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…
Does sharing your digs with The Queen
sound up your street? What about managing gardens seen by millions
of visitors a year? If so, head to The Royal Household website
because Her Majesty is looking for a new live-in gardener. The
full-time position involves ensuring “the…
It’s hard to believe that this time last
year, we were anticipating the fairytale wedding of Harry and
Meghan at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle. The 19th May 2019
marks the first anniversary of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who
are expecting the arrival of their…
But for the moving memorial that Queen
Victoria erected to her and for a letter in which this is
described, the name of Ida Bonanomi might have been completely
forgotten in historical terms. Thanks to these, this is not the
case. It can be found in Edinburgh’s Rosebank Cemetery and stands
in the avenue containing the grandest of the monuments, itself an
impressive example of mid-Victorian…
Millions are watching as efforts continue
to save Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris which continues to burn after
a huge fire broke out in the roof in the early evening of April
15th 2019. Messages of support for France are pouring in from
around the world. And among those…
A race against time and flames to save
the priceless artwork of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has begun
after it caught fire on the late afternoon of April 15th 2019.
Fortunately, it appears that no one has been hurt in the blaze
which engulfed the top part of the church as…
An exquisite gold, sapphire and diamond
brooch crafted in St Petersburg was consigned to auction in October
2018. I had first encountered it as a personal gift from Tsarina
Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918) to the friend of her youth, Marion
Louisa ‘Pollie’ Delmé-Radcliffe, Baroness Ungern-Sternberg whose
touching connection I explored in a short article for my Royal
Central blog back in…
After three years of extensive
renovations, Marie Antoinette’s elaborate apartments will reopen to
visitors at the Palace of Versailles. The public can tour The
Queen’s Bedchamber, The Nobles’ Room, The Royal Table Antechamber,
and The Queens’ Guard Room from 16…
It’s the biggest royal anniversary of the
year and it’s almost upon us. May 24th 2019 marks two centuries
since the birth of Queen Victoria, a monarch so influential, she
gave her name to an era. And as part of our Victoria series on
Royal Central, we’ve got a special…
In a recent life of Queen Victoria, (A.
N. Wilson, Victoria: A Life, 2014) I stumbled across an
illustration of one of the famous group photographs taken behind
the Palais Edinburg in Coburg, showing Queen Victoria surrounded by
a whole host of contemporary royalty – mostly members of her own
family through blood or marriage, including five of her children
and numerous grandchildren – as the…
