Today, an impressive large statue of King Karl Johan is present at the Palace Square in Oslo. It has been there since 1875 and has become a symbol, a landmark and an icon of the entire city. What is less known is that this was not the first statue there. Before the Karl-Johan monument another, larger, statue stood on the same place. It was “The Freedom Monument”.
The idea of a Karl Johan…
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the fall of the 2,500-year-old Persian monarchy. We are taking a look at what happened to the Iranian royals after the monarchy was officially deposed in the evening on this day in 1979.
The monarch in Iran was the Shah, Mohammad Reza…
Queen Victoria’s wedding dress is a powerful symbol of what she would refer to in her journal as the ‘happiest day of my life’. Most probably, it represents more than any other item of clothing or object, the Queen’s identity as a royal bride. Certainly, she chose to…
The marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert is perhaps one of the most celebrated in royal history. Not only were the couple young, rather good looking and desperately in love, their union would become the bedrock of a new royal dynasty that, in time, managed to weave itself into ruling houses across Europe. Their wedding, on February 10th 1840, was a matter of state as well as a ceremonial…
In the portrait she is a young widow, mourning a husband who had died not long after their wedding and whose death left her free to pursue the power she had been born to wield. Almost five hundred years after it was painted, an image of Mary, Queen of Scots at a crucial…
Royal Pictures from History: first sight of Elizabeth II as Queen
7th February 2019
In this occasional series, looking at famous royal images from history, Royal Central goes back to 1952 and the moment the world first saw Elizabeth II after her sudden accession to the throne on the death of her father, King George VI.
The Image:Queen Elizabeth II…
Queen Letizia presides over "International Day of the Secure Internet"
7th February 2019
Queen Letizia of Spain presided over the “International Day of the Secure Internet” earlier this week at the National Museum Reina Sofía Art Center in Madrid.
The Queen presided over the event, with 12 and 13-year-olds in attendance, organised by the Secretary of State for Digital Advance in Spain and the National Institute of Cybersecurity (INCIBE).
The aim of the…
Flowers are being laid on the grave of George VI at Windsor today to mark the 67th anniversary of his death. The Queen’s father, who died in his sleep on February 6th 1952, is buried at St. George’s Chapel.
A wreath of seasonal flowers in yellow and regal…
While a royal wedding dress might grab all the headlines with the almost obligatory tiara coming a close second, no set of regal nuptials would be complete without a bridal bouquet. We might not get round to admiring it until after our fourth discussion about the wedding…
On 30 March 2001, Queen Beatrix announced the engagement of her son and heir, Prince Willem-Alexander to the Argentine-born investment banker Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti. The couple were married on 2 February 2002.
Today, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima are celebrating their 17th wedding anniversary!
To celebrate, let’s take a look back at Máxima’s stunning wedding ensemble: the…
