Elizabeth of York
The First State Bed of Henry VII & Elizabeth of York Documentary
The First State Bed of Henry VII & Elizabeth of York from InHouseFilms on Vimeo.
Royal News
Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
Statue of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna revealed
Sculptor Alexander Kokoteev has presented his 3,5-metre statue of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna (née Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine). It is made from clay and is set to be completed and revealed as a full monument at the end of June 2017. She was born in 1864 as the daughter of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of [read more]
Catherine Parr
The music of Catherine Parr brought to life
Words written by Catherine Parr, Henry VIII’s last wife, are being performed to music for the first time in 470 years on Friday. Dr David Skinner from Cambridge University found a fragmented score in the late 1970s and intensively researched the piece. It is the Ninth Psalm from Catherine’s book “Psalms or Prayers.” The words [read more]
Margaret Countess of Snowdon
Woman who claimed she is Princess Margaret’s secret daughter loses court case
Malika Benmusa, who claims that the late Princess Margaret had been her mother, has had her court case to open Princess Margaret’s will dismissed. In an application to the family court, Malika Benmusa stated: “My name was changed as a child as my date of birth, I belive (sic) around the age between 3 to [read more]
Elena Glinskaya
Secret 500-year-old spy chamber ‘built by Ivan the Terrible’s mother’ found under Moscow street
The footage from the video above shows a secret 500-year-old spy chamber, which was underneath a street in Moscow. Archaeologists say the room the room was built by Elena Glinskaya, the mother of Ivan the Terrible. The room is thought to have been used to eavesdrop on the enemy with a special acoustic effect. It was [read more]
Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel
An exclusive look inside the Nassau crypt in Leeuwarden
A newspaper in Leeuwarden was recently granted unprecedented access to the crypt at the Jacobijner church in Leeuwarden. I wrote about this church two years ago, and it is the burial place of: Anna of Nassau (Breda, 5 November 1563 – Franeker, 13 June 1588), daughter of William of Orange and Anna of Saxony Elisabeth of Nassau-Dietz (Leeuwarden, 25 July 1614 – Leeuwarden, 18 September 1614), [read more]