It's December! That means Christmas at Sandringham and New Year celebrations and a whole lot of other exciting royal events that I get to spend my days watching instead of actually celebrating things with other people. Fun!
Not that much happens in November, but I missed the entire month of royal coverage thanks to a certain baby's Christening, so I'm going to write about it all in this one post. Now would be a good time to close the window and find something better to do with your time.
On the 14th of November, Prince Charles turned 65, officially making him the oldest heir to the British throne ever. He's also been waiting to be King for the longest time, because the only British monarch who's ruled for longer than Queen Elizabeth is Queen Victoria, but her successor, King Edward VII, wasn't born until she had been Queen for three years.
Prince Charles celebrated this milestone in Kerala, were he and the Duchess of Cornwall were visiting at the time. Where he should have gone, however, is Kenya. For one, he would not have been out of place had he started singing about waiting to become King. Secondly, his wait might have ended. Queen Elizabeth (Well, Princess Elizabeth) was in Kenya when she heard about her father's death. The same could have happened with Charles.
Fortunately or unfortunately, depending upon your views about the monarchy, Queen Elizabeth is still alive and well. In fact, she visited Southwark with the Duke of Edinburgh last week (read all about it), and also celebrated her 66th wedding anniversary quite recently. Sixty six years. The Queen has been married for longer than her father was alive.
Earlier this week, Prince William hosted a charity event at Kensington Palace to raise money for his charity, Centrepoint. There were performances by Jon Bon Jovi, and Taylor Swift and at some point in the night, Prince William decided to get up on the stage and join in the singing. And this happened.
Not that much happens in November, but I missed the entire month of royal coverage thanks to a certain baby's Christening, so I'm going to write about it all in this one post. Now would be a good time to close the window and find something better to do with your time.
On the 14th of November, Prince Charles turned 65, officially making him the oldest heir to the British throne ever. He's also been waiting to be King for the longest time, because the only British monarch who's ruled for longer than Queen Elizabeth is Queen Victoria, but her successor, King Edward VII, wasn't born until she had been Queen for three years.
Prince Charles celebrated this milestone in Kerala, were he and the Duchess of Cornwall were visiting at the time. Where he should have gone, however, is Kenya. For one, he would not have been out of place had he started singing about waiting to become King. Secondly, his wait might have ended. Queen Elizabeth (Well, Princess Elizabeth) was in Kenya when she heard about her father's death. The same could have happened with Charles.
Fortunately or unfortunately, depending upon your views about the monarchy, Queen Elizabeth is still alive and well. In fact, she visited Southwark with the Duke of Edinburgh last week (read all about it), and also celebrated her 66th wedding anniversary quite recently. Sixty six years. The Queen has been married for longer than her father was alive.
Earlier this week, Prince William hosted a charity event at Kensington Palace to raise money for his charity, Centrepoint. There were performances by Jon Bon Jovi, and Taylor Swift and at some point in the night, Prince William decided to get up on the stage and join in the singing. And this happened.
'Prince William sings with Taylor Swift and Jon Bon Jovi', as the video is titled. Or 'Taylor Swift high-fives the second in line to the British throne, and everybody loses their minds'. Kate and George were nowhere to be seen.
Moving away from the United Kingdom, the Danish Royal Family had a portrait made of them. And it looks like hell. Literally.
See, this is the family on a regular day:
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| For those of you unfamiliar with the Danish Royal Family. Top (from left to right): Prince Vincent, Crown Prince Frederik, Princess Josephine, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Joachim, Princess Athena Bottom: Prince Henrik, Princess Isabella, Prince Christian, Queen Margrethe, Princess Marie, Prince Henrik, Prince Nikolai, Prince Felix |
And this is the portrait.
It was painted by Thomas Kluge, and for some reason he was actually paid for doing it. If you look closely, you'll notice that only the Queen and her two direct heirs, the Crown Prince and Prince Christian, are breaking the fourth wall and staring directly into the soul of the viewer. I read somewhere about the significance of this, but I've forgotten.
I also read that it took the artist four years to paint, which would explain why Christian and Isabella look so much younger than they do now. However, none of Prince Vincent, and Princesses Josephine and Athena were born four years ago, so that must have required the painting to constantly be changed.
And what are Felix and Nikolai playing with in the corner? Is that blood? Going by the theme of the painting, I wouldn't be surprised.
Comparisons, of course, were made between this and that creepy portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge. Creepy as it may be, at least the painting of the Duchess didn't have a eight year old who was made to look capable of cold-blooded murder.
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