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Royal Wedding Recollections – Mary, Queen of Scots & Francis, Dauphin of France

Monday, 24 April 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Mary, Queen of Scots, had been sent to France at the age of five as part of a marriage agreement with the future Francis II of France. However, their wedding would not take place until 24 April 1558 at the Cathedral of Notre Dame. The Notre Dame had been embellished with a special structure to [read more]

Book News May 2023

Saturday, 22 April 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Embroidering Her Truth: Mary, Queen of Scots and the Language of Power Paperback – 19 January 2023 (UK) & 30 May 2023 (US) In sixteenth-century Europe women’s voices were suppressed and silenced. Even for a queen like Mary, her prime duty was to bear sons. In an age when textiles expressed power, [read more]

Earliest surviving British royal wedding dress goes on display

Friday, 21 April 2023, 14:25 Moniek Bloks 0

The wedding dress of Princess Charlotte of Wales, the only legitimate child of the future King George IV, is going on display for the time in over a decade. It will be part of the new exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace: Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians. The exhibition explores the fashion of [read more]

Queen Victoria’s Fringe Brooch

Friday, 14 April 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Queen Victoria’s Fringe Brooch began its life after the remodelling of another diamond ornament. This was done in 1856, and Queen Victoria wore the brooch in her Winterhalter portrait in 1859. The diamonds most likely came from jewels presented to Queen Victoria by the Sultan of Turkey in gratitude for the British support during the [read more]

Book Review: Woman between Two Kingdoms: Dara Rasami and the Making of Modern Thailand by Leslie Castro-Woodhouse

Monday, 10 April 2023, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

*contains affiliate links* Dara Rasami was a Princess of Chiang Mai who became one of the princess consorts of King Chulalongkorn of Siam (Thailand). She was still only around 13 years old when she entered the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Her only child with the King was a daughter named Vimolnaka Nabisi, who tragically died at [read more]

Jean Grand Duke of Luxembourg & Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium

Royal Wedding Recollections – Jean, future Grand Duke of Luxembourg & Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium

Sunday, 9 April 2023, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The then Hereditary Grand Duke Jean met Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium as she visited her godmother, Jean’s mother, Grand Duchess Charlotte, in Fischbach in 1948. Embed from Getty Images Their engagement was announced on 26 December 1952, and the New York Times reported, “Their marriage, for which no date was announced, will link members of [read more]