We have learned of the passing of Pope Benedict XVI and we are greatly saddened by the news. Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger on 16 April 1927  he  was elected …

New Year's Eve 1837-38, from George Cruikshank's : Comic Almanack, January 1838  Nowhere is New Year celebrated with greater solemnity than at the cour…

Victoria Princess Royal with the Greyhound Eos, by Sir Edwin Landseer, Royal Collection Trust. From her birth until that of her younger brother's, Albert E…

Lady Susan Hussey, the longstanding Lady-in-waiting of the late Queen Elizabeth II, has apologised and stepped aside from her role in the Royal Household afte…

Source: Hapsburger.net Nowhere is Christmas celebrated with so much fervor as at the Austrian Court. A few years ago when Archduchess Marie-Valerie was a child…

Prince Albert and Queen Victoria instructing their children in the alphabet. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843. The Queen's Diary records that…

On November 16, 1937, Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, his wife, the former Princess Cecilie of Greece, and their family, except an infant daugh…

A telegram from Lucca (says the Milan correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph  on November 17) reports the death, last night [November 16] from heart disea…

Prince Harry's much-anticipated memoir is set to be released on January 10, 2023.

On May 1, 1850, Queen Victoria gave birth to her third son and seventh child, whom she named Arthur William Patrick Albert.  A few weeks later, on a letter dat…

A little boy, who lived in Scotland,   felt a very great desire to see   Queen Victoria. He was an orphan boy, and had no one to care for him. He thought if he…

The love story of King Albert of Belgium began in the reign of the late King Leopold II of Belgium. There was a particular chair near the window on which the K…

Portrait of Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent (later Queen Victoria), 1830. Richard Westall. Oil on canvas. Royal Collection. A pretty anecdote is told of …

Princess May, the daughter of the Duchess of Teck and the future Queen Mary, went driving in Hammersmith and there saw a costermonger beating his donkey. She s…

Parody of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol with the ghost of Disrael conjuring an image of Queen Victoria's Christmas dinner table from a sleep…

After reigning for more than 70 years, Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96. While the late queen's health started to fail shortly after the death of P…

Photographs - Left: Hand-coloured photograph of Victoria, Princess Royal, now Princess Friedrich of Prussia, with her first son, Prince Wilhelm, later Kaiser W…

Queen Victoria was a serial writer and writing was a habit that she nurtured starting at the age of 13 until shortly before she died in January 1901. …

Here's an illustration of Queen Victoria surrounded by her children, in-laws, and grandchildren. Can you identify them?

February 2, 1858, was a cold day and snow fell heavily. At Buckingham Palace, Queen Victoria bid her daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal, and son-in-law, Prin…

January 25, 1858 was a raw and chilly morning, but London was in a festive mood. The eldest daughter of the sovereign, Briton’s beloved Vicky, is set to be mar…

After the old Houses of Parliament was burned down and the ensuing problems that occurred while planning the new building, Prime Minister Robert Peel thought o…

Shortly before the early hours of November 21, 1840, Queen Victoria woke up feeling  in utter discomfort. Heavily pregnant with her first child, she was expect…

Princess Beatrice was the last of Queen Victoria’s children to be married. In fact, the was not interested to see her youngest daughter marry for fear that sh…

Victoria, Princess Royal and later known as the Empress Frederick, was intelligent and liberal minded but also suffered from a terrible fate in her adopted lan…

Queen Victoria enjoys luncheon with her daughter Princess Beatrice, her husband Prince Henry of Battenberg and their children. Behind them were The Queen's…

Queen Elizabeth II has presented the George Cross to National Health Service heroes at Windsor Castle. The George Cross is UK's highest civilian order an…

Queen Maud of Norway was the first queen of an independent Norway for over half a millennium. Known for her chic fashion sense, she was a beloved royal in Grea…

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester has reached a milestone in their married life as they celebrate their golden wedding anniversary last July 8.  To mark this …

In its January 1894 issue, the editor of Godey's Magazine published a travelogue written by Charles H. Adams, who visited the Riviera some time in 1891. Am…

In April 1887, Queen Victoria set about on her holiday pilgrimage to the French Riviera. This time, she went to Cannes where she visited Villa Nevada, where …

We follow Queen Victoria as she frequent the south of France for her annual holiday. In her memoirs, Reminiscences ,  published in 1922 by McMillan & Co.…

On March 16, 1882, Queen Victoria arrived in the frontier town of Menton on the French Riviera for the very first time. At that moment, she fell in love with t…

Queen Alexandra had a penchant for collecting stuff and her London residence, Marlborough House, and country retreat, Sandringham, became cluttered with trinke…

Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom ( 6 July 1868 – 3 December 1935) was the fourth child and second daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. A you…

Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. Image from Royal Family website  Prince and Princess Michael is reportedly set to retire from public life, royal correspon…

On Friday June 17, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway will host a spectacular gala dinner on the occasion of Princess Ingrid Alexand…