Text by Brittani Barger Born on 22 June 1932 in the English Missionary Hospital in Isfahan, Iran, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary was the elder child and only daughter of Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary and his German wife, Eva Karl. Soraya was introduced to the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, in 1948. The Shah had recently divorced his first [read more]
The BBC has released first-look pictures for Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light as filming has wrapped on the forthcoming series. The series starts in May 1536 after the execution of King Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, and it will trace the final four years of Cromwell’s life. Wolf Hall: The Mirror and [read more]
The newly reserviced East Wing of Buckingham Palace will be open for public tours for the first time this summer. Special guided tours will be available for visitors in July and August. In the East Wing, you can find the famous central balcony, where many public appearances have taken place during historic moments. Small groups [read more]
Read part two here. It is unclear if the stillbirth of their son caused the relationship between Joan and Henry to deteriorate. However, Joan chose to focus her energy on a marital alliance with Portugal. Sometime in April 1464, her sister-in-law, Isabella, found herself on the way to the Portuguese border to meet with the [read more]
On 19 March 1497, Queen Isabella’s only son, John, married Margaret of Austria in person. They had to wait two weeks to consummate the marriage as it was Lent. They took to each other immediately, and physicians began to worry about the time the couple spent in bed together. Margaret wrote home to her father [read more]
Read part one here. Rumours concerning the wedding night quickly began to circulate, but Henry headed back on campaign against the Moors just days after his wedding to Joan. He returned on 10 July to find Joan still organising her new household. Just two weeks later, he headed for Seville, and Joan followed him. She [read more]
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