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 courtesy, kindness and respect for all other members
of our social media communities.” Users who do not abide by the
new…
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…
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 Litterature, the Life of Cromwell and
Raumer’s nine-volume set, Geschichte der Hohenstaufen(Baroness
Sophie Buxhoeveden…
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…
Olivia Colman has won the Best Actress in
a Leading Role at the 91st Academy Awards for her part as Queen
Anne in The Favourite. She picked up her first Academy Award at the
ceremony in Hollywood on Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre. Colman
walked away with The…
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…
