The RAF Red Arrows flew on over an eerily
quiet Buckingham Palace on Friday morning to mark Victory in Europe
Day. In what was supposed to be a day of huge celebration with
thousands of people lining the streets, instead the only people out
to see the flypast were journalists and photographers. It had been
agreed that news of the flypast should not be made public until
after the event…
On May 7 1697, a fire broke out and
destroyed much of the old royal palace in Stockholm. The castle Tre
Kronor, or Three Crowns in English, is now only a footnote in
history with the present royal palace of Stockholm built above the
ruins of the old middle-aged castle that…
As the only son of the Russian Empress
Catherine the Great, Tsar Paul I succeeded his mother on her death
in 1796. He would rule the Russian Empire for the next five years.
Probably, he would had ruled the Russian Empire much longer than
that. But Paul was murdered. And his…
George III is rather well-known as a
British monarch – The King who lost America, the father of a very
large family, the one who went mad. When people think of him, it
either tends to be as the devoted family man he was in his early
life or his quiet madness in later life. His marriage to Charlotte
of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was an enduring one, lasting 57 years until
her death in 1818 and…
It’s been a seat of royal tradition for
centuries, a place of coronations, kings and queens. But for much
of its ancient history, Westminster Abbey was far from a go to
place for royal weddings. From the end of the 14th century until
the beginning of the 20th, no regal…
The Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace
first and foremost is the name of the Chapel Royal, that
establishment of the Royal Household intended to meet the spiritual
needs of the Sovereign; the secondary term refers to the building
itself – a royal peculiar – in which…
On This Day in 1940: King Haakon and Crown Prince Olav were almost killed in a bomb attack
28th April 2020
It has been 80 years since the German
invasion of Norway. Hitler was looking for the Norwegian Royal
Family, and for a while, he also tried to get the 3-year-old
Prince Harald to rule the nation as a child king. The royal
family managed to escape and lived in exile in the UK and the
US for the next five years. Crown Princess Martha left Norway with
Prince Harald, Princess Ragnhild and Princess…
The year 1923 saw the marital calendar
was packed with princely nuptials. The springtime wedding of
Albert, Duke of York had brought huge crowds to London, and there
was an impressive turnout in the city that autumn when Lady Louise
Mountbatten wed Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf…
It has been 80 years since the German
invasion of Norway. Hitler was looking for the Norwegian royal
family, and for a while, he also tried to get the 3-year-old Prince
Harald to rule the nation as a child king. The royal family managed
to escape and lived in exile in the UK…
In February 1308, England welcomed its
new queen to her realm for the first time. Isabella, consort to
King Edward II, arrived with her husband at Dover after an
elaborate wedding in her home country. Isabella expected adulation
and respect. Instead, she watched as Edward showered kisses on a
court favourite. It would set the template for a marriage that
ultimately led to betrayal, a fight for the…
