After attending the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in London, Queen Sālote went on a two-week tour of Scotland, the Isle of Man and Ireland. She and her daughter-in-law, Mataʻaho, then travelled to Paris and Rome, where they had an audience with Pope Pius XII on 20 July 1953. Queen Sālote wrote about the meeting [read more]
The future Hanako, Princess Hitachi was born on 19 July 1940 as the fourth daughter of Count Yoshitaka Tsugaru and Hisako Mōri. Hanako was born at her family’s home in Tokyo. As a child, she attended the Gakushūin School all the way through high school. She graduated from the Gakushūin Women’s Junior College in 1961. [read more]
Queen Alexandrine’s Fringe Tiara was a gift to Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia upon her marriage to the future Friedrich Franz III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in 1879 from her uncle, Tsar Alexander II of Russia. Following Anastasia’s death in 1922, the tiara was inherited by her eldest daughter, Alexandrine, who was the Queen [read more]
Buckingham Palace has released a new photo of Queen Camilla for her 78th birthday today. The photo was taken this month in the garden at Raymill, which is Queen Camilla’s private home in Wiltshire. The photo was taken by Chris Jackson. Queen Camilla was born Camilla Rosemary Shand on 17 July 1947 as the daughter [read more]
Princess Jinling was the daughter of Emperor Xiaowen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. She was also the sister of Emperor An and Emperor Gong of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. However, her life was often fraught with tragedy.[1] During Duke Liu Yu’s regency, Princess Jinling’s husband, Duke Xie Hun of Chen, was executed.[2] Therefore, Princess Jinling was a [read more]
Stateira I Shahbanu was queen consort to King Artaxerxes II of the Achaemenid Empire. She was also the mother of Artaxerxes III of the Achaemenid Empire. She was very popular and influential during King Artaxerxes II’s reign. Stateira I Shahbanu was locked in a bitter power struggle with her mother-in-law, Parysatis I Shahbanu. This conflict [read more]
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