Hearts may have broken across the royal
watcher world as the Sultan of Brunei announced that his son,
Prince Abdul Mateen (one of the world’s most eligible bachelors),
was set to wed. Prince Mateen, 32, will marry Anisha Rosnah Adam in
January 2024. The royal wedding celebrations will last 10 days,
beginning on 7 January; the couple’s Islamic solemnization for the
wedding will…
The royal wedding dresses created by one of the 21st century's most celebrated bridal couturiers
8th October 2023
While many royals prefer to turn to their
own national designers or those of the country that they are
visiting, there are a few designers that remain popular across many
royal families. Elie Saab has been chosen by multiple royal brides
to create their wedding…
As an heir to the Danish throne is set to
mark his 18th birthday, we take a look at the King Christians of
Denmark. Christian I The first King Christian was elected to take
over the throne after his predecessor, King Christopher of Denmark,
Sweden, and Norway, died…
A little known royal plaque that marks the arrival of an embattled but defiant queen
5th October 2023
A plaque can be found in the garrison
walls at Portsmouth at the location of the old ‘Sally Port’. Its
patriotic inscription proclaimsthat “from this place naval heroes
innumerable were embarked to fight their country’s battles” but
that also, “near this spot, Catharine of Braganza landed in state,
May 14 1662 previous to her marriage with Charles II at the Domus
Dei a week…
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…
Amongst the prettiness of rolling
countryside and the gentle sound of sheep grazing sits a castle
with its own little chapel. The walls are golden yellow while
around it grow sweet scented flowers and glossy, regal trees. But
behind this calm serenity lies the tomb of a…
The BBC’s veteran royal correspondent,
Nicholas Witchell, is to retire after 47 years of service at the
broadcaster. Witchell, who became a royal correspondent in 1998,
will step down next year. Covering the latter decades of Queen
Elizabeth II’s reign and the accession of King Charles III,
Witchell has been a mainstay of royal coverage for 25 years. In
2005, he grabbed the headlines…
October is truly the king of all the
autumn months as the leaves turn to gold and regal red and the
fading sun adds a gentle sparkle to all it touches. And it’s marked
the beginning of five royal roads that ended with a crown –
although all five monarchs had very…
There have only been a handful of queen
regnants in Britain’s history. Queen Elizabeth II was the most
recent, having reigned a historic 70 years, but 400 years before
her reign began, the first queen regnant was crowned: Queen Mary I.
The eldest daughter of Henry VIII…
The relationship of Henry VIII to the
death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth of York, raises possible
interesting psychological theories about his behaviour towards the
six women he later married. These are fascinating to suggest, but
will only ever remain speculative, especially because on this
subject, the King himself was silent. Although his mother died when
Henry was just a child, the death of…
