Breaking News: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are engaged!
Embed from Getty Images On the morning of November 27, 2017, Clarence House made the following announcement on Twitter: “The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince Harry to...
View ArticleMeghan Markle
by Susan Flantzer By Genevievederivative work: Firebrace (talk) – DSC_3441, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24725000 Rachel Meghan Markle, born on August 4, 1981, in Los...
View ArticleBreaking News: Meghan Markle’s Engagement Ring
Meghan Markle’s engagement ring was reportedly designed by Prince Harry with the help of Cleave and Company, Court Jewellers and Medallists to The Queen. The ring which is on a gold band features a...
View ArticlePrince George’s Christmas List
Embed from Getty Images (From Susan: I used to teach preschool way back when and I think this is adorable.) From November 29 – 30, 2017, The Duke of Cambridge undertook a visit to Finland at the...
View ArticleWedding of Princess Anne and Timothy Laurence
by Susan Flantzer Photo Credit – www.dailymail.co.uk Princess Anne married Timothy Laurence on December 12, 1992, at Crathie Church in Crathie, Scotland near Balmoral Castle. Princess Anne’s Early Life...
View ArticleA British Royal Christmas
by Scott Mehl Royal Christmas celebrations in the United Kingdom begin in mid-December when The Queen hosts a luncheon at Buckingham Palace for the entire extended Royal Family. This gives The Queen a...
View ArticleBreaking News – Another baby for Zara and Mike Tindall
source: The Telegraph, credit: Andrew Matthews It’s been announced that Zara and Mike Tindall are expecting their second child. Zara is the daughter of Princess Anne, The Princess Royal, and the...
View ArticleBreaking News: Princess Eugenie of York Engaged!
Engagement Photo of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank; Photo Credit – https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily Buckingham Palace announced on January 22, 2018: “The Duke and Duchess of York are...
View ArticleJack Brooksbank, fiancé of Princess Eugenie of York
by Susan Flantzer Jack Brooksbank and Princess Eugenie of York; Photo Credit – https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily On January 22, 2018, Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Princess Eugenie of...
View ArticleWedding of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Princess Alexandra of...
by Scott Mehl On March 10, 1863, the future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom married Princess Alexandra of Denmark, at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. It would be the first royal wedding held at St....
View ArticleQueen Victoria’s Great-Grandchildren
compiled by Susan Flantzer Queen Victoria with some of her extended family in 1894; Photo Credit – Wikipedia Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had 87 great-grandchildren. 3 were stillborn (not included...
View ArticleGreat-Great-Grandchildren of Queen Victoria
compiled by Susan Flantzer Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with their nine children; Photo Credit – Wikipedia Queen Victoria and Prince Albert have 142 great-great-grandchildren. Note that many of...
View ArticleWhat’s Wrong With “Victoria” Season 2?
Queen Victoria’s family in 1846 by Franz Xaver Winterhalter; left to right: Prince Alfred, The Prince of Wales, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Princess Alice, Princess Helena and Victoria, Princess...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Prince Philip Admitted to Hospital for Hip Surgery
photo: By Northern Ireland Office – https://www.flickr.com/photos/niogovuk/17016997351/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65214202 Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, has...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS — It’s A Boy!
The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a son, at 11:01 local time today, at the Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital, London. The baby weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces. The Duke of Cambridge was present...
View ArticleBreaking News: A name for the newborn prince
Embed from Getty Images Today it was announced that the name of the newborn son of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be Louis Arthur Charles with Louis being pronounced Loo-ee. He will be known...
View ArticlePrince Louis of Cambridge
by Susan Flantzer Embed from Getty Images Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge is the second son of the two sons and the youngest of the three children of Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge, and...
View ArticleHistory and Traditions: Norman and Plantagenet Weddings
by Susan Flantzer Wedding of Matilda of England, King Henry I’s daughter, and Heinrich V, Holy Roman Emperor; Credit – Wikipedia House of Normandy House of Angevin House of Plantagenet House of...
View ArticleHistory and Traditions: Tudor Weddings
by Susan Flantzer Double Portrait of Elizabeth of York and King Henry VII; Credit – Wikipedia Unofficial Royalty: House of Tudor On August 22, 1485, at the Battle of Bosworth Field, the last...
View ArticleHistory and Traditions: Stuart Weddings
by Susan Flantzer Union of the Crowns Badge Tudor Rose dimidiated with the Scottish Thistle, used by King James VI/I to symbolize the personal union of his realms; Credit – Wikipedia Unofficial...
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