Today, an impressive large statue of King
Karl Johan is present at the Palace Square in Oslo. It has been
there since 1875 and has become a symbol, a landmark and an icon of
the entire city. What is less known is that this was not the first
statue there. Before the Karl-Johan monument another, larger,
statue stood on the same place. It was “The Freedom Monument”. The
idea of a Karl Johan…
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the
fall of the 2,500-year-old Persian monarchy. We are taking a look
at what happened to the Iranian royals after the monarchy was
officially deposed in the evening on this day in 1979. The monarch
in Iran was the Shah, Mohammad Reza…
Olivia Colman has scooped yet another
prize for her portrayal of Queen Anne in ‘The Favourite’. She was
named Best Actress at this year’s BAFTAs, accepting her prize in
front of an audience that included the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge. There was a standing ovation…
Queen Victoria’s wedding dress is a
powerful symbol of what she would refer to in her journal as the
‘happiest day of my life’. Most probably, it represents more than
any other item of clothing or object, the Queen’s identity as a
royal bride. Certainly, she chose to wear it again in 1847, when
she was painted in her wedding attire by the fashionable
portraitist Franz Xaver Winterhalter…
Things Haven't Changed: the Duchess of Sussex still deserves better than how she has been treated
10th February 2019
Royal Central’s Editorial Assistant, Jess
Ilse wonders why the Duchess of Sussex just can’t catch a break
with the media. Or the Markles. I wish I could say that in the six
months since I wrote my last editorial that things had changed for
the better for the…
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…
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 the exhibition of the
outfits worn at their marriage by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex is
coming to an end, a new display…
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…
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, February 7th 1952, London Airport
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