The then Princess Elizabeth received the Nizam of Hyderabad necklace as a wedding present by the Nizam of Hyderabad, together with a tiara. The Nizam, who did not come over for the wedding itself, gave instructions to Cartier that Princess Elizabeth could choose whatever she wanted. The necklace she picked originally came into Cartier’s stock [read more]
During the Ming Dynasty, it was a rule that a princess must marry a commoner. A husband from a commoner family was believed to treasure and cherish a princess more than a man of noble status and wealth.[1] In Princess Shouning’s case, this belief proved to be true. Princess Shouning was the favourite daughter of [read more]
Princess Rongchang is considered to be one of the most miserable princesses of the Ming dynasty.[1] Princess Rongchang was the last Ming princess that survived to the early Qing dynasty. She was deeply loved and respected. With the fall of the Ming dynasty, Princess Rongchang fell onto hard times. She lost four of her sons [read more]
Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark, was originally built as a summer residence in 1606 during the reign of King Christian IV. It was only used as a royal residence for around 100 years, although it was briefly used as emergency housing in 1801. King Christian IV loved his castle so much that he was brought [read more]
King Charles III has unveiled a plaque marking the site of the Lying-in-State of the late Queen. The plaque is part of a tradition that stretches back to King Edward VII, although it is the first time a reigning monarch unveiled the plaque of their predecessor. King Charles also unveiled a pair of bronze sculptures [read more]
When the future Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria was born in 1830, he was third in the line of succession. His grandfather was Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (Francis I, Emperor Austria from the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806) and his uncle Ferdinand, who had an intellectual disability and suffered from [read more]
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