The fact that Europe’s queens and princesses have good relationships with each other is well known. But it’s more perhaps more unusual to hear about friendships between Europe’s royals and Russian politicians. et this was exactly what happened when Queen Sonja first met the first democratically elected leader of Russia, Boris Yeltsin. The free-spirited former Communist managed to…
On this day 64 years ago: The Queen Mother's devastating bellyflop at the Grand National
24th March 2020
March 24 marks exactly 64 years since The Queen Mother suffered one of the cruelest defeats in the history of sport when her horse bellyflopped at the finishing line of the Grand National.
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, was a huge horse racing lover, with it being…
As the last Emperor of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II’s twenty-three-year reign came to an abrupt end when he abdicated on 15 March 1917. Those tumultuous years of his reign were defined by the Russo-Japanese War that saw the annihilation of the Russian Baltic Fleet, Bloody…
Princess Beatrice’s upcoming wedding to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi will not be permitted to have any guests present should it go ahead in May as planned.
New guidance from the Church of England states that the number of people attending church weddings during the coronavirus crisis should be limited to the legal minimum of five.
These five people consist of the priest, the bride, the groom…
Princess Beatrice’s upcoming wedding to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi has been significantly scaled back because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic engulfing the world.
The Daily Telegraph reports that the couple have been forced to cancel their wedding reception at…
While the coronavirus continues to spread, we can rewind a little over a hundred years in time. In 1918 and 1919, another virus as ravaged countries across the globe. It caused widespread devastation but, despite its origins, it became known as Spanish flu because of a much…
While most of our “Last Queens” series focuses on consorts, this particular last queen was a reigning monarch. Liliuokalani was the only queen regnant and the last monarch of Hawaii before the Hawaiian kingdom was overthrown. It became the shortlived Republic of Hawaii before being annexed by the United States in 1898.
Her Early Life
Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Kamakaʻeha was…
Until now, hungry visitors to Windsor Castle had to look outside its walls to grab a meal or a quick cup of tea. But this week, the Royal Collection Trust announced the castle has opened its very first café.
Located in Edward III’s medieval Undercroft,one of the…
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium’s State Visit to Italy next month has been cancelled amidst the coronavirus outbreak.
Their Majesties, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs & Defence and the Prime Ministers of various Belgian regions, were due…
The life and times of the 18th Duchess of Alba, who had more titles than Queen Elizabeth II
2nd March 2020
The 18th Duchess of Alba, MarÃa del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, was born on 28 March 1926 at the vast Liria Palace, which has served as the Madrid residence of the Dukes of Albas for generations (most of the home was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War and was rebuilt by the Duchess’s father and the Duchess).
The Fitz-James Stuarts, the most powerful aristocratic…
