Continuing our series, we are taking a
look at the life of Sofia Hellqvist before becoming Princess Sofia
of Sweden. The pristine lakes, forests, and mountains of Älvdalen,
Sweden look straight out of a Disney fairytale. It’s no wonder that
a future princess spent her formative years in such a dreamlike
location. And like the Disney show Sofia the First, there’s another
Princess Sofia who…
It was a quiet country house, described
by several who knew it as ‘’little’’ and a ‘’pied a terre’, given
as a wedding present to a royal couple who were expected to linger
on the fringes of regal life. Yet on July 2nd 1903, it became the
birthplace of one of…
The official announcement that King
Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands will make a
state visit to the UK this autumn is confirmation of a long-awaited
and hotly anticipated trip. The visit will run between October 23rd
and 24th and will see the Dutch royals…
The life of Diana, Princess of Wales was
never far removed from royalty even before she married into the
House of Windsor. A member of the influential Spencer family, she
counted King Edward III, King Henry VII and King Charles II among
her ancestors while she’d been named in honour of a distant
relative who had once been mooted as a bride for George II’s son
and heir, Frederick, Prince of…
The imperial palace of Schönbrunn in the
western suburb of Hietzing on the outskirts of Vienna, was the
summer residence of the former Habsburg dynasty. It stuns with its
magnificence, but then this, of course, was part of its purpose and
is the power of its architecture.
The Duchess of Cornwall married The
Prince of Wales in 2005, officially making her a member of the
Royal Family. But who was she before she officially became a royal?
We continue our “before they were royal” series with our fourth
edition on the former Camilla…
Diana, Princess of Wales was well-known
all over the world and not just for being a member of the Royal
Family. Her famous dresses and outfits gained the attention of many
people all over the world. Although she had to follow royal
etiquette, Diana also followed her own fashion rules and made a
name for herself in the fashion world. On what would have been
her 57th birthday, I take a look back at…
History’s royal Kates have taken part in
some of the best-known stories in Britain’s regal history but while
royal Katherines can be found in England as far back as the 13th
century, it’s a name that has gone in and out of favour as a regal
choice. A…
Born a princess, daughter of a feted king
and a much-admired queen, this royal Kate seemed destined for
a crown of her own. But when civil war once more erupted in
England, she found herself on the wrong side of royal favour and
ended up a countess instead. This is the…
One of the earliest names that occurs in
the life of the future Queen Victoria is that of ‘Siebold’;
although the name vanishes almost on the first mention. But no
single name should be rendered insignificant just because it only
occurs once. This is undoubtedly the case with Madame Siebold or
more precisely, Charlotte Heidenreich von Siebold (1788-1859).
Madame Siebold was an accoucheuse who…
