Professor Stephen Hawking, who has died
at the age of 76, was one of Britain’s greatest ever scientists but
despite being given many honours, he declined a knighthood.
However, that didn’t stop him developing an apparently relaxed
relationship with the Queen. As the world pays tributes to one of
its all-time great thinkers, let’s look back at the times royalty
celebrated Professor…
This is one royal wedding bouquet you’re
not going to miss. When the Princess Royal’s only daughter, Zara,
married Mike Tindall in Edinburgh on July 30th 2011, her flowers
made a striking impression. For, unusually among royal brides, Zara
included a splash of colour…
Windsor’s first royal wedding took place
in the twelfth century. What do we know about this wedding and why
exactly did it take place at Windsor Castle? It was the second
marriage of the third Norman King, Henry I (r. 1100-35). His
thirty-five-year reign was one without…
Princess Margaret’s years as a single
woman were followed with the most considerable interest in Britain,
where there was a great deal of excitement over her choice of
husband. It was assumed in 1955 that she would marry Peter
Townsend. However, Townsend was a divorcee at a time when the
Church of England wouldn’t allow the remarriage of a divorcee with
a living former spouse. Princess…
All brides need a bouquet and a royal
bride is no different. Flowers are as much a part of a wedding as
the dress, the cake and the first kiss so as the countdown to the
first Royal Wedding of 2018 hits its stride, Royal Central will be
looking back at the bouquets…
“Oh! This was the happiest day of my
life!” With these words, Queen Victoria described her wedding day
in her diary – 10 February 1840, writing up the event for the day’s
entry from Windsor Castle. It marked the beginning of her marriage
to her cousin, Prince Albert…
When the Prince of Wales and the Duchess
of Cornwall announced their engagement in February 2005 they wasted
no time in setting a date or venue for their marriage. They
immediately told the world they would marry in April that year in a
civil ceremony at Windsor Castle followed by a service of blessing
at St. George’s Chapel later the same day. Yet just a week later,
they had to move their civil…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been
sharing more details of their marriage with just over two months to
go until they say ‘I do’. The couple are promising a ‘moment of fun
and joy’ so to get in that celebratory spirit, Royal Central
rounds up everything we…
In the magnificent twelfth-century Gothic
cathedral church of Roskilde on the island of Zealand, thirty-nine
Kings and Queens of Denmark are buried. One Danish queen, however,
is missing – and by no mere accident or fluke of history. Members
of the Royal House of Denmark…
How important are the Royal Family to the
idea of Britishness today? That’s one of the questions raised by a
set of coins which go into circulation in the UK on March 1st 2018.
The Royal Mint has launched a series of new ten pence pieces– 26 in
all, created to form an A-Z of British life in the 21st century.
They’re described as ‘Quintessentially British’ and two of the
designs are…
