Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg has died at the age of 100. She died yesterday in a nursing home in Stockholm. Her daughter told TT, “It was calm and peaceful, she was surrounded by her closest relatives and fell asleep at the nursing home on Gärdet in Stockholm. She was over 100 years old, with [read more]
Queen Sālote had left Tonga on 23 March 1953 to attend the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in London. After a long journey, England came into view on 17 May, and she disembarked at Southampton on 18 May. The coronation was set to take place on 2 June. Queen Sālote attracted attention from the moment [read more]
On 17 April 1770, Marie Antoinette swore on a bible to renounce her rights to the Austrian hereditary lands through her mother and to Lorraine through her father. This was done to ensure that no claims were made through the female line should the male line fail. That evening, her brother Joseph II, Holy Roman [read more]
John Gore Studios has given a first look at Joan Collins as the Duchess of Windsor in The Bitter End. She will star alongside Isabella Rossellini, who will star as Suzanne Blum, a French lawyer who was part of the Duchess’s last years of her life. The screenplay will explore “the chilling true story of [read more]
Sayako, Princess Nori was born on 18 April 1969 as the youngest child and only daughter of the future Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan. At the time of her birth, her grandfather, Emperor Hirohito, was on the throne. As a woman, Sayako has no succession rights in Japan. Embed from Getty Images Sayako [read more]
Imperial Consort Shen was Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty’s favourite Imperial Consort.[1] Emperor Wen loved Imperial Consort Shen very deeply.[2] She was of “significant status.”[3] She even shared the same privileges as Empress Dou Yifang.[4] Imperial Consort Shen was highly intelligent and frugal.[5] Very little is recorded of Imperial Consort Shen in historical sources.[6] In circa [read more]
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