The Portland Tiara, commissioned for a
duchess to wear at a glittering and hugely important royal
occasion, has been stolen. The diadem, made by Cartier in 1902
ahead of the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, was
taken on Tuesday night from the gallery where it is on display.
Thieves broke into the Portland Collection Gallery on the Welbeck
Estate in Worksop, Nottinghamshire…
It was the beginning of a royal chapter
which would make history time and time again. But on November 20th
1947, the ceremony which joined Princess Elizabeth and Prince
Philip as wife and husband was described by one of the clergy
involved as ”in all essentials, exactly…
If you’ve not yet had your guess on what
Baby Sussex will be called, then help might just be at hand.
There’s been plenty of speculation already about what the Duke and
Duchess of Sussex might call their first child, due in the spring,
but a little bit of history can go…
Displayed as part of the London Science
Museum’s exhibition on the Russian Imperial Family, The Last Tsar:
Blood and Revolution is a pearl earring. This extraordinarily
poignant object has its own silent story to tell, concerning the
fate of the Romanovs. Believed to have belonged to the Tsarina
Alexandra Feodorovna, this single pearl earring is symbolic of the
pieces of the Tsarina’s personal…
He’s a future monarch and head of the
Commonwealth, a husband, a son, a brother, a father, and a
grandfather. But as Prince Charles turns 70, the inevitable
question arises. What do the years ahead look like for this man
whose sole job, in the words of his son Prince…
If you think that royal baby mania is a
new thing, think again. Seventy years ago this week, ahead of the
birth of Prince Charles, the papers were filled with plenty of
stories about his parents, their plans and a very regal pregnancy.
As the then Princess Elizabeth prepared…
In the second edition of her series, Deb
Stratas focuses on the late Diana, Princess of Wales’s last year in
her marriage to the Prince of Wales. Focused in 1991 and 1992,
Diana, A Spencer in Turmoil tells of the difficult time in Diana’s
life…the year where it was announced that the Prince and Princess
of Wales were separating. It begins with Diana having lunch with a
friend and getting the…
It made headlines around the world with
its revelation that the Prince of Wales will step back from
campaigning once he succeeds to the throne but the new BBC One
documentary Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70 had plenty of
other special moments to savour as it followed…
Currently displayed in the special
exhibition at London’s Science Museum, The Last Tsar: Blood and
Revolution – exploring the role of medicine in the lives of the
Russian Imperial Family as well as the use of modern science
involved in the investigation concerning their…
Royalty is a world where the past is as
much a part of the present as the future. The past seven days have
seen the spotlight fall on celebrations and commemorations in equal
measure – here’s the week in royal history. Queen Victoria will be
reigning supreme at Buckingham Palace again next year as she is set
to take centre stage in the summer opening at the most famous royal
residence of them…
