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…
A Week in Royal History: fashion, lost secrets and a right royal romance
16th February 2019
Royalty is never far from the news and
Britain’s rich regal history can offer up tales to thrill on even
the wettest Wednesday in February. The past seven days have seen a
slew of stories all about the past so here’s a round up of the week
just gone in royal…
She wasn’t just the power behind the
throne, she was the force that helped create the throne and now one
of the grand houses she called home is in the sight of modern
historians. Archaeologists have begun a hunt for the
Northamptonshire residence of Margaret Beaufort…
They were both the stars of royal
fairytales built around them that, in reality, may have had little
to do with the lives they led. Princess Grace of Monaco and Diana,
Princess of Wales were two of the most famous women of the 20th
century and the first time their paths crossed, Diana turned to
Grace for help. In this occasional series, Royal Central goes back
to 1981 and the first meeting of two…
