Of all the current Royal Palaces, St James’s is the most senior and all foreign ambassadors to this country are still referred to as being appointed to the Court of St James’. This is perhaps ironic, as the palace was constructed in the 1530’s by King Henry VIII, as somewhere to escape from the rigid court life of the Palace of Whitehall. It was built on the site of a leper hospital…
As the 2018 Winter Olympics get underway, Royal Central takes a look at Great Britain’s royal Olympians.
In 1971, Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal competed in multiple European three-day event championships where she won a gold medal, and in 1975, she won in both…
On Thursday, Her Majesty The Queen attended the commissioning ceremony for HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth.
The Queen described the 65,000-tonne carrier as the “best of British”, suitable as the ship is the largest ever for the Royal Navy.
Her Majesty was accompanied by her daughter, Princess Anne who was dressed in Naval uniform. Upon arrival, Princess Anne joined her mother in…
Inside the Buckingham Palace Garden Party with Royal Central's Chief Reporter
17th May 2017
From the moment you step through the Buckingham Palace gates and join the crowds on the lawn you know you’re at the start of a very special experience. With ladies and gents in their finest and a sea of top hats and fascinators in every direction, there’s a…
It has been announced the HRH Princess Anne will make a series of visits across the country to promote the “Let’s Make It Here” initiative of the UK Fashion and Textile Association of which she is the president. The visits seek to recognise the skills and talents…
Princess Anne is 2017's busiest royal so far, with Duke & Duchess of Cambridge working the least
15th March 2017
According to the latest reports released by the Press Association this Wednesday, it would seem that The Princess Royal currently holds the title as Busiest Royal of 2017 so far, clocking in at an impressive 44 full days of work over the past two and a half months. This means Princess Anne has conducted almost a quarter of all work undertaken by the British Monarchy in 2017. Not bad for a…
Princess Anne to attend 100th anniversary ceremony for British maritime disaster
20th February 2017
Monday the 21st of February marks the 100th anniversary of one of the worst maritime disasters to occur in British waters. There were 616 South African men and 30 crew who lost their lives off the coast of the Isle of Wight on that fateful day in February. Her Royal Highness…
HRH Princess Anne, Princess Royal, will be paying a visit to one of Scotland’s toughest prisons on 22 March.
As the patron of The Butler Trust, an organisation which promotes “excellence in the UK’s prisons, probation, and youth justice,” Princess…
It has been revealed that a specialist police team are currently monitoring more than 400 stalkers who form a threat to the royal family.
Established in 2007 because ‘information was coming in, but there was no system to assess it. And the attacks were potentially preventable,’ the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (FTAC) is led by a psychiatrist and a psychologist. They believe the best way to…
