Elizabeth of York
Between takes with ‘The White Princess’
Between takes with ‘The White Princess’
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The Royal Women
Princess Lieven – The Ambassadress
This article was written by Carol. Dorothea, Princess Lieven was the wife of the Russian ambassador to England in the early 19th century and through her relationships and influence a force in European politics for 40 years. She was born in 1785 to a Baltic nobleman, Christopher von Benckendorff and a German noblewoman, Anna Julianne [read more]
Diana Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales helped bury a friend’s stillborn baby at Kensington Palace
During Channel Seven’s Sunday Night documentary Rosa Monckton spoke of how Diana, Princess of Wales offered to bury her stillborn baby at Kensington Palace. Rosa and her husband, Dominic Lawson, had a stillborn daughter in 1994 and it was Diana who suggested that they bury the baby at Kensington Palace. She planned to tell security [read more]
Isabella of Parma
Joseph II – Empress Maria Theresa’s heir and co-ruler
The birth of the future Emperor Joseph II on 13 March 1741 was a relief. The longed-for male heir was born just a few months after his grandfather’s death. The birth was celebrated hugely, and it even pleased the Hungarians. “Today, in the early morning, between two and three o’clock, Her Majesty the Queen of Hungary [read more]
Anna of Saxony
Anna of Saxony: The Scarlet Lady of Orange by Ingrun Mann Book Review
In the early 1570s, Anna of Saxony (1544-77), second wife of the Dutch nobleman and rebel leader William of Orange, set Europe’s noble courts ablaze with one of the sixteenth century’s most sensational scandals. Although destined to a life of fabulous riches on the side of her glamorous husband, Anna failed to find happiness as [read more]
Mary II of England
The Loo Palace to be renovated and expanded
The Loo Palace in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands is set to undergo renovations and an expansion from January 2018 until 2021. It was built between 1684 and 1686 for stadtholder and King William III and his wife, Mary II of England. It was a residence of the House of Orange-Nassau from the 17th century until [read more]