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 photographer Mario Testino – will be on
display in the estate’s Grade 1-listed stables during house opening
days at Althorp…
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…
Her Majesty The Queen has appointed a new
personal chaplain; Rev George Cowie of South Holburn Church joins
her household as Chaplain-in-Ordinary. He is a minister of the
Church of Scotland. Cowie is 53 and has been a church minister for
26 years. He will hold this position until the age of 70. Cowie is
one of ten personal chaplains in Scotland. This position is today,
mostly ceremonial, but dates…
Lady Amelia Windsor to star in fashion campaign for favourite designer of Duchess of Cambridge
27th April 2017
Lady Amelia Windsor is 36th in line to
the British throne and has been named by Tattler magazine as “the
most beautiful member of the Royal Family.” With the success of her
latest modelling appearance where she took to the runway at the
Dolce & Gabbana show in…
Earlier this week, the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge and Prince Harry opened the Global Academy in Hayse,
London. This is a new West London school that builds mental health
and wellbeing courses into its curriculum. During her time at the
Global Academy, the Duchess said…
Mayor Mircea Hava of former capital city
Alba Iulia, in Transylvania, has extended a formal invitation to
Prince Charles to take on the honorific title of Prince of
Transylvania. In a letter to the Prince of Wales Mayor Hava said:
“We know how much you love Transylvania. It has become your second
home and you have been the region’s most valuable ambassador.
Moreover, you claim your roots from…
Prince Charles speaks to Holocaust survivors about his grandmother who hid Jewish family
7th April 2017
Speaking with Holocaust survivors at the
Jewish Museum in Vienna, Prince Charles shared his pride for his
‘amazing’ grandmother, who sheltered a Jewish family from the Nazis
during World War Two. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of
Cornwall were in Vienna on the final…
Royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith is
set to reveal new facets of the heir to the throne in Prince
Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life,
publishing this Thursday, 6 April. After four years interviewing
300 of the prince’s family members, friends…
Documentary reveals MI5 spied on the Duke of Windsor during his reign & after his abdication
3rd April 2017
In a Channel 4 documentary, Spying on the
Royals, which aired Sunday night in the UK, it was revealed that
during and after his brief reign as King, Edward VIII was under
surveillance by the British secret service. Adrian Phillips, author
of The King Who Had to Go, has said that ‘putting MI5 onto Edward
VIII was to treat the unchallenged and legitimate head of state as
a potential threat to…
