Queen Elizabeth II was at Westminster
Abbey for Princess Alexandra’s 1963 wedding to Alexander Ogilvy and
had a bit of a run-in with another monarch. Footage from
Princess Alexandra’s wedding on 24 April 1963 shows The Queen
accidentally standing on King Olav V of Norway’s foot before
quickly realising what she had done. King Olav flinched when Her
Majesty stepped on him. Luckily…
King Charles removes the requirement for royal dukes to kneel before him and pay homage at his Coronation
7th January 2023
Shortly after the funeral of Queen
Elizabeth II in September last year, people started to look ahead
to the Coronation of King Charles III, speculating what His Majesty
might do to modernise the ancient ceremony. It was widely reported
that The King wanted to change parts…
Prince William to be the only royal liege man at King Charles III's Coronation as roles for Andrew & Harry are scrapped
7th January 2023
The Prince of Wales will be the only
member of The Royal Family to be a “liege man of life and limb” at
the Coronation of King Charles III. The Sunday Times reports that
royal dukes will no longer be required to kneel down before the
monarch and pay homage to him at…
The husband of a Princess who refused a royal title from The Queen in an effort to stay ‘common’
7th January 2023
Back in April 1963, the country stopped
to watch the grand wedding of Queen Elizabeth II’s first cousin,
Princess Alexandra of Kent, to British businessman Angus Ogilvy.
The couple met during a ball at Luton Hoo in 1955, and seven years
later, Buckingham Palace announced they were engaged to be married.
Despite being the second son of the Earl and Countess of Airlie,
Angus was seen as…
The Dukes of Kent & Gloucester could be the reason why Edward & Sophie have not been made Duke & Duchess of Edinburgh
6th January 2023
Almost 24 years ago in 1999, Queen
Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and the then Prince Charles agreed that
one day, Prince Edward and Sophie would become the Duke & Duchess
of Edinburgh. The announcement was made on the couple’s wedding day
in June 1999, with Prince Edward…
For more than 20 years, it was assumed
that one day Prince Edward would assume the Dukedom of Edinburgh.
Prince Philip’s youngest son was lined up for the title by the man
himself and the decision was shared on the day that Edward married
Sophie Rhys-Jones in June…
The Royal Collection Trust has released a
new line of commemorative china to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s
life. The Queen’s personal history has been memorialised on a
new RCT line. The design features the late Queen’s personal cypher
as Princess Elizabeth. The cypher was included on The Queen’s State
Hearse used in September. In addition, the decorative border
that surrounds the…
If ever a wedding dress summed up its wearer, it was the gown chosen by Sophie for her marriage to Prince Edward
6th January 2023
On January 6 1999, Prince Edward and
Sophie Rhys-Jones announced that they were engaged to be married.
To celebrate the occasion, 24 years on, Lydia Starbuck takes a look
back at the Countess of Wessex’s striking wedding dress. If ever a
royal wedding dress summed up…
Sealed with a £105,000 diamond ring - the engagement and marriage of Prince Edward to Sophie Rhys-Jones
6th January 2023
On 19 June 1999, Prince Edward, the
youngest son of The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, married Sophie
Rhys-Jones at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. The two had met at a
tennis event in 1993. They announced their engagement on 6 January
1999. Edward proposed to Sophie…
Royal Central’s Editor-in-Chief, Charlie
Proctor, explains why the site does not cover the activities of the
Duke & Duchess of Sussex. Since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex
stepped down as working members of The Royal Family in 2020, I
imposed a policy that Royal Central would no longer cover the
activities of the couple. This decision was not publicised at the
time, I saw no need to draw…
