It all started ten years ago in 2009
when the Royal Household created an official Twitter account. Now,
a decade on, members of The Royal Family tweet, and The Queen
Instagrams! The official Twitter account of The Royal Family was
created on 28th April 2009 as an account to tweet royal engagements
and news. At the time, The Queen was aware that the account was up
and running, and a spokesperson…
A museum in Britain has agreed to return
strands of hair taken from the body of the Ethiopian Emperor,
Tewedros II. The artefacts will be given back to government
officials in Addis Ababa after an appeal for their return. The hair
is currently in the possession of the…
Today, the Queen hosts a reception in
London to mark the 50th anniversary of the investiture of Prince
Charles as Prince of Wales. The ceremony itself took place on July
1st 1969 at Caernarfon Castle, watched by thousands at the ancient
royal site and many more on TV. It…
The Queen Mother’s determination to keep
her distance from Wallis Simpson is at the heart of a new TV
programme. In ‘Queen Mum: the Reluctant Queen’, her attitude
towards the Duchess of Windsor is examined with one letter,
describing her as a ‘’naughty lady’’, taking centre stage. The
description of Wallis came in a letter penned by Elizabeth to her
own mother-in-law, Queen Mary. In…
EXCLUSIVE: Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia talks charity work in interview with Royal Central
4th March 2019
EXCLUSIVE On Thursday of last week, Crown
Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia held a gala
dinner in London to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Crown
Princess Katherine’s charity organisation, Lifeline. His Royal
Highness Crown Prince Alexander was…
The Royal Household has published new
social media guidelines which ask all users who interact with their
channels to act with “courtesy, kindness and respect.” According to
the statement, they ask anybody “engaging with our social media
channels shows…
The Queen's controversial style pick for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales
1st March 2019
When Queen Elizabeth II invested her
eldest son Prince Charles with the title of Prince of Wales in a
ceremony on 1 July 1969 at Caernarfon Castle in Wales, it was the
latest in a storied and solemn show of monarchy and there were
absolutely no complaints about the affair. Well, unless you count
the eternal controversy that surrounds fashion at royal events.
This time, it was the Queen who was…
They are famously close royal sisters and
now they’re sharing centre stage at a very special event. As the
final preparations are made for the exhibition of clothes from
Princess Eugenie’s wedding, it’s been confirmed that the maid of
honour outfit chosen…
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…
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 gone on to help thousands of
young people into sport, is made a Lady Companion of the Order. The
Marquess of Salisbury, who…
