Charlie Proctor offers his opinion on why
Prince Henrik of Denmark needs to stop behaving so petulantly when
it comes to his title. Prince Henrik of Denmark has made the
headlines yet again after the Danish Royal Court announced on
Thursday that he refuses to be buried alongside his wife,
Queen Margrethe, over nothing more than a case of sour grapes.
The 83-year-old Prince is not happy that he is…
On Tuesday Princess Sofia of Sweden
attended her last known official engagement before her second child
is born in September. Their first child, Prince Alexander, was born
in April 2016. Prince Alexander’s full name is Alexander
Erik Hubertus Bertil, and in addition…
The Duchess of Cambridge has appointed
Catherine Quinn to be her new Private Secretary, replacing Rebecca
Priestley who leaves in the Summer. But who is Ms Quinn, and what
will she bring to The Royal Family? Photo Credit: Saïd Business
School, Catherine Quinn is currently…
It is hard to imagine British history
without Queen Victoria. So deeply has she made an impression on
British history andbestowed her name upon anera that we could be
momentarily forgiven for thinking that she had always existed.
During her reign, she oversaw a period of unprecedented national
change and industrial advancement, dying just a year after the turn
of the 20th century, yet…
In a press release on Friday 21 July, the
Royal Collection Trust announced that a tribute to Diana,
Princess of Wales would be made in the form of a special display in
the Music Room at Buckingham Palace, as part of the Summer Opening,
to mark the 20th anniversary of her…
Today marks the century of a momentous
decision, but one borne out of potential crisis and some would
argue a very good call as European history panned out. Queen
Victoria, had taken the decision in the nineteenth century to give
the Royal House her husband’s title. Hence…
Many will only know the Duchess of Kent
as the lady who stood at the Wimbledon Tennis Championship Finals
every year to hand out the prizes, famously having Jana Novotna cry
on her shoulder in 1993. The Duchess of Kent, or Katherine Kent as
she prefers to be known, is now an uncommon face in the British
Royal Family and very rarely makes public appearances. However, she
once was a regular at the…
Happy Birthday, Crown Princess Victoria! - 41 Facts about the Swedish Royal on Her Birthday!
14th July 2017
Today marks the 41st birthday of Crown
Princess Victoria of Sweden. To celebrate, 41 facts are below!
Happy Birthday, Your Royal Highness! When she was born, she was
only styled as Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria. After the
birth of her younger brother, Prince Carl…
In 1941, His Majesty King Peter II of
Yugoslavia had to leave his kingdom, when Nazi Germany invaded;
this was the start of 50 years of exile for the Serbian Royal
Family. King Peter died in 1970 and never had the chance to return
to Serbia. His only child, Crown Prince…
The foundation stone for No. 1 Royal
Crescent – the first of what would become the glorious Bath stone
symmetrical terrace of 30 houses in the city of Bath – was laid on
19 May 1767. The year 2017 will mark exactly 250 years since this
iconic symbol of Georgian architecture – largely unchanged – was
built to the designs of John Wood the Younger between…
