Soft, striking and above all, symbolic. The wedding bouquet carried by the future Queen of Spain, Letizia Ortiz, at her royal wedding on May 22nd 2004 was filled with significance. From personal touches to nods to one of the oldest ruling dynasties in Europe, Letizia filled her posy with meaning.
At the heart of her cascading bouquet were the iris and the lily, closely associated with the House…
The gardens at the Prince of Wales’s Highgrove estate are world-renowned, and with spring in full bloom now you can enjoy his beloved gardens in Tetbury for yourself.
The public opening for the private gardens of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall has started…
Buckingham Palace has released three photos to mark the wedding of Lady Gabriella Windsor and Thomas Kingston.
The images were taken by photographer Hugo Burnand at Frogmore House in Windsor, where the couple hosted their wedding reception.
Hugo Burnand (handout)
The first…
Queen Victoria is for many, synonymous with the notion of afternoon tea, probably because the social ceremony became properly established during the later years of her reign. The Queen’s evident love of tea, however, reaches back much further than this elegant ritual. Indeed, the word occurs 7,587 times in the various typescripts or edited copies of her journal, proving it was part of her…
The Not Forgotten Association: Close to the Royal Family’s hearts for a century
20th May 2019
The Royal Family are associated with a large number of organisations and charities, with these relationships often dating back many years. This is particularly true of the Not Forgotten Association, for whom a garden party will be held at Buckingham Palace on 23 May, to be…
In memory of Diana, Lady Jane Fellowes delivers reading during Harry and Meghan's wedding
19th May 2019
Prince Harry wanted to ensure that his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales’s memory was alive during his wedding ceremony to his American bride, Meghan Markle.
To honour her memory, Harry’s maternal aunt, Lady Jane Fellowes – an older sister to Diana –…
Royal Wedding Rewind: It's Clare Waight Keller of Givenchy for Meghan Markle's Wedding Dress
19th May 2019
It’s official: Meghan Markle – the soon-to-be Duchess of Sussex – is wearing a wedding dress designed by Clare Waight Keller, the artistic director of Givenchy.
After months of speculation – and designer names from Victoria Beckham to Ralph & Russo to Erdem, to even the Queen’s own dressmaker, Stewart Parvin, Kensington Palace has just now confirmed that Meghan’s wedding dress has…
It’s a magic moment in every royal wedding, a rather regal gesture in a special day filled with ceremony. But this time round, we all missed out on seeing it. As the Duchess of Sussex curtsied to The Queen for the first time as a member of the Royal Family, the TV cameras…
Today marks one year of marriage for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex who wed this day in 2018 at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in front of royals and Hollywood celebrities. Let’s take a look back at the day in photos.
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It’s been used once before and yet we’ve all been talking about it for months as if it were a royal regular. After a gap of almost two centuries, we have a new Duke of Sussex. The Queen has granted that title to Prince Harry who becomes just the second man to hold the dukedom while his bride, Meghan Markle, is the first ever Duchess of Sussex. As we celebrate the Royal Wedding and this royal…
