It’s been a seat of royal tradition for
centuries, a place of coronations, kings and queens. But for much
of its ancient history, Westminster Abbey was far from a go to
place for royal weddings. From the end of the 14th century until
the beginning of the 20th, no regal marriages took place there at
all. But the House of Windsor changed all that. For the last
century, it’s been a…
When Princess Patricia of Connaught,
granddaughter of Queen Victoria, wed Alexander Ramsay in London in
1919, she more than made her mark. For not only had Patricia wed a
man with no royal title. She had given up her own HRH to
become his wife. Victoria Patricia Helena…
The royal diary is filling up after the
summer break and autumn is bringing its own fair share of fresh
stories all about the past. Royal history continues to fascinate
and dominate with an eternally controversial king leading the way
this week. Here’s Royal…
This month, Westminster Abbey became a
royal wedding venue for the first time in centuries when Princess
Patricia of Connaught married there. She was the church’s first
royal bride in over 500 years. As the centenary of her wedding
approaches, Royal Central is looking at the role this famous church
has played in royal history. And today we’re looking back at all of
the regal weddings held…
Princess Eugenie of York is just days
away from marrying her partner, Jack Brooksbank, in a ceremony at
St. George’s Chapel, Windsor and as she says ‘I do’ she’ll join an
ever growing list of HRHs who have wed men with no royal title of
their own.
A royal wedding just wouldn’t be a royal
wedding without a tiara or three. But when the then Princess
Elizabeth married the Duke of Edinburgh on November 20th 1947, she
almost missed out on wearing the diadem on which she’d set her
heart. For just before the bride was set to leave for Westminster
Abbey, her tiara snapped in two. The diamond disaster happened as
the future Queen was…
This morning, Her Majesty The Queen,
accompanied by the Prince of Wales, opened The Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee Galleries at Westminster Abbey. The exhibition will display
over 300 treasures from Westminster Abbey’s collection, spanning
its 1000 years of history. The new…
In addition to the handful of tombs of
England’s medieval kings and their queens consort clustered close
to or around the great shrine of Edward the Confessor at
Westminster Abbey, one royal vault is quite unlike the rest. Some
tombs are harder to find in the first…
The Coronation of Elizabeth II on June
2nd 1953 is often spoken of as the moment that a new era began. It
was a moment of history and just the sixth time a queen regnant had
been crowned in England’s history. As Royal Central marks 65 years
since the Queen’s Coronation, here’s a look back at the crowning of
England’s other female rulers. Mary I Mary I became the first
woman…
