A blue plaque is to be put up outside the
London residence that Diana, Princess of Wales called home in the
months leading up to her engagement. English Heritage is to put up
one of the prestigious markers at Coleherne Court in London at the
site of the flat where Diana lived between 1979 and 1981. The
princess was famously photographed outside the building many times
as rumours of her romance…
A man has been arrested after a bomb
disposal team attended to reports of a suspicious item at the
Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The Palace is the Queen’s
official residence in Scotland. She is not currently at the
property and has been living at Windsor…
It was a royal wedding for the history
books, the marriage of a future king and a regal love match to
boot. On this day in 1929, Olav of Norway married Martha of Sweden
in Oslo. The couple’s romance had captured the public imagination
while their rather glamourous…
It was one of the most talked about
weddings of the 19th century. All eyes were on a young, Danish
princess called Alexandra as she walked into St. George’s Chapel,
Windsor on March 10th 1863 to marry Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.
Her groom was heir to Queen Victoria, her father first in line to
the throne of Denmark. And so the gown chosen by the teenage bride
had to fit the bill. And it…
It was a wedding fit for a queen in
waiting but the bride and groom only made it to the altar after a
wave of protest, some of it angry, that threatened to stop their
romance in its tracks. When Beatrix of the Netherlands, then heir
to her country’s throne, wed Claus van…
When Princess Patricia of Connaught,
granddaughter of Queen Victoria, wed Alexander Ramsay in London in
1919, she more than made her mark. For not only had Patricia wed a
man with no royal title. She had given up her own HRH to
become his wife. Victoria Patricia Helena…
Former Brazilian Imperial Palace destroyed by fire is to be completely restored by 2024
22nd February 2021
The former Brazilian Imperial Palace,
Paço de São Cristóvão, is set to be restored after being destroyed
by a large fire.. Located in Rio de Janeiro, the historic palace
was largely destroyed by the blaze on 2 September 2018. At the
time, the former royal residence was being used as a museum and
housed the major part of the collections of the National Museum of
Brazil. The building served…
Forty years ago, on a day for lovers, a
future sovereign married his consort in a cathedral filled with
royal resonance. As Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa
celebrate their ruby wedding anniversary, Royal Central takes a
look at the famous setting for their…
Royal Wedding Dresses: Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg
14th February 2021
On 14 February 1981, the religious
wedding ceremony for then Henri, the Hereditary Grand Duke of
Luxembourg to Cuban-born María Teresa Mestre y Batista in Notre
Dame Cathedral took place. The pair, who had married in a
civilceremony earlier in the day in the Grand…
Marking the 479th anniversary of Catherine Howard's execution
13th February 2021
On 13 February in 1542, Catherine Howard
met her tragic end. The youngest of Henry VIII’s consorts, Howard
and her short tenure, is often forgotten for Catherine of Aragon
and Anne Boleyn. However, her execution was nothing like that of
her cousin Boleyn. The daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and
Joyce Culpeper, Howard was born sometime around 1523. After her
mother died and her father…
