On 3 April 1987 the late Duchess of
Windsor’s jewellery fetched £31m ($50m) at auction in Switzerland.
The sum was six times the expected figure projected the collection
would garner. It was said that 1,000 bidders and 300 members of the
media packed into an enormous tent constructed by Sotheby’s next to
Lake Geneva for the two-day auction. Across the pond in New York
there were an additional…
During the visit, Tony Tan will be
accompanied by his wife, Mrs Mary Tan, and the couple will stay in
Buckingham Palace. This is the first State Visit to the United
Kingdom by a President of the Republic of Singapore. The
announcement came as the British Prime Minister…
They are the men who have been on hand at
some of the most pivotal moments in royal history. Among their
number are those who took King John to sign the Magna Carta, or who
carried Anne Boleyn on her coronation day. In modern times, they
were at the heart of the Diamond…
Every other member of the present Royal
Family, including Her Majesty’s husband the Duke of Edinburgh, have
given interviews with the media – but The Queen herself, she
remains resolute. She has certainly come close over the years,
with several notable examples which have been recorded and are in
existence today. The most prominent of these occasions was in 1992
when, for a BBC documentary to…
This year, to commemorate the 300th
anniversary of King George I’s ascension to the throne in 1714,
Historic Royal Palaces across the country are opening their doors
to the public to celebrate the event, with fascinating pieces of
royal history that have never been seen…
The first engagement during Easter Court
this year is the unveiling of a Windsor Greys statue in Windsor
during which Prince William and Prince Philip will accompany her.
During her stay this year, The Queen is set to receive the
President of Ireland on a 4-day state visit…
For 634 years, some form of monarchy had
been in operation in Russia, first as the Principality of Moscow,
then as the Tsardom of Russia, and more recently, the Russian
Empire with some of the most high profile monarchs to ever reign in
Europe from Ivan the Terrible to Catherine the Great. Nicholas II
was the last Tsar of Russia, as a successful revolution forced him
to abdicate. Nicholas II’s…
A servant was sent the notes from the
Royal couple, which complained about the food they received, and
their dietary preferences. George V was never known for his humour,
nor was his wife, and so the tone of the letters comes as no
surprise to anyone familiar with the Royal…
Although this appears to be a recent
phenomenon, it is in fact nothing new but rather a repetition of
the misconceptions and slanders repeated about him from the moment
that his engagement to Queen Victoria was announced. Even before he
arrived in England for his wedding in…
Princess Madeleine of Sweden has named
her daughter after her Welsh born great aunt While Ulrike Eleonora,
queen regnant and queen consort of the country in the 18th century,
is quite possibly the inspiration for the first name chosen by
Princess Madeleine and Chris O’Neill for their daughter, there is
no doubt about the origins of her second name. Europe’s littlest
princess, born on February…
