Today marks 15 years since the former
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, the grandmother of the
Netherlands’ current monarch, King Willem-Alexander, died after
suffering years of ill health at the hands of dementia. By the
mid-1990s, Princess Juliana, who had reverted to being called
Princess after her reign as Queen, was diagnosed with a progressive
onset form of dementia and no longer appeared…
It’s the first day of spring today and
the Royal Family has taken to social media to celebrate the
blooming of a brand new season. This fresh chapter in the year’s
story has been told online by the Windsors with photos of
Buckingham Palace bursting into life. As the sun…
With the forthcoming exhibition of the
Royal Collection George IV: Art & Spectacle set to open later this
year, I want to take a brief look at the relationship between the
future Queen Victoria and her paternal uncle, the Prince Regent,
later George IV. The Duke of Kent was…
A thank you present from a king and queen
in exile to one of their supporters is about to get its first ever
public viewing. A silk bedspread, given by King James II and his
wife, Maria of Modena, to a family who accompanied them into exile
following the Glorious Revolution of 1688 will be displayed in
Cumbria. Visitors to Sizergh Castle will now be able to view the
300 year old piece which was…
As we look at the marvellous monies
raised by Comic Relief, and the other support that the Arts give to
charity we may think that this is a modern phenomenon – not so and
the Foundling Hospital now known as Coram is an excellent example.
When the Duchess of Cambridge makes…
Peter Phillips, the eldest grandchild of
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, married his Canadian bride
Autumn Kelly on 17 May 2008 at St George’s Chapel at Windsor
Castle. The couple met in Montreal at the 2003 Canadian Grand Prix,
but Peter did not reveal his true…
On St. Patrick’s Day, royal watchers can
look forward to an event dating back over a century as the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge carry on a regal tradition and attend the St.
Patrick’s Day Parade for the 1st Battalion Irish Guards. As Colonel
of the Irish Guards, one of the five regiments of the Foot Guards,
the Duke of Cambridge attends the annual event to present sprigs of
shamrock to the…
It’s one of the most famous dates in the
UK sporting calendar and there are no prizes for guessing which
royals made their presence felt at this year’s horse racing
showpiece, the Cheltenham Festival. The Princess Royal and Zara
Tindall were regular attendees at this…
Queen Victoria’s mother, the Duchess of
Kent, died on 16 March 1861 at her residence of Frogmore House, in
Windsor Great Park. Frogmore had been occupied by the Duchess since
May 1841 when Queen Victoria asked her mother whether or not she
would like to use Frogmore House…
As she prepares to head off on another
packed tour, representing her country, you can only doff your hat
to the Duchess of Cornwall. Camilla has created a royal agenda and
role of her own, against the odds, let’s not forget, and is now
widely accepted as one of the bedrocks of the 21st century House of
Windsor. So given all she’s achieved and all she is still clearly
planning to do, is it time…
