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…
We’ve reached that point of a royal
pregnancy where there are already too many things to speculate
about. The gender, name and even title of baby Sussex are all the
subject of debate but one thing is certain. Harry and Meghan’s baby
is already going to cost their parents…
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…
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 Pahlavi, who was married
to Empress Farah. The Shah had four children with the Empress
(Crown Prince 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…
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 Duchess of Sussex. How wrong I was. How naïve? I
thought things would change for the better once she’d returned from
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…
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 moment in her tumultuous royal
career is going on show. The painting, by Francois Clouet, was only
recently confirmed to be of…
