Prince William married his long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton on 29 April 2011. Today, let’s take a look back at the ceremony and the couple.
Prince William, the oldest son of Prince Charles and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, was born 21 June 1982 in London. His future bride, Catherine Middleton, was born 9 January 1982 to Carole and Michael Middleton, in Reading.
William and Kate met…
It might be the birthplace of Sweden’s current king and the home of Crown Princess Victoria and her family, but Haga Palace has also served many different functions over the years, ranging from an orphanage to a guest house for visiting foreign statesmen to a…
The National Maritime Museum will soon be opening a new royal exhibition in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery. ‘Tudors to Windsor: British Royal Portraits’ will feature over several centuries of royal portraits.
The exhibition will cover 500 years…
'Victoria and Albert: Our Lives in Watercolour' exhibition opens
28th April 2021
The Royal Collection Trust has opened a new exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The exhibition, “Victoria and Albert: Our Lives in Watercolour”, opened on Monday, 26 April 2021, and features over 80 different watercolours.
‘Victoria and Albert’ focuses mainly on watercolour pieces from Scottish artists. Both Queen Victoria and Prince…
It was a wedding that changed the course of royal history. When Albert, Duke of York married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on April 26th 1923 at Westminster Abbey, a partnership that would prove vital to the very survival of the British Monarchy was cemented. The couple, and…
Ten years ago this week, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were married on a beautiful, sunny spring day in front of their closest family and friends .. and the world’s most prestigious world leaders – 1200 to be exact. Many wondered what to buy this lovely couple to…
On 21 April 1926, Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born in London, at the Mayfair home of her maternal grandparents, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. The former house in which she was born was at No. 17 Bruton Street and although the house no longer exists, the site is of great historical interest and a focus on this building is all the more timely, as we remember the birth…
The Duke of Cambridge has publicly stated his concerns over the plans by some of England’s most famous football clubs to join a European Super League as a row which has divided football across the continent continues to grow.
Prince William, who is President of the…
The funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh has been listed in the Court Circular as published by The Times of London.
The Court Circular, established in the 18th century by George III, lists all official engagements carried out by The Royal Family for the benefit of…
Remembering the Duke of Edinburgh: the royal wedding that set him on an historic path
14th April 2021
On the morning of Thursday, 20 November 1947, thousands
lined the streets of London along the processional route between Buckingham
Palace and Westminster Abbey; crowds thronged down the Mall, pressing against
the Palace gates. Millions listened to the radio broadcast that was made. Post-war
Britain took an enormous interest in the royal wedding and many thousands
watched the film of the event…
