With just hours to go until we discover
which, if any, tiara Meghan Markle has chosen to wear for her Royal
Wedding, it’s time to get a bit sparkly. There are plenty of
diamonds in the vaults for the newest member of the Royal Family to
choose from which means endless speculation for the rest of us (you
can have a look again at some of the most hotly tipped pieces
here). While we wait to find…
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…
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 buy it for you anyway. There are no doubt
copies of them lying in lofts or at the backs of cupboards across
the country. Ahead…
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…
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…
From the roof, you can see Windsor
Castle, but that’s not nearly the most regal thing about Cliveden
in Buckinghamshire where Meghan Markle will spend the night before
her marriage to Prince Harry. This palatial house, owned by the
National Trust and leased as a hotel, has entertained many royals
over the years and was once even home to a regal rebel. As Cliveden
gets ready to add more majesty…
