On 10 June 1993, then-Prince
Abdullah married Rania 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 neither knew…
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, has been…
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 is…
The earliest memories of a historical
personage are extraordinarily important, as not only do they reveal
first consciousness of their world and circumstances but crucially,
what they remembered first. They tell snippets of true events, as
they saw them. Of course, we know…
On 16 March 1861, Queen Victoria’s
mother, the Duchess of Kent, died at Frogmore House, the private
residence in Windsor Great Park which she had often used, living
there for approximately two decades. After her death, the summer
house she had planned during her lifetime…
As D-Day took place, King George VI spoke
to the people of Britain and the Empire it still retained. His
speech was set to inspire, to comfort and to look to the future
with determination as World War Two entered a new phase, one which
he himself referred to as ‘a fight to win the final victory for the
good cause’. As tens of thousands of troops prepared to battle to
free Europe from Nazi…
Day one of President Donald Trump and
First Lady Melania Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom ended
with a regal state banquet at Buckingham Palace. So, who were the
guests that toasted to The Queen and President? The British Royal
Family was represented by Her…
The Princess Royal was seated next to
President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, at the State Banquet
held at Buckingham Palace on Monday evening. Different members of
The Royal Family were scattered across the room so a royal could be
seated between every few guests. Mr…
“Mr President, I am delighted to welcome
you and Mrs Trump to Buckingham Palace this evening, just twelve
months after our first meeting at Windsor Castle. Visits by
American Presidents always remind us of the close and longstanding
friendship between the United Kingdom and the United States, and I
am so glad that we have another opportunity to demonstrate the
immense importance that both our…
