Soft, striking and above all, symbolic.
The wedding bouquet carried by the future Queen of Spain, Letizia
Ortiz, at her royal wedding on May 22nd 2004 was filled with
significance. From personal touches to nods to one of the oldest
ruling dynasties in Europe, Letizia filled her posy with meaning.
At the heart of her cascading bouquet were the iris and the lily,
closely associated with the House…
On 1 November 2003, Spain’s Casa Real
announced that the heir to the throne, Felipe, Prince of Asturias
was to marry the divorced Spanish television
newscaster, Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano. At the time, the
announcement came as a surprise to most. The then Prince
Felipe…
Trumpeters from The Band of The Royal
Yeomanry played a very royal salute before the Tower of London’s
Ravenmaster read out the name of their new female raven on BBC
Breakfast. The votes are in, and the baby girl raven is to be
called Branwen. Four raven chicks…
Two wedding ceremonies, three spectacular
celebrations and one very happy couple. Twenty years ago, on a
string of sunny May days, Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
married Laurentien Brinkhorst in The Hague with a host of royal
guests looking on. And while Constantijn was nowhere near his
country’s throne, his wedding began a string of marriages that
would change Europe’s royal…
Several Historic Royal Palaces properties
are set to reopen in England in the next month, with COVID-19
restrictions easing. The Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace,
Kensington Palace, and Kew Palace will all be reopening soon to
welcome guests again to explore royal…
Lord Louis Mountbatten was closely tied
to the British Royal Family for his entire life. Born Prince Louis
of Battenberg at Frogmore House at Windsor, he was a
great-grandchild of Queen Victoria. Lord Mountbatten was murdered
in 1979 but has remained a major figure in the…
Along with many other historic sites,
Windsor Castle will be reopening on Monday, 17 May. The UK entered
its third lockdown in January 2021 and has slowly been easing
restrictions since mid-April. In England, museums, theatres, and
historic sites can reopen on Monday. Windsor Castle has been
home to English and then British monarchs for nearly 1,000 years.
The Queen has spent most of the…
The Prince of Wales wants to open up the
royal palaces to the public for longer periods of time once he is
on the throne. The Prince reportedly wants to turn the residences
from “private spaces to public places.” In a report by the Sunday
Times, Prince Charles…
It was a royal wedding that turned into a
marriage of monarchs. Juan Carlos and Sofia of Spain are amongst
the best known kings and queens in recent European history and yet
at the time of their marriage, he had no guarantee of succeeding to
his country’s throne. That…
Amalienborg Palace, located in
Copenhagen, Denmark, is the primary residence of the Danish Royal
Family. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark was born there on 16 April
1940, during the reign of her predecessor and grandfather,
Christian X. Besides being the birthplace of the first Danish queen
to reign in seven hundred years, it has a long and illustrious
history. Amalienborg is made up of four…
