Wallis probably first met her future sister-in-law at a skating party in January 1933. The Duchess of York, as the Queen Mother was then known, had been invited with her husband to join the Prince of Wales and Thelma, Viscountess Furness, for ice-skating near Fort Belvedere. Wallis has been the latest new addition to the [read more]
The future Duchess of Sussex was born as Rachel Meghan Markle on 4 August 1981 as the daughter of Thomas Markle and Doria Ragland in Los Angeles in the United States. She has two half-siblings from her father’s first marriage to Roslyn Loveless. Her parents divorced when she was six years old, and while she [read more]
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee emblem has been revealed after a competition run by the V&A in conjunction with Buckingham Palace. The winning design was submitted by Edward Roberts from Nottinghamshire. He is a 19-year-old graphic design student at the University of Leeds. He will see his emblem feature prominently throughout the celebrations of the first-ever [read more]
Japan has ruled out allowing a woman to ascend the Imperial throne despite a lack of male heirs and widespread popular support for a female ruler. The government panel working to solve the succession crisis will not even consider allowing women to reign. Under the Imperial Household Law, only men can ascend the throne. The [read more]
Before King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden married Queen Silvia, his youngest older sister, Princess Christina, stepped into the role and served as an unofficial ‘first lady’ for Sweden. So when Carl Gustaf met Silvia at the Olympics, Christina was the first to welcome her and showed her the ropes once she became Queen Silvia. [read more]
The events leading up to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor leaving to take up a post in the Bahamas have led to much speculation about where their loyalties lay. As the Second World War came to France in May 1940, the Duke and Duchess fled from their home in Paris and arrived at La [read more]
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