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 politician, or any other specified
observer, to confirm the legitimacy of birth. The tradition for a
politician to attend a royal birth…
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…
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 French-Lebanese film
producer this summer. The exact date hasn’t been revealed yet but
close sources have confirmed to…
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…
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 excitement over the details of
this latest marital celebration. Lady Gabriella will be the latest
bride from the House 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…
Two hundred years after her birth, Queen
Victoria is taking over Buckingham Palace again. As part of the
celebrations for the bicentenary of the birth of Britain’s second
longest reigning monarch, the most famous royal residence of them
all will host a special exhibition…
When Prince Edward, the youngest child of
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, married Sophie Rhys-Jones in
June 1999, it was expected that he would be bestowed with a
dukedom, as is customary for the son of a monarch on the occasion
of marriage. It was instead announced that the Prince would become
the Earl of Wessex and Viscount Severn, and his new bride would be
known as HRH the Countess of…
