Friday, 29 May is the day that Princess
Beatrice was set to marry businessman Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the couple’s wedding has been
set back indefinitely. While we patiently wait for the couple to
tie the knot, Royal Central is taking a look back at the couple’s
love story. June 2011 While Beatrice and Edoardo (or, Edo,
according to his…
His Majesty King Rama V of Siam,
present-day Thailand, also called King Chulalongkorn, was born in
1853 and died in 1910. As a fifteen-year-old, Chulalongkorn
ascended the Siamese throne, but because of his young age, his
uncle acted as his guardian. During his five years…
When little Prince Christopher was born
in Bavaria in 1416 as the son of a German Count, he hardly thought
he would become king of three European nations. Yet that was
exactly what he became. Christopher was born as a member of the
house of Wittelsbach. He grew up in the…
Twelve years ago today, Prince Joachim
married his fiancée, Marie Cavallier in Mogeltonder Church, in
South Jutland. Prince Joachim and Princess Mariemet while Joachim
was still married to his first wife, Countess Alexandra. They were
invited to a dinner and, being the only two French-speaking people
invited, their host introduced them. Their romance, however,
started much…
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
undertook a month-long tour of Canada in May and June of 1939,
visiting every province, the Dominion of Newfoundland, and they
also spent a few days in the United States. The tour was more
ambitious than any of the previous Canadian tours.
Following the coronavirus lockdowns
across Europe, some nations are starting to reopen slowly. Denmark
has begun the first steps of relaxing restrictions, and as that
continues, it’s been announced that some of the royal museums in
the capital, Copenhagen, are set to…
It was not simply the wedding but also
the welcome attending the arrival of a future royal bride in
England which came to be the subject of public interest; it
provided after all, the first glimpse of her in the country in
which she would be princess and of which in some cases, she would
be Queen, and therefore, the supposed mother of the continuing or
new, royal dynasty. Catherine of Aragon…
Captain Tom Moore has received a
knighthood from The Queen after raising almost £33,000,000 for NHS
Charities Together. 100-year-old Captain Tom, who was recently
promoted to honorary Colonel by the Monarch, is “overwhelmed” at
the news. Prime Minister Boris…
The wedding bouquet carried by the
Duchess of Sussex at her marriage ceremony at St. George’s Chapel,
Windsor on May 19th 2018 wasn’t just pretty, delicate and very
spring like. It contained all kinds of special symbolism. In the
language of flowers, so beloved of Queen…
Margaret Greville is not a commonly known
name. However, her legacy can be seen on several members of the
British Royal Family to this day. Many of the tiaras, necklaces,
and brooches worn today in the royal family were originally owned
by The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville, but how did they end up in the
possession of the royals? Born in December 1863, Margaret Helen
Anderson was the daughter…
