On this day in 1911, King George V and Queen Mary were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
George Frederick Ernest Albert was born on 3 June 1865 in Marlborough House as the second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Albert and Alexandra. Queen Victoria was George’s paternal grandmother, and King Christian IX of Denmark was his maternal grandfather. He was christened on 7 July 1865…
#OnThisDay in 1377: King Richard II succeeds King Edward III
21st June 2016
On June 21, 1377, ten-year-old Prince Richard of England succeeded his grandfather, King Edward III, to become King Richard II. At the time of his death, King Edward was 64 years old and had ruled England for half a century.
Prince Richard was born in Bordeaux, in France…
#OnThisDay in 1999: Prince Edward marries Sophie Rhys-Jones
19th June 2016
Today the Earl and Countess of Wessex celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary.
The couple met in 1993 at a tennis event and began dating afterwards, ultimately for six years before an engagement.
The prince proposed with an engagement ring from Garrard & Co. worth an…
Wallis and Edward: Love Over Duty
13th June 2016
It was on January 10, 1931 at Burrough Court that Miss. Wallis Simpson was introduced to Edward, Prince of Wales for the first time. Wallis was a divorced woman who was then married to Ernest Aldrich Simpson, a shipping executive, and Edward was the Heir Apparent to the British throne. They were introduced to each other through a friend of Wallis’s. Thelma, Lady Furness, who was the then…
On 13 June 1987 Princess Anne, only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh was given the title of ‘Princess Royal’.
In her role as Princess Royal, Princess Anne supports the Queen’s role as sovereign and carries out official duties on…
Buckingham Palace Has Gone to the Ducks
12th June 2016
After a fashion, in any event.
We’ve been seeing people marking Her Majesty’s Official Birthday up and down the country and across the Commonwealth, from parades, to speeches, to garden parties held even in typically rainy weather. However one local resident of…
The country’s biggest street party gets underway today on The Mall for The Patron’s Lunch, despite the very British weather.
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10,000 guests are expected to descend to the Mall outside of Buckingham Palace, where they will be joined by members of the Royal Family got a picnic commemorating The Queen’s 90th birthday.
Each guest attending the Patron’s…
#OnThisDay in 1683: The Rye House Plot, to assassinate English king Charles II was discovered
12th June 2016
On this day in 1683 a plot to assassinate King Charles II of England and his brother/heir James was discovered.
King Charles II was unpopular with the Protestant members of Parliament because although he was officially an Anglican, both he and his brother/heir were very…
Trooping the Colour: A day in pictures
11th June 2016
Saturday marked The Queen’s official birthday, Trooping the Colour. To mark the occasion, here are a few of Royal Central’s favourite photos of the day:
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Princess Charlotte makes first appearance on Buckingham Palace balcony with the Royal Family
11th June 2016
The Queen and members of the Royal Family appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace this afternoon following the conclusion of the Trooping the Colour Parade.
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Her Majesty, dressed in a vibrant lime green coat and matching hat, was joined by her family on the balcony to watch the RAF flypast over Buckingham Palace.
Princess Charlotte and Prince George also made an…