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Before they were royal: The life of Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

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29th June 2018
In the series “Before they were royal” we are taking a look at their young lives, education, and professional lives before gaining their royal title. The second edition focuses on Queen Máxima of the Netherlands or Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti as she was known before her marriage. Born as Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti to Jorge Zorreguieta and María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart…
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Review: Princess The Early Life of Queen Elizabeth II by Jane Dismore

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27th June 2018
Released in the United States on 1 June 2018 (and due to be released on 5 July in the UK), Jane Dismore’s Princess The Early Life of Queen Elizabeth II takes a look back, as the title states, at Her Majesty’s young life beginning before she was even born. While writing my review, I’ve tried not to give too much away, so that you all can enjoy the book for yourselves without it…
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History's Royal Kates: Catherine of Braganza

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26th June 2018
Catherine of Braganza has gone down in history as a rather nice lady who liked drinking tea.  The Portuguese princess who arrived in Portsmouth in 1662 to marry Charles II has been portrayed as a gentle soul whose heart was broken by her inability to have children and who instead contented herself by making a nice cuppa the fashion of the day while trying to be friends with her husband’s many…
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