March 14, 2005. Director Sofia Coppola began filming Marie-Antoinette (starring Kirsten Dunst) at Versailles.
Yahoo! News article
Queen Elizabeth II stressed the importance of education in her Commonwealth Day message.
BBC News article
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden made some furry friends in Melbourne.
Hello! article
March 13, 2005. Heavy security will surround the wedding of the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles in April.
Telegraph article
Prince William was unhurt in a fall when playing polo yesterday.
Telegraph article
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended a private wedding in Swansea.
Sydney Morning Herald article
March 12, 2005. Princes William and Harry raised money for tsunami victims at a charity polo match.
BBC News article
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark concluded the official portion of their visit to Australia.
ABC News article
March 11, 2005. Having completed his tour, Prince Charles headed back to Britain.
BBC News article and pictures
At the Danish royal couple's only media conference of their Australian tour, Princess Mary spoke of her emotional return to Tasmania.
ABC News article
Prince Charles's future role as Defender of the Faith is problematic for Anglican traditionalists.
Washington Times analysis
Police entered a plane in Belgium after Iranian monarchist protestors refused to disembark.
BBC News article
Prince Charles explained ecology to Fijan children.
Hello! article
A ceremonial narcotic drink apparently confused the Prince of Wales enough for him to mention a nonexistant 1980 visit to Fiji.
Telegraph article
Prince and Princess Michael of Kent have put their country home up for sale.
Telegraph article
BBC News article
Sweden's glamorous Crown Princess Victoria impressed Australian observers.
Hello! article
March 10, 2005. Monaco's Prince Rainier III is remaining in the hospital.
Scotsman article
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden began her visit to Australia.
The Age articles: 1, 2
The Local article
New tests suggest that two teenage members of the Renaissance Medici dynasty died of malaria, not murder.
Charlotte Observer article
The Prince of Wales arrived in Fiji for the final stage of his tour.
BBC News article
Australians in Hobart rapturously welcomed the former Mary Donaldson to her native Tasmania following her visit to Melbourne.
The Age article
Hello! article
ABC News article
The Age article
The government of Neville Chamberlain hoped to use the young Princess Elizabeth to quiet Welsh nationalists.
Telegraph article
March 9, 2005. Auckland teenagers enjoyed meeting Prince Charles.
TVNZ article
The Prince of Wales's New Zealand visit continued.
BBC News pictures
Journalist Ross Benson, sympathetic biographer of Prince Charles and husband of Majesty editor Ingrid Seward, died at 56.
BBC News article
Flowers and kangaroos greeted Princess Mary in Canberra.
Sydney Morning Herald article
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark has plenty of fans in Canberra.
ABC News article
The Sultan of Oman warmly welcomed the King of Jordan, who will meet with President Bush at the White House on Monday.
Times of Oman article
Jordan Times article
The Royal Mail unveiled two stamps showing Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles to mark their wedding.
BBC News article
Telegraph article
None of the objections to the Prince of Wales's second marriage amounted to a legal impediment to the wedding.
Telegraph articles
March 8, 2005. Registar General Len Cook dismissed objections to the marriage of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles.
BBC News article
Researchers announced that Egypt's famous King Tutankhamun was not murdered and may have died of a broken leg.
BBC News article
Monaco's Prince Rainier III was hospitalized with an infection.
CNN article
Students at a Washington elementary school were thrilled to host the King and Queen of Norway.
Washington Post article
King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway had lunch with President and Mrs. Bush.
Aftenposten article
A Tory Catholic MP is challenging the exclusion of Catholics from the British throne.
Guardian article
Two topless New Zealand women heckled Prince Charles in Wellington.
BBC News article
The people of Canberra welcomed the Danish royals to Australia's capital.
The Australian article
The Age article
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary concluded their visit to Sydney with a celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of Hans Christian Andersen.
Sydney Morning Herald article
Harold Brooks-Baker (1933-2005)
Telegraph obituary
March 7, 2005. Nicholas and Alexandra: At Home with the Last Tsar and His Family continues in Cincinnati.
The News Record article
Nearing the end of their visit to the US, King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway had lunch at the White House with President Bush.
Norway Post article
Prime Minister Helen Clark claimed that New Zealand will eventually become a republic while admitting that there is no clamor for constitutional change.
BBC News article
Prince Charles was thrilled to see the endangered albatross on land in New Zealand.
Telegraph article
Hello! article
Royal commentator Harold Brooks-Baker, editor of Burke's Peerage, died at 71.
Telegraph article
March 6, 2005. Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey voiced his support for the marriage of the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles.
BBC News article
Queen Elizabeth II approved a set of stamps commemorating her son's second marriage.
Telegraph article
The Queen is reluctant to give republicans an opportunity for "mischief" by making her son's marriage an issue in Parliament.
Independent article
Prince William wants to train with his brother Prince Harry at Sandhurst.
Sunday Times article
Denmark's Princess Mary visited patients at an Australian children's hospital.
Sydney Morning Herald article
March 5, 2005. ABC News: Royals Down Under
The appointment of a private secretary is viewed as an important step toward adult royal roles for Princes William and Harry.
Daily Mail article
Buddhist monks rallied in support of Nepal's King Gyanendra.
New Kerala article
King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway began a six-day visit to Washington, DC.
Minneapolis Star Tribune article
A small crowd welcomed Prince Charles to New Zealand.
Telegraph article
Aristocrat Charles L. de Rohan died Sunday at 80.
Cincinnati Enquirer obituary
The Prince of Wales met veterans and politicians in Canberra.
BBC News article
Prince Charles managed to complete his visit to Australia without any discussions of republicanism.
Telegraph article
Guardian article
Princess Mary continues to attract wide attention and admiration in Australia.
Sydney Morning Herald article
The Age article
March 4, 2005. With Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn less popular than his revered father King Bhumibol Adulyadej, some Thais are concerned about the future of the monarchy.
Washington Times article
Nine people have submitted formal objections to the marriage of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles.
BBC News article
The Prince of Wales visited the Sydney Opera House.
BBC News article
Royals and rockers are keeping Australian photographers busy.
Hello! article
Princess Mary enchanted Australia's little girls and politicians alike.
Daily Telegraph article
The Mercury article
The media continue to emphasize the Australian public's apparent preference for the glamorous young wife of the heir to the Danish throne over the middle-aged heir to the Australian throne.
Herald Sun article
New Zealand Herald article
Prince Charles may have had a rough time at Timbertop in 1966, but was delighted to be back.
Telegraph article
As their private secretary, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton is expected to help Princes William and Harry with their public roles.
Hello! article
Telegraph article
March 3, 2005. Houston welcomed the King and Queen of Norway.
Houston Chronicle article
Princesses Alexandra and Mary of Denmark lit up glamorous events at opposite ends of the globe.
Hello! article
A former SAS man has been appointed as private secretary to Prince William and Prince Harry.
BBC News article
The Prince of Wales shared his memories of living in Australia as a teenager.
BBC News article
For Prince Charles, stealing the Australian spotlight from Princess Mary was not worth eating a live witchetty grub.
Telegraph article
Hello! article
Camilla Parker Bowles joined members of the royal family to pay tribute to Sir Angus Ogilvy (1928-2004) at Westminster Abbey.
Telegraph article
March 2, 2005. Nine hundred guests spent nearly $1 million to spend an evening with Australia's No. 1 celebrity.
The Age article
Hello! article
Princess Mary delighted children in Sydney with an impromptu walkabout.
Sydney Morning Herald article
American business journalists were impressed by a presentation by Queen Sonja of Norway in New York.
Aftenposten article
The Prince of Wales turned down a chance to eat a live grub in Alice Springs, Australia.
BBC News article and pictures
Telegraph article
Prince Charles expressed his delight at being back in Australia after 11 years.
Telegraph article
At a reception celebrating Britain's popular music industry, Queen Elizabeth revealed her lack of knowledge concerning electric guitarists.
Hello! article
Telegraph article
March 1, 2005. Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark spoke of their romance and their role as modern royals.
ABC Enough Rope interview
Japanese Crown Princess Masako's cancellation of a trip prompted concern.
Hello! article
Sunday's yacht race in Sydney marked the second time Princess Mary had defeated her husband.
Hello! article
Crown Princess Mary posed for a portrait but avoided photographers.
Sydney Morning Herald article
Prince Charles began his Australian tour with a visit to a Perth hospital where Bali burn victims had been treated.
BBC News article and pictures
Prince Charles reportedly does not expect to become King of Australia.
Sydney Morning Herald article
The Prince of Wales visited tsunami-battered areas of Sri Lanka that other dignitaries have avoided.
Hello! article
Telegraph article
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark has charmed even prominent Australian republicans, who cannot resist the allure of royalty.
The Australian article
King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway arrived in the United States for a weeklong official visit.
Aftenposten article