When Wallis Simpson (or rather Mrs Wallis Warfield as she was known at the time) married His Royal Highness The Duke of Windsor on 3 June 1937, she should have become Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Windsor. But, she was denied the style of HRH with her husband bitterly commenting that it was a [read more]
Princess Märtha Louise was born on 22 September 1971. Her parents are King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway. The Princess was born in 1971 while her parents were still Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Norway. Though she was the first-born child, Märtha Louise was not in line to succeed to the throne [read more]
When Prince Edward married Sophie Rhys Jones in 1999, he was created Earl of Wessex, and so upon marriage, Sophie became The Countess of Wessex. In a surprise move, it was also announced that any children they may have were to be styled as children of an Earl. Any daughters would be a Lady, while [read more]
Read part one here. Last time we heard the tale of how the young and beautiful American heiress Clara Ward became a European princess by marrying Prince Joseph of Caraman-Chimay. The couple had two children and spent six years together before Clara, who was famous for her rebellious streak, took off with a gypsy violinist [read more]
Clara Ward was born on 17 June 1873 in Michigan, USA. Her parents were Catherine Lyon and her husband, Captain Eber Brock Ward. Her father was known to be Michigan’s first millionaire and he made a fortune in shipbuilding, lumber and iron and steelworks. Clara’s father died suddenly before she reached the age of two, [read more]
When the future Queen Elizabeth II was born on 21 April 1926 to the then Duke and Duchess of York, no one expected that this little girl would one day become Queen. At the time, her uncle, the Prince of Wales and later King Edward VIII, was still young and still expected to marry and produce [read more]
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