Moniek Bloks, Author at History of Royal Women

Dame Helen Mirren announces release date for Catherine The Great

Wednesday, 28 August 2019, 16:51 Moniek Bloks 0

We’re under orders from Dame Helen Mirren. And now so are you. All episodes of brand new Sky Original #CatherineTheGreat are available 3 October starring Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Gina McKee and Rory Kinnear. pic.twitter.com/FcltemniPT — Sky Atlantic (@skyatlantic) August 27, 2019 See the full trailer below:

Queen Rosalie Gicanda – Victim of the Rwandan Genocide

Wednesday, 28 August 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Rosalie Gicanda was born in 1928 as the daughter of Martin Gatsinzi and Mukwindigir in the eastern region of Buganza. She was one of five siblings. Rosalie was about 14 years old when she married King Mutara III Rudahigwa of Rwanda. She was his second wife and he had divorced his first wife Nyiramakomali in [read more]

Netflix releases trailer for “The King”

Tuesday, 27 August 2019, 18:42 Moniek Bloks 2

Netflix has released a trailer for their 2019 release “The King” based on several Shakespearean plays. It will feature Timothée Chalamet as King Henry V, Robert Pattinson as The Dauphin, Ben Mendelsohn as King Henry IV, Lily-Rose Depp as Catherine of Valois, Tom Glynn-Carney as Henry “Hotspur” Percy and Thomasin McKenzie as Phillippa of England [read more]

Queen Victoria & Prince Albert – King in all but name (Part two)

Tuesday, 27 August 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. It was to be expected that Albert was initially lonely after the wedding, but the expansion of his family was soon to come. On 21 March, Victoria awoke feeling nauseous – the first sign of pregnancy. Victoria was “furious” as she had dreaded this part. However, he remained shut out of [read more]

Queen Victoria & Prince Albert – King in all but name (Part one)

Monday, 26 August 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 26 August 1819 as the second son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Frau Siebold, who had also delivered the future Queen Victoria in May, had arrived only three hours before “the little one uttered his first cry in [read more]

Queen Victoria’s Buckingham Palace

Sunday, 25 August 2019, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 1

In 1837, Queen Victoria came to the throne, and Buckingham Palace had remained empty for nearly 20 years. Her uncle King George IV had spent vast amounts on it, but he had died leaving it unfinished. King William IV had no interest in taking on the project and almost gave the palace away. Although Queen [read more]