Congrats are in order for Lady Gabriella Windsor and her now-husband Thomas Kingston! After getting engaged in August 2018, the couple married at St.George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle on May 18, the day before Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s one-year wedding anniversary.Gabriella, or “Ella” as she’s affectionately known, is the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II’s […]
Continue readingQueen Elizabeth II has just bestowed a very special honor on her granddaughter-in-law Kate Middleton.The queen appointed Kate a Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order on April 29, which was also the duchess’s wedding anniversary, marking eight years since she married Prince William and became a royal.This rare and prestigious award is given […]
Continue readingThe British royal family arrived at Buckingham Palace on March 5 for a very special celebration in honor of Prince Charles.It’s been 50 years since the prince’s investiture, when he formally became the Prince of Wales, and he was surrounded by his closest relatives at a special morning reception that marked the important anniversary.Queen Elizabeth, […]
Continue readingYou probably already know that the royal family calls some pretty insane pads home, but where exactly does the hardest working royal return to in between her travels? The queen’s only daughter, Princess Anne, clocked in up to 455 appearances at charity events, dinners, receptions, and other engagements throughout the UK in 2018 (as well […]
Continue readingAfter 71 years of marriage, Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II are still going strong.The two were first introduced in 1934, when she was only 8 years old, but it wasn’t until their meeting at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in July 1939 – Elizabeth was 13 and Philip was 18 – that they […]
Continue readingIt’s not even Christmas yet, but the royal gifts just keep coming! After the British royal family released a series of new photos for Prince Charles’s 70th birthday last week, Clarence House unveiled another batch of never-before-seen photos on Monday.In one of the shots, we get a closer look at Charles’s adorable bond with his […]
Continue readingThe birth of Prince Louis earlier this year got us thinking about the different lives that the youngest members of the royal family will lead, particularly those who are in the direct line of succession.Prince George will be king, so his future is set (though his grandfather and father will get their turns first).Princess Charlotte, […]
Continue readingShe may be the head of state for 53 countries, but Queen Elizabeth is just “Granny” to her grandkids.The monarch first became a grandmother back in 1977, when Princess Anne gave birth to Peter Phillips, and since then her brood has grown to include eight grandchildren (plus seven great-grandchildren).It doesn’t matter how busy the queen’s […]
Continue readingOn March 20, 1974, Princess Anne was almost kidnapped.The only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip was on her way to Buckingham Palace with her husband, Mark Phillips, after a film screening when their maroon Rolls Royce was waylaid on the Mall by a white Ford Escort.Anne’s Scotland Yard-issued bodyguard, Inspector James Beaton, […]
Continue readingWe all know Princess Anne has a style all her own, but a new documentary has given us a glimpse behind the scenes of the royal family.In Queen of the World, Anne really upped the attitude and somehow made us love her even more.From shaking hands to what to call your mother when she happens […]
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