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The exiled Empress and the Führer

Hermine Reuss of Greiz was one of the five daughters of Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz and his wife, Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe. Her childhood was overshadowed by the death of her mother in childbirth and the incurable disability of her only brother. A 13-year marriage to Prince Johann Georg of Schönaich-Carolath produced five children before her husband’s death from…
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Gold coins bearing initials of Henry VIII's queens found

Rare coins bearing the initials of three of Henry VIII’s wives have been dug up. The gold pieces were discovered by a family in the New Forest area of England who found them while weeding their garden during the first lockdown. They are part of a stash of forty coins from the 15th and 16th centuries. Other items in the hoard include money from the reign of Henry VIII’s grandfather…
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Netflix will not be adding a disclaimer to "The Crown"

“The Crown” is fiction and Netflix trusts that its subscribers realise that before hitting “play.” Last week, United Kingdom Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden spoke with the press asking Netflix to add a disclaimer, to make it clear that while real people are being portrayed, it is a drama. Telling “The Mail on Sunday,” Dowden said: “It’s a beautifully produced work…
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Who was Ealhswith, queen to King Alfred?

Fans of the Netflix series “The Last Kingdom” and the series of books by Bernard Cornwell, on which the series is based, will know the main character Uhtred of Bebbanburg. He is a fictional character; however, many events in the series based in ninth-century England are historical as is the King he served, Alfred of Wessex – known to history as Alfred the Great and his wife, Lady…
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