The King has presented a brand new colour
to the Royal Guard at Balmoral Castle. The regimental flag was
handed over by His Majesty in a short ceremony at Balmoral as he
began his residence there for the summer. Accompanied by The Queen,
King Charles presented the ‘Ballater Colour’ which is used by the
Royal Guard who patrol the castle. This new colour marks the new…
On May 6th 2023 at Westminster Abbey,
King Charles III was crowned with St. Edward’s Crown, at the moment
of coronation. The Archbishop of Canterbury placed the crown on His
Majesty’s head before declaring ”God Save The King.” The design of
St.
The dazzling display of aquamarines that has only been worn by Queen Elizabeth II
27th August 2023
The Aquamarine Parure began as a
coronation gift and has morphed into a jewelled legacy between a
Monarch and the people of Brazil who contributed, over a period of
15 years, to one of Queen Elizabeth II’s most fashionable and
complete parures. And now that set of…
As she stepped into the Royal Opera House
for a concert marking one of the biggest political events of her
reign, Elizabeth II was the picture of serenity. But just minutes
earlier she had had to perform a tiara swap as her jewels fell
apart in the back of her royal car. Queen Elizabeth II was on her
way to attend the Fanfare for Europe gala in central London on
January 3rd 1973 when the…
Hillsborough Castle lies in the village
of Royal Hillsborough in the northwest of County Down in Northern
Ireland. While the official government residence might look the
part of a royal castle, it’s anything but. The Georgian county
house was built in the 18th…
She was known as “the people’s princess”
and 26 years after her death, people still go to see where Princess
Diana spent her final years, Kensington Palace. While apartments 8
and 9 are not open to the public, there is still plenty of detail
as to what her…
The State Visit of King Charles and Queen
Camilla to France will now take place in September. Their Majesties
will visit Paris and Bordeaux between September 20th and 22nd 2023.
The King and Queen were due to make the official trip in March 2023
but had to cancel because of strikes and protests at pension
changes planned by President Emmanuel Macron. The State Visit to
France was to have…
The King of Canada has sent a message to
residents of British Columbia and the Northwest Territories
following severe wildfires in the area. In a message sent to the
Governor General of Canada, King Charles shares that he and Queen
Camilla have been “desperately…
With the news that the Le
Touquet-Paris-Plage International Airport in France is set to
change its name to add ‘Elizabeth II’ in honour of the late queen,
we started looking into other places and things named after Queen
Elizabeth II. While the French airport is the…
The gowns worn by royal bridesmaids can
often be overlooked but the creations made for the attendants at
Princess Margaret’s wedding in May 1960 had a very special meaning.
For they were a link between the bride and her beloved father, who
had died almost a decade before her marriage. Margaret had turned
to Norman Hartnell for her wedding ensemble and entrusted him with
creating perfect…
