Rania Al-Yassin was born in Kuwait City,
Kuwait, on 31 August 1970, toFaisal Sedki al-Yassin, a pediatric
doctor, andIlham Yasmin, both of whom were Palestinian. Her parents
moved from the West Bank to Kuwait just before the 1967
Arab-Israeli War. She has one older sister, Dina and one younger
brother,Magdi. The family regularly visited their family in the
West Bank. For her…
‘Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced,
beheaded, survived.’ That sad little rhyme, summing up the fates of
Henry VIII’s six wives, is familiar to many. But while just about
everyone knows that the monarch with a thing for wedding cake said
‘I do’…
The royal links of an historic church in the shadow of a world famous abbey
22nd September 2023
It’s hosted dazzling and trend setting
royal weddings but St. Margaret’s Church at Westminster is always
in the shadows for it stands, quite literally, beneath the world
famous abbey. It traces its history back to pre Conquest times but
the current building…
Royals and the United Nations: what roles do they have?
22nd September 2023
The United Nations is the biggest
international organism currently in existence, as it unites
representatives from more than 190 countries and different
international organisations, like the EU and the African
Union. Its purpose as an intergovernmental organisation is to
“maintain international peace and security, develop friendly
relations among nations, achieve international cooperation…
On an autumn day, in 1344, a little girl
was born to a famous king and queen. She entered the expected role
of a royal daughter from birth as her future husband, an important
political ally, was already living in the regal nursery she would
call home. This royal baby spent…
The unhappy royal love story that led to the imprisonment of the Princes in the Tower
21st September 2023
She was the long dead widow who was used
by a king to overthrow his own nephew and yet her name is all but
forgotten today. Eleanor Butler was the woman who helped change the
royal history of England forever and almost brought one of its most
famous dynasties to disaster…
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdown,
was the sister of Queen Elizabeth II and perhaps one of the
“rebels” of the Royal Family. During the 1950s and 60s, Margaret
struggled as the Archbishop of Canterbury refused to allow her to
marry a divorced man. Eventually, she married Antony
Armstrong-Jones in 1960. Ultimately, it all contributed to her
years of heavy drinking and smoking and…
Unexpected contender in royal hat of the year stakes their claim
19th September 2023
Hats may fall into and out of fashion but
there’s one set of people who are always expected to top off their
outfits with such style statements and that’s royalty. And as
autumn approaches, a rather unexpected contender for royal hat of
the year has staked…
The queen of tiaras that a queen only wears for the most important events
19th September 2023
Queen Silvia of Sweden accompanied her
husband, King Carl XVI Gustaf, to several different events
throughout his Golden Jubilee weekend. At the Golden Jubilee
Banquet in Stockholm, she wore one of the most significant tiaras
in the Swedish collection- the Braganza…
Queen Rania of Jordan joined by Queen Mathilde of Belgium and First Lady Jill Biden for UNICEF visit
19th September 2023
Queen Rania of Jordan is in New York
alongside her husband, King Abdullah II, who is attending the 78th
United Nations General Assembly. While in the Big Apple, the Queen
attended the UNICEF’s Champions for Children: Child Rights at
the Heart of the SDGs reception alongside Queen Mathilde of
Belgium and US First Lady Jill Biden. The reception, hosted by
UNICEF Executive Director…
