This year, in 2020, marks 75 years since
World War II ended. It is also the 80th anniversary of war coming
to the Monarchies of Norway and Denmark. While the Danish royal
family was taken prisoner by the Nazis, the Norwegian royal family
managed to escape and carry on the war from exile for the next five
years. As early as 1939, both the Allies and Nazi Germany began to
make invasion plans of…
It was one of the most talked about royal
weddings in decades. When Camilla Parker-Bowles and Charles,
Prince of Wales on April 9th 2005 in Windsor, millions were
watching. And they saw a royal bride with not one but two different
wedding outfits for her big day. As the…
Today marks the crystal wedding
anniversary of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. The
relationship had been one of the most talked about in the world and
the marriage ceremony itself attracted global attention. The two
wed in a civil ceremony at the Windsor…
The Great Seal of the Realm is a piece of
history to savour. We don’t get to see it all that often and when
it does make an appearance, it more than packs a punch.For this
seal is part of a tradition that goes back to before the Norman
Conquest and which, for centuries, has symbolised the very power of
the Monarch. This is the main seal of the Crown and signifies the
Monarch’s approval of…
The use of nicknames or epithets to
describe a royal or a local ruler was quite common until recent
times. Before pictures were easily accessed, or in places where the
first name was repeatedly used for consecutive rulers, a nickname
was a useful way to distinguish one…
The Queen turns Windsor Castle blue in tribute to the UK's healthcare staff and key workers
2nd April 2020
Windsor Castle was illuminated in blue on
Thursday evening as the United Kingdom came to a standstill at 8pm
in a mass applause for those working to defeat ongoing epidemic. In
what has turned in to a weekly occurrence, at 8pm each Thursday,
people gather on their…
Norway’s present collection of royal
regalia consists of nine pieces. They include three crowns – the
king’s crown, the queen’s crown and the crown prince’s crown.
However, this was made in 1818 for the coronation of King Karl XVI
Johan. Norway had at least one monarchical royal crown before this,
but that one is lost. What happened to it? We know that the first
Norwegian king to be…
Transition plans for Brighton’s famed
Royal Pavilion, the seaside pleasure palace built by King George
IV, are now in limbo due to the coronavirus crisis. Last month it
was announced the Royal Pavilion & Museums, which are currently run
by Brighton and Hove City…
On this day, March 27, in 1785, His
Majesty King Louis XVII was borne in France. He was born prince of
France and Duke of Normandy and was the son of King Louis XVI and
Marie Antoinette. When his older brother, Louis Joseph, died in
June 1789, he became the heir to the…
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 charm the…
