th, Princess Amalia Gabriela Maria
Theresa of Nassau was born to Prince Felix and Princess Claire of
Luxembourg. She is third in line to the throne of Luxembourg. The
little princess’s birth came nine months after her parents’s
wedding at a historic French basilica in the south of France. While
most people know of Prince William and Kate’s wedding as the 21st
century royal love story, Felix…
In this post, we’ll analyse if the
other European monarchies enjoy the same levels of support as the
British Monarchy and just how things are for the royals on the
continent. Denmark Queen Margrethe of Denmark – the world’s only
other Queen Regnant other than Queen…
A granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and
great-aunt of the present Duke of Edinburgh, no one who saw
Princess Elizabeth (Ella) of Hesse-Darmstadt gracing the opulent
Romanov Court could have imagined that she would die horrifically
of infected wounds and starvation in a…
King William IV had one dying wish and
that was to see the anniversary of Waterloo on 18 June. Two days
later on 20 June 1837, The King died around two in the morning at
Windsor Castle. William IV was 71 when he died. It has been noted
that he drank more than a bottle of sherry daily which did not help
his health issues. By living until June 1837 he did reach his
second goal of passing the throne…
The origin of the Waterloo Ceremony dates
back to the early 19th century. In 1815, Arthur Wellesley,
1st Duke of Wellington, led the British army into battle
against a formidable enemy – the French. The armies met at
Waterloo, where Napoleon was defeated, bringing an end…
For royalists, tourists and
history-lovers alike, the palaces which still stand in Britain
today are grand symbols of our past royal courts, kings and
queens. In this new three-part series by BBC Four, historian Dan
Cruickshank will take viewers through the walls of some of…
Box containing Christmas gifts from Royal Family to World War One soldiers discovered
17th June 2014
A collector, who bought the box at an
auction on a hunch, didn't want to damage the box by opening it so
he instead decided to x-ray it, with the scans revealing hundreds
of tins stuffed with goodies such as chocolate, cigarettes and
sweets. This one box however never made it to its destination and
100 years later is up for auction for almost £30,000. Sailors and
Soldiers Christmas Fund, a…
The gardeners at Historic Royal Palaces
have “planted” the seeds of restoration at Hampton Court Palace and
what has grown is a newly restored Kitchen Garden. The Kitchen
Garden recreates the gardens that would have provided a wide
variety of vegetables, herbs and fruits…
Marcus Serjeant aimed a pistol directly
at Her Majesty as she made her down Horseguards’ Parade for the
beginning of the Trooping the Colour ceremony. The assailant fired
six blank cartridges before being tackled by a Guardsman and
police. The shots startled Burmese, The…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have
appointed their first equerry to their household earlier
this year, The Courtier has discovered, another sign of
an increasing yet inevitable focus on royal duties for the couple.
Captain Florian Graham-Watson, an officer from the Irish Guards,
has been seconded to the Duke and Duchess’s household since the
beginning of the year and even accompanied…
