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Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Emptiness in your heart (Part six)

Read part five here. At the end of 1810, Therese had been forced to come clean to her father about her affair and the illegitimate children after a government official threatened to disclose everything. She told her brother the whole story, as even he did not know about all the children and asked him to [read more]

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Anne Princess Royal

The Diamond Festoon Tiara

The Diamond Festoon Tiara was a present for Princess Anne from the World Wide Shipping Group. She had launched their tanker “World Unicorn” in May 1973. It was probably created in the early 20th century. Embed from Getty Images  Anne first wore the tiara for a series of portraits made by Lord Lichfield in [read more]

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Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Beautiful hope (Part five)

Read part four here. Therese got up early to practice what she would say to Napoleon. She arrived at St. Cloud at 1:30 p.m. She was greeted by Empress Joséphine, who wanted to meet her due to their newfound close relationship after the wedding of Eugène and Therese’s cousin, Auguste. She was then introduced to [read more]

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Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, A determined Princess (Part four)

Read part three here. When Therese met her sister Louise in Berlin in September 1805, she was already two months pregnant, but perhaps she hadn’t even realised it. This time, the father was not her husband. It was Count Maximilian. She had dreaded meeting her sister as she did not know if Georg had told [read more]

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The Royal Women

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – A scandal (Part three)

Read part two here. With the rise of Napoleon in France and the subsequent wars, Therese and her family were forced to flee to Hildburghausen, where her sister Charlotte lived. Charlotte was heavily pregnant but was happy to receive them. From Hildburghausen, they went to Neustrelitz and planned to travel to Berlin in September. In [read more]