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July 1, 1999:
On that day in 1999, Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley was born at Portland Hospital in Marylebone, London. He is the only son and eldest child of David Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon and is a grandson to Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. Charles is the heir to Snowdon County as his father is the current Earl.
July 1, 1961:
On that day in 1961, Lady Diana Spencer was born at Park House in Sandringham, Norfolk. She was born into the aristocratic Spencer family of John Spencer, Viscount Althorp. Diana married Prince Charles, Prince of Wales in 1981 at St Paul’s Cathedral and became Princess of Wales. The couple had two children and separated in 1992, before officially divorcing in 1996. Diana, Princess of Wales tragically died in Paris in a car accident.
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July 4, 1942:
On that day in 1942, Prince Michael of Kent was born in Coppins, Iver, Buckinghamshire. Son of Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, the prince sometimes represents his cousin, the Queen, at official events. The prince has two children, Lord Frederick Windsor and Lady Gabriella Kingston
July 5, 1866:
On this day in 1866, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein in the private chapel of Windsor Castle. The couple had six children, two of whom died within days of their birth.
July 6, 1553:
On this day in 1553, King Henry VIII’s long-awaited son, King Edward VI, died at the age of 15 at Greenwich Palace, London. Edward became monarch at the age of nine when his father died in 1547. As he had no apparent heir, he declared Lady Jane Gray as his successor, rather than his Catholic half-sister Mary, who would later become Queen Mary I.
July 6, 1893:
On this day in 1893, King George V and Queen Mary, then Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Mary of Teck were married in the Chapel Royal of St. James Palace. The princess was originally introduced to Prince Albert Victor, the eldest son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and the older brother of King George V, and became engaged. However, he died of pneumonia before their marriage. A year after death, Princess Mary got engaged to the future King George V, as she was considered a suitable candidate by Queen Victoria. The couple had six children, two of whom were King Edward VIII and King George VI.
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July 6, 1868:
On that day in 1868, Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom was born at Marlborough House, London. She was the daughter of King Edward VII and the sister of King George V.
July 7, 1307:
On that day in 1307, King Edward I died at the age of 68 at Burgh by Sands in Cumberland, England. Edward was otherwise known as Edward Longshanks or Hammer of the Scots. Son of Henri III and Aliénor de Provence, he was a member of the Plantagenêt house and would reign for 32 years. Edward is believed to have had between fourteen and sixteen children with his first wife, Eleanor of Castile, and two other sons with his second wife, Marguerite of France. The King is buried in Westminster Abbey.
July 11, 1978:
On that day in 1978, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon officially divorced after they married in 1960. The couple had several extramarital affairs throughout their marriage and went on to separate each other. is separated for years before finalizing a divorce.
July 11, 2011:
On this day of 2011, George Lascelles, 7e Earl of Harewood, died at Harefield. The royal was born in 1923 and was the first child of Princess Mary, the Princess Royal and the first grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary of Teck.
July 12, 1905:
The youngest son of King George V and Queen Mary was born on this historic day in 1905 on the Sandringham estate. Prince John died of epilepsy at the age of 13 and is generally described as ‘the lost prince’ because his disability was seen as a shame on the royal family because it made them weaker.
July 14, 1977:
Princess Victoria of Sweden was born to King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. Her younger brother, Prince Carl Philip, was born as Crown Prince of Sweden in May 1979. However, Sweden amended the inheritance laws to allow absolute primogeniture, and the law was retroactive. When it came into force in 1980, Victoria became Crown Princess of Sweden and replaced her brother as heir to the throne.
July 17, 1947:
That day in 1947, Camilla Rosemary Shand was born in London. The now Duchess was a longtime girlfriend of Prince Charles. However, she married Andrew Parker-Bowles in 1973. The couple had two children, Laura and Tom. Camilla married the Prince of Wales and became Duchess of Cornwall in 2005.
July 17, 1918:
On this day in 1918, Princess Alix of Hesse and the Rhine and her family were murdered at the Ipatiev House in Russia. The princess was married to Tsar Nicholas II and had five children.
July 18, 1938:
On that day in 1938, Queen Marie of Romania died in Romania. She was the daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. As Queen Consort of Romania, she and her husband, King Ferdinand I, had six children, including the future King Carol II.
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18th July 1918 :
That day in 1918, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and the Rhine was assassinated by the Cheka (Bolshevik secret police) by being beaten and thrown into a mine before being thrown at her and being set on fire. The Princess was the daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and was married but never had children.
July 22, 2013:
On that day in 2013, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first child was born at St. Mary’s Hospital. Prince George’s first official royal tour was to Australia and New Zealand in 2014. The young royal attends Thomas School in Battersea.
July 23, 1885:
On this day in 1885, the youngest and ninth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom married Prince Henry of Battenberg in 1885, and they had four children. Queen Victoria had not wanted Beatrice to marry one day and stay home to take care of her as she got older. She allowed marriage to Prince Henry, but with a promise that the couple would live with or near the Queen at all times.
July 23, 1986:
That day in 1986, Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson married to Westminster Abbey and became Duke and Duchess of York. The couple went on to have two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. Sadly, the couple divorced in 1992 but have been described by their eldest daughter as the “happiest divorced couple in the world”. The couple still live together at Prince Andrew’s home at the Royal Lodge in Windsor.
July 24, 1860:
On this day in 1860, Princess Charlotte, daughter of Princess Victoria, the Princess Royal was born at the New Palace in Germany. The princess married Bernard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and had a daughter, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen.
July 28, 1996:
That day in 1996, Lady Sarah Chatto and Daniel Chatto’s first child was born in London. Samuel David Benedict Chatto was also the first grandchild of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon. The royal attended Eton College, Windsor and is enrolled at the University of Edinburgh.
July 29, 1981:
On that day in 1981, the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer were married in St Paul’s Cathedral. The Prince and Princess of Wales had two children and separated in 1992, before officially divorcing in 1996. Diana, Princess of Wales tragically died in Paris in a car accident in 1997.
July 30, 2011:
That day in 2011, Zara and Mike Tindall tied the knot in Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, with a reception at Holyrood Palace. Zara and the retired rugby player have two children, Mia and Lena, and live in Gloucestershire on the Gatcombe Estate.
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