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Who would be Queen of Nepal today?

Monday, 27 October 2025, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Kingdom of Nepal existed between 1768 and 2008. It suffered an unimaginable tragedy in 2001, which only served to destabilise the monarchy. We will start there. The Queens mentioned here are consorts, and any titles following the end of the monarchy are titular. In 2001, King Birendra was on the throne. He had succeeded [read more]

letters princess alice to queen victoria

Book News Week 44

Saturday, 25 October 2025, 10:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Book News week 44- 27 October – 2 November 2025 The Empress and the Dragon Throne: Imperial Women of the Early Ming Dynasty Hardcover – 1 November 2025 (UK) Yes Ma’am: Upstairs Downstairs in the British Royal Family Hardcover – 28 October 2025 (US) The Formidable Women who Shaped Medieval Europe: Power [read more]

Obituary: Queen Sirikit of Thailand

Saturday, 25 October 2025, 7:30 Moniek Bloks 0

Queen Sirikit of Thailand died on 24 October 2025 at the age of 93. The future Queen Sirikit was born on 12 August 1932 as the daughter of Prince Nakkhatra Mangkala Kitiyakara and Mom Luang Bua Snidvongs at the home of her maternal grandfather. She had two elder brothers, Mom Rajawongse Kalyanakit Kitiyakara (1929-1987) and [read more]

Book Review: Sibylla: Mother of a King by Roger Lundgren

Saturday, 25 October 2025, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha should have been Queen of Sweden, but fate intervened. She was born in 1908 as the eldest daughter of Charles Edward, the last Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein. On 19 October 1932, she married Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, [read more]

The Luxembourg Aquamarine Bandeau

Friday, 24 October 2025, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Luxembourg Aquamarine Bandeau is one of the smaller jewels in the Luxembourg jewellery vault. The bandeau is made with aquamarines interspersed with crisscrossed rows of diamonds. It was made as part of a set also including earrings and a necklace for Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte. Embed from Getty Images She liked to wear the [read more]

Imperial Consort Xu – The jealous Imperial Consort of Emperor Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty whom he stubbornly refused to make Empress

Thursday, 23 October 2025, 6:00 Lauralee Swann 0

Imperial Consort Xu was the imperial concubine of Emperor Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty. She was the adopted mother of Sun Deng, the Crown Prince of the Eastern Wu Dynasty.[1] Imperial Consort Xu was once loved by Emperor Sun Quan.[2] However, she eventually lost his favour because of her jealousy.[3] Emperor Sun Quan’s ministers [read more]