It’s the first day of spring today and
the Royal Family has taken to social media to celebrate the
blooming of a brand new season. This fresh chapter in the year’s
story has been told online by the Windsors with photos of
Buckingham Palace bursting into life. As the sun tried to peek
through the grey clouds, the official Twitter and Instagram
accounts of the Royal Family shared images…
With the forthcoming exhibition of the
Royal Collection George IV: Art & Spectacle set to open later this
year, I want to take a brief look at the relationship between the
future Queen Victoria and her paternal uncle, the Prince Regent,
later George IV. The Duke of Kent…
A thank you present from a king and queen
in exile to one of their supporters is about to get its first ever
public viewing. A silk bedspread, given by King James II and his
wife, Maria of Modena, to a family who accompanied them into exile
following the Glorious Revolution…
As we look at the marvellous monies
raised by Comic Relief, and the other support that the Arts give to
charity we may think that this is a modern phenomenon – not so and
the Foundling Hospital now known as Coram is an excellent example.
When the Duchess of Cambridge makes a visit this week, she is
continuing a royal association with the charity that goes back to
King George II and one of the…
Peter Phillips, the eldest grandchild of
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, married his Canadian bride
Autumn Kelly on 17 May 2008 at St George’s Chapel at Windsor
Castle. The couple met in Montreal at the 2003 Canadian Grand Prix,
but Peter did not reveal his true…
On St. Patrick’s Day, royal watchers can
look forward to an event dating back over a century as the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge carry on a regal tradition and attend the St.
Patrick’s Day Parade for the 1st Battalion Irish Guards. As Colonel
of the Irish Guards, one of…
It’s one of the most famous dates in the
UK sporting calendar and there are no prizes for guessing which
royals made their presence felt at this year’s horse racing
showpiece, the Cheltenham Festival. The Princess Royal and Zara
Tindall were regular attendees at this year’s event, as they are
every year, and we also got a sighting of the Duchess of Cornwall
who had to hold on to…
Queen Victoria’s mother, the Duchess of
Kent, died on 16 March 1861 at her residence of Frogmore House, in
Windsor Great Park. Frogmore had been occupied by the Duchess since
May 1841 when Queen Victoria asked her mother whether or not she
would like to use Frogmore House…
As she prepares to head off on another
packed tour, representing her country, you can only doff your hat
to the Duchess of Cornwall. Camilla has created a royal agenda and
role of her own, against the odds, let’s not forget, and is now
widely accepted as one of the…
It has been asubject of discussion
recently over whoconstitutes as being asenior member of The Royal
Family. We thought we’d create a short feature to explain who could
be considered a senior member of The Royal Family, and why. Before
we begin, a little health warning. What defines as being ‘senior
royal’ is very much subjective. Here, Royal Central tries to break…
