This year’s Christmas Broadcast by Queen Elizabeth II gives everyone the quiet but steady reassurance that despite the challenges and dangers brought forth…

Waddesdon Manor, image from Wikimedia Commons Some time in 1890, Queen Victoria arrived at Waddeston Manor, the country home of the wealthy Rothschild fam…

Prince Philip. Image from Wikimedia Commons Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, hits another milestone in his storied lifetime as he turns 100 in April 2021.…

The Royal Family observing physical distancing on the Windsor Castle grounds. Image from The Royal Family FB page. Just a few days before Christmas, Queen …

The Royal Collection Trust’s Facebook page recently shared photographs of Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse all decorated for Christmas.…

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, then-Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, and Lady Louise Windsor on Christmas Day 2017. Image from Wikimedia Commons Queen Eli…

Theatrical performances highlight Christmas festivities in the 16th and 17th century. Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is said to have been written as a Twelfth…

King John ruled England from 1199 until 1216. He was the youngest of the four surviving sons of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Nicknamed John…

Sharing this short article from the London World , detailing the Christmas dishes preferred by Queen Victoria.   The dishes, which always occupy the Queen'…

Queen Victoria present flowers to a convalescing  Boer War soldier, c1900. From Wellcome Images. Queen Victoria's Christmas in 1899 was described as a …

1. On the true definition of family… “Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.…

King Constantine and Queen Sophie with their family. On October 27, 1889, Crown Prince Constantine (later King) of Greece and Princess Sophie of Prussi…

Prince and Princess Christian in 1865. Image from Wikipedia Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein has often been relegated in royal biographies to a …

A friend from the United States sent me a copy of Royal Love Stories: The Tales behind the Real-Life Romances of the World's Kings and Queens . Written b…

Balmoral Castle. Image from Wikimedia Commons The Scottish Highlands had enthralled Queen Victoria and Prince Albert that they favoured the isolation of th…

Empress Augusta Victoria, with her daughter, Victoria Luise. Image from Wikimedia Commons On October 22, 1858, Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany was born at …

Archduke Carl of Austria and Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma on their wedding in 1911. On the far left is a happy Emperor Franz Josef. Image from Wikimedia Comm…

A portrait of Queen Victoria by Winterhalter. The Queen is featured wearing the sapphire and diamond coronet. In 1842, Franz   Xaver Winterhalter paint…

Princess Delphine of Belgium. Image from Wikimedia Commons The Belgian Court of Appeals  has  granted the title of Princess of Belgium to Delphine Boël, th…

When Miss Sarah Ferguson tied the knot with Prince Andrew, Duke of York, on July 23, 1986 at Westminster Abbey, she  donned a tiara of leafy diamond scroll…