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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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The Royal Wedding: The Mad Hatter

Posted in PEOPLE, Prince Charles of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William & Catherine, Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, tagged , , , , , , , on May 5, 2011| 6 Comments »

In its coverage of the fashion displayed by guests at the British Royal Wedding of William and Catherine, The New York Times wrote that the outfits of the guests “were generally tasteful and royal-friendly. A few things stuck out. The exotic costumes of foreign dignitaries, seeming throwbacks to imperial times. The hats worn by the […]

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The Royal Wedding: JU5T WED

Posted in PEOPLE, Prince Charles of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William & Catherine, Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 30, 2011| 2 Comments »

Following a post-nuptials luncheon buffet for 650 guests given by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, Prince William took his new bride Kate out for a spin in his father’s vintage Aston Martin. The crowd in the street was taken by surprise to see the royal couple, the newly-christened Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, appear on the streets so spontaneously, and […]

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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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The Royal Wedding: That Cake!

Posted in Prince William & Catherine, Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, tagged , , , , on April 29, 2011| 1 Comment »

Readers: For more on the British royal family and the royal wedding of William and Kate, click here.

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Royal Wedding: The Hats!

Posted in Prince William & Catherine, Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, tagged , , , , , on April 29, 2011| 4 Comments »

High fashion was the order of the day for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton today, April 29, 2011. As is their custom, British women were dressed up and wearing some outlandish hats. Fashion icon Victoria Beckham wore a somber navy outfit with matching hat that matched her somber mood. Ms. Beckham […]

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The Royal Wedding: Kate Wears Queen’s Tiny Tiara

Posted in Prince William & Catherine, Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, Queen Elizabeth II, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 29, 2011| 3 Comments »

Every bride wears something borrowed and, for Kate Middleton, that special something belongs to the Queen of England, Elizabeth II, who became Kate’s grandmother upon marriage. On loan for her royal wedding, the newly ennobled Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, anchored her veil with the demure diamond sparkler. The 1936 tiara, which was purchased by King George VI for […]

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Fergie & Di: Royal Daredevils

Posted in PEOPLE, Prince Charles of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II, Sarah, the Duchess of York (Fergie), tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 2, 2010| 8 Comments »

Sarah Ferguson –  “Fergie” –  and Princess Diana (1961-1997) knew each other for six years before Fergie married Prince Andrew in 1986 and became a member of the Royal Family. The two women had first met on the polo circuit, as Diana’s husband Prince Charles was an avid player and Fergie’s father, Sir Ronald Ferguson, was the Prince’s polo manager. Soon […]

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Queen Alexandra’s Royal Bosom

Posted in Queen Alexandra & King Edward VII, Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 16, 2010| 15 Comments »

When Princess Alexandra of Denmark arrived on English soil in 1863 to marry the Prince of Wales, the heir of Queen Victoria, she was the very picture of modesty. No jewelry was visible and she wore a handmade bonnet. Alexandra may have been Danish royalty, but she wasn’t rich. Matter of fact, her family had […]

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Princess Margaret’s Trip to America, 1979, Part Three: The Jig is Up

Posted in British Royal Family/Nobles, John F. Kennedy, Kennedys, the, Mayor Jane Byrne, PEOPLE, POLITICS & GOV'T, Princess Margaret, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 16, 2020| 4 Comments »

READERS: Before reading this post, please read Parts One and Two of Princess Margaret’s Trip to America, 1979. On October 11, 1979, Princess Margaret (1926-2001) and her entourage landed in Chicago to begin her tour of America to raise funds for the renovation of the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, London. As President of […]

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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: 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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How Princess Margaret Met Roddy Llewellyn

Posted in ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, FASHION, & DESIGN, British Royal Family/Nobles, PEOPLE, Princess Margaret, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged , , , , , , , on May 6, 2020| 1 Comment »

Lady Anne Glenconner served as Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret from 1971 until Margaret’s death in 2002. Her husband, Colin Tennant, Lord Glenconner, was a member of the “Margaret Set,” a group of close friends of the Princess, almost entirely male, and completely wild. Lord Glenconner was once considered a possible husband for the […]

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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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Queen Elizabeth II is a Car Lover

Posted in King Abdullah, PEOPLE, Queen Elizabeth II, Saudi Arabia Royal Family, tagged , , , on January 18, 2019| 3 Comments »

Queen Elizabeth II (b. 1926) is the only person in Britain who can drive without a license or number plate on her state car. According to British law, the Queen does not need a driving license because driving licenses are issued in her name. She is the Sovereign. The 92-year-old has been driving since she […]

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