Royal News

Norway's king and queen won't appear in magazine photos of Princess Martha Louise's wedding

The King and Queen of Norway won’t be seen in the exclusive photos taken by a magazine of the wedding of their only daughter. Princess Martha Louise marries Durek Verrett on August 31st in Gerainger in Norway. Hello magazine and its sister publication, Hola, have sole rights to cover the wedding. The celebrations, which will last three days, will also be filmed for a documentary for…
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Spain

The important royal wedding that might well have started a brand new tradition

When the then Prince Felipe of Spain married Letizia Ortiz Rocosolano, in May 2004, it was not only a historic day for the birth of a new family, or because it was the wedding of the heir to the throne to one of Europe’s most ancient dynasties. It also marked the first wedding in the Almudena Cathedral in Madrid.  Built between 1883 and 1993, it is one of the most recent archdiocesan sees in…
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Luxembourg

Luxembourg gets ready to celebrate the royal wedding of the year

Luxembourg seems to be on a streak of happy celebrations. After helping Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie in welcoming Prince François at the end of last month, the Grand Duchy is getting ready to celebrate the wedding of Princess Alexandra and Mr Nicolas Bagory. The couple will have two weddings, with the civil ceremony being set to take place this…
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FeaturesRoyal Weddings

Man vows to eat a slice of Charles and Diana's wedding cake after buying it twice

A slice of royal history has been bought at auction twice by the same man, and he’s determined to have his cake and eat it, too. When Gerry Layton of Alwoodley, Yorkshire, saw a piece of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer’s wedding cake for sale at a 2021 auction, he spent a mouth-watering £2,170 to purchase the slice. Fast forward to May 2022, and unbelievably, the 62-year-old…
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