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…
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…
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…
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…
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. Embed from Getty Images 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…
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: Embed from Getty
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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. [getty
src=”539392984″ width=”594″ height=”396″] 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…
