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*contains affiliate links* Book News Week 13 – 25 March – 31 March 2024 Power and Glory: Elizabeth II and the Rebirth of Royalty  Hardcover – 28 March 2024 (UK) Queen Victoria and her Prime Ministers: A Personal History  Kindle Edition – 28 March 2024 (UK & US) Tudor Feminists: 10 Renaissance Women Ahead of [read more]

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The Grave of Empress Elisabeth’s disgraced niece Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich

Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich was born as Marie Louise Elizabeth Mendel on 24 February 1858 as the illegitimate daughter of Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria and the actress Henriette Mendel. When Henriette fell pregnant for the second time, she and Ludwig Wilhelm contracted a morganatic marriage. They were married on 28 May 1859, shortly [read more]

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The Cullinan III and IV Brooch

The Cullinan III and IV Brooch consists of “a pear-shaped drop and a square-cut brilliant, linked together in fine pierced collet and claw settings.” Embed from Getty Images The brooch is formed of the third and fourth largest stones of the largest diamond ever found. The Cullinan diamond was offered to King Edward VII as [read more]