In addition to the four weddings of Queen
Victoria’s children which took place at St. George’s Chapel, two
other marriages were performed at St. George’s within the Queen’s
family during her lifetime, which are far less known – that of
Princess Frederica of Hanover, Baroness von Pawel-Rammingen
(1848-1926) in 1880 and Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein
(1872-1956) in 1891. The…
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…
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 revolt in English history,
suggesting greatness in his understanding of how to govern a
kingdom (Ed. Antonia Fraser, The Lives…
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…
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 of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The opposite
date of this ecstatic exhortation of joy on behalf of the Queen was
unquestionably 14…
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…
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 that she knew, such as her formidable
stepmother-in-law, Queen Juliana Marie, are at Roskilde, as is, of
course, her one-time…
