To conclude our series on the Princess
consorts of Monaco, we look at the current titleholder, Princess
Charlene – the wife of the Prince of Monaco, Albert II. Charlene
Lynette Wittstock was born Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now
Zimbabwe) on 25 January 1978 to Michael and Lynette Wittstock as
their eldest child. Michael was a sales manager and Lynette was a
former competitive diver and swimming…
A Royal Wedding Anniversary: the marriage 85 years ago of the Duke of Kent to Princess Marina of Greece was memorable in many ways, writes Jane Dismore
29th November 2019
‘Marina is pretty & charming & I think
Georgie is very lucky to have found such a delightful bride.’ These
happy words in September 1934 from Queen Mary, mother of Prince
George, to Lady Desborough barely disguised the relief she and
George V felt as they approached…
A look at how Americans celebrate the US Thanksgiving - the favourite holiday of the Duchess of Sussex
28th November 2019
Today is Thanksgiving in the United
States, which just happens to be the favourite holiday of the
Duchess of Sussex who was born and raised in Los Angeles,
California. And no doubt, this is a holiday she will make sure
Archie, and any siblings he may have, celebrate. So…
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27th November 2019
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Sibling rivalry between George and Charlotte? The Duke of Cambridge reveals how he handles it
27th November 2019
Royal or not, siblings are going to have
arguments and rivalries. It is part of growing up, and Prince
George, 6, and Princess Charlotte, 4, are no different. The Duke of
Cambridge enjoys going out in the yard to play football with his
two elder children, and he shared…
This year, it is 150 years since Norway’s
Queen Maud was born. This is marked by Royal Central with several
articles where we look at the life of the British princess who
married a Danish prince and ended up as a Norwegian queen. In Oslo
today, the city that Maud once…
This year, it is 150 years since the
Norwegian Queen Maud was born in London. Much has been written
about the queen who was elected to be monarch together with her
husband as a new Norwegian royal couple in an independent Norway in
1905. When Queen Maud came to Norway, she brought a lot of
jewellery with her. One item from this precious collection has
simply disappeared. It has been stolen and it…
It might be argued that the lack of a
father in the life of the future Queen Victoria was the singular
most important influence on her emotional life. It is surely
significant that she referred to those men she regarded as fathers
of sorts, in correspondingly filial…
Princess Caroline Louise
Marguerite was born in the Princes Palace in Monte Carlo, the
capital of the small sun-kissed principality of Monaco, on 23
January 1957. The eldest child of Their Serene Highnesses, Rainier
III, Prince of Monaco and Grace, Princess of Monaco, she…
Christmas at Windsor to include gifts exchanged by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
23rd November 2019
The bicentenary of the births of Queen
Victoria and Prince Albert will be celebrated by a small display at
Windsor, once the setting for the many Christmases which the royal
couple spent together with their growing family of nine children.
Displayed in the Octagon Dining Room, it will recall the ritual of
the Bescherung, [‘Giving of Gifts’] the traditional German custom
of exchanging gifts on…
