It’s hard to believe that Princess Diana died fifteen years ago today. William was fifteen when his mum died and now of course he’s thirty, just six years younger than Diana was on August 31, 1997. That’s rather sobering. Just… Read More ›
Diana, Princess of Wales
Tom Cruise & Princess Diana
There sure have been a lot of reports on the Katie Holmes-Tom Cruise divorce (we particularly have been appreciating the insights provided by the always sharp Lainey Gossip), and it has gotten us thinking about Tom’s connection to the Princess of Wales,… Read More ›
Happy Canada Day!
Today, July 1st, is Canada Day so in that spirit let’s review some British Royals in Canada over the years. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth We’ll start with the Queen Mum. She and King George VI visited Canada from… Read More ›
The Royals At Wimbledon Part Two
Our last post featured many Royal Wimbledon fans such as Princess Grace, Princess Diana, and two Duchesses of Kent. Let’s dive in today with some truly vintage Wimbledon pictures. King George V and Queen Mary Behold the King and Queen… Read More ›
Royals at Wimbledon Part One
Wimbledon began on June 25 and will continue until July 8 this year. The Royal Family has a long association with Wimbledon which, according to the official Wimbledon website, dates back to 1907. It was in that year that the Prince… Read More ›
Trooping the Colour 2012
So today the colour was trooped. That is to say that the Queen’s official birthday was celebrated with a fantastic parade of troops from the Foot Guards and Household Cavalry who all saluted Her Majesty. Queen Elizabeth’s birthday is actually on… Read More ›
Viscount Althorp & The Hon. Frances Roche’s Wedding
It was so much fun over the weekend looking at the wedding of Emily McCorquodale that we thought we’d dive in and look at another Spencer wedding, that of Princess Diana’s parents Viscount Spencer and The Honourable Frances Ruth Roche… Read More ›
Royal Flower Girls, Bridesmaids, & Page Boys Part Two
In our last post on royal wedding attendants we reviewed Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, the future Princess Grace of Monaco, and Princess Anne – all in their flower girl and/or bridesmaid glory. Click here if you missed it. We’ll kick… Read More ›
Princess Beatrice Joins the Queen in York & The Royals Celebrating Easter Part One
Get out your Easter bonnets! Easter Sunday is quickly approaching and we’re looking forward to seeing the British Royals heading out to church this year at Windsor. Today’s article was meant to focus solely on the royals celebrating Easter in… Read More ›
The Art of the Royal Signature
Ok, this might seem silly but what the heck! Royal signatures are fun to analyze, whether they are on important documents (such as the one that The Queen signed with Prime Minister Trudeau in 1982 which formally repatriated the Canadian… Read More ›