In another time, she would have been the
Queen of the Hellenes, and her wedding dress was befitting of a
woman who should have held the title… but it was also firmly and
beautifully designed to be the ‘90s royal wedding dress.
Marie-Chantal Miller married Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece at St.
Sophia’s Cathedral in London on 1 July 1995. Their marriage merged
dynasties: Pavlos, the son of…
It was a marriage that sealed a famous
love story and turned a princess into a queen. On September 18th
1964, royalty from across Europe gathered in Athens to see the
continent’s newest monarch wed a bride who had just turned
eighteen. Constantine II of Greece and…
She was the woman who could have been
England’s first queen regnant and he was the uncle who took the
throne that might have belonged to her. The two were close and
their stories heavily intertwined. But in a strange turn of events,
their relationship became even more…
The king who never gave up hope of regaining his lost crown
16th September 2024
Although he was known for most of his
adult life as the Duke of York, it was as a king that James II of
England and VII of Scotland died in exile on 16 September 1701,
even though he had long lost his throne. Born to King Charles I and
Queen Henrietta Maria on 14 October 1633, James was known as the
Duke of York from birth and was formally given the title in 1644.
James and his elder…
The late Queen’s barge, Gloriana, has
finally found a new permanent home. Gloriana played several
important public roles in 2012. The barge was commissioned by Lord
Sterling of Plaisthow and was officially launched in April 2012. It
led a 670 boat flotilla down the…
The royal wedding gift of sapphires that was hidden behind palace doors for decades
14th September 2024
Queen Letizia likes to pull a style
surprise and among the biggest of the year so far is her decision
to dust down a sapphire necklace that hadn’t been seen for decades.
The Queen of Spain wore a very special but rarely seen set of
jewellery for one of the most…
One of the most popular royals of the
nineteenth century met a tragic end on 10 September 1898. It was
the day when Empress Elisabeth of Austria was assassinated.
Empress Elisabeth, more commonly known as Sisi, was a beloved
royal. She was known for being exceptionally beautiful and was a
fashion trendsetter for decades. However, she also suffered from
severe mental health issues that were…
Queen Silvia, who has been consort of
Sweden longer than anyone else in the country’s history, is rather
fond of the sapphire tiara belonging to her family’s dynasty. She’s
worn it on many important occasions, including a string of Nobel
Prize ceremonies…
A special place for the discreet parents who have seen the Princess of Wales through her toughest days
9th September 2024
A parent is a parent, no matter how old
their child gets. In January this year, Carole and Michael
Middleton marked the 42nd birthday of their first born. Days later,
they saw her go into hospital for major abdominal surgery and
learned, weeks later, that she needed…
It was a royal wedding in the most
romantic of settings with the fading sun of the last days of summer
to light it. Prince Felix and Princess Claire of Luxembourg married
in the south of France in September 2013 in a golden ceremony. The
Grand Ducal Household announced that Prince Felix was engaged to
his German girlfriend, Claire Lademacher, on 17 December 2012. The
statement read: “The…
