Her Royal Highness

Surprise! The British Royal Family is not the only royal family. In fact, there are a lot of different royal families all over the world. Today, we are going to take a look at the Swedish Royal Family. The King of Sweden is Carl XVI Gustaf. He is married to Queen Silvia. They have three children. Let's start with their oldest child, Crown Princess Victoria. Crown Princess Victoria is married to Prince Daniel. They have two children, Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar. The King and Queen's second child is Prince Carl Philip. He is married to Sofia Hellqvist and they have a son Prince Alexander. They are also expecting a second child in September of 2017. Finally, we have King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia's third child, Princess Madeleine. Princess Madeline is married to Christopher O'Neill and they have two children, Princess Leonore and Prince Nicolas.

Princess Kate went to college at St. Andrews University and while it is where she met Prince William, that was not the only thing she accomplished in college. She also has an Art History Degree. On Thursday, the Princess opened up new areas of the Victoria and Albert Museum. After she attended a short tour, she then attended a reception in Blavatnik Hall and got meet the people who worked on the project. Then, they did and unveiling of a commemorative plaque in Sackler Courtyard. This officially marks the opening of the Victoria and Albert Exhibition Road Quarter. Here, Princess Kate got to put her art history degree to use by attending an art museum. To see People Magazine's cover of the story go to http://people.com/royals/princess-kate-puts-her-art-degree-to-use-at-museum-visit/ See pictures of Princess Kate's outfit too.

Taking a picture of a person is already a difficult task, but Princess Grace of Monaco has been called by a royal photographer "the most difficult royal I ever photographed," Apparently Princess Grace only agreed to let him have a private audience with her because he had a private audience with the Queen. She was described as haughty, arrogant, and awkward towards him. On the other hand, the same photographer has said that Princess Margaret was his favorite royal to photograph. He called her the Diana of her day, and it was true. She, in my own opinion was always in beautiful outfits. The photographer also noted that she had "beautiful azure eyes". The photographer shares a story in which he was invited to Windsor Castle to do a photograph of the royal family. He had wanted to do a picture of the family sitting on the grass, but it was wet. The only thing he could find for them to sit on was a Persian rug. When the Queen's husband Prince Philip saw the ru

Louis Mountbatten was the man who made the royal family we have today. Since the time that it was determined that Princess Elizabeth would be the future queen, Louis Mountbatten made sure that his nephew Prince Philip, spent as much time with her as possible. When the royal family went to visit the navel academy that Prince Philip was attending, he arranged that he met with Princess Elizabeth. He continued to push the two together, and yes, they fell in love. The royal family, however was not happy with Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth's romance because of his family's German connections. A few of his sisters were married to Nazis and even though he fought against them, the royal family did not want their daughter to be married to a man of German descent. Louis Mountbatten who Prince Philip called Dickie made sure to inform the royals that even though he was of German and also Greek descent, he did not speak the language and was a British citizen. Eventually Prince Philip a

Charles had been dating Camilla Parker Bowles (his second wife) long before he met Diana. He then broke up with her and married Diana. The trouble in their marriage started on their honeymoon, on the HMS Britannia. Prince Charles spent most of his time on the honeymoon alone painting watercolors. This made Diana so mad she destroyed his painting equipment so he could no longer paint. Another time that Charles damaged their relationship was when they were talking about their schedules, and then it happened. A picture of Camilla fell out of his diary. After the diary incident, Diana noticed Prince Charles wearing cufflinks  C's on them, which Diana interpreted to mean Prince Charles and Camilla. Eventually Charles and Diana got divorced and Prince Charles married Camilla, who had also had a divorce. Information From: http://people.com/royals/prince-charles-camilla-princess-diana-divorce-new-book/ Diana Picture By: Nick Parfjonov Charles Picture By: Dan Marsh Camilla Picture By:

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands used to not only carry out his royal duties, but also was a guest pilot on KLM's Fokker 70 planes and way before that on a Dutch plane called  Martinair. Twice a month, the king would fly as a guest pilot. It was just a fun hobby that he took part in twice a month that he did for twenty one years. But it makes you wonder "Was a royal the pilot on any of the plane rides I've been on?" Who knows what other interesting part time jobs royals around the world hold. What if you have been in the same room as a royal and you did not even know it? Information From: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/17/dutch-king-willem-alexander-admits-to-working-part-time-as-an-airline-pilot

Did you know that there are so many twins in royal history? A few twin royals today are Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock of Monaco's two year old twins Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella. Another set of twins are Prince Frederik and Princess Mary of Denmark's six year old twins Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine. Even the British Royal Family's Autumn Kelly, wife of Peter Phillips has a twin brother Christopher Kelly Did you also know that Meghan Markle is not the first American to date a royal? Plenty of Americans have become royals! For instance, Wallis Simpson married Prince Edward, who became the King of England, then abdicated to be with Wallis, and is the reason that Queen Elizabeth is Queen. Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Christopher O'Neill who has American citizenship married Princess Madeleine of Sweden.   Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III Photo by Robert LeRoy Knudsen

The British Royals, just like everybody, some time in their lives, trip. At the Royal Ascot, on the first day, Sophie, Countess of Wessex was getting out of her seat in the carriage, had a clumsy moment and almost fell out of the carriage. She would have fallen out of the carriage if the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, had not been there to catch her. The look on their faces as Kate catches Sophie of Wessex is truly amazing and you can see the picture on People Magazine's coverage of the event (Link at the bottom of the article). Luckily nobody was hurt, and nobody fell out of the carriage. http://people.com/royals/princess-kate-to-the-rescue-we-explain-whats-happening-in-this-omg-worthy-photo/

For many people, the British Royal Family consists of Prince William, Kate Middleton, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry, and Princess Diana (formerly). But it is actually huge! The basic facts are: Queen Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten and they had 4 children. Their oldest son is Prince Charles. He married Diana Spencer and they had 2 boys, Prince William and Prince Harry. Prince Charles divorced Diana and married Camilla Parker-Bowles. Princess Anne is Queen Elizabeth's second child and her only daughter. Princess Anne was married to Mark Phillips and they had two children Peter Phillips and Zara Phillips (now Tindall). Princess Anne then married Timothy Lawrence, and they had no children together. Queen Elizabeth's third child is Prince Andrew. He married Sarah Ferguson and they had two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. Prince Andrew divorced Sarah Ferguson and never remarried. The Queen's youngest child is Prince Edward. he is married to Sophie Rhys-Jo

Welcome to Her Royal Highness. When we hear the word princess, we most likely think of Disney princesses. But at this blog, you can learn about the real princesses, princes, queens, kings, and other members of the royal families of the world. If you have ever just searched on Google the words "Royal Family" (And if you have not, you should do so!), you will find all sorts of top news stories and royal events that happened that very day or week. Royal news is all around us and we should learn and hear about what they do because it is important and interesting. Royals don't just sit on thrones all day with crowns on their heads, they go out and host parties, meet with leaders, and visit people in the countries they rule. So as you read this blog, open your mind and read about the current royal news. Enjoy!