Royal Media
Trailer: Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers
Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers will be broadcast on BBC One on 22 September 2021 at 9 P.M GMT.
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Austria
Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg – The duties of my class (Part two)
Read part one here. With Charles still in Spain, Eleonore Magdalene was appointed as regent in his absence. She quickly vented her dislike at Joseph’s mistress and demanded that she return all the jewellery he had given her. She was also forbidden from appearing in her or Wilhelmine Amalie’s presence and she was eventually compelled [read more]
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Royal Wedding Recollections – King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
King George III of Great Britain was just 22 years old when he succeeded his grandfather as King – his father had predeceased King George II in 1751. He had been quite taken with noblewoman Lady Sarah Lennox, who was a great-granddaughter of King Charles II through his illegitimate son Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of [read more]
Austria
Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg – The duties of my class (Part one)
Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg was born on 21 April 1671 as the daughter of John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, and Princess Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate. She was one of four daughters, although her eldest sister did not survive to adulthood. Her father died when she was six years old, and as she did not [read more]
Bavaria
Sophia of Bavaria – The Hussite Queen
After the sudden death of his first wife, Joanna of Bavaria, Wenceslaus IV, King of Bohemia and Germany, needed to marry again. The chosen bride, Sophia, came from the same dynasty as his first wife – the Wittelsbachs, and she was Joanna’s first cousin-once-removed. Sophia of Bavaria was born around 1376 as the daughter of [read more]
Book Reviews
Book Review: Revealing Britain’s Systemic Racism by Kimberley Ducey and Joe R. Feagin
*review copy* *contains affiliate links* I have to admit that I was immediately intrigued by the title of this book – ‘The Case of Meghan Markle and the Royal Family.’ A lot has been said in the last few years about whether or not Meghan faced racism and although as a white woman, I am [read more]