The youngest child of King Constantine
and Queen Anne Marie of Greece, Prince Philippos was born on
26 April 1986 at St Mary’s Hospital in London where his family
was living in exile. He was named after his paternal cousin, Prince
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He has four older siblings: Princess
Alexia (b. 1965), Crown Prince Pavlos (b. 1967),
Prince Nikolaos (b. 1969) and Princess Theodora (b.
Princess Muna al-Hussein, born on 25
April 1941, was the second wife of King Hussein I of Jordan; she is
the mother of Jordan’s current monarch, King Abdullah II. She was
born as Antoinette “Toni” Avril
Gardiner in Chelmondiston, Suffolk, England and
raised as a…
Can the story of Camilla ever be told
without Diana? That’s the question I was left asking after watching
The Real Camilla (ITV1, April 23rd). This documentary had
unrivalled access to the Duchess of Cornwall throughout her 70th
year so it seemed a bit of a shame that a chunk of its airtime was
spent retelling the story of what happened behind palace doors in
the 80s and 90s. And, personally, I…
The newest member of the House of Windsor
is here and the new son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge has
arrived on a day with plenty of royal history attached to it. As we
all celebrate the new royal baby, here’s a look at the royal story
of April 23rd. It’s already…
It’s suddenly rising up the bookies’
lists and now we know that Baby Cambridge is a boy, the name James
is getting a lot of love as a possible pick for the House of
Windsor’s newest prince. Of course it’s got family credentials. The
Earl and Countess of Wessex called…
In the grounds of Balmoral Castle is a
building touching in its simplicity. Called the Garden Cottage, it
was built in the grounds at Balmoral and used by Queen Victoria and
her family. In addition to the rooms of the private wings occupied
by the Queen and Royal Family at Buckingham Palace and Windsor
Castle, the smaller residences of Balmoral Castle and Osborne House
were private houses as…
At Osborne House, the beloved family
retreat of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on the Isle of Wight,
is a private beach, unlike any other in British history. It is a
royal beach, reserved solely for the use of Queen Victoria, Prince
Albert and their family. English…
Your challenge, should you choose to
accept it, is to find a royal who isn’t called Albert or Victoria.
OK, slightly OTT, but the fact is that two of the hot favourite
names for Royal Baby Cambridge number three are as close as you can
get to ubiquitous in royal circles.
If you think royal baby fever is a new
thing, think again. Back on April 21st 1926, when the Queen was
born, there was plenty of excitement over the arrival of a new
princess who – at the time – was several steps removed from the
Crown and never expected to rule. No matter, as the papers of the
time reported, this royal birth was a major event and those things
we think peculiar to our own time…
