The BBC has announced that Huw Edwards
will lead coverage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding
later this month. Mr Edwards, who is the BBC’s lead news presenter,
will be joined by newsreader Kirsty Young and
broadcaster Dermot O’Leary as co-presenters. Mrs Young is best
known for presenting Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4, with Mr
O’Leary being the face of The X…
Like other small and private buildings
that exist in the grounds of Queen Victoria’s residences, such as
the Garden Cottage at Balmoral, each is unique, enabling us to gain
a personal glimpse into the Queen’s domestic world, her daily
pursuits and interests. Another such…
Princess Haya bint Al Hussein was born on
3 May 1974 as the daughter of King Hussein of Jordan and his third
wife, Queen Alia. Her Royal Highness has ten siblings including her
half-brother of King Abdullah II of Jordan. She is a 41st
generation direct descendant of the…
While there is always much guessing
around the arrival of any new royal Cambridge baby, some things are
certain. One is that we’ll all be looking at the Duchess of
Cambridge walking out of the Lindo Wing with her newest arrival in
her arms wondering how on earth she looks…
The only daughter of the Queen and the
Duke of Edinburgh is known for her down to earth, no-nonsense
approach to life and in many ways, the flowers chosen by Princess
Anne for her wedding in 1973 to Captain Mark Phillips were that
attitude in petal form. As she became the…
There are currently 23 official members
of the British Royal Family who hold royal titles. However, there
are only two members out of 23 who don’t have their profiles on the
official royal website, and these are Princess Beatrice and
Princess Eugenie. Princess Beatrice and…
A chance glance upon an entry in an
exhibition catalogue from 2004 immediately attracted my interest
because it related to samples of wallpaper for the Alexander
Palace, the private residence of Tsar Nicholas II and his family,
in Tsarskoe Selo. I knew the last Tsarina had chosen ‘English’
chintzes for some of the furnishings of the palatial home they came
to love, but I had never found the…
