The King and Queen and Emmanuel Macron
will take part in a carriage ride through Windsor as the French
President’s State Visit to the UK gets under way. King Charles and
Queen Camilla will be joined by President Macron and his wife,
Brigitte, for the ceremonial procession which will take place as
the official welcome starts. The Prince and Princess of Wales will
also ride by carriage…
The Queen has made carried out her first
engagement with the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland since
becoming the organisation’s patron. Queen Camilla welcomed the QNIS
to a special reception which she hosted at Holyroodhouse Palace in
Edinburgh. Her…
One of Elizabeth II's most striking style moments brought back unexpectedly by Royal Family
3rd July 2025
With 70s style starting a revival this
summer, the Royal Family has joined the trend and recalled one of
Queen Elizabeth II’s most striking looks from that decade. As King
Charles and Queen Camilla arrived at St. Giles’ Cathedral in
Edinburgh to unveil a stone…
The royal train's fate was almost sealed a decade ago - until Queen Elizabeth II intervened
1st July 2025
King Charles III has decided to
decommission the royal train, bringing to an end almost two
centuries of history. Costs and a need to modernise are being given
as the reasons The King has decided to call time on the train.
Almost ten years ago, Queen Elizabeth II faced the same questions –
was the Royal Train still viable? Her answer was different but came
with a warning that keeping the…
The need to be ‘fiscally disciplined’ is
the reasoning behind The King’s decision to decommission the Royal
Train according to Buckingham Palace – a mode of transport that
dates back to Queen Victoria. In a cost cutting exercise, His
Majesty plans…
Have you ever fancied yourself a royal
stylist and think that you could take charge of a royal wardrobe?
You can now test your royal styling skills! Historic Royal Palaces
has digitised over 500 items from the Royal Ceremonial Dress
Collection on Google Arts and…
Queen Victoria’s jewellery collection was
immense but has been widely scattered throughout her descendants.
Prince Albert created many pieces and parures for her, including a
striking emerald and diamond set. In 1843, Prince Albert designed a
set of emerald and diamond pieces for his wife- it includes a
necklace featuring large square emeralds surrounded by diamonds, a
pair of earrings…
The lavish wedding of Princess Margaret
and Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey was an historic
event- it was the first royal wedding to be broadcast on
television, and was watched by over 300,000,000 people. What is not
typically talked about is some of the truly…
Within the walls of one of England’s most
picturesque castles, a queen gave birth to her only child and set
in motion a chain of events that would become one of Tudor
England’s most intriguing mysteries. The birth had been much
anticipated and much talked…
Amid the pomp, pageantry and precision of
Royal Ascot 2025, this year’s meeting offered more than just
thrilling finishes and standout fashion. It also saw the formal
debut of two royal romances. The most eye-catching of these
involved Peter Phillips, the late Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest
grandchild, who chose the royal meeting to appear publicly with his
partner, Harriet Sperling. The pair…
