On the anniversary of Mary, Queen of Scots’ escape from Lochleven Castle a new festival to mark her life has been announced. The festival will be held on 2 and 3 September 2017 in Kinross, near Lochleven Castle. She was held at the castle for nearly two years and it was there that she abdicated [read more]
This compelling book begins on the 2nd of August 1793, the day Marie Antoinette was torn from her family’s arms and escorted from the Temple to the Conciergerie, a thick-walled fortress turned prison. It was also known as the “waiting room for the guillotine” because prisoners only spent a day or two here before their [read more]
A total of 15 iconic images of Diana, Princess Wales are to go on display at Althorp this week. Althorp has been the family home of the Spencers since 1508 and it is also the final resting of Diana, Princess of Wales. The photos by Mario Testino were taken 1997 and turned out to be the [read more]
Catherine Charlotte de Gramont was born in 1639 as the daughter of Marshal Antoine de Gramont and Françoise Marguerite du Plessis, a niece of Cardinal Richelieu. In 1660, she married Louis I of Monaco. She was three years older than him, and rumours went around that she was still unmarried because she had been in love [read more]
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