A new £200m Royal Yacht is to be
commissioned within weeks according to reports in the Sunday
newspapers. The new yacht will be named after Prince Philip and
will be successor to HMY Britannia, which was decommissioned in
1997. According to The Daily Telegraph, the new Royal Yacht will be
formally announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a matter of
weeks. A Downing Street…
Princess Charlotte is the spitting image
of her father, the Duke of Cambridge, in the new photo released for
her sixth birthday by Kensington Palace. The Duchess of Cambridge
took the photo of her only daughter this weekend in Norfolk. Photo
by Duchess of Cambridge…
The time The Queen and Prince Philip attended the Kentucky Derby fulfilling a lifelong dream
1st May 2021
The Queen is a huge supporter of horse
racing and is one of the sport’s most prominent owners, so it is
hardly a surprise that in her free time the monarch will be spotted
on a racecourse. Her Majesty has become a regular face at some the
UK’s best known…
The Queen sends a message of condolence to the President of Israel after dozens are killed in stampede
30th April 2021
The Queen has sent a message of
condolence to the President of Israel following a stampede on
Thursday which has resulted in the deaths of at least 45 people. In
a message to President Reuven Rivlin, the 95-year-old passed
on her sympathies to the family and friends of those killed. In
full, The Queen wrote: “I was deeply saddened by news of the
disaster at the Lag B’Omer festival…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge share family video to celebrate 10th wedding anniversary
30th April 2021
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have
shared a family video to celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary.
In a rare shared post, the Cambridges wrote, “Thank you to everyone
for the kind messages on our wedding anniversary. We are enormously
grateful for the 10…
It’s been ten years since Prince William
and Catherine Middleton tied the knot. The last decade has been
filled with royal births, royal tours, and everything in-between.
In honour of their milestone anniversary, Royal Central is looking
at the couple’s ten most…
Mike Tindall has a heartfelt conversation with the Duchess of Gloucester as they join forces on rare joint appearance
29th April 2021
The Duchess of Gloucester and Mike
Tindall have come together to conduct a rare virtual joint
engagement to mark Parkinson’s Awareness Month. Birgitte is Patron
of Parkinson’s UK – a role she has held since 1997, and Mike has
been Patron of Cure Parkinson’s since 2018. The two royals spoke
via video call on Wednesday 7th April to draw attention to the need
to find a cure for…
Royal Wedding Guests: the foreign royals at the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's wedding
29th April 2021
As a semi-state event, the wedding of the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on 29 April 2011 attracted foreign
royalty from Europe, Asia and Africa. Let’s look back at some of
the foreign royals in attendance on William and Kate’s big day!
Queen Sofía of Spain…
It’s the cake that keeps on giving. The
flower strewn bake that took centre stage at the wedding of the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on April 29th 2011 still makes its
presence felt with slices of it popping up at auction with what
seems like an almost metronomic…
Ten years ago today, I was introduced to
the world of royalty. As an American, I was not accustomed to the
idea of royalty, let alone the British Royal Family. That all
changed on April 29, 2011. I was a sophomore in college, studying
to become a nurse. My semester had ended two days prior, and I was
home, recovering from final exams. My mother had mentioned a “royal
wedding” of the…
