What Was New?

Note: This is an archive of past updates to this site. Some links may have expired. For info on the most recent updates, visit the main What's New page.

November 24, 2022 - Here's your Sneak Peek at next month's new royalty books!

November 20, 2022 - Added books about Henry V and Anne Boleyn.

November 13, 2022 - Added books about Ramses II and Elizabeth I.

November 6, 2022 - Added books about Clovis I, Plantagenet Queens, and the Tudors.

November 5, 2022 - The Featured Book of the Month is The Crown in Vogue by Robin Muir and Josephine Ross, an illustrated tribute to Queen Elizabeth II and her family from the pages of British Vogue. Published in October 2022.

October 20, 2022 - Updated the Royal Books page with new royalty books published in November. Yes, I'm 12 days early! I won't be changing the Featured Book of the Month until sometime in the first week of November.

October 16, 2022 - Here's your early Sneak Peek at November's new royalty books!

October 10, 2022 - Added books about Akhenaten, Cleopatra, Egyptian Royal Tombs, Suleiman, Charles III, Elizabeth II, the Windsors, Queen Anne, British Royal Christmas, Aethelflaed, the Plantagenets, English Royalty, British Royalty, Caesar, Nero, Constantine, Roman Emperors, Macedonia, Europe, the Mughals, and Royal Women.

October 8, 2022 - The Featured Book of the Month is Henrietta Maria by Leanda de Lisle, a biography of the French princess who married Britain's King Charles I. Published in September 2022.

October 1, 2022 - Updated the Royal Books page with new royalty books published in October.

I will wait a few days before changing the Featured Book of the Month, because I want to feature the book about Queen Elizabeth II a little longer.

September 26, 2022 - Here's your Sneak Peek at October's new royalty books!

September 18, 2022 - Added books about Mary Queen of Scots, Napoleon, and Rome.

I regret that I was not able to make frequent updates to the royal news page during this past week, but I may be able to make some updates in the upcoming week.

September 11, 2022 - Updated the British Royalty page to reflect the new monarch and order of succession. Added books about Charles III, Prince William, Prince Andrew, Princess Diana, the Duke of Kent, British Royal Jubilees, Henry VIII, and the Tudors.

September 9, 2022 - I've updated the Royal News page.

If you're new to royal watching and not sure who all these princes and duchesses are, here's a quick look at who's who in the modern British royal family.

September 8, 2022 - I have updated the Royal News page with the news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. I have also restored (and updated) the Charles III article.

The new Featured Book of the Month is Queen of Our Times by Robert Hardman, a biography of the queen as a great British monarch and respected world leader. Published in 2022.

September 5, 2022 - I've restored the old article about Mary, Queen of Scots (now edited to be much shorter)! Added books about King Tut, King Farouk, Edward VI, the Tudors, Mary Queen of Scots, Queen Charlotte, and Cyprus.

September 1, 2022 - Updated the Royal Books page with new royalty books published in September.

The Featured Book of the Week is Diana: Her True Story by Andrew Morton, a revised edition of the book Princess Diana secretly helped the author write in 1992, with new insights into her life and mind.

August 31, 2022 - Today is the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana's death. Visit the Remembering Diana page for quotes from world leaders at the time about the princess and her work. And here are my own memories about the day Diana died.

August 25, 2022 - Here's your Sneak Peek at September's new royalty books!

August 20, 2022 - Added books about Empress Eugenie, the Bonapartes, and the Habsburgs.

August 13, 2022 - Added new books about Cnut, Henry V, Arthur Plantagenet, the Wars of the Roses, and Hawaiian Royalty.

August 6, 2022 - Added new books about Mary Queen of Scots, Henrietta Maria, Queen Victoria, and Canada.

August 1, 2022 - Added books about the Duchess of Sussex and Saudi Royalty. Updated the Royal Books page with new royalty books published in August.

The Featured Book of the Month is Revenge by Tom Bower, about the Duchess of Sussex and her impact on the British royal family. Published in 2022.

July 25, 2022 - Here's your Sneak Peek at August's new royalty books!

July 24, 2022 - Added books about Babur, Napoleon, and Rome.

July 15, 2022 - Added a book about Princess Diana.

July 11, 2022 - Added a new page about Isabella I. Added new books about Diana, European Queens, Burgundy, Hawaii, and Spanish Royalty.

July 2, 2022 - Added books about China's First Emperor, English Royal History, and Roman Britain.

July 1, 2022 - Updated the Royal Books page with new royalty books published in July.

The Featured Book of the Month is King of the World by Matt Waters, about Cyrus the Great. Published in June 2022.

June 26, 2022 - Added a book about Egyptian Royal Women.

June 25, 2022 - Here's your Sneak Peek at next month's new royalty books!

June 21, 2022 - It's been years since the Royal News Blog was regularly updated, so I've decided to take it offline. But never fear - you'll still find all of its content over on my other blog, World of Royalty Blog.

June 19, 2022 - Added books about Marcus Aurelius, the Sasanian Empire, and the Byzantine Empire.

June 11, 2022 - Added books about Charles I and Princess Diana's Fashion.

June 6, 2022 - Added new books about Elizabeth II, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, John of Gaunt, Henry IV, European Royalty, and Jerusalem.

June 1, 2022 - Updated the Royal Books page with new royalty books published in June.

The Featured Book of the Month is Queen Elizabeth II: An Oral History by Deborah Hart Strober and Gerald Strober, which features detailed interviews from family friends, private staff, and others. Published in May 2022.

May 28, 2022 - Added books about Elizabeth I, Elizabeth II, Prince William, and India.

May 27, 2022 - Here's your Sneak Peek at the new royalty books scheduled for publication in June!

May 22, 2022 - Added books about Catherine the Great and the Byzantine Empire.

May 7, 2022 - Added books about Queen Caroline and English Royalty.

May 1, 2022 - I've updated the Royal Books page with new royalty books published in May 2022. Also added new books about about Cyrus II, King Arthur, Edward III, and Rama IV.

The Featured Book of the Month is The Palace Papers by Tina Brown, about the turmoil in today's British royal family. Published in April 2022.

April 24, 2022 - Added books about Charles VII, the Valois dynasty, Henry VII, Catherine the Great, Wilhelm II, Monaco, and Oman.

Here's your Sneak Peek at next month's new royalty books!

April 10, 2022 - Added books about Edward I, Elizabeth I, Bothwell, Elizabeth II, Katherine Parr, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Princess Diana, British Royal Weddings and Quotations, Iranian Royal Cars, and the Sikh Empire.

April 9, 2022 - Read my review of the autobiography Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner!

April 2, 2022 - Sorry that I'm one day late, but I have now updated the Royal Books page with new royalty books published in April.

The Featured Book of the Month is The War That Made the Roman Empire by Barry Strauss, about Mark Antony, Cleopatra, Octavian, and the Battle of Actium. Published in March 2022.

March 26, 2022 - Added books about Ramses II, the Habsburgs, and Spain.

March 25, 2022 - Here's your Sneak Peek at the new royalty books scheduled to be published in April!

March 18, 2022 - Added a book about Emperor Trajan.

March 12, 2022 - Added new books about the Windsors, Queen Victoria, Richard II, Henry VIII, and British Royalty.

March 6, 2022 - Added books about Elizabeth II, Elizabeth Stuart, and the Achaemenid Empire.

March 1, 2022 - I've updated the Royal Books page with new royalty books published in March 2022.

The Featured Book of the Month is The Dark Queens by Shelley Puhak, about the bloody rivalry between royal sister-in-laws Brunhilda and Fredegund in 6th century Merovingian France. Published in February 2022.

February 26, 2022 - Added a book about the Tudor Dynasty.

February 22, 2022 - Here's your Sneak Peek at the new royalty books scheduled for publication in March!

February 19, 2022 - Added books about Alexander the Great and Cleopatra.

February 12, 2022 - Added books about Empress Elizabeth, Elizabeth II, the British Monarchy, and Thailand.

February 1, 2022 - Updated the Royal Books page with new royalty books published in February 2022.

The Featured Book of the Month is Maria Theresa by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, a biography of the 18th century Austrian empress. Published in January 2022.

January 25, 2022 - Here's your Sneak Peek at next month's new books about royalty!

January 22, 2022 - Added books about Alexander the Great and Montezuma.

January 15, 2022 - Added new books about Prince Charles, Roman Catholic Popes, Medieval Europe, and the last Romanovs.

January 8, 2022 - Added books about Elizabeth II, Queen Alexandra, Frankish Queens, and Ancient Egypt.

Recently I had to remove many articles about royal history from the site due to a problem with the embeds, but I have now posted an abbreviated version of the Elizabeth II article, and intend to restore others over time.

January 4, 2022 - Updated the Windsor Dynasty page.

January 1, 2022 - Happy New Year! I've updated the Royal Books page with new royalty books published in January 2022.

The Featured Book of the Month is The White Ship by Charles Spencer, about a shipwreck in 1120 that killed hundreds of Anglo-Normans, including the heir to the English throne.

I also added books about King Tut's tomb, Henry V, James VI and I, Anglo-Saxon Royalty, the British Monarchy, and the Qing Dynasty.

Click here for info on more recent updates to this site. Or check out the list of 2021 updates.