Aged sixteen, Princess Victoria made a
pencil sketch of herself. Knowing the vividness of the watercolours
that she made for her sketchbook and the skilled drawings she made
during this time of other important figures in her youth, it is
fascinating that she chose to apply the same exactness of
observation to herself. It is, of course, however, not the only
self-portrait that she made. The date…
Frogmore House, royal residence and regal
wedding venue of choice for the Windsors, is throwing open its
doors to visitors. The famous building at Windsor will be open for
three charity days at the end of May this year. The visits are part
of the annual charity garden open…
Royal births in modern times now take
place with a great degree of privacy for both the parents and
newborn, but this compares drastically with royal births throughout
history. One of the most significant changes is that they do not
now require the attendance of a…
QUESTION 1: WHO WAS PRINCESS VICTORIA?
Princess Victoria was eldest child and daughter of Queen Victoria
of the United Kingdom. ‘Vicky’ as she was known to family was born
on 21 November 1840 at Buckingham Palace. Princess
Vicky was an HRH from birth and as only child of Queen Victoria,
was heiress presumptive (as first in line to the throne) to the
throne. At the birth of her brother…
Eternally beautiful, eternally tragic,
the Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Sisi, continues to fascinate,
over a hundred years after her death. And now the story of this
groundbreaking royal is to hit TV screens in a new production. The
new version will be an adaptation of the…
Charlotte Casiraghi and her fiancé
Dimitri Rassam are busy planning their wedding for this summer!
They were supposed to tie the knot last year but decided to
postphone their marriage until after the birth of their child.
Princess Caroline’s daughter will marry the…
There are thousands of images of royalty
but some regal pictures stand out. They capture a moment in time
that has its own resonance and which lasts beyond the day on which
it was taken. In this occasional series, Royal Central takes a look
back at some of the best known royal images in history and the
story behind them. This time, it’s the moment celebrity and royalty
really came together…
Whilst researching for a forthcoming
academic article on Louisa Louis, the devoted dresser to Princess
Charlotte of Wales (1771-1838) who was deeply valued by Queen
Victoria, I encountered the name of Mrs Brock. She belongs to that
fascinating roll-call of characters that…
Now April is here we can say in all
confidence that the next royal wedding happens next month. And as
Lady Gabriella Windsor and Thomas Kingston make the final
preparations for their big day, set for May 18th at St. George’s
Chapel, Windsor, there’s plenty of…
If you think royal baby mania is a new
thing, think again. For centuries, the arrival of a regal bundle of
joy has got plenty of people talking. Queen Victoria and Prince
Albert kept the papers and the people happy for the best part of
two decades as they went about building a family of nine princes
and princesses. And one month saw them welcome more bundles of joy
than any other – April. The…
