In my article on numbering the Kings and
Queens of Britain, I mentioned that this practice was not always
accurate and, I’d like to add, not without its controversy. On
February 6 1952, came the death of King George VI of the United
Kingdom. It occurred during the night and the new sovereign didn’t
know she was now Queen for she and her husband, the Duke of
Edinburgh, were thousands of…
The 8th Princess of Orange was also a
British Princess and a namesake of the previous Princess. This Mary
Stuart was born on 30 April 1662 as the daughter of James II of
England and Anne Hyde. She grew up in the relative peace of
Richmond Palace with her sister Anne. She…
