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Anne Princess Royal

Anne, Princess Royal – A colourful and hardworking royal

May 27, 2020 Moniek 0

At 11.50 o’clock this morning Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, was safely delivered of a Princess at Clarence House. Her Majesty The QUEEN and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh were present. Her Royal Highness and her daughter are both doing well. The happy event has been commemorated by the [read more]

Elizabeth of the United Kingdom

Elizabeth of the United Kingdom – A wish for freedom (Part two)

May 22, 2020 Moniek 0

Read part one here. Life went by at a slow pace. Elizabeth purchased a cottage at Old Windsor where she delighted in the flowers in the garden. Yet, she was unhappy, and she wrote, “We go on vegetating as we have done for the last twenty years of our lives.” It was 1808, and she [read more]

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Elizabeth of the United Kingdom – A wish for freedom (Part one)

May 22, 2020 Moniek 0

Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom was born on 22 May 1770 – exactly 250 years ago today – as the third daughter and seventh child of King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Her elder siblings were the future King George IV, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, the future King William IV, [read more]

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Elizabeth II

Private footage of young Queen Elizabeth II released to mark birthday

April 21, 2020 Moniek 0

The official Royal Family Twitter channel has released private footage of the Queen as a child. See the lovely footage below. Thank you for your messages today, on The Queen’s 94th birthday. 🎈🎉 🎥 In this private footage from @RCT, we see The Queen, then Princess Elizabeth, with her family, including her younger sister Princess [read more]

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England

Queen Victoria & her father The Duke of Kent

November 2, 2019 Brittani Barger 0

As the fourth son and fifth child of King George III, Prince Edward had no idea that his only child would one day be the longest-reigning (until Queen Elizabeth II that is!) and most popular British monarchs in history. He was born on 2 November 1767 to King George III and Queen Charlotte in Buckingham [read more]

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Louise Margaret of Prussia – “A dear, sweet girl” (Part Two)

July 26, 2019 Moniek 0

Read part one here. In 1883, it was decided that her husband should go to India and that she should accompany him – leaving their children behind. They had no idea how long their stay was going to be, but Louise Margaret knew it was the sacrifice a soldier’s wife had to make. The children [read more]

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