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Xu Pingjun
China

Xu Pingjun – The poisoned Empress

Monday, 9 May 2022, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0

Empress Xu Pingjun has always been portrayed as a tragic figure in Chinese television. She has been portrayed by Su Qing in the Chinese television series Love Yunge from the Desert, where viewers watched her heart-breaking end. Despite being tragically murdered at the early age of eighteen, she seemed to be a woman of devotion and [read more]

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Elizabeth II

Unique documentary about The Queen to be released

Saturday, 7 May 2022, 23:01 Moniek Bloks 0

BBC and Buckingham Palace have announced the details of a unique documentary featuring home movies of The Queen filmed by the Royal Family, which will be broadcast on BBC One on 29 May. The documentary will be called Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen.  These unseen private home movies of The Queen in her youth tell the [read more]

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The Royal Women

Queen Elizabeth II becomes the third longest-reigning monarch in history

Saturday, 7 May 2022, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein to become the third longest-reigning monarch in history. Johann II ruled the principality of Liechtenstein between 1858 and 1929. He succeeded his father on 12 November 1858 upon his death at the age of 62. Johann had just turned 18 the month before. He reigned [read more]

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The Royal Mistresses Series

Dangereuse de l’Isle Bouchard – Mistress to William IX, Duke of Aquitaine

Friday, 6 May 2022, 6:00 Amy Eloise Kelly 0

Dangereuse was born around 1079 into a noble family to parents Bartholomew de l’Isle Bouchard and his wife Gerberge in the centre of modern-day France. Unfortunately, due to the family not being extremely important and the events taking place so long ago, there is little detail on her early life. However, it seems her first [read more]

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China

Empress Wang – The usurper’s daughter

Wednesday, 4 May 2022, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0

Empress Wang happened to be the daughter of one of China’s most notorious usurpers. Her tragic life showed that she was a pawn in her father’s ambitions. Due to her father’s will, she married Emperor Ping. Yet, when her father usurped the throne for himself, she very rarely defied him except on minor occasions. In [read more]

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Feodora of Leiningen

Finding the grave of Queen Victoria’s half-sister Feodora

Monday, 2 May 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Queen Victoria’s half-sister Feodora of Leiningen died on 23 September 1872 in Villa Hohenlohe am Michaelsberg in Baden-Baden after a long sickbed. Queen Victoria had last visited her sister in March of that year when Victoria came to Baden-Baden. Victoria and Feodora said goodbye for the final time on 6 April 1872, and just one [read more]

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