It was the beginning of a royal chapter
which would make history time and time again. But on November 20th
1947, the ceremony which joined Princess Elizabeth and Prince
Philip as wife and husband was described by one of the clergy
involved as ”in all essentials, exactly the same as it would have
been for any cottager who might be married this afternoon”. And
just like everyone who said ‘I…
If you’ve not yet had your guess on what
Baby Sussex will be called, then help might just be at hand.
There’s been plenty of speculation already about what the Duke and
Duchess of Sussex might call their first child, due in the spring,
but a little bit of history can go…
Displayed as part of the London Science
Museum’s exhibition on the Russian Imperial Family, The Last Tsar:
Blood and Revolution is a pearl earring. This extraordinarily
poignant object has its own silent story to tell, concerning the
fate of the Romanovs. Believed to have…
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 get an…
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 where it was…
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 his…
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 their…
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 York…
