Tag Archives: Royalty

Queen Beatrix Announced Abdication

Royal families have been in the news the last few years.  Two years ago, Prince William married Kate Middleton.  Last year, Queen Elizabeth celebrated her Diamond Jubilee.  That’s celebrating sixty years on the throne for us Yanks.  And this year, there was the joyous news of a new royal baby. Now, there is a bit of royal news coming out of the Netherlands.  Queen Beatrix announced her retirement this week.  Unlike England’s Queen Elizabeth, who is still going strong at 86, Queen Beatrix is a youthful 75, but announced that she would abdicate her thrown on April 30th, Queen’s Day. … Continue reading →

Charitable Celebrities Who Should Be Celebrated

I consider her one of the most beautiful women in the world. Queen Rania of Jordan is so stunning (click here to take a look) it’s not uncommon that people are so distracted by her beauty they miss what she is saying. (A pitfall of being gorgeous, I suppose.) But, the 37-year-old mother of four has a lot to say on a number of important issues and it would be a shame if her audience wasn’t as captivated by the topic as they are with her good looks. Her latest venture is a great example. Queen Rania just helped open … Continue reading →

A Busy Week For The Royal Family

It’s been a busy week for Britain’s royal family and quite an emotional roller coaster ride for Prince William and Prince Harry. Whenever I hear news relating to Diana, Princess of Wales I am immediately taken back to the afternoon of August 31, 1997 when I heard the news that rocked the world and changed their lives forever. This week the official British police inquiry into the death of Princess Diana was made public, but that wasn’t the only event the young princes had to contend with. As I mentioned earlier, a few days ago an 832-page report (the result … Continue reading →

Japan’s on Baby Watch

In case you have not heard, Japan’s Princess Kiko, the wife of Prince Akishino, is pregnant and due to give birth in early September. This will be the first baby in the Japanese royal family in over four years, but the big news is this one might be a boy. The sex of the baby is not known, but everyone is hoping for a boy since the Imperial Family has not had one since Prince Akishino was born in 1965. The current laws state that only a male can take reign of the world’s oldest hereditary monarchy. This has caused … Continue reading →

Charles & Diana: A Love Story?

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We’ve been talking about marriage and wedding planning here at the Marriage blog this month and I don’t think any wedding planning would be complete without talking about some of the great weddings of the last century. And I do mean the last century, not the current one. When I think of the great weddings of the last century, one of the first weddings to come to mind is that of Charles, Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer. I was just nine years old when they were married in the summer of 1981. I remember my mother waking me … Continue reading →