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Month: October 2019

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Royal Media

Downton Abbey Review – A royal visit

Thursday, 31 October 2019, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

My personal love for Downton Abbey had died a quiet death alongside Matthew Crawley after season 3’s Christmas Special. I finished the series, of course, but it was never quite the same without him. I had to see the movie, especially after the trailer showed the plot was based around a royal visit by King [read more]

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Africa

The Rain Queens of Balobedu

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 2

The Rain Queen – or Modjadji – is the hereditary Queen of Balobedu. The Balobedu people live in the Limpopo province in South Africa. Unlike many other monarchies, the succession is matrilineal. This means that the eldest daughter is the heir and men are completely banned from inheriting the throne. The history of the Rain [read more]

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Anna of Schweidnitz

Anna of Swidnica – A beloved Empress

Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 6:00 CaraBeth 0

After the death of his second wife Charles of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia wanted to marry again in order to have a surviving son.  He quickly decided that he would marry Anna of Swidnica, who was previously betrothed to his deceased son, Wenceslaus.  Anna was the daughter of a second son of a prince of [read more]

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Spain

Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli – The one-eyed beauty

Monday, 28 October 2019, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Ana de Mendoza de la Cerda y de Silva Cifuentes was born on 29 June 1540 as the daughter of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y de la Cerda and Catalina de Silva Cifuentes. As her father’s only child, she would become 2nd Princess of Mélito, 2nd Duchess of Francavilla and 3rd Countess of Aliano in [read more]

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Q&A

The Duchess of Cornwall is a Princess and she will be Queen – Here’s why

Sunday, 27 October 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 2

After seeing the recent comments on my Facebook page, I decided to explain once and for all what makes a Princess in the United Kingdom and that oh so burning question, will Camilla be Queen? The cause for all the comments was my article, “The Duchess of Cornwall – The vilified Princess“. The word Princess [read more]

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Charlotte of Prussia

Charlotte of Prussia – The Princess tortured by ill-health (Part two)

Sunday, 27 October 2019, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Read part one here. In 1892, Bernhard and Charlotte moved to Meiningen until three years later when Bernhard was posted to Breslau. Charlotte enjoyed life at Breslau, and it was perhaps best to be away from her brother’s court for a while as her relationship with her sister-in-law was not at all good. The Empress [read more]

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