Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy was born in
Renaix, Belgium, on 18 February 1984. She is the eighth and
youngest child of the Count de Lannoy and the late Countess de
Lannoy, born Alix della Faille de Leverghem. She grew up on the
family estate in Anvaing in Hainaut, Belgium, with her seven
brothers and sisters. Stéphanie began her education at Sancta Maria
Primary School in Renaix. She went on to…
A bedroom gives a uniquely personal
insight into any historical personality and a royal personage no
less so. Many key moments in Queen Victoria’s life also took place
in her bedrooms, which help in no small way, to tell the story of
that life. The furnishing of this most…
The Queen has been portrayed in TV
shows and films over the years by an array of actresses. Whether
they have played her on the small screen, in blockbuster films or
voiced animated versions of her, there have been some iconic
portrayals. Phoebe Barton takes a look back at…
They are monuments to love that have told
a royal romance for seven centuries. The Eleanor Crosses are a
famous part of England’s regal history and, for hundreds of years,
they have told the story of the king who built them for the queen
he had lost and could never forget. Now, in 2018, just a handful
survive to pay witness to the devotion of Edward I to his consort,
Eleanor of Castile. But…
The Duchess of Sussex deserves so much better than how she has been treated
1st August 2018
Royal Central’s Editorial Assistant Jess
Ilse argues that the Duchess of Sussexdeserves so much better than
how she has been treated in the media and online. Last year the
conversation about women changed due to a reckoning that rippled
its way through Hollywood.
Queen Victoria’s love of dogs provided
the inspiration for royal sculpture and painting, as well, of
course, the Queen’s journal entries. References to her dogs abound
throughout. Interestingly, her life may in one way, be charted
through her dogs, because they were with…
Royal Central’s Editor-in-Chief Charlie
Proctor says it is high time we stop treating members of The Royal
Family as celebrities and to instead consider them in the same
light as any politicians or statespersons. What does the Duchess of
Cambridge and Kim Kardashian have in common? Maybe more than we
would like to admit! Both of these women regularly feature on the
front pages of newspapers…
She would go on to live a life of royal
duties which led her to be called one of the unsung heroes of the
Royal Family, but today we take a look at the life of the Duchess
of Gloucester before she married The Queen’s cousin: Prince
Richard, Duke of Gloucester. Born…
On 25 June 1900, Victoria, Princess Louis
of Battenberg – born Princess Victoria of Hesse – gave birth to a
son at Frogmore House in Windsor Great Park, the erstwhile
residence of Queen Victoria’s mother, the Duchess of Kent, until
her death in 1861. Princess…
Princess Alix of Hesse visited Malta in
1890. Little would appear to have been recorded about it, although
it is possible to piece together some details of the trip from
surviving accounts, biographies by those that personally knew her
and from extracts of letters she wrote herself. The following is
the result of what I have managed to discover so far about this
visit that she made, as part of a…
