Every Wednesday I take part in a Dungeons
and Dragons game with a group of friends of mine. During the course
of events, my character – a Minotaur ranger called Connochbar –
somehow managed to become King of the Beastfolk. Excited at the
prospect of building my own fantasy kingdom, I immediately set to
work writing out how the government of said kingdom would function.
As Minotaurs in the…
Okay, okay, it’s not something we like to
think about. However, whether we like it or not, one thing is
certain: one day The Queen’s lifetime of service to her country
(and her fifteen other Realms) must come to an end. With that sad
day, the line of British…
With Prince Harry bending the rules of
the Royal Family this past week in order to go visit his
girlfriend, Meghan Markle in Toronto, rumours are swirling that
Harry is serious about popping the question. So should a royal
wedding be coming in the not too distant future (and…
This is an opinion piece by Royal
Central’s Deputy Editor Jamie Samhan Once again, Prince Harry
and his girlfriend, Meghan Markle are making headlines. This time
the controversy stems over should Prince Harry have taken a detour
to Toronto before heading back to London after his 2-week Caribbean
tour. According to The Telegraph, their biggest issue is
that Prince Harry broke Royal…
The United Kingdom now finds itself in a
period of great uncertainty. After the vote for Brexit, the change
in government and Donald Trump’s victory in the United States
presidential election, nobody quite knows where the ancient kingdom
is headed. Only one figure has…
#OnThisDay in 1833 Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, mother of Queen Mary, was born
27th November 2016
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge was
born on 27 November 1833 in Hanover, Germany. She was a
granddaughter of King George III and great-grandmother of Queen
Elizabeth II. Her parents were Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge,
the youngest surviving son of George III, and…
Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York
was born on 8 August 1988, as the first child of Prince Andrew,
Duke of York, and his wife, Sarah, Duchess of York. Beatrice has a
younger sister, Eugenie, who was born in 1990. Princess Beatrice
was named after Queen Victoria’s youngest daughter, and her middle
names come from her grandmothers. After Princess Charlotte of
Cambridge’s birth in 2015, she…
With all the controversy
surrounding who should pay for the renovations at Buckingham
Palace, an opinion piece published by Royal
Central blogger, Benjamin Knights, certainly caused some
discussion after he argued that The Queen was, in fact, the one who
was going to be…
#OnThisDay in 1515 Mary of Guise, Mother
of Mary, Queen of Scots, was born. Mary of Guise was born the
eldest daughter of Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Guise, and his wife
Antoinette de Bourbon at Bar-le-Duc in Lorraine on 22 November
1515. A member of the prominent Guise…
At 11:30am on 20 November 1947 Princess
Elizabeth wed Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey. Her Majesty
The Queen and Prince Philip first met in 1939 when she was the
thirteen-year-old Princess Elizabeth and he was eighteen-year-old
naval Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. Their connection was strong
from the start and so it wasn’t long before whispers of a possible
royal match were…
