The wedding dress worn by Princess
Alexandra of Denmark, later Princess of Wales and Queen Alexandra
is displayed as part of the current exhibition Royal Women, in
Bath’s Fashion Museum. Kept in the Royal Ceremonial Dress
Collection at Kensington Palace, the dress is on loan from the
Royal Collection by gracious permission of Her Majesty The Queen.
It is an appropriate highlight exhibit given…
In addition to the four weddings of Queen
Victoria’s children which took place at St. George’s Chapel, two
other marriages were performed at St. George’s within the Queen’s
family during her lifetime, which are far less known – that of
Princess Frederica of…
Windsor’s first royal wedding took place
in the twelfth century. What do we know about this wedding and why
exactly did it take place at Windsor Castle? It was the second
marriage of the third Norman King, Henry I (r. 1100-35). His
thirty-five-year reign was one without…
Princess Margaret’s years as a single
woman were followed with the most considerable interest in Britain,
where there was a great deal of excitement over her choice of
husband. It was assumed in 1955 that she would marry Peter
Townsend. However, Townsend was a divorcee at a time when the
Church of England wouldn’t allow the remarriage of a divorcee with
a living former spouse. Princess…
Of all the current Royal Palaces, St
James’s is the most senior and all foreign ambassadors to this
country are still referred to as being appointed to the Court of St
James’. This is perhaps ironic, as the palace was constructed in
the 1530’s by King Henry VIII, as…
A car crashed into the railings of
Buckingham Palace over the weekend. The car, which appeared to
be an Uber taxi, crashed into the railings outside of the palace
leading to momentary panic. Police have said that the incident is
being treated as an isolated accident…
“Oh! This was the happiest day of my
life!” With these words, Queen Victoria described her wedding day
in her diary – 10 February 1840, writing up the event for the day’s
entry from Windsor Castle. It marked the beginning of her marriage
to her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The opposite
date of this ecstatic exhortation of joy on behalf of the Queen was
unquestionably 14…
When the Prince of Wales and the Duchess
of Cornwall announced their engagement in February 2005 they wasted
no time in setting a date or venue for their marriage. They
immediately told the world they would marry in April that year in a
civil ceremony at Windsor Castle…
In the magnificent twelfth-century Gothic
cathedral church of Roskilde on the island of Zealand, thirty-nine
Kings and Queens of Denmark are buried. One Danish queen, however,
is missing – and by no mere accident or fluke of history. Members
of the Royal House of Denmark…
Cheers in Parliament as Black Rod takes her place in the House of Lords for the first time
21st February 2018
The new Lady Usher of the Black Rod,
Sarah Clarke, has taken her place in the House of Lords for the
first time. Miss Clarke, who is the first woman to hold the
position of Black Rod, began her first day on the job this Tuesday
following the end of Parliament’s February recess. There were
cheers from the Lords as Black Rod was introduced to the chamber
for the first time. A moment in…
