Flashback
Danish State Visit to The Netherlands, 1954
Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands hosted King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid of Denmark on their State Visit to The Netherlands on this day in 1954, 70 years ago, following the Dutch State Visit to Denmark in 1953.
Gala Performance of ‘Cinderella’, 1949
Wedding of Lord Ivar Mountbatten, 1994
Prince Edward and Princess Margaret were among the Guests at the Wedding of Lord Ivar Mountbatten and Penelope Thompson at the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Clare in Suffolk on this day in 1994, 30 years ago.
Gala Performance in Windsor, 1939
Swedish State Visit to The Netherlands, 2009
The Dutch Royal Family hosted King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden on their second State Visit to The Netherlands on this day in 2009, 15 years ago, following their previous State Visit to The Netherlands in 1976 and the Dutch State Visit to Sweden in 1987.
Wedding of the Nawab of Pataudi and the Begum of Bhopal, 1939
Royal Guests from around India gathered in Bhopal to celebrate the Wedding of the Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, the 8th Nawab of Pataudi and Princess Sajida Sultan, the 12th Nawab Begum of Bhopal on this day in 1939.
Wedding of Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Queen Victoria led the Royal Guests and Relatives from around Europe at the Wedding of her two grandchildren, Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, at Schloss Ehrenburg in Coburg on this day in 1894, 130 years ago.
Spanish Royal Visits to The Netherlands
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands will host King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain on their State Visit to The Netherlands today, which is the latest in a long series of meetings between the two Royal Families in recent decades.
Queen in Ceylon, 1954
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh continued their six-month Commonwealth Tour in Ceylon on this day in 1954, following Tours around the United Kingdom after the Queen’s Coronation. The stops in Bermuda, Jamaica, Panama, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, and Ceylon were followed by visits to Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar.