Aristocracy - The Parnassian (Page 17)

Aristocracy · Monarchies · People

British aristocrat and former lady-in-waiting to the Queen, Lady Pamela Hicks, née Mountbatten, at 93 has become, following the death of Elizabeth II, the oldest living descendant of Queen Victoria in Great Britain

Lady Pam, as she is usually called in society, is a great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, descending from her second daughter, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom. Lady Pamela Hicks is a first cousin of the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and was a bridesmaid at his wedding

Aristocracy · Art · People

The Red Boy, or Portrait of Charles William Lambton, 1825, Thomas Lawrence

Charles William Lambton, heir to a barony and an ancient family castle, lived only 13 years; tuberculosis cut him down. In the portrait the boy is seven. A canvas by so celebrated an artist and academician cost a small fortune: 600 guineas, equivalent today to some 60,000 dollars. The

Aristocracy · Art · Mores

A Brothel Scene, by an Unknown Artist of the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century

A Brothel Scene, by an unknown artist of the second half of the eighteenth century. France. In the reception room of a house of ill repute, an aristocrat is met by the madam and one of her girls. The procuress's apron pocket is stuffed with money. Between her

NB! · Aristocracy · Faith · The East · Monarchies · People

Queen Elizabeth II is among the few monarchs in whose veins runs the blood of the Prophet Muhammad

Aristocracy · Archive · Faith · Monarchies

A family tree showing that Queen Elizabeth II traces her descent from the progenitor of the 12 tribes of Israel, the third Old Testament patriarch Jacob, called Israel

A family tree showing that Queen Elizabeth II traces her descent from the progenitor of the 12 tribes of Israel, the third Old Testament patriarch Jacob, called Israel. Moreover, she is a descendant of Jacob-Israel and of his son Judah not only on her father's side but

Aristocracy · Archive · Monarchies · People

The unheard-of and barbarous treatment which the King inflicts upon me obliges me to leave France and withdraw to Venice […] If His Royal Highness wished it, I should have the honour of speaking with him, I should tell him many things which, I am sure, wo

The unheard-of and barbarous treatment which the King inflicts upon me obliges me to leave France and withdraw to Venice […] If His Royal Highness wished it, I should have the honour of speaking with him, I should tell him many things which, I am sure, would afford him infinite

Aristocracy · Madrid · Monarchies · Observations · Saint Petersburg · Humour

I do not know whether the video has reached the internet yet, in which, yesterday, at the newly opened Juan Cantina Española in Petersburg, having read the Spanish Vanity Fair and eaten my fill of fried artichokes, I shouted that within two hundred metres

I do not know whether the video has reached the internet yet, in which, yesterday, at the newly opened Juan Cantina Española in Petersburg, having read the Spanish Vanity Fair and eaten my fill of fried artichokes, I shouted that within two hundred metres there was no more beautiful woman

Aristocracy · Monarchies · Observations

The Queen has a new photograph with Prince Charles and Camilla, taken before today's Order of the Garter ceremony at Windsor Castle

The Queen has a new photograph with Prince Charles and Camilla, taken before today's Order of the Garter ceremony at Windsor Castle. The sovereign of Britain's highest order is Elizabeth II, who personally appoints its members, up to 24 in number, whenever one of the previous

NB! · Aristocracy · Monarchies · Society

The Russian Imperial House announces that Georgy Mikhailovich Romanov and his wife Rebecca Bettarini are expecting a child

Aristocracy · Monarchies · People · Society Pages

Katharine, Duchess of Kent, aged 89, in New Balance trainers at the gala evening of Future Talent, the competition for young musicians she founded 16 years ago

The Duchess looks mar-vel-lous!

Aristocracy · Monarchies

On 15 May 1957 the twins Jean and Margaretha were born to Prince Jean of Luxembourg and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium

On 15 May 1957 the twins Jean and Margaretha were born to Prince Jean of Luxembourg and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium. Jean and Margaretha were the third and fourth children of their parents. In 1964 their father became Grand Duke of Luxembourg; the country is now ruled by their

Aristocracy · Archive · Monarchies · Mores · Saint Petersburg

For the 1894 fancy-dress ball at Count Sheremetev's, the Tsarevich Nicholas came as a falconer

In his diary the heir wrote: "In the evening I put on the kaftan of a 'falconer' from the time of Alexei Mikhailovich; Xenia dressed as a boyar's daughter, and Sandro as a captain of the streltsy. Went with him to the fancy-dress ball