The year was 1774 and seventeen-year-old
Lady Georgiana Spencer was a blushing bride. All of England
whispered about the most advantageous marriage. Lady Georgiana’s
groom was none other than the much-sought-after Duke of Devonshire,
considered the most attractive bachelor of his age. Married on her
birthday in a quiet ceremony, little did she realise the lasting
impact she would make on history…
When Issue 41 of The Rake magazine hit
newsstands a couple of weeks ago, it threw the spotlight on Prince
Charles again. But the immediate focus wasn’t on his involvement in
public life or the content of the letters to government ministers
that have plagued the front…
Today, images of the Royal Family are
everywhere. As technology advances, we can instantly retrieve
images of any member of the Royal Family, both in private and
outperforming their royal duties. Now, because of this, the members
of the royal family can be recognized…
Looking at some of the many photographs
taken of Queen Victoria’s granddaughters as children, we often
linger at some of these album prints and ponder over the lives that
these little girls had when they reached adulthood. Queen Victoria
would lose several grandsons including Prince Albert Victor, Duke
of Clarence as well as Princes Waldemar and Sigismund of Prussia,
the sons of her eldest…
The King’s Curse is quite simply an epic
read and Philippa Gregory, author of the acclaimed The Cousins War
series, tells the story of deposed royal, Margaret Pole, quite
spectacularly. Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury. Margaret Pole
is the daughter of George, Duke…
The stories of Queen Victoria’s granddaughters: Princess Alix of Hesse, the last Tsarina
26th August 2015
Before the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917
the Russian Empire was a Monarchy ruled over by the Tsar and
his Consort. The last of these consorts was the wife of Tsar
Nicholas II, Alexandra Feodorovna or, as she was known as a child,
Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine. Born on…
While King Henry VIII lived, his greatest
fear was dying without a male heir to the throne. As it turns out,
he needn’t have worried, for when he died in 1547, King Henry was
succeeded by his son Edward VI. But the new King Edward was very
frail and sickly boy of nine, and in just six short years he
succumbed to his illness, bringing his reign to an end and leaving
the throne unoccupied once…
Monarchy Monday: The love story of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
24th August 2015
No questions asked Queen Victoria, and
Prince Albert have one of the most famous love stories of the royal
family of all time. Although Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip do
have one that comes a close second. Princess Elizabeth, Prince
Philip and Prime Minister Louis St.
As summer draws to an end, there is a new
royal fashion queen in town and it’s not who you might expect. In
the quiet days of August, several polls have appeared telling us
who the most stylish royals are and one woman keeps floating to the
top of them. The Duchess of…
In our present series on Royal Central,
we are looking back at the women who were granddaughters of Queen
Victoria. In some ways, their diverse and often surprising lives
are the legacies of the great queen. A queen whose reign as longest
reigning monarch in British history is about to end as her record
is broken by another of her female descendants, our own Queen. But
Victoria had some very…
