He’s a future monarch and head of the
Commonwealth, a husband, a son, a brother, a father, and a
grandfather. But as Prince Charles turns 70, the inevitable
question arises. What do the years ahead look like for this man
whose sole job, in the words of his son Prince Harry, is to “sit
quietly and wait?” In the recent BBC documentary, “Prince, Son and
Heir: Charles at 70,” we…
If you think that royal baby mania is a
new thing, think again. Seventy years ago this week, ahead of the
birth of Prince Charles, the papers were filled with plenty of
stories about his parents, their plans and a very regal pregnancy.
As the then Princess Elizabeth prepared…
In the second edition of her series, Deb
Stratas focuses on the late Diana, Princess of Wales’s last year in
her marriage to the Prince of Wales. Focused in 1991 and 1992,
Diana, A Spencer in Turmoil tells of the difficult time in Diana’s
life…the year…
It made headlines around the world with
its revelation that the Prince of Wales will step back from
campaigning once he succeeds to the throne but the new BBC One
documentary Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70 had plenty of
other special moments to savour as it followed the man who will be
king in the run up to his landmark birthday. From the deep
affection in which he’s clearly held by…
Currently displayed in the special
exhibition at London’s Science Museum, The Last Tsar: Blood and
Revolution – exploring the role of medicine in the lives of the
Russian Imperial Family as well as the use of modern science
involved in the investigation concerning…
Royalty is a world where the past is as
much a part of the present as the future. The past seven days have
seen the spotlight fall on celebrations and commemorations in equal
measure – here’s the week in royal history. Queen Victoria will be
reigning supreme at…
Royal weddings, eh? You wait ages for one
to come along and then two arrive at once. We’ve just had a double
dose of regal matrimony with the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of
Sussex in May followed swiftly by the marriage of Princess Eugenie
and Jack Brooksbank in October. And in 1923, the marital calendar
was packed with princely nuptials, too. The springtime wedding of
Albert, Duke of…
Balcony appearances to boost morale and
poignant messages to strangers they would never meet are just some
of the memories being shared by the Royal Family ahead of the
centenary of the end of World War One. As the 100th anniversary of
the Armistice approaches, items from…
The first thing that Princess Victoria
did on the morning of 20 June 1837 was to reach for her dressing
gown. This historic moment in the Queen’s life has always held a
particular fascination for me, and I have regularly revisited it
from various angles, from profiling the…
Personal items of Queen Victoria acquired by Historic Royal Palaces
2nd November 2018
Some personal items belonging to Queen
Victoria have been acquired by Historic Royal Palaces, the
independent charity which maintains Kensington Palace, ahead of the
bicentenary of the Queen’s birth in 2019, which the palace will
celebrate with a new exhibition and re-presentation of the visitor
route, as announced in a Historic Royal Palaces press release on 3
September 2018. Kensington Palace…
