Of all the current Royal Palaces, St James’s is the most senior and all foreign ambassadors to this country are still referred to as being appointed to the Court of St James’. This is perhaps ironic, as the palace was constructed in the 1530’s by King Henry VIII, as somewhere to escape from the rigid court life of the Palace of Whitehall. It was built on the site of a leper hospital…
The Duke of York’s eldest daughter, Princess Beatrice of York, is set to move out of St James’s Palace in the not too distant future.
According to The Mail on Sunday, Beatrice will be moving out of the apartment that she shares with her sister, Eugenie, once she…
The Duke of York is undergoing riding lessons ahead of Trooping the Colour where he will ride on horseback behind The Queen’s carriage for the first time.
Prince Andrew, who appears to be the only one of Her Majesty’s children who has not inherited a passion for…
The entire Royal Family to attend Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey
2nd March 2018
The entire Royal Family will attend a Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey on 12th March to mark Commonwealth Day
Her Majesty The Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, will be accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry & Meghan Markle, the Duke of York, the Princess Royal, the Countess of Wessex, the Duchess of Gloucester and…
Princess Beatrice receives her own listing in the Court Circular
20th February 2018
For the first time, Princess Beatrice has received a separate listing in the Court Circular (CC) as published in The Times of London.
In the listing, it states: “Princess Beatrice of York this evening [Monday] attended a Commonwealth Fashion Exchange Reception at…
Sophie, Catherine and Beatrice attend fashion reception at Buckingham Palace
19th February 2018
The Countess of Wessex and the Duchess of Cambridge united on Monday evening to host a fashion reception at Buckingham Palace in the lead up to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
Their Royal Highnesses hosted the reception on behalf of The Queen during London…
Birth and Childhood
Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward was born on 19 February 1960, the second son and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was the first child born to a reigning monarch since Princess Beatrice, the youngest child of Queen Victoria, was born over a century earlier.
Prince Andrew was born in the Belgian Suite at Buckingham Palace and…
At the end of January, the Duke of York announced the engagement of his daughter, Princess Eugenie to Mr Jack Brooksbank after a relationship of seven years. The couple has decided to thank well-wishers who sent them messages of congratulations with a personal…
With Princess Eugenie in the news because of her upcoming wedding, it’s time to ask ourselves a serious question: have we been pronouncing her name correctly all this time?
If you’ve been pronouncing it with a hard ‘g’, like YOU-GEE-NEE, then you’ve been saying it…
Sarah, Duchess of York has written an open letter to her daughter, Princess Eugenie, following the news of her engagement to Jack Brooksbank last week.
In the letter published in Hello! Magazine, she candidly reveals her thoughts on the engagement, saying it is “great and happy news.”
Sarah says:Â “Dearest Eugenie and Jack The Man,
“When you walk into a room, you bring…
