Seraphine, a fashion brand frequently
worn by the Duchess of Cambridge during her pregnancies, has
received The Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade
2020. “The Kate Effect” struck the company when the Duchess wore
several of their designs during her first pregnancy, but especially
when she sported their fuschia knot-front ‘Jolene’ maternity dress
in the…
In the latest in our series looking at
the last consorts of monarchies around the world, we come to one of
the most famous royals of all. Marie Antoinette’s whole life was
lived in the spotlight and her story continues to fascinate. While
other women later took on the…
George III is rather well-known as a
British monarch – The King who lost America, the father of a very
large family, the one who went mad. When people think of him, it
either tends to be as the devoted family man he was in his early
life or his quiet madness in later…
They are filled with tradition and part
of history and there’s no doubt about it, they’re popular. A royal
wedding has a power to fascinate that continues, however much time
and society change around it. In the first of a special summer
series, Lydia Starbuck, Brittani Barger and Moniek Bloks discuss
what makes a royal wedding so…
It’s been a seat of royal tradition for
centuries, a place of coronations, kings and queens. But for much
of its ancient history, Westminster Abbey was far from a go to
place for royal weddings. From the end of the 14th century until
the beginning of the 20th, no regal…
The Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace
first and foremost is the name of the Chapel Royal, that
establishment of the Royal Household intended to meet the spiritual
needs of the Sovereign; the secondary term refers to the building
itself – a royal peculiar – in which…
There are a number of events in English
royal history that seem extraordinary and unbelievable, but the
warming pan scandal has to be at the top of the list. The son of
James II and Mary of Modena had a very interesting start to life
and would be questioned for decades. James II was not an overly
popular monarch; he was Roman Catholic (and was married to a Roman
Catholic), attempted to…
On This Day in 2011: Prince William married Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey
29th April 2020
Friday, 29 April, 2011, about two billion
people are said to have watched from around the world as Prince
William wed Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London. The
Metropolitan Police said that about a million people lined the
route of the royal procession on…
The Queen is to deliver an address to the
nation early next month – the second such speech to be delivered
within the space of a few weeks. Her Majesty will speak to the UK
about VE Day as she leads the nation in commemorating the 75th
anniversary of the…
On This Day in 1940: King Haakon and Crown Prince Olav were almost killed in a bomb attack
28th April 2020
It has been 80 years since the German
invasion of Norway. Hitler was looking for the Norwegian Royal
Family, and for a while, he also tried to get the 3-year-old
Prince Harald to rule the nation as a child king. The royal
family managed to escape and lived in exile in the UK and the
US for the next five years. Crown Princess Martha left Norway with
Prince Harald, Princess Ragnhild and Princess…
