On 2 May 2015, the Duchess of Cambridge was admitted to the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital in London, and at 8.34 am, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s second child and only daughter was born. The new royal baby weighed 8lb 3oz and was fourth in the line of succession from birth. Because [read more]
Anne Horton (née Anne Luttrell) was born on 24 January 1743 as the daughter of Simon Luttrell, later first Earl of Carhampton, and his wife, Judith Maria Lawes. Anne’s first husband was another commoner, Christopher Horton, on 4 August 1765 but he died just four years later. Horace Walpole described her as, “a coquette beyond measure, artful as [read more]
Royals and sororities are not something you hear combined very often. However, there are a couple of royal sorority women. Meghan Markle, now The Duchess of Sussex, and Crown Princess Märtha of Norway are two royals who “went Greek” and were members of American sororities. Meghan was a Kappa Kappa Gamma (ΚΚΓ) and Märtha was [read more]
Alexandra of Denmark was the consort of King Edward VII of Great Britain and Ireland. As Edward’s wife, Alexandra was a Queen and also Empress of India, making her one of the most powerful women in the world. As a Princess in Denmark, however, her life had been quite different. Alexandra was born into the [read more]
Victoria was born on 24 May 1819 at 4.15 AM at Kensington Palace in London as the only child of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn. Until 1817 Princess Charlotte of Wales was the only legitimate grandchild of George III and her death in childbirth caused a marriage race [read more]
Queen Victoria may have grown up without much contact with the outside world, but she had some company in the form of her elder half-sister. Feodora of Leiningen was born on 7 December 1807 to Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen and Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld in Amorbach. She had an elder brother, and [read more]
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