Reviews

Review: The Grace Kelly Dress

The Grace Kelly Dress by Brenda Janowitz is a recently released fictional book revolving around Princess Grace of Monaco’s famous wedding gown…or a replica of it passed down through the generations. There are three different storylines: 1950s, 1980s and present-day where it follows the bride’s grandmother, mother, and the bride, respectively, in their love lives and paths to the…
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British Royals

Review: Diana, A Spencer Forever

To conclude the trilogy, Deb Stratas has released the final instalment of her Diana series “Diana: A Spencer Forever.” It examines the final two years and last months of the late Diana, Princess of Wales’s life before her tragic car crash in Paris on 30…
OpinionThe Netherlands

Review: Darling Queen - Dear Old Bones

I have long been advocating for more books to be written in English about the royals of mainland Europe, so I was thrilled to hear about and read Darling Queen – Dear Old Bones: Queen Wilhelmina’s correspondence with her English governess Miss Saxton Winter by Emerentia van Heuven-van Nes and published by Amsterdam University Press. It was initially printed in Dutch several years ago…
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