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Louise of the United Kingdom – Queen Victoria’s artistic daughter

March 18, 2019 Brittani Barger 1

Born on 18 March 1848 in Buckingham Palace, Princess Louisa Caroline Alberta was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She was named Louisa Carolina Alberta, with her second middle name being a nod to her father, as Alberta is the feminine form of Albert. Commonly referred to just as Princess Louise, the [read more]

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The Duchess of Cornwall

The Duchess of Cornwall – The vilified Princess

May 25, 2018 Moniek Bloks 3

The Duchess of Cornwall was born Camilla Rosemary Shand on 17 July 1947 as the daughter of Major Bruce Shand and his wife, The Honourable Rosalind Cubitt, at King’s College Hospital in London. Her mother was the daughter of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe and Sonia Rosemary Keppel. She, in turn, was the daughter of [read more]

The Royal Women

The offer of asylum in the United Kingdom for the Romanovs

March 19, 2018 Moniek Bloks 0

As time passed, what was one to do with the former Imperial family? At first, life went on as normally as could be expected. The family went out into the park together as loitering soldiers snickered as they went passed. The family planted a vegetable garden, and Nicholas began sawing up dead trees in the [read more]

The Duchess of Windsor

Wallis Simpson – An ordinary woman with insatiable ambition

September 15, 2017 Moniek Bloks 0

On 19 June 1896, Bessie Wallis Warfield was born as the daughter of Teackle Wallis Warfield and Alice Montague in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania. She was just a few months old when her father died of tuberculosis. She and her mother heavily depended on Wallis’s father’s wealthy brother. In 1901, they moved in with Wallis’s aunt, Bessie Merryman. [read more]

The Royal Women

Queen Victoria’s connection to the American Presidents

January 20, 2017 Brittani Barger 0

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom has a connection to those who take up the office of President of the United States of America. Those who sit in the Oval Office of the White House as President of the United States use the Resolute desk given by Queen Victoria to President Rutherford B. Hayes in [read more]

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Caroline of Brunswick

Princess Charlotte of Wales’ wedding dress

September 5, 2015 Moniek Bloks 7

Princess Charlotte of Wales’ story is a tragic one. She was born on 7 January 1796 from a disastrous marriage that deteriorated even more after she was born. She was the daughter of the future George IV and Caroline of Brunswick. Despite this unfortunate start in life she was raised to be the future Queen [read more]

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