-
1 month ago | 
royalcentral.co.uk | Elizabeth Jane Timms |Russian royalty |European royalty
The regal tradition of scratching signatures in windowpanes is long established and well known. The windows – particularly when in rooms of royal residences – formed a kind of living ‘guestbook’, often accompanied by the date the visit or signature, was made. These windowpanes are silent witnesses to vanished royal gatherings on long ago summers or essential occasions, represented today by the grouping of names that remain.
-
Mar 14, 2024 | 
royalcentral.co.uk | Elizabeth Jane Timms |Russian royalty |European royalty
Of the nine children of Queen Victoria’s children, one daughter married in London another on the Isle of Wight and one son in St. Petersburg. The remaining six married at Windsor, five at St. George’s Chapel and one in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle.
-
Dec 23, 2023 | 
royalcentral.co.uk | Elizabeth Jane Timms |Russian royalty |European royalty
Prince Albert is generally credited with introducing the Christmas tree to Britain, but in fact, it was the work of his wife’s grandmother, Queen Charlotte. Like Prince Albert, Charlotte was born and raised in Germany, where the tradition of bringing a tree inside at Christmas time, decorated with lights and sweets, is believed to date back to the 16th century. As a child, Charlotte’s family always decorated single yew branches and laid presents for each other underneath.
-
Dec 18, 2023 | 
royalcentral.co.uk | Elizabeth Jane Timms |Russian royalty |European royalty
By Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger 1497/8 (German)Details of artist on Google Art Project - eAHC0d0WiemXSA at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons While modern royal Christmas celebrations take place at Sandringham, for hundreds of years it was Windsor Castle that was the preferred setting for the festive celebrations of kings and queens. Victoria and Albert loved to spend the season there but they were only following the pattern of dozens of...
-
Dec 15, 2023 | 
royalcentral.co.uk | Elizabeth Jane Timms |Russian royalty |European royalty
Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Some of the earliest Christmas cards to survive in the Royal Collection date from the first half of Queen Victoria’s reign.
-
Dec 12, 2023 | 
royalcentral.co.uk | Elizabeth Jane Timms |Russian royalty |European royalty
It was during the reign of Queen Victoria that many interpretations of modern Christmas traditions took hold. The Royal Family was at the heart of some of them with Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert, seen to popularise the Christmas tree. Prince Albert was an enthusiastic skater. And the romance of a snow draped festive season was integral to Victoria’s Christmas season.
-
Dec 6, 2023 | 
royalcentral.co.uk | Elizabeth Jane Timms |Russian royalty |European royalty
Public Domain, Wiki Commons Queen Victoria spent her last Christmas at Osborne in 1900. It was forty years exactly since Prince Albert had celebrated his final Christmas in 1860 at Windsor, the setting for so many happy family festivities in the past.
-
Dec 5, 2023 | 
royalcentral.co.uk | Elizabeth Jane Timms |Russian royalty |European royalty
By Yann Caradec from Paris, France - Marie-Antoinette en grand habit de cour - 1778 - Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Snow has provided enjoyment for countless generations of children and adults alike; royalty, of course, is no exception to this time-honoured rule.
-
Dec 4, 2023 | 
royalcentral.co.uk | Elizabeth Jane Timms |Russian royalty |European royalty
Prince Albert is generally credited with introducing the Christmas tree to Britain, but in fact, it was the work of his wife’s grandmother, Queen Charlotte. Like Prince Albert, Charlotte was born and raised in Germany, where the tradition of bringing a tree inside at Christmas time, decorated with lights and sweets, is believed to date back to the 16th century. As a child, Charlotte’s family always decorated single yew branches and laid presents for each other underneath.
-
Nov 20, 2023 | 
royalcentral.co.uk | Elizabeth Jane Timms |Russian royalty |European royalty
After the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at 11:30 am in Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947, the bridal gifts given to Princess Elizabeth were exhibited at St James’s Palace, numbering over 2,500. Like the gifts, Princess Elizabeth’s wedding dress, designed by the leading British couturier, Sir Norman Hartnell, was also put on display.
