divorce rumours emerged early in 2018 between King
Mohammed and Princess Lalla Salma of…
Death of Lee Radziwill, the princess who came to the new Camelot
16th February 2019
Lee Radziwill has died at the age of 85.
The former princess was known as a socialite and style icon while
her attempts to forge an acting career were well documented. But
for many, she will always be the little sister of Jackie Kennedy.
In the early 1960s, with Jackie and her husband John F. Kennedy in
the White House, Lee was the princess at the heart of the court
later called a new Camelot. Her…
