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Royal Portraiture: The Pelican and The Phoenix

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6th September 2015
Elizabeth I inherited many traits from her father King Henry VIII, such as her hair colour, her boundless intelligence, and her often used the skill with propaganda. Elizabeth was technically only England’s second queen, so she had to prove to her people that she had “the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.” One of the tools that she used to spread this message around…
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All That Glitters: The Legacy of a Georgian Duchess

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1st September 2015
The year was 1774 and seventeen-year-old Lady Georgiana Spencer was a blushing bride. All of England whispered about the most advantageous marriage. Lady Georgiana’s groom was none other than the much-sought-after Duke of Devonshire, considered the most attractive bachelor…
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Royal Portraiture: Propaganda Painting

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31st August 2015
Today, images of the Royal Family are everywhere. As technology advances, we can instantly retrieve images of any member of the Royal Family, both in private and outperforming their royal duties. Now, because of this, the members of the royal family can be recognized instantly. However, this was not always the case, many of the royal portraits released by monarchs of the past were not very…
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The stories of Queen Victoria’s granddaughters: Princess Alix of Hesse, the last Tsarina

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26th August 2015
Before the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 the Russian Empire was a Monarchy ruled over by the Tsar and his Consort. The last of these consorts was the wife of Tsar Nicholas II, Alexandra Feodorovna or, as she was known as a child, Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine. Born on June 6 1872, Princess Alix Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice was the fourth daughter and sixth child of Princess Alice of the…
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Just why is Queen Mary I known as 'Bloody Mary'?

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24th August 2015
While King Henry VIII lived, his greatest fear was dying without a male heir to the throne. As it turns out, he needn’t have worried, for when he died in 1547, King Henry was succeeded by his son Edward VI. But the new King Edward was very frail and sickly boy of nine…
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Sophie's surprise: why The Countess of Wessex is now the world's most stylish royal

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20th August 2015
As summer draws to an end, there is a new royal fashion queen in town and it’s not who you might expect. In the quiet days of August, several polls have appeared telling us who the most stylish royals are and one woman keeps floating to the top of them. The Duchess of Cambridge and Queen Letizia of Spain might have got the most headlines in recent months but both of them lose out in the summer…
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