British Royals

It’s perhaps the most famous and talked about royal wedding bouquet of all. The flowers carried by the Queen Mother, then Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, at her marriage in April 1923 have entered regal folklore after the bride used them to begin a royal wedding tradition known around the world. But do you actually know what this celebrated bouquet looks like? The chances are that the answer is no…

As Britain marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Queen Elizabeth II, an old constitutional question has resurfaced: how will history ultimately remember the late sovereign? For many, she will simply remain Elizabeth II – the longest-reigning monarch in British history, whose 70 years on the throne spanned war, social transformation, political upheaval and the dawn of the digital…

The King may have unearthed a new equine superstar after his homebred colt Portcullis produced a striking debut victory at Newmarket, overcoming an early setback to win in emphatic fashion. The three-year-old, trained by John and Thady Gosden and ridden by Ryan Moore, made a slow and awkward start in the mile-long Wood Ditton Maiden, leaving him several lengths adrift of his rivals in the early…

The Princess Royal was on hand to help her nephew, the Earl of Wessex, as they both attended the Easter Sunday service at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. James walked to the chapel with his father, the Duke of Edinburgh, but without his mum or sister. The Duchess of Edinburgh was missing from the Royal Family line up. it was reported she was ”under the weather” and had had to…