With just a month to go until the
Coronation, King Charles and Queen Camilla have posed for a new
portrait photo. Their Majesties are seen smiling in the image taken
in the Blue Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace. The King and Queen
were photographed by Hugo Burnand. Buckingham Palace Behind them is
the Coronation portrait of King George V, the Monarch’s great
grandfather and the…
Queen Victoria’s reign is notable for its
length, for its innovations and revolutions, and for her
steadfastness in navigating the Crown through to modern times. Her
fashion was legendary both contemporarily—she helped popularise
white wedding dresses—and today as a…
Getty Images’ royal photographer Chris
Jackson was once again behind the lens to capture history being
made. On Sunday, 2 April, Buckingham Palace released a picture
taken by Mr Jackson that marks the end of the Queen’s Green Canopy
initiative. Launched…
It was just days into the reign of King
Charles III and Queen Camilla. It was planned to be a normal
engagement at Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland. But it ended
up being an engagement with a moment that would go viral – King
Charles vs the pen. In an instantly viral video, the monarch
admitted he wrote the wrong date on a document. It was then, while
passing the pen to his wife he…
King Charles III and Queen Camilla have
just completed the first State Visit of the new reign, and royal
correspondent, Netty Leistra, was among those covering this
historic trip. She was in Hamburg as it came to an end. After a
moving morning at the Kinderstransport…
This special report was written for Royal
Central by royal correspondent Netty Leistra, who saw the historic
State visit unfold firsthand. In Germany, especially in Berlin and
Hamburg, people could hardly not have heard that King Charles III
and Queen Camilla were making…
On 6 May at Westminster Abbey, King
Charles III will be crowned with St. Edward’s Crown at the moment
of coronation. The design dates back to the eleventh century, but
the crown itself that will be used is much younger. The original
St. Edward’s Crown reportedly dates back to Edward the Confessor’s
reign but can first be found in sources in the thirteenth century.
He reigned from…
Although the Coronation is still weeks
away, one of the major questions asked is what will The King wear?.
There have been suggestions that he will wear a military uniform,
as William IV did in 1838, but there is also a far more traditional
set of clothing used by kings for…
The Coronation Chair, known as St
Edward’s Chair, or King Edward’s Chair is perhaps one of the most
symbolic parts of a monarch’s coronation. While the 700-year-old
chair is typically only used for the coronation service, there is
one sovereign who used it…
Many were expecting Queen Camilla to
select a new tiara for the State Banquet in Germany, to symbolise
her new status as Queen; however, King Charles’ wife opted for a
piece we saw her wear on numerous occasions during her tenure as
Duchess of Cornwall. The Greville Tiara, as it is referred to
in Royal circles, was created in 1921 for Margaret Greville by
jeweler Lucien Hirtz, who worked…
