In a diary entry on 12 May 1937,
from the then 11-year-old Princess Elizabeth of York, the future
Queen recorded the experience of watching her father’s coronation
at Westminster Abbey. The diary entry opened with the fact that the
day saw the young princess awakened at the early hour of 05:00 by
the music of the Royal Marines band outside her window. Following
an early breakfast, Elizabeth got…
His Royal Highness the Duke of
Edinburgh was seen beaming with pride as his youngest
granddaughter, Lady Louise Windsor, displayed her carriage driving
skills at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. 13-year-old Lady Louise
took to the driver’s seat, continuing a family…
As part of their visit to Ireland, the
Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall toured the United
Nations Training School Ireland at the Curragh Camp. The facility
provides training to peacekeepers before they are deployed overseas
and has led to successful intervention…
A World War II veteran, who has
spent the last 26 years delivering newspapers, has taken a dig
at the Duke of Edinburgh, claiming that the Prince – who
recently announced his decision to step down from royal duties
– will not be able to manage his paper route when he retires.
90-year-old Bill Ogden is the self-proclaimed “world’s oldest
paperboy.” Every morning…
Why the royal standard would never reveal clues to “emergency” Buckingham Palace meeting
5th May 2017
While #BuckinghamPalace trended on
Twitter and the world waited in a frenzied state for news about the
“emergency” meeting called on Thursday, many people turned their
eyes to the flag flying over the palace. Though they may have hoped
it would reveal a clue as to the…
With yesterday’s announcement from
Buckingham Palace that Prince Philip will be retiring from his
public role this autumn, talk has quickly turned to what this means
for the rest of the family. With the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
already planning to relocate to London…
In July 1917, the British Royal Family
adopted a new name – Windsor. To celebrate 100 years of the Windsor
Household, the Royal Mint is releasing a new UK £5 coin. The name
change was decided upon by King George V earlier that year mainly
because to keep the name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The family
inherited the name in 1840 when Queen Victoria married Prince
Albert; it was believed to be…
A new exhibition displaying iconic images
of Diana, Princess of Wales has opened at the Althorp Estate,
Northampton, the princess’s final resting place and the family seat
of the Earls of Spencer since 1508. The images – fifteen in total,
taken in 1997 by legendary…
New BBC2 drama King Charles III portrays
a British Royal Family descending into chaos following the
ascension of Prince Charles to the throne. Adapted from Mike
Bartlett’s West End and Broadway hit of the same name, the show
features a full-blown constitutional crisis and…
New interactive map shows the links between Scandinavian royal houses and the British Royal Family
30th April 2017
A new interactive family tree has been
launched by the travel company Expedia to explain just how the
British and Scandinavian royals are related to each other. “Royally
Connected” allows users to explore the family ties shared by
Europe’s most prominent royal houses, by using simple diagrams and
symbols to illustrate the lineage of the present kings and
queens. The map…
