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Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II – The Early Years (Part one)

Wednesday, 6 February 2019, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1
The future Queen Elizabeth II was born at 2.40 am on 21 April 1926 as the daughter of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and the future King George VI, then the Duke and Duchess of York, by caesarean. At the time, her uncle, the Prince of Wales and later King Edward VIII, was still young and still expected [read more]
Mary, Princess Royal
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Mary, Princess Royal – The beloved Princess

Friday, 26 October 2018, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 1
Princess Mary was born on 25 April 1897 as the daughter of the then Duke and Duchess of York (later King George V and Queen Mary). The Princess’s great-grandmother Queen Victoria telegraphed “All happiness to you and my little Diamond Jubilee baby.” The christening was performed by the Archbishop of York and the godparents were Queen Victoria, the Duchess [read more]
Mary Adelaide of Cambridge

Mary Adelaide of Cambridge – The original people’s Princess

Friday, 5 October 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Mary Adelaide of Cambridge was born on 27 November 1833 as the daughter of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the youngest surviving son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel. It had been more than a decade since Augusta’s last pregnancy, and the family was quite surprised. The christening of [read more]
Book Reviews

The Quest for Queen Mary (edited) by Hugo Vickers Book Review

Thursday, 3 May 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
Queen Mary, the widow of George V, and grandmother of the Queen, died at Marlborough House on 24 March 1953, a few months before the Coronation. She was eighty-five years old. Unusually for a Queen consort, an official biography was commissioned. The last similar exercise was the life of the Prince Consort, commissioned by Queen [read more]
Alice of Albany

Kensington Palace – A grand royal residence

Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
The magnificent Kensington Palace was once a two-story mansion built by Sir George Coppin in 1605. It was purchased by Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, in 1619 and it then became known as Nottingham House. Joint monarch William and Mary began to search for a new residence, and they purchased Nottingham House from the [read more]
: Imperial Requiem
Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein

Imperial Requiem: Four Royal Women by Justin C. Vovk Book Review

Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0
I’ve been meaning to read Imperial Requiem: Four Royal Women, The Fall of the Age of Empires by Justin C. Vovk for a while now. It’s not exactly a new book, having been first released in 2012. This book concentrates on four women and the role they played in the age that saw the downfall [read more]

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