She had made the season her own. The
festive season at the end of the 19th century was very different
from that in 1837, the year she had become monarch. Yet the final
Christmas of Queen Victoria was filled with heartbreak. The queen
herself could not get away from it, noting in her diary for
December 25th 1900 ”this has indeed been a terribly sad Christmas
for us all!”. And it had…
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…
Bhutan’s newest princess has been named
Sonam Yangden Wangchuck. The Royal Office for Media released
several images to unveil the newborn royal who was born on 9th
September 2023. Photo: Royal Office for Media Royal Office for
Media The Princess is carried…
Bhutan’s royal family has revealed the
name of their newest princess with several photographs to debut the
newborn. The only daughter of King Jigme Khesar and Queen Jetsun
Pema has been named Sonam Yangden Wangchuck. She shares her name
with her paternal aunt, Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck and
paternal grandmother, Queen Tshering Yangdon. Photo: Royal Office
for Media Sonam…
Rosenborg Castle has plenty of royal
history and carries an air of regal menace that is only slightly
softened when the snow falls. Decked in flakes, it still looks as
if its only place in a fairytale is as the home of a villain. It
has majesty and mystery and covered in…
Elizabeth Stuart, often referred to as
The Winter Queen, was born on 19 August 1595 to James VI of
Scotland, who was also James I of Great Britain, and Anne of
Denmark in Falkland Palace, Scotland. In the Chapel Royal at
Holyrood Palace, Elizabeth was christened in November…
Royal Christmas traditions have evolved
through the centuries. Some are based in ancient history, others
are ones that the family would create over time. Some are no longer
and some have evolved into what we know a royal Christmas to be
today. In the 1800s, the then-Princess Victoria enjoyed many
Christmases at Kensington Palace. Christmas Eve 1832, the future
monarch wrote in her journal how…
For almost a thousand years, coronation
services have taken place at Westminster Abbey, in times of peace
and strife. The sovereign sometimes arrives at the Abbey a popular
figure; sometimes, they’re deeply unpopular. More often than not,
they’re crowned by birthright…
Queen Victoria spent her last Christmas
at Osborne in 1900. It was forty years exactly since Prince Albert
had celebrated his final Christmas in 1860 at Windsor, the setting
for so many happy family festivities in the past. Prince Albert did
not live to see Christmas 1861…
Snow has provided enjoyment for countless
generations of children and adults alike; royalty, of course,is no
exception to this time-honoured rule. English monarchs have
wintered at Windsor since the twelfth century. Windsor Castle was
the preferred royal residence in whichto spend Christmas for Queen
Victoria during Prince Albert’s lifetime, Osborne House being
chosen on occasion…
