Charles III and Felipe VI have a linked
history with roots in centuries past. The pair share several
bloodlines including ties to two of the most famous matchmakers in
royal history. Here are the different ways Charles III and Felipe
VI get to call each other cousins. The Victorian Side The queen who
dominated the 19th century is an ancestor of both the British and
Spanish monarchs several…
Royal Wedding Bouquets: the symbolic choices of Queen Silvia and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
19th June 2023
June is royal wedding month in Sweden and
one particular date is filled with regal marriage memories. King
Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia wed on June 19th 1976 and their
eldest child and heir to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria, chose
the same date for her marriage to…
The last major Windsor wedding of the
20th century became something of a turning point for Queen
Elizabeth II and her family. It wasn’t just that this royal
celebration was more informal and more relaxed than the spectacular
ceremonial of previous royal marriages. The…
The future queen of Norway’s first tiara
was always going to excite interest and when Princess Ingrid
Alexandra debuted a diadem at a special birthday celebration, it
hit the headlines. The gem chosen for this monarch in waiting had a
dramatic and poignant history that gained a new chapter when the
princess picked it for a major milestone. Princess Ingrid Alexandra
received the diamond…
This week, Buckingham Palace announced
that King Charles had appointed Queen Camilla to the Order of
Thistle. The Order is the highest chivalric order in Scotland. King
James VII founded the first confirmed iteration of the Most Ancient
and Most Noble Order of the Thistle…
The Duchess of Edinburgh is thrilled by the surprise at the end of Trooping the Colour
17th June 2023
It was a special tribute to The King,
kept secret from him, to round off Trooping the Colour but it was
the Duchess of Edinburgh who seemed most thrilled with the event.
As the flypast over Buckingham Palace came to an end after the
first Sovereign’s Birthday Parade…
A nod to their roles as Colonels from The Queen and the Princess of Wales at Trooping the Colour
17th June 2023
Queen Camilla and The Princess of Wales
both chose outfits acknowledging their roles as Colonels for the
first Trooping the Colour of The King’s reign. The Queen was in a
red coat dress inspired by the uniform of the Grenadier Guards, of
which she is Colonel. Her Majesty’s outfit, designed by Fiona Clare
Aldridge, featured gold buttons down the front as well as ‘The
Grenade…
She was the royal who insisted she would
only marry for love while he was a prince with a broken heart and
no desire to wed again. However, on a summer’s day, exactly a
century ago, they fell in love in London and began a royal romance
that would lead to a crown and…
Ian Wright leads the field of sports
stars recognised in the first Birthday Honours list of the reign of
King Charles III. The former England and Arsenal player is made an
OBE for his services to football and charity. Another football
legend, John Grieg, is made a CBE.
The King's Birthday Honours list: knighthood was conferred on Sir Martin Amis just before his death
17th June 2023
The first King’s Birthday Honours of the
reign of Charles III include a knighthood for one of Britain’s most
famous novelists that was conferred just before he died. Sir Martin
Amis received his honour the day before he passed away. The Cabinet
Office made the unusual move of conferring the knighthood ahead of
the release of the list to ensure that Sir Martin was honoured.
The…
