It was the rural idyll where they
entertained some of the most famous names of the 20th century and
now the one time weekend retreat of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
is on the market. Le Moulin de la Tuilerie became a royal residence
in 1952 when Edward and Wallis bought it as a getaway. The main
residence is a converted mill but the entire property includes six
other buildings as well as a polo…
The Queen has been pleased to approve the
appointment of Penny Mordaunt MP as the first ever female Secretary
of State for Defence. Ms Mordaunt’s appointment comes after Theresa
May sacked her predecessor Gavin Williamson following an
investigation into the leak of…
Queen Victoria’s love of Scotland and the
Scottish Highlands is of course, legendary – immortalised in a
wealth of artworks, souvenir albums, including the Queen’s own
watercolours and not least of course, the Queen’s Highland
journals. She praised…
When Kate Middleton stepped out of the
Rolls-Royce Phantom VI at Westminster Abbey on the morning of 29
April 2011, the world finally learned who created her wedding
dress: Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen.To most of the world, it
was a well-kept secret. But Burton’s name had been floated around
as a serious contender for the coveted commission for a while
before the wedding. The Sunday Times…
Royal Central takes a look at the
tradition of celebrating the monarch’s birthday that began as
Princess’s Day. In the 19th century, King William III of the
Netherlands faced quite a bit of unpopularity but his four-year-old
daughter Wilhelmina, his future…
Her story is amongst the most
controversial of all the Queens of England and now a new twist has
appeared in the tale of Elizabeth Woodville. An expert at the
National Archives in London has found a document suggesting that
the consort who revolutionised royalty may have…
Buckingham Palace has announced that the
President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, will make
a State Visit to the United Kingdom in the first week of June.
President Trump, accompanied by the US First Lady Melania Trump,
will make their trip between June 3rd and June 5th 2019. The Queen
has formally invited the couple to make a State Visit and the Royal
Household confirmed on…
Jean of Luxembourg, who ruled the tiny
state for 36 years, died early this morning. He was 98. As his
family say their final farewells to a much-loved member, Royal
Central takes a look back at his extraordinary story. From heir to
exile, soldier to hero, Grand Duke to…
An announcement of an upcoming State
Visit by US President Donald Trump to the UK is expected
imminently. According to the BBC’s North America Editor Jon Sopel,
the White House will announce in next 48 hours that President Trump
will undertake an official State Visit…
The wedding of Princess Elizabeth to
Prince Philip in November 1947 was a day of celebration in post-war
Britain. The ceremony was broadcast to a worldwide audience of
approximately 200 million people and as the princess arrived at
Westminster Abbey with her father, King George VI, she was attended
by eight bridesmaids. Embed from Getty Images HRH Princess
Alexandra of Kent The daughter of the…
