It’s elegant, timeless and yet very much suited to its wearer.And three decades on, it’s still irresistibly beautiful. Which begs the question, is Lady Sarah Chatto’s bridal gown the best royal wedding dress of them all?
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It was designed by Jasper Conran and its beauty lies in its simplicity. The gown is made of ivory georgette with a corsetted…
As she undertook her first official visit to Portugal, Princess Leonor was given the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
The Order, which has three homonyms around the world in the Holy See, the House of…
Sweet Caroline: the enlightenment princess who became one of Britain's most important queens
14th July 2024
She was a popular princess who became a successful queen whose influence helped make vaccination an important medical process. And yet her untimely death saw her forgotten as the royal dynasty she helped form became more famous. But this queen called Caroline had a sweet…
On a hot summer day in 1543, a young widow married an ageing and much wed king in a ceremony that took many by surprise. By the time Katherine Parr said ‘I do’ to Henry VIII in the Queen’s Closet at Hampton Court Palace on July 12th1543, his five previous unions and attitude towards marital harmony were such that continental contenders to be consort of England were all but running in…
While some links between royal houses are well known and rather close, others are a little more distant and perhaps all the more interesting for that. And although the links between Albert II and Charles III might be stretched, they are still there.
The connection between…
Many of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s grandchildren married into various royal families across Europe. Not all did, though. Princess Patricia of Connaught was the daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Princess Margaret Louise of Prussia, and…
It’s rare to see a royal engagement ring featuring an emerald. The striking stone features in very few of these most romantic pieces of jewellery but it has a starring role in the ring worn by a princess who will walk down the aisle at this summer’s biggest royal wedding. Princess Martha Louise of Norway’s emerald engagement sparkler is a rare thing indeed.
Queen…
While we often associate the French royals with the Palace of Versailles and the Louvre Palace, they owned far more than that over the centuries. The Palais-Royal in Paris began as a cardinal’s palace but made its way into royal hands.
The Palais-Royal is in the…
All royal jewels have interesting stories attached to them. From modern designs to the historic pieces that have accompanied monarchies through centuries, every royal gem tells a tale. And one pretty tiara that has become a favourite of a popular queen has an intriguing…
The symbolism of the first photos of King Charles with his Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer
5th July 2024
They are pictures for the history books and ones that speak volumes. As King Charles III appointed a new Prime Minister there were, of course, official images of the moment. And they told their own story.
The King held an audience with Sir Keir Starmer just after noon on July 5th 2024, hours after Labour had won a landslide victory in the general election. As was expected, King Charles asked…
