Queen Victoria’s drawings of her children are to go on display for the first time. The etchings were made in the early years of her marriage to Prince Albert and will be exhibited by the British Museum in London to mark the bicentenary of both Queen Victoria and Prince Albert from July until September. The [read more]
The remains of Emma of Normandy – an 11th-century Queen of England (twice!) – have possibly been found in a mausoleum discovered in Winchester Cathedral. The names of eight kings, two bishops and that of Emma of Normandy were found on six mortuary chests and now scientists from the University of Bristol are assessing the [read more]
By the end of the Second World War, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands tried to make a deal with the Nazis to save the Belgian royal family, according to newly published diaries of her foreign minister. By March 1945, both Belgium and the south of the Netherlands had been liberated by King Leopold III of [read more]
A newly discovered 500-year-old letter has revealed that Elizabeth Woodville – wife of King Edward IV and mother of Elizabeth of York – may have died of the plague. Elizabeth Woodville died in 1492 after spending the last years of her life in Bermondsey Abbey. At the time, her daughter, Elizabeth of York, was Queen [read more]
Nothando Dube, also known by her title as Inkhosikati LaDube, the twelfth wife of King Mswati III of Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland) has died of skin cancer in a South African hospital at the age of 31. It’s with sad news that i announce the passing away of a great woman, mother and queen. [read more]
Archaeologists believe that the remains of a monastery founded by Princess Æbbe have finally been located. It was founded near the village of Coldingham in England by the Princess nearly 1,400 years ago. It was destroyed two hundred years by Viking raiders. Excavations have found traces a large, narrow ditch, which is believed to be [read more]
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