‘Islay [a pet dog] is still plagued by
him [Lord Melbourne] every evening—a thing which he much enjoys—and
constantly begs for the spectacles. I forgot to tell you that Karl
has given me a pretty little Rowley, who likewise lives in the
house. The multitude of dogs is really terrible!’ (ed. A. C. Benson
& Viscount Esher, The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol 1, 1837-1843,
204). So the…
Caught forever in a moment of time, they
are the tragic family whose terrible end in World War One still
appals and fascinates today. The children of the last Tsar of
Russia died alongside their parents in Yekaterinburg one hundred
years ago this summer. And yet Olga…
Royal weddings bring all kinds of
expectations and among them is one filled with sparkle and glitter.
For we all assume a royal bride will arrive for her marriage
wearing a tiara and when the wedding will result in them becoming a
consort or consort in waiting, the…
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess
Mette-Marit of Norway has not always been Crown Princess of Norway.
For many years of her life, she was just an ordinary Norwegian
girl. The woman who was to become Norway’s Crown Princess, and in
the future, Norway’s Queen was born as Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby.
The regular girl came to this world on 19 August 1973 in
Kristiansand, as the daughter of…
Opinion: The public should not be paying for Princess Eugenie's wedding security bill
18th August 2018
When Princess Eugenie marries Jack
Brooksbank in October, the public will be footing the estimated £2
million security bill for the ninth-in-line to the throne. The
couple has chosen to wed at St George’s Chapel, the same place the
Duke and Duchess of Sussex were…
If you were a fan of the campy
alterna-monarchy of E!’s The Royals, alas, the show has been
cancelled after four seasons. “E! will not be moving forward with
another season of The Royals,” the network revealed in a statement
provided to Deadline. “Over four seasons…
Born Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano
on 15 September 1972 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, the
future royal was the eldest daughter of the journalist Jesús
José Ortiz Álvarez and registered nurse and hospital union
representative María de la Paloma Rocasolano Rodríguez.
Letizia has two younger sisters, Telma and the late Érika. Her
compulsory education saw her attend the public La Gesta School in…
If you haven’t been living under a rock,
then you surely know that the Netherlands has a monarch. Following
the abdication of Queen Beatrix on 30 April 2013, Willem-Alexander
became the very first Dutch king in the last hundred years. Holland
is one of the many European…
“For centuries the Tsars of Russia have
been waging wars simply for the lust of territory and for the glory
of Autocracy. The rulers of Russia have sown the wind and they are
now beginning to reap the whirlwind.” -Carl Joubert The story of
Russia’s last Tsar and…
Sonja Haraldsen was born on 4 July 1937
as the youngest child of Karl August and Dagny Haraldsen at
the Red Cross Clinic in Oslo. Her elder brothers were Haakon (b.
1921) and Karl (1929-1936), and her elder sister was Gry (b. 1924).
However, her brother Karl died the year before Sonja was born, and
as a result, her parents were very protective of their
youngest child. Also, due to the age gap…
