It’s become one of the big questions in
the run up to a royal marriage – which tiara will the bride wear?
It’s now an accepted part of any Windsor wedding and the decision
of Princess Beatrice to wear the same tiara as her grandmother did
as a bride for her big day is both sentimental and rather
significant. For Beatrice is now the third generation of the
Queen’s family to wear this all…
In the run up to this royal wedding,
there was as much speculation about the guest list as there was
about the bridal gown. As Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, only daughter
of Princess Margaret and her former husband, Antony, Earl of
Snowdon, prepared to marry Daniel Chatto, the…
On a summer’s day in 1818, a young German
princess walked into one of the most famous hotels in London to
meet a man twice her age. Just a year earlier, Adelaide of
Saxe-Meiningen and her suitor, William, Duke of Clarence, would
never have considered chatting let alone…
Lady Jane Grey, or Lady Jane Dudley, was
proclaimed Queen on this day in 1553. She has been commonly
referred to as The Nine Days Queen. She was the great-granddaughter
of Henry VII through his daughter Mary, Queen of France. From 10
July to the 19 July, she was the de facto monarch of England and
Ireland. It has been reported that she was born in October of 1537.
However, more recent research…
Starting 23 July, guests can once again
tour Royal Collection Trust castles, palaces, and galleries as
Windsor Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, The Royal Mews at
Buckingham Palace, and The Queen’s Galleries in London and
Edinburgh re-open to the public. The castle…
A chance listing on the Public Catalogue
Foundation Art UK, for an oil on canvas painting (35.8 x 30.7 cm)
said to be of Russia’s last Empress, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna,
when she was Princess Alix of Hesse (1872-1918) led me to
investigate this extraordinary artwork…
Archduchess Mathilde of Austria was born
in 1849 as the daughter of Archduke Albert, Duke of Teschen and his
wife, Princess Hildegard of Bavaria. She grew up in a wealthy and
charming home with a kind family. During the summer, the family
spent their time at the Weilburg Palace in Baden bei Wien. The
winters were spent in the royal residence in downtown Vienna. The
family was very close to the…
They were an unexpected king and queen
and their royal romance has weathered several storms but today King
Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium will mark their sixty first
wedding anniversary. The couple, who married on July 2nd 1959
in Brussels, now live quietly following…
If ever a royal wedding dress summed up
its wearer, it was the gown chosen by Sophie Rhys-Jones for her
marriage to Prince Edward on 19 June 1999 at St George’s Chapel,
Windsor. Subtle, elegant and classic, this was the final Windsor
bridal dress of the 20th century and it…
It’s among the most unusual pieces in any
royal collection and, in recent years, it’s acquired a reputation
as the go to tiara for Sweden’s royal brides. The diadem now known
as ‘the Cameo’ has a long and romantic history. And since Queen
Silvia and Crown Princess Victoria both wore it for their wedding,
it’s become the tiara associated with the most royal of Swedish
royal weddings.
