The Austrian Catholic Church yesterday
began a year of honour to mark the 500th anniversary of the death
of Maximilian I, founder of Austria’s Catholic Habsburg Empire. As
Austria has sought to distance itself from its Christian past and
national history in recent decades, this decision to publicly
honour the former Catholic ruler marks a noteworthy change in
mainstream Austrian culture. Dubbed…
Queen Anne takes centre stage as 'The Favourite' leads this year's BAFTA nominations
9th January 2019
Just days after scooping one of
Hollywood’s top acting prizes, Olivia Colman’s portrayal of Queen
Anne in ‘The Favourite’ has been nominated for another major movie
award. The star is in the running for Best Actress at the BAFTAs
where the film leads the field with…
The Queen’s Guards have performed a
special rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody outside of Buckingham
Palace. The Band of the Grenadier Guards played the Queen melody on
Monday to the delight of onlookers. Bohemian Rhapsody at Buckingham
Palace today 🎶🎺 So…
Ariana Grande turned down damehood because it came "too soon" after Manchester bombing
30th December 2018
The US pop star Ariana Grande has
reportedly turned down the offer of a damehood following her
response to the Manchester Arena bombing last year. According to
The Sun, Miss Grande was to be made Dame Commander of the British
Empire, however, rejected the offer because she felt it had come
too soon. The Queen has the power to make anybody an honorary
Knight or Dame who does not live within a…
Mauboussin planning on creating wedding tiara inspired by Princess Marie's Nuits Claires tiara
30th December 2018
Alain Nemarq, the CEO of Mauboussin – the
French jewellery house who designed Princess Marie’s new Nuits
Claires tiara – gave an interview to a French TV show earlier this
month where he talked more about their aim to make luxury jewels
more accessible to everyone as…
Arise Dame Twiggy, Gareth Southgate OBE & Harry Kane MBE - New Year Honours 2019 revealed
28th December 2018
Twiggy, Gareth Southgate and Harry Kane
are amongst the 1,148 people named in the 2019 New Year’s Honours
List. The model, actress and singer, Twiggy, has been awarded a
Damehood in the New Year’s Honours for services to Fashion, Arts &
Charity. Dame Twiggy, also known…
Even though it is Christmas, take some
time to learn more about Norway’s history. We are now 1000 years
back in time when Norway broke out in a civil war which lasted for
many decades. Around the year 1000, Norway had been established as
a separate and stable kingdom. The question was who this kingdom
belonged to. King Harald I Hårfagre and his sons had their power
base in Western Norway. In…
The Knut Alvsson is, outside Norway, a
name that few have ever heard. Still, the name represented one of
the biggest riots in Norway’s history. Knut Alvsson was born in
1455 and was a wealthy farmer and landowner in Norway who then was
a part of the Kalmar Union. From 1497…
Queen Victoria’s winter sledge became
synonymous with the Windsor Christmas, at least during the lifetime
of Prince Albert, who is rightly credited with popularising
Christmas traditions in England, including that of the Christmas
tree. The royal trees were decorated with…
It’s one of the most famous events in
royal history, and now the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince
Albert is being brought to life once more. A new TV programme,
presented by historian Lucy Worsley, will reconstruct the marriage
that began years of happiness for a young couple and changed the
idea of royal weddings forever. Every aspect of the celebrations,
represented at the time by formal…
