About The Crown Chronicles
The Crown Chronicles exists to deepen understanding of the British Monarchy, including its history, its role and its impact, and to give the people who value it a home of their own.
Since 2015, we’ve reported royal news alongside the history that makes sense of it, and we’ve told that history in its own right. More than 375,000 readers now follow us across Facebook, Instagram and TikTok (as of autumn 2026).
Our ambition is to be the first port of call, wherever you are in the world, for trusted and accurate reporting on the British Monarchy and its history.
Meet the team bringing you stories from centuries gone by and today.
Where we stand
The Monarchy is funded by taxpayers, so we see scrutiny of it as a duty rather than a stance.
We’re independent: we don’t rely on Palace access, and no owner looms over what we publish. We’re here because we find the Monarchy fascinating, which is exactly why we’ll say when it goes wrong. That might be a flaw in the system or an action that warrants questioning.
We’re also open about our perspective. We believe constitutional monarchy serves the UK, and the other countries where The King is Head of State, such as Canada and New Zealand. It keeps the role of Head of State above party politics, and the Royal Family’s charitable work draws attention to good causes and unsung heroes.
That view never comes at the expense of fairness: we showcase the Monarchy’s positive impact and we’re critical when it’s warranted.
What we do
The Monarchy’s role today is genuinely unclear to many people, including plenty who grew up with it.
It’s a constitutional system few have ever had explained and attached to a family most people only meet through the headlines. But it carries centuries of precedent that still shapes what happens now…
Every royal story has layers, whether legal, historical, personal or symbolic. Without them, you can follow events perfectly well and still miss half of what they mean!
So we explain how the Monarchy works and where it came from. That might be the history behind a modern ceremony, or a constitutional convention that rarely makes the news.
We report what the Monarchy actually does: the patronages, the soft diplomacy, and the constitutional functions that no elected figure could carry out. The Monarchy shapes British and Commonwealth identity, and it is still evolving in the 21st century. A living institution that is still observed, debated and argued over deserves coverage that treats it as one.
That’s why we steer clear of gossip and clickbait, and why we hold the institution to account when it falls short.
There has never been a shortage of royal coverage – bt the serious end of it tends to be written to be filed rather than read, and the warm end is gossip.
Nobody was writing for people who want both the expertise and the enthusiasm, so those people had nowhere to gather.
More than ten years on, hundreds of thousands of readers have made The Crown Chronicles theirs. They come back to read, discuss and keep up with royal engagements, deep dives into royal jewels, the stories behind the palaces, and the evolving role of the Crown.
Why trust us?
👑 We're expert-led
The Crown Chronicles was founded, and is still edited, by Victoria Howard. She is a historian with a master’s degree specialising in Charles II and royal authority, and she has a career in communications. She has been observing and analysing the Royal Family for nearly 15 years.
Her communications background gives her particular insight into how the Monarchy presents and positions itself, and how it handles its difficult moments.
📞 We're the voice broadcasters call
Known professionally as The Royal Expert, Victoria has spent eight years explaining royal headlines on air for national and international media, including the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky, plus MSNBC, ZDF, RTE and more.
She also appears as an expert in royal documentaries.
We're independent
We have no reliance on Palace access and no external owner, and we’ve been publishing continuously since 2015.
🌍 Global outlook
We write for people who weren’t raised on this and shouldn’t need to have been. Our writers, past and present, come from all four corners of the globe, much like our readers. We report with an awareness of the Monarchy’s complex past and of its ongoing role in diplomacy, service and cultural identity across the Commonwealth.
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