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 Elizabeth’s ‘favourite’ royal
event. Each May, Buckingham Palace throws open the gates and allows
30,000 specially…
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…
Prince Joachim, the 28-year-old nephew of
King Philippe of the Belgians, has tested positive for the
Coronavirus after attending a private party in Spain last Tuesday.
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Princess Beatrice was born at the Portland Hospital in London, the
same hospital where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would welcome
their son, Archie in 2019. Four days after the Princess’s birth,
her parents introduced her to the…
All Fine on the Day: a look at past royal weddings which have turned out well despite problems
29th May 2020
On the day Princess Beatrice was supposed
to marry her fiancé EdoardoMapelli Mozzi, Jane Dismore takes a look
back at other royal weddings which faced problems, but turned out
fine in the end. Being part of a royal family may be a privilege
but it does not protect…
His Majesty King Rama V of Siam,
present-day Thailand, also called King Chulalongkorn, was born in
1853 and died in 1910. As a fifteen-year-old, Chulalongkorn
ascended the Siamese throne, but because of his young age, his
uncle acted as his guardian. During his five years…
Today’s Royal History Mystery focuses on
the fate of one of medieval England’s most famous royal mistresses.
What happened to The Fair Rosamund? Much of Rosamund Clifford’s
life is now the stuff of legend and folklore but, in her time, she
was England’s greatest beauty and Eleanor of Aquitaine’s greatest
nemesis. John William Waterhouse / Public domain Rosamund Clifford
may have…
Many a monarch has made their mark on May
and left interesting tales to tell in their wake. From the
suspicious death of a tragic king to the impossibly romantic
wedding of a royal whose legend outstripped reality, the month is
filled with milestones linked to the best known…
When little Prince Christopher was born
in Bavaria in 1416 as the son of a German Count, he hardly thought
he would become king of three European nations. Yet that was
exactly what he became. Christopher was born as a member of the
house of Wittelsbach. He grew up in the…
The Danish Royal Family counts just one
emerald tiara in their collection, but it’s a stunning piece that
features 67 emeralds and over 2,600 diamonds. Let’s take a look at
the Danish Emerald Parure Tiara. King Christian VIII commissioned
an emerald parure for his wife, Queen Caroline Amelie, on their
anniversary. The 67 emeralds featured in the tiara date back to the
1700s; some come from…
