Every month brings its own royal
milestones and April is no different. The month is filled with
landmarks for kings of times past. Among them is the start of the
reign of perhaps the most famous king of all and a happy marriage
that went on to create royal history. Our Calendar of Kings has
reached April. Births Let’s start at the beginning with the arrival
of monarchs. The first…
Today, we’re looking at the early life of
King Philippe. Born on 15 April 1960 to Prince Albert and Princess
Paola of Liège, there was every chance that he would never ascend
to the throne. His uncle, King Baudouin was on the throne at the
time, and the married king…
Solidarity, integration and respect for
human dignityare the three principals guiding the Grand Duke Henri
and the Grand Duchess Maria Teresa Foundation in its activities.
Created in 2004 by the merger of Grand Duke and Grand Duchess
Foundation with the Prince Henri…
The Queen’s address to the nation, in the
midst of the coronavirus pandemic, was filled with words that have
struck a chord with many as Her Majesty put her people at the heart
of her message. And she did it while taking comfort in the memory
of a woman who played a significant role in her young life and
preparations to rule – her grandmother, Queen Mary. As a child,
Elizabeth II…
On a sunny morning on the 9th of
September 2016, the first child of Prince Carl Philip and Princess
Sofia of Sweden was baptised in an intimate ceremony. The
christening of Prince Alexander took place at the Royal Chapel of
Drottningholm Palace. In this article, I will be…
Although The Queen was officially
addressing the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth at large on
Sunday, it’s no surprise many of us in America tuned in thanks to
the power of social media and good old YouTube live streams. When
Her Majesty last made an address like…
On 2 April, Princess Marie of Denmark
sent a personal message to the Danish Association for Autism of
which she is Patron on the occasion of World Autism Day. In the
message, she said: “I wish you all a good World Autism Day and
thank you for the constant work you do. In these times when the
focus is on the Corona crisis, other important issues can easily be
forgotten but I do not forget…
In four minutes of carefully chosen words, The Queen spoke of the reality we face while reminding us hope will prevail
5th April 2020
I’ll admit it, I shed a tear. I think the
Queen’s address to the nation and to the Commonwealth as the
coronavirus pandemic continued moved many. For in four minutes of
carefully chosen words, Her Majesty spoke the reality that
envelopes our lives while reminding us all…
Pull Henry VIII out of the Tudor era and
make him a media king in modern-day London and you’ve got the
premise of Olivia Hayfield’s new novel, Wife After Wife. Spanning
from 1980s London to the present day, the book tells the story of
Harry Rose, head of the Rose…
On Christmas Eve 1879, a daughter named
Alexandrine was born to Frederick III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and
his wife Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia. This little
girl was the first child of the couple who had married at the start
of the year; her parents went on to have two more children –
Cecilie who became the German Crown Princess and Frederick Francis
who became the next…
