The Duchess of Cornwall was born Camilla Rosemary Shand on 17 July 1947 as the daughter of Major Bruce Shand and his wife, The Honourable Rosalind Cubitt, at King’s College Hospital in London. Her mother was the daughter of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe and Sonia Rosemary Keppel. She, in turn, was the daughter of [read more]
A new portrait has been released to mark The Duchess of Cornwall’s 75th birthday tomorrow. The photograph was taken at the Duchess’s home in Raymill in June. She is wearing a blue flora dress from Sophie Dundas, and the peaches shown were grown in her own garden. A happy birthday to The Duchess of Cornwall! [read more]
Read part one here. The family was hit hard by the death of little Ni. Caroline wrote to her mother, “The King is still deeply depressed. He keeps himself together in front of people, but in front of me and the children, he often weeps bitterly. He did not think it was possible that God [read more]
Read part one here. Gisela had no problems settling into her new home, and she did not suffer from homesickness. Leopold helped her to settle in and often took her on excursions to get to know the area. Their new palace was being renovated, but work had progressed far enough in June so that they [read more]
Caroline of Baden was born on 13 July 1776 as the daughter of Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, and his wife Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was one of a set of twins – her sister Amalie remained unmarried. Her parents would have a total of eight children, of which seven survived to adulthood. Her [read more]
On 12 July 1856, Empress Elisabeth of Austria gave birth to a second daughter. The labour went quickly and was without complications. She was named Gisela, after the wife of the first Christian King of Hungary, King Stephen I. Elisabeth’s mother Ludovika was the child’s godmother, but she was not present at the christening the [read more]
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