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The Duchess of Windsor – Wallis is presented at court

June 10, 2021 Moniek Bloks 0

On 10 June 1931, Wallis was officially presented at court before the King and Queen. She had met the Prince of Wales for the first time in January and they were not close yet. However, being presented at court was the thing to do in proper society. It had involved jumping through quite a few [read more]

Anne Boleyn’s time in Mechelen

January 6, 2014 Moniek Bloks 0

Anne Boleyn spent a year in Mechelen at the court of Margaret of Austria, who was the Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands. This was during the year 1514. Mechelen is now in modern-day Belgium and is not that far from the border, so I decided to visit it to find the Palace of Margaret of Austria! [read more]