Margaret Rhodes: One of Queen Elizabeth II’s “Strathmore Cousins”
Embed from Getty Images Unofficial Royalty: The Strathmore Cousins In 2006, one of our columnists, The Laird o’Thistle, wrote an article entitled “The Strathmore Cousins” about the first cousins of...
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Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine
by Susan Flantzer by Studio of Michiel Jansz van Miereveldt, circa 1613 The eldest daughter and second child of King James I of England and Anne of Denmark, Elizabeth Stuart was born on August 19,...
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Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland
by Susan Flantzer by Daniel Mytens; Credit – Wikipedia The highborn and noble princess Lady Margaret, known better as Margaret Tudor, was born at the Palace of Westminster on November 28, 1489. She was...
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Another baby for Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall
photo: David Hartley/REX/Shutterstock, source: The Daily Mail It’s been announced today that Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall are expecting a second child in the late spring of 2017. The baby will be the...
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Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Duchess of Suffolk
by Susan Flantzer Credit – Wikipedia Mary Tudor was born on March 18, 1496 at Richmond Palace, She was the third daughter and the fifth of the seven children of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth...
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Lady Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk
by Susan Flantzer Photo Credit – Wikipedia The second child of the four children and eldest daughter of Mary Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England, and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Lady...
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December 14 – Queen Victoria’s Dire Day
Prince Albert, The Prince Consort; Photo Credit – Wikipedia December 14 was the worst day of the year for Queen Victoria. On that day in 1861, her beloved husband Prince Albert had died at the age of...
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Breaking News: Zara Phillips Tindall, Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter,...
Zara and Mike Tindall; By Land Rover MENA – The All-New Range Rover | Global Reveal, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32378011 Zara Phillips Tindall and her husband Mike...
View ArticleQueen Elizabeth II misses Christmas service because of a “heavy cold”
Embed from Getty Images Queen Elizabeth II missed Christmas services for the first time in 28 years because of a heavy cold. A palace spokesperson said, “Her Majesty the Queen will not attend church...
View ArticleChristmas 2016: Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas Broadcast
Embed from Getty Images On each Christmas Day at 3 PM United Kingdom time, Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas Broadcast is viewed by families across the United Kingdom, even by the Royal Family who sit...
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Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales
by Susan Flantzer Credit – Wikipedia Edward of Middleham was one of the seven Princes of Wales who never became King. The others are: Edward the Black Prince, predeceased his father King Edward III...
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Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales
by Susan Flantzer 18th-century engraving; Credit – Wikipedia Edward of Westminster was one of the seven Princes of Wales who never became King. The others are: Edward of Woodstock (the Black Prince),...
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Humphrey, 1st Duke of Gloucester
by Susan Flantzer Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 15th-century drawing; Credit – Wikipedia Born on October 3, 1390, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester was the youngest son and the fourth of the six children of...
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Breaking News: Lord Snowdon, former husband of the late Princess Margaret,...
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon with Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson at the White House in 1965; Photo Credit – Wikipedia Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, the...
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“Victoria” on PBS in the USA and Unofficial Royalty’s Queen Victoria Resources
Queen Victoria replica by Sir George Hayter, oil on canvas, 1863 (1838), NPG 1250 © National Portrait Gallery, London The much-anticipated series about Queen Victoria, Victoria, will begin an...
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Philippa of England, Queen of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway
by Susan Flantzer Philippa by Reinhold Callmander on a window above her grave, 1890s; By Mariusz Paździora (photo); Reinhold Callmander (painting) – Own work, CC BY 3.0,...
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Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales (The Black Prince)
by Susan Flantzer Edward, Prince of Wales as Knight of the Order of the Garter, illustration from the Bruges Garter Book 1453; Credit -Wikipedia Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales was born at...
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Joan of Kent, 4th Countess of Kent, Princess of Wales
by Susan Flantzer Joan of Kent was born September 29, 1328 at Woodstock Palace near Oxford in Oxfordshire, England. She was the third of the four children of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent and...
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Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence
by Susan Flantzer 19th-century drawing of bronze statuette of Lionel, Duke of Clarence on south side of tomb of his father King Edward III at Westminster Abbey; Credit – Wikipedia The third, but second...
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John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
by Susan Flantzer circa 1593, probably modeled after John of Gaunt’s tomb effigy; Credit – Wikipedia John of Gaunt was the fourth son but the third surviving son of King Edward III of England and...
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