We know all about the Americans who
married into royal families. However, there are some royals who
were born as citizens of the United States. Harry and Meghan’s son,
Archie, was born the same way, as he was automatically a US citizen
by birth through his mother since she has not renounced her
American citizenship. It will be the same for the future child of
the couple due later this year, and…
We have heard a lot in the past week
about how Thomas Markle is sadly unable to attend the Royal Wedding
and he has been receiving a lot of negative press lately. Rather
than looking into negative rumours, let’s have a look into Thomas
as a person and learn more about him. Thomas was married to
Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland in 1979 but the pair divorced eight
years later with Meghan being…
For those of us of a certain age, a Royal
Wedding really wouldn’t be complete without it. The special edition
Ladybird book that accompanied big events like royal weddings was a
must have for school children everywhere – even if you didn’t want
it, your parents would…
Praised by Alexander Pope in his Moral
Essays as possessing a ‘proud alcove’ in which one might happily be
‘galant and gay’, the great house of Cliveden, Taplow, where Meghan
Markle spent the night before her wedding to Prince Harry, was
visited by Queen Victoria in…
Royal wedding dresses aren’t just about
what the bride wants to wear. While the woman in white has a big
say in the design, her dream dress also has to fit the rather regal
occasion which will see her and her intended say ‘I do’. Autumn
Kelly and Zara Phillips both had plenty of pressure on them to come
up with impressive royal wedding looks even if their celebrations
were more low key than…
Given the inseparable links between music
and the British Monarchy, it naturally follows that the music
chosen for royal weddings reflected both the importance of the
occasion as well as the personal taste of the monarch. Whether it
was the splendour of Handel’s marriage…
The Quire of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor
is an area extraordinarily rich in the history of the English
Monarchy, yet this sacred and mystical space in the Chapel
enshrining the Order of the Garter – the Order’s spiritual home –
is as much associated with royal weddings as well as royal burial.
The marble floor of the Quire carries with it quite literally, the
strata of centuries and is…
