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A royal mystery from history - did a queen murder her love rival as political power slipped from her grasp?

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26th October 2023
The fate of one of medieval England’s most famous royal mistresses ahs fascinated historians for centuries. What really happened to The Fair Rosamund? Much of Rosamund Clifford’s life is now the stuff of legend and folklore but, in her time, she was England’s greatest beauty and Eleanor of Aquitaine’s greatest nemesis. For by the time Rosamund began a relationship with Eleanor’s…
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The royal bride who wore trousers to her wedding

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25th October 2023
It’s a very famous royal wedding outfit, a style statement worn as a much talked about bride became a princess. Charlene Wittstock arrived at her civil marriage to Prince Albert II of Monaco in a trouser suit she designed with the help of Karl Lagerfeld. Charlene…
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The ambitious Queen of England accused of being a witch by her enemies

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25th October 2023
Queens and witchcraft aren’t words that go together. In books and in films, witches are the wicked women who stand in the way of pretty princesses as they search for a happy ending. In the history of royalty, witchcraft was a tool to use against women who might otherwise be untouchable. And several of England’s queens found themselves accused of being witches at times when enemies…
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History

Royal Ghost Stories: Elizabeth I

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24th October 2023
She’s one of the most famous queens in history and died in 1603. Since then numerous royals (and monarchs themselves) have claimed to have seen the departed monarch in ghost form, and we are taking a look at some of those ghost stories. Windsor Castle Queen Elizabeth I has been said to haunt Windsor Castle and has appeared before several monarchs. She has been seen floating from the…
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The horrifying but true story of the Nepalese Royal Family

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22nd October 2023
A living nightmare occurred in Nepal on 1 June 2001 when many of the Nepalese Royal Family were slaughtered by one of their own. The Royal Family was gathered at Narayanhiti Palace for a party when Crown Prince Dipendra began his murder spree. The Crown Prince shot and killed his parents, King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, along with his siblings, aunts and other family members.
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