It hasn’t yet been a full 24 hours since the news broke that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are engaged. People are already breaking into ‘Camp Kate’ and ‘Camp Meghan’. I like both and will never choose a favourite.
This was bound to happen. Are we to spend years now comparing Meghan to Kate and vice versa? Are people now going to become overly critical of Meghan?
Undoubtedly, the engagement announcement between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has taken the world and royal watchers by storm. What about the Royal Family?
According to some, the engagement and impending marriage have shaken up the monarchy. Yes, Meghan is of mixed race…
Let’s hope this is the last time I have to write the ‘imminent engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’, but while we all wait around for the news, here are some fun facts about the woman who has captured Prince Harry’s heart. It is easy to see…
Rachel Meghan Markle was born on 4 August 1981 in Los Angeles, California’s West Park Hospital to Doria (a therapist and social worker) and Thomas W. Markle. She is of mixed-race with her mother being African-American and her father being of Dutch and Irish descent. Meghan is the youngest of Thomas Markle’s three children and the only child of Doria. She has an older half-sister, Samantha…
Long lost da Vinci painting spent time being passed around the Royal Family
18th November 2017
With a series of twists and turns similar to the television series “Fake or Fortune”, it has been revealed that the Leonardo da Vinci painting sold for $450 million dollars once graced the walls of both Greenwich Palace and the then Buckingham House, the latter which now…
Do you know which senior member of The Royal Family is a direct descendent of Oliver Cromwell?
13th November 2017
It is widely reported that 1 in 200 people alive today are descended from the bloodthirsty Genghis Khan. The same can’t be said for the former Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, although it may surprise you that one senior member of the British Royal Family is a direct…
Our Europe Correspondent, Heaven LeeMiller, defends those who research the style of the royals and report on them.
Over the past few months, a lot of accusations have been thrown online and mostly on social media about royal fashion bloggers. The most recurring one is that royal fashion bloggers don’t care about the work of the royals or the causes they defend. They sometimes even imply that…
Royal Central’s Deputy Editor, Jamie Samhan, gives her opinion on why it would difficult to be royal.
Remember when you were growing up and you wanted to be a dolphin trainer, or a lawyer, or a police officer, or an astronaut? Now imagine not having that choice, not…
Opinion: The Duchess of Cambridge should take up a patronage related to Hyperemesis Gravidarum
11th November 2017
Royal Central’s Europe Editor, Brittani Barger, explains why she thinks the Duchess of Cambridge should take up a patronage related to Hyperemesis Gravidarum.
The Duchess of Cambridge’s struggle withHyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) has been well documented. It forced…
Henry was born in Stirling Castle on 19th February 1594, the son of King James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark. James put Henry into the care of James Erskine, Earl of Mar, rather than his wife, Anne because he did not want him to be brought up a staunch Catholic. This did not sit well with his wife at all. However, the young Prince remained with the Mar family until 1603 when King James was…
