Throughout history, many royals have
died in brutal and bizarre ways. Royals have been killed in
attacks, by illness and by accident. However, only one European
royal has ever been murdered by a monkey. That is the Greek
King Alexander, who died at 27-years-old in 1920. Prince Alexander
was born in 1893 as the second son of Greece’s King Constantine I
and his wife, Queen Sophia, born as…
The future King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth married on 26 April 1923 in Westminster Abbey. Prince
Albert, Duke of York, was the second son of King George V and Queen
Mary, while Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the youngest daughter of
the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and…
The new pound coin in the UK bears an
image of the Queen’s head, surrounded by the words ‘ELIZABETH II
D.G.REG.F.D.’ It stands for: ‘Elizabeth II Dei Gratia Regina Fidei
Defensor.’ (‘Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of
the Faith.’ in…
Following her birth on April 21 1926 at
the home of her maternal grandparents at 17 Bruton St Mayfair, the
baby Princess Elizabeth moved to the house that her parents, the
Duke and Duchess of York, had takenat 145 Piccadilly W1. This would
be the house in which she would spend the first years of her
childhood, as well as White Lodge in Richmond Park.These were the
residences where the…
Will Gibraltar turn into the next Falklands? All you need to know about the territorial dispute
2nd April 2017
Gibraltar – a large piece of rock over
1,000 miles away from Britain is currently in the midst of conflict
over what country has legal sovereignty: the UK or Spain? But
Gibraltar is not just a large piece of rock; it is British overseas
territory with 30,000…
Rebecca Deacon, the Duchess of
Cambridge’s private secretary and right-hand woman, got married to
fiancé Adam Priestley on Saturday 25th March in the Chapel Royal at
St James’s Palace, an exclusive venue only available to those with
a personal connection to the…
On 5 January 1921, Jean Benoît Guillaume
Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d’Aviano, or the then
Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, was born in Berg Castle in
central Luxembourg to Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg and
Prince Félix. He had four younger sisters (Princesses Elisabeth,
Marie-Adélaïde, Marie Gabrielle and Alix) and one younger brother
(Prince Charles). Of his…
Everything the Royals do or don’t do is
closely scrutinized by both the media and the public. The
Cambridges haven’t been without controversy. They’ve been dubbed
workshy and lazy. Even Prince Harry couldn’t escape that label when
his grandparents and…
As Royal Central announced that the
Duchess of Cambridge would be losing her Private Secretary, Rebecca
Deacon, many volunteered themselves as tribute in her place.
Although we all know that the chances of an outsider being picked
for the job are unlikely, what would it be…
On Tuesday, Royal Central exclusively
revealed that the Duchess of Cambridge’s Private Secretary and
right-hand woman, Rebecca Deacon, would be leaving her role in the
Autumn. Embed from Getty Images Already the question is being asked
over who will replace Miss Deacon, who has played a large part in
Catherine’s life over the past five years. There are many names to
look out for…
