Their love is perhaps one of the
strongest in royal history, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. His
early death impacted the rest of her reign as a depressed widow who
took every opportunity to pay tribute to her late husband. Albert
was Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (present-day Bavaria and
Thuringia, Germany) and Victoria’s first cousin. Despite being born
three months apart, they had…
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?
[getty…
We all love a royal ‘what if’ and perhaps
one of the most intriguing of recent times revolves around the
question of the king who renounced his throne for love. On December
11th 1936, 86 years ago, Edward VIII announced to the world that he
was ending his reign to marry…
It was perhaps the biggest royal wedding
style surprise of all. After months of speculation that Princess
Eugenie would wear the York Tiara for her wedding, the bride
surprised us all and what a surprise it was. Eugenie wore emeralds
for her wedding. The Princess borrowed a tiara from her
grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and one that hadn’t been seen in
many years. Eugenie wore the…
In 2001, Prince William met Catherine
Middleton while they were students in residence at St Salvator’s
Hall at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. While the two
were close friends at first, it was at a charity fashion show in
2002 that Catherine reportedly caught…
If one wanted to be cheeky, one could say
this royal love story began with a match. Well, it did when Prince
Edward, the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II, met Sophie
Rhys-Jones at a tennis event in 1993. She represented firms across
the UK, Switzerland, and Australia…
There have been six Dukes of Gloucester
throughout history, the first created in 1385 and the current
having held the title since 1974. It has a long past, and some
consider the title cursed due to its most famous titleholder, and
that the first three men to hold it died without heirs. Here are
the six Dukes of Gloucester. First Creation The Duke of Gloucester
was first created by Edward…
While it’s happily ever after for King
Charles and Queen Camilla, it was a long road to get to that point.
In the summer of 1970, the two reportedly met during a polo match
at Great Windsor Park. The two shared a love of polo and the same
sense of humor as Camilla…
The royal romance of one of Britain's best loved kings and most popular queens
13th February 2024
It’s not every day one gets to marry a
prince. But for Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later known as Queen
Elizabeth The Queen Mother,) it was a real-life fairytale. King
George VI, formerly known as Prince Albert, Duke of York was the
second son of King George V.
From queen's necklace to wedding tiara - the sparkling story of one of the most famous royal gems of all
12th February 2024
It’s become one of the big questions in
the run up to a royal marriage – which tiara will the bride wear?
It’s now an accepted part of any Windsor wedding and the decision
of Princess Beatrice to wear the same tiara as her grandmother did
as a bride for her big day is both sentimental and rather
significant. For Beatrice is now the third generation of Queen
Elizabeth…
