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Queen Victoria's Mother - the Duchess of Kent

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7th February 2018
On 16 March 1861, the Duchess of Kent, born Princess Marie Louise Victoire of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and by her first marriage, Princess of Leinigen, died at her residence of Frogmore House, in Windsor Great Park. Though she had been mother to Queen Victoria, the Duchess of Kent had never herself been Princess of Wales, because her second husband, Edward, Duke of Kent had been George III’s fourth…
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Who won't be invited to Harry and Meghan's wedding?

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4th February 2018
With invitations set to go out this week for the biggest event of the year, rumours are circulating over who has been invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding, and also, those who will be staying away. Until May 19th, we will not know who will sit in the aisle of St George’s Chapel at Windsor, although we certainly have a good idea of who won’t be in attendance. Donald…
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The Curious Case of Ivan VI

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22nd January 2018
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…
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Cats and royalty

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22nd January 2018
Alongside the well-established royal love of dogs, cats are far less recorded as preferred pets, unlike their canine counterparts. They have, however, been no less loved by those that did own them. So revered were cats (“mau”) as sacred animals in Ancient Egypt that they…
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Who is Princess Michael of Kent?

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15th January 2018
Today we’ll explore the life of Princess Michael of Kent. She is the wife of Prince Michael and was born Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz in Sudetenland (now in the Czech Republic) on 15 January 1945.Baroness Marie Christine’s parents were Baron Günther Hubertus von Reibnitz and Countess Maria Anna Szapáry von Muraszombath. She had two older half-siblings, Margarita von Reibnitz and…
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