Royal Baby Cambridge Number 3 is due
imminently and the bookies have already made their minds up as to
the new fifth in line to the throne. They’re confident Prince
George and Princess Charlotte are getting a baby sister and she’s
going to be called Mary. It’s been hot favourite for the royal
baby for several weeks so as we wait to find out if they’ve called
this one…
The flowers chosen by Diana, Princess of
Wales for her wedding day are among the most memorable of royal
bouquets. The tumbling, trailing mix of cream, green and yellow
blooms that the bride carried into St. Paul’s Cathedral on July
29th 1981 for her marriage to the Prince…
The year 2018 marked the 200th
anniversary of the death of the German-born British Queen
Charlotte, consort of George III (1744-1818). Her life will be
celebrated at Kew Palace, where she died on 18 November 1818, with
a new exhibition that explores her marriage to the King…
No 1 Palace Street is a new apartment
building in the heart of St James’s Park, directly opposite
Buckingham Palace. So if you’ve ever fancied drawing open the
curtains and being greeted with the beautiful site of the grand
palace first thing in the morning, a stay at the
300,000-square-foot island site could be your opportunity. Not only
do the 72 luxurious apartments offer visitors…
In addition to the six Tudor royal
burials at Westminster Abbey, there are several more whose location
is either unknown or well-hidden to the immediate eye. These royal
children, whilst (almost) invisible in terms of a lack of memorial
or a monument that is at best, unseen…
She was the first of The Queen and the
Duke of Edinburgh’s children to marry and her big day set the
template for the royal celebrations that would follow in its wake.
Princess Anne’s wedding to Mark Phillips, on 14 November 1973, was
a huge state occasion with a massive…
Queen Victoria is inextricably linked
with Windsor Castle, but these associations, whilst deep-rooted,
are in fact not always visible. A statue of her is within the first
section of the State Apartments at Windsor Castle and her throne
and footstool – presented to her in 1851 – upon which she chose to
be photographed officially as Empress of India, is displayed in the
Garter Throne Room. A…
Amongst the splendid suite of jewels
commissioned for Queen Victoria by Prince Albert, features in the
permanent exhibition Victoria Revealed at Kensington Palace, when
it re-opened in full on 30 March 2018, two magnificent tiaras which
were formerly owned by Louise…
It’s perhaps the most famous and talked
about royal wedding bouquet of all. The flowers carried by the
Queen Mother, then Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, at her marriage in
April 1923 have entered regal folklore after the bride used them to
begin a royal wedding tradition known…
Buckingham Palace's Summer Opening Exhibition to mark 70th Birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales
28th March 2018
During the ten weeks of the Summer
Opening of the State Rooms in 2018, visitors to Buckingham Palace
will be able to enjoy a unique exhibition to mark the 70th Birthday
of HRH The Prince of Wales, entitled Prince and Patron, the Royal
Collection has announced today. His Royal Highness’s acknowledged
love of art is reflected in work supported by three select
charities under his patronage…
