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…
When a new portrait of the Queen is
unveiled it joins a catalogue of work that began in 1933 when the
seven year old Princess Elizabeth sat for Philip Alexius de László,
who had been commissioned by her mother, the then Duchess of York
to paint the first portrait of…
Malmesbury House, in Cathedral Close
Salisbury, was once owned by Charles II. It has now been put up for
sale at the 'bargain' price of £5 million. This piece of
architectural history was used in for about a year 1665 by the
'Merrie Monarch' to escape a…
In July 1540 Anne of Cleves – the fourth
wife of Henry VIII – went from being queen of England back to Anne,
the Daughter of Cleves, with alarming speed. Life as an ex-queen of
England was very nearly uncharted territory, but, for Anne, who was
only twenty-five, her life stretched ahead of her. When Anne wrote
to her brother, to inform him of the end of her marriage, she
finished by saying…
It has been revealed that the DNA of the
skeleton belonging to Richard III is to sequenced. This could
potentially uncover details about the last Plantagenet King, such
as his eye and hair colour. This is the next project in a long line
of plans to discover more about the…
A poll which was conducted by ReachTEL
found that 41.6% of people oppose the country becoming a republic
and the remaining 19% have no opinion. Speaking to the Sydney
Morning Herald, the Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy
convener, David Flint, said that these…
Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of Henry
VIII, endured the shortest marriage of any of the six wives. In
fact, her marriage was over before it had even begun. In late June
1540 Anne was informed that, due to plague in London, she was to
move to Richmond Palace immediately. This was the first time that
she had left the court since their marriage and she realised at
once that something was wrong. On…
found in a forgotten storage box in a
museum. King Alfred, who was born in 849, succeeded to the throne
after the deaths of his three elder brothers, and ruled Wessex from
871 until his death in 899. During his reign he successfully
defended Wessex from multiple Viking…
Prince Edward has been appointed ‘Lord
High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of
Scotland’ for 2014, Royal Central has learnt. The appointment,
though only active for one week (General Assembly week) in
Scotland, will involve Prince Edward sitting in…
It was a long time coming, almost a
century had passed since James VI & I took over control of the
English and Scottish thrones because of his shared Tudor blood with
Elizabeth I. Between that time and 1707, the monarch of both
Kingdoms had to deal with separate Parliaments, issues and regional
disorder. The Act of Union brought together common frustrations, as
well as common glory, under the…
