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The Queen Mother & The Rogue Kiss

Posted in Jimmy Carter, PEOPLE, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mum, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 7, 2010| 8 Comments »

  U.S. President Jimmy Carter only visited the British Royal Family once during his presidency but, in that short time, he made a very strong impression. In London for an economic summit in May, 1977, Queen Elizabeth II invited Carter to Buckingham Palace. While meeting her and other members of the royal family, Carter broke […]

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Princess Margaret’s Trip to America, 1979, Part Two: Lord Louis Mountbatten

Posted in British Royal Family/Nobles, Margaret Thatcher, PEOPLE, POLITICS & GOV'T, Prince Charles of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 13, 2020| 5 Comments »

First, please be sure you have read this post: “Princess Margaret’s Trip to America, 1979, Part One” It was August in 1979, a time when almost every Briton took a holiday to some faraway family home or destination. Queen Elizabeth II loved to go to Balmoral Castle in Scotland. This year, as in many years, […]

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Princess Margaret’s Trip to America, 1979, Part One

Posted in Anthony Armstrong-Jones, British Royal Family/Nobles, Margaret Thatcher, PEOPLE, Prince Charles of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 12, 2020| 7 Comments »

Hopes ran high for Princess Margaret of Great Britain‘s October 1979 fundraising tour in America. The cause was the London‘s Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, a centerpiece of world opera and ballet. By 1979, backstage conditions at the 120-year-old building had become “rather grotty” said the Princess’ 30-year-old nephew, Prince Charles, and terribly cramped. […]

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Princess Margaret: Drama Queen

Posted in British Royal Family/Nobles, French Royalty, King George VI, Marcel Marceau, PEOPLE, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Marie Antoinette, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 3, 2020| 2 Comments »

From a very young age, Princess Margaret of Britain (1930-2001) loved to dress up in costumes, act, sing, and dance—and she had real talent. At the age of nine months, for example, she had astounded her grandmother with her gift for music, by humming the waltz from “The Merry Widow.” Her enchantment with the magical […]

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Princess Margaret and Her Guttersnipe Life

Posted in British Royal Family/Nobles, Mick Jagger, PEOPLE, Princess Margaret, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 30, 2020| 11 Comments »

It was a summer day in 1980 when biographer Christopher Warwick first visited Princess Margaret in her home: The first time I had lunch with her, we were just the two of us sitting in the dining room, having lunch at Kensington Palace, the house that William and Kate now live in.” It would be […]

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Carnation Day 1940

Posted in Adolf Hitler, Audrey Hepburn, Crown Princess Juliana, Dutch Royal Family, King George VI, PEOPLE, POLITICS & GOV'T, Prince Bernhard, Princess Beatrix, Princess Irene, Queen Wilhelmina, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, World War II, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 1, 2014| 2 Comments »

When the Germans invaded Holland on May 10, 1940, Ninette de Valois found herself trapped in The Hague. She was the director of the Sadler’s Wells Ballet Company from England. She and her 42 dancers had been on a Dutch tour. On the day of the invasion, de Valois had been sitting at a sidewalk café with two members […]

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The Queen Mum: One Tough Cookie

Posted in British Royal Family/Nobles, Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the, King George V, PEOPLE, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mum, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 1, 2011| 4 Comments »

“The Queen Mum,” born Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), was the beloved British Royal Family matriarch from 1953 until her death at age 101. Of Scottish birth, she served as Queen consort to her husband King George VI from 1936 until his death in 1952, when their daughter Princess Elizabeth took the throne as Elizabeth II. During the […]

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The Royal Wedding: What Do We Call Kate Middleton Now?

Posted in Prince William & Catherine, Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mum, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 30, 2011| 6 Comments »

On April 29, 2011 at 8 a.m., the day Prince William of Wales married Kate Middleton, officials at Buckingham Palace announced that, in accordance with royal tradition and on recognition of the day by Queen Elizabeth, William was created Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus. The Queen gave Kate a new princess title: Her […]

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How Much Do You Know About the Royal Family?

Posted in Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the, King George VI, PEOPLE, Prince Charles of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince William & Catherine, Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mum, Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 11, 2011| 3 Comments »

What’s Prince Philip’s favorite drink? Check out our quiz to see how much you know about the Royal Family: 1. In which battle did George VI fight? A. The First Battle of Ypres B. The Battle of Loos C. The Battle of Jutland D. The Battle of Tumbledown 2. What was the name of the […]

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Princess Diana: F & G

Posted in PEOPLE, Prince Charles of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Princess Diana, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 21, 2010| 31 Comments »

Lady Diana Spencer was understandably nervous about marrying Charles, Prince of Wales (b. 1948).  Following their February 24, 1981, engagement announcement, Diana’s whole world was turned upside down. In a flash, nineteen-year-old Diana went from part-time nanny and nursery school teacher to the future Queen of England. Two days later, she kissed freedom goodbye forever. “Shy Di” moved out of her flat at […]

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Prince Philip’s Mum Had a Habit

Posted in King George V, King George VI, PEOPLE, Prince Andrew and Princess Alice of Greece & Denmark, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mum, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 1, 2010| 89 Comments »

Prince Philip of England’s upbringing was far from normal. He was born June 10, 1921, on a kitchen table on the Greek island of Corfu in a house that had no electricity, hot water, or indoor plumbing. The only son and fifth and final child of Princess Alice of Battenberg and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark was christened Prince […]

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John Lennon: A Saucy Fellow

Posted in Beatles, the, PEOPLE, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mum, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 21, 2009| 6 Comments »

Beatle John Lennon (1940-1980) had a witty sense of humor. During live performances of “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” Lennon often changed the words to “I want to hold your gland,” because of the difficulty hearing the vocals above the noise of screaming audiences in the grip of Beatlemania. At the Royal Variety Show in 1963—in […]

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