It was on January 10, 1931 at Burrough
Court that Miss. Wallis Simpson was introduced to Edward, Prince of
Wales for the first time. Wallis was a divorced woman who was then
married to Ernest Aldrich Simpson, a shipping executive, and Edward
was the Heir Apparent to the British throne. They were introduced
to each other through a friend of Wallis’s. Thelma, Lady Furness,
who was the then…
There were celebrations at Windsor Castle
on Tuesday afternoon after The Queen won her first race in many
months. Despite racing only returning to the UK on Monday, Her
Majesty has already had a winner as her horse, First Receiver, won
in the royal colours at…
For a woman who had such a profound
effect on a whole country, she is surprisingly enigmatic. Catherine
of Valois changed royal history forever but even now, centuries on,
the prevailing image of her is the one created by Shakespeare for
whom this French princess was a…
The Coronation of The Queen, on June 2nd
1953 at Westminster Abbey, was hailed as the start of a new
Elizabethan Age. The Monarch’s Coronation dress, created by Norman
Hartnell, was a masterpiece of symbolism that has become an
historic artefact. But there was just as much significance in the
bouquet of flowers carried by Elizabeth II on the day she was
crowned Queen. While the famous gown…
Downton Abbey is, without doubt, one of
the most popular TV shows produced in recent decades. The show
gives us a look at the life of the Crawleys, a fictional
aristocratic family who run and own the Downton estate. Set in the
early 1900s, the show gives a fairly accurate…
With a slimmed-down 2020 National Day
ahead, we are taking a look at previous National Day celebrations
in Sweden with the Royal Family. The females in the family always
dress in the traditional Swedish dress and the family rides in
carriages to Skansen for a concert.
Pearls are the birthstone of June and
they’ve formed parts of royal jewel collections for centuries.
Today let’s look at some of the best pearl tiaras in the Dutch
Royal Family’s collection! Antique Pearl Tiara [getty
src=”480052737″ width=”594″ height=”505″ tld=”ca”] Queen Máxima
chose the Antique Pearl Tiara as her very first tiara when she
joined the Dutch…
While King Henry VIII lived, his greatest
fear was dying without a male heir to the throne. As it turns out,
he needn’t have worried, for when he died in 1547, King Henry was
succeeded by his son Edward VI. But the new King Edward was very
frail and sickly boy of nine, and…
Each year, Buckingham Palace holds three
garden parties in May, allowing ordinary citizens the opportunity
to rub shoulders with royalty. While this year’s events were
cancelled due to the global coronavirus pandemic, Royal Central is
sharing the history behind Queen…
Princess Birgitta of Sweden has always
known how to make her mark. The second sister of King Carl XVI
Gustaf is known for her originality and her wedding was stand out,
too, for several reasons. Birgitta was the only one of her siblings
to marry a fellow royal and the only one who didn’t choose to marry
in June. She was also the first of the five children of Prince
Gustaf Adolf and Princess…
