This year marks the two hundredth
anniversary of British history’s double royal wedding at Kew
Palace, between the Duke and Duchess of Kent and the Duke of
Clarence with Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen. For the Duke and
Duchess of Kent, this was their second English wedding ceremony,
the first having been celebrated at Coburg, just less than two
months earlier. Historic Royal Palaces, the…
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…
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 revolt in English history,
suggesting greatness in his understanding of how to govern a
kingdom (Ed. Antonia Fraser, The Lives…
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…
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, reassuring people that there
were no deliberate violent or terrorist intentions. A car has
crashed through the railings at…
“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…
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 that she knew, such as her formidable
stepmother-in-law, Queen Juliana Marie, are at Roskilde, as is, of
course, her one-time…
