Born on 23 August 1740 to the Duke
Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-Luneburg and his wife Anna Leopoldovna,
Ivan was the only grandson of the former Tsar of Russia Ivan V, and
consequently in line to the Russian throne. His mother was the
niece of Empress Anna and expected that one of her line would
inherit the throne once her aunt died. Consequently, Anna and her
husband had spent the majority of…
In the 65 years of her reign — 66 this
February — Her Majesty The Queen has seldom given a formal
interview to anyone. The closest anyone has gotten was Rolf Harris,
with whom she agreed to some small talk while he filmed the
painting of her portrait. Likewise…
Poetry and monarchy very often go hand in
hand. Whether it is King Edward III offering patronage to Geoffrey
Chaucer, or King David of Israel being said to have written a
number of Psalms found in the Bible, there is a strong mutual
history between the two. Japanese…
It’s all change for Japan! Upon the 30th
of April 2019, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Akihito will have
formally retired from the Chrysanthemum Throne, which will then
pass to his elder son, Crown Prince Naruhito. Such an event will
require a lot of rearrangements, and one of the most pressing is
where exactly the retired emperor should spend the rest of his
days, as he would no longer be…
On the 30th of April 2019, Crown Prince
Naruhito will become the next Emperor of Japan. In an event that
has not been seen for two centuries the current Emperor, Akihito,
will formally relinquish his position on the Japanese throne and
will retreat from public life into what…
Emperor Hirohito is, to those within
monarchist circles, is a controversial figure to say the least.
While during WW2 the Empire of Japan committed many atrocities
during its fighting against Nationalist Chinese and Allied forces,
it was always very ambiguous just how much…
Meghan Markle's comments in praise of Ivanka Trump ruffle a few feathers
11th December 2017
An often underappreciated bit of
modern-day wisdom is that nothing you do is ever really secret, and
this goes a hundredfold for celebrities and the internet. Meghan
Markle, whose engagement to Prince Harry was announced just last
month, has apparently just been bitten by this truth. Back in 2014,
when Trump’s movement to become president was still just a wild
suggestion, Markle had been…
Prince Albert is generally credited with
introducing the Christmas tree to Britain, but in fact, it was the
work of his wife’s grandmother, Queen Charlotte. Like Prince
Albert, Charlotte was born and raised in Germany, where the
tradition of bringing a tree inside at…
Ten years ago, Meghan Markle was a
briefcase model on the TV game show Deal or No Deal. Now, she is
about to marry into the British Royal Family. Royal Central
blogger, Megan Milton, looks at the actress turned American
Princess. Rachel Meghan Markle was born on 4 August…
Rachel Meghan Markle was born on 4 August
1981 in Los Angeles, California’s West Park Hospital to Doria (a
therapist and social worker) and Thomas W. Markle. She is of
mixed-race with her mother being African-American and her father
being of Dutch and Irish descent. Meghan is the youngest of Thomas
Markle’s three children and the only child of Doria. She has an
older half-sister, Samantha…
