Queen Victoria’s love for her dogs was
lavishly recorded in paint and sculpture and not least, in her
sketches and words. Lord Melbourne, the Queen’s Prime Minister,
once commented dryly: ‘You’ll be smothered with dogs‘. The Queen’s
characteristic need to memorialise her friends and servants could
also be why she wanted to create memorials to her dogs, for all
these…
The President of the United States,
Donald Trump, is being widely ridiculed on social media after
referring to Prince Charles as the ‘Prince of Whales’. The heir to
the throne, who is, in fact, the Prince of Wales, met President
Trump during his state visit to…
When the news broke that Prince Carl
Philip of Sweden was dating former reality show participant and
model Sofia Hellqvist, a flood of criticism followed. Many doubted
that this most unlikely romance would be sealed by marriage. Today,
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia…
On 29 May 1894, Tsarevich Nicholas of
Russia wrote to his mother, Empress Marie Feodorovna, that he could
see the sea from the room in which he was writing, in the imperial
palace of Peterhof and that he had ‘such a longing for the yacht
and want to fly there to join my betrothed’(Edward J. Bing, Letters
of Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Marie, 81). He planned to leave for
England on 31st…
Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece
has revealed wedding plan ideas, etiquette and previously-unseen
photos of her own 1995 wedding to Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece on
her official blog. “Time has absolutely flown by and looking back
and reminiscing about our wedding…
During the time they were at Coburg,
Princess Alix of Hesse and Tsarevich Nicholas of Russia became
engaged, a date they would treasure for the rest of their lives – 8
April 1894. Whilst they were in Coburg, visited the theatre and saw
an operetta of which they would…
On10 June 1993, then-Prince Abdullah
marriedRania al Yassin in a traditional Muslim ceremony in Amman.
The 31-year-old Prince and his 22-year-old fiancé had only been
dating for a few months, after meeting at a dinner party in August
of 1992, when they became engaged in January 1993. Abdullah would
tell People Magazine a few years later that “It was love at first
sight.” What…
In May 1894, Princess Alix of Hesse
undertook a cure in the fashionable Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate
for sciatica. She had become engaged to Tsarevich Nicholas of
Russia at Coburg the previous month. Whilst she stayed at
Harrogate, she regularly corresponded with her…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s
housekeeper is among those named in The Queen’s Birthday Honours
recognising her personal services to the monarch. Antonella
Fresolone, who looks after the Cambridge Family’s domestic
arrangements at Kensington Palace…
Alfie Boe, Griff Rhys Jones & Olivia Colman among those named in The Queen's Birthday Honours
7th June 2019
Alfie Boe, Griff Rhys Jones and Bear
Grylls are among the names who are being recognised in The Queen’s
Birthday Honours List 2019. In a honours list which is dominated by
ordinary people doing extraordinary things in their communities,
there are relatively few famous faces receiving awards this
year. Alfie Boe is one such name who receives an OBE for services
to music and charity. Mr Boe…
