[ad_1] In the musical Hamilton, King George III of England is shocked when he hears that the first president of the United States is retiring. “They say George Washington’s yielding his power and stepping away,” he sings, “Is that true? I wasn’t aware that was something a person could do.” […]
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Kate Middleton’s Wedding Dress Helps Introduce the New Royal Era
[ad_1] Burton envisioned a unique theme paying tribute to Great Britain with four national flowers: “the English rose, Welsh daffodil, Irish shamrock, and Scottish thistle,” says Butcher. The RSN team precisely hand-engineered the appliqués using the Carrickmacross process, which originated in Ireland in the 1820s. “The lace is worked by […]
Prince Andrew and Fergie’s Unconventional Love Story
[ad_1] Are Prince Andrew and Fergie back together? Since the Duke and Duchess of York’s divorce in 1996, royal watchers have been asking if the exes will tie the knot for a second time. The Yorks have given the public many reasons to speculate. The controversial, scandal-prone couple still live together at […]
Queen Camilla’s Son Defends Her Motives in Marrying King Charles
[ad_1] In Prince Harry’s memoir Spare, he singles out his stepmother, Queen Camilla, for particular criticism, implying that she plotted to become queen. In a recent podcast appearance, Camilla’s son Tom Parker Bowles has disagreed with Harry’s characterization and emphasized that she married King Charles III for love. “I don’t […]
The Danish Royal Family Starts the New Year With Fewer Princes
[ad_1] New Year’s has long been the time where the royal family of Denmark gathers for a series of events that emphasize togetherness and their duty to the public. But this year, the celebrations came with a message of sadness from Queen Margrethe II. In her annual New Year’s Address, […]
Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s Tortured Relationship
[ad_1] The story of Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, is not that of star-crossed lovers. Continuously recounted in film, television, tell-all books, and the gossip pages, it is a tale of a woefully mismatched married couple, lauded as the English monarchy’s future, whose divorce almost unraveled the British […]
Above the Fray: Princess Anne Is Keeping Calm and Carrying On
[ad_1] A princess carrying her own bags through the crowded terminals of JFK Airport? That was indeed the sight that greeted travelers earlier this month, when Anne, Princess Royal, visited New York on a working trip weeks after her mother’s funeral. The visit, which included attending a charity gala,visiting the […]
Charles and William Plan for the Monarchy After the Queen’s Death
[ad_1] The king’s speech, delivered to the nation by King Charles III soon after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, was the most important address of Charles’s life. Speaking from the Blue Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace, where the queen addressed the nation for many of her Christmas […]
Queen Victoria’s Funeral Was Almost a Majestic Mess
[ad_1] Years before Queen Elizabeth II passed away at her beloved Balmoral on September 8, 2022, the state plans for her death, dubbed Operation London Bridge, were already concrete. This foresight, so typical of the queen’s pragmatic, no-nonsense personality, was a far cry from the confusion that greeted the death […]
British Royal Family Tree: From Queen Elizabeth II to Lilibet Diana
[ad_1] Since Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne in 1952, the English royal family tree has grown to include her four children, eight grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. For most people, a family tree is simply a fun curio, but for the British royal family birth order and parentage is […]
Queen Letizia Borrows a $40 Dress From Her Daughter Princess Leonor
[ad_1] Queen Letizia of Spain has long made headlines for her fashion-forward style—and her penchant for rewearing and borrowing from her mother-in-law, Queen Sofía. But on Wednesday, she attended a meeting at the Spanish headquarters of UNICEF, where took closet-shopping to a new level. Letizia wore a red ikat-patterned shirtdress […]