Today, an impressive large statue of King
Karl Johan is present at the Palace Square in Oslo. It has been
there since 1875 and has become a symbol, a landmark and an icon of
the entire city. What is less known is that this was not the first
statue there. Before the Karl-Johan monument another, larger,
statue stood on the same place. It was “The Freedom Monument”. The
idea of a Karl Johan…
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the
fall of the 2,500-year-old Persian monarchy. We are taking a look
at what happened to the Iranian royals after the monarchy was
officially deposed in the evening on this day in 1979. The monarch
in Iran was the Shah, Mohammad Reza…
Queen Victoria’s wedding dress is a
powerful symbol of what she would refer to in her journal as the
‘happiest day of my life’. Most probably, it represents more than
any other item of clothing or object, the Queen’s identity as a
royal bride. Certainly, she chose to…
The marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince
Albert is perhaps one of the most celebrated in royal history. Not
only were the couple young, rather good looking and desperately in
love, their union would become the bedrock of a new royal dynasty
that, in time, managed to weave itself into ruling houses across
Europe. Their wedding, on February 10th 1840, was a matter of state
as well as a ceremonial…
The House of Windsor just can’t get away
from weddings. While Lady Gabriella Windsor keeps on with the
planning for her big day with Thomas Kingston, set for Windsor at
some point in 2019, the castle itself is fast turning into a one
stop shop for wedding dresses. Just as…
In the portrait she is a young widow,
mourning a husband who had died not long after their wedding and
whose death left her free to pursue the power she had been born to
wield. Almost five hundred years after it was painted, an image of
Mary, Queen of Scots at a crucial…
Princess Eugenie's wedding dress to go on display at Windsor Castle
8th February 2019
The wedding dress of Princess Eugenie is
to go on display at Windsor Castle next month. Jack Brooksbank’s
wedding outfit will also be displayed alongside his wife’s dress
from 1st March until Monday 22nd April. Peter Pilotto and
Christopher De Vos designed the dress. The duo owns the
label Peter Pilotto. To create the item, the designers looked
back at previous Royal Wedding gowns…
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, Eleanor Laing, receives Damehood from Prince William
7th February 2019
The Deputy Speaker of the House of
Commons, Dame Eleanor Laing, attended an investiture at Buckingham
Palace on Thursday where she received her Damehood from the Duke of
Cambridge. Dame Eleanor, who was made a Dame in the 2018 Queen’s
Birthday Honours List, has been…
Royal Pictures from History: first sight of Elizabeth II as Queen
7th February 2019
In this occasional series, looking at
famous royal images from history, Royal Central goes back to 1952
and the moment the world first saw Elizabeth II after her sudden
accession to the throne on the death of her father, King George VI.
The Image:Queen Elizabeth II…
Queen Letizia of Spain presided over the
“International Day of the Secure Internet” earlier this week at the
National Museum Reina Sofía Art Center in Madrid. The Queen
presided over the event, with 12 and 13-year-olds in attendance,
organised by the Secretary of State for Digital Advance in
Spain and the National Institute of Cybersecurity (INCIBE).
The aim of the…
