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The dog in these paintings by the British animal painter Edwin Landseer is Nelson, a Newfoundland belonging to Adolphus and Augusta, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Aristocracy · Art · Monarchies · Nature

The dog in these paintings by the British animal painter Edwin Landseer is Nelson, a Newfoundland belonging to Adolphus and Augusta, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

The dog in these paintings by the British animal painter Edwin Landseer is Nelson, a Newfoundland belonging to Adolphus and Augusta, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. In the first portrait Nelson appears with a biscuit on his nose, alongside Princess Mary, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and

By Alexandr Radayev

Aristocracy · In the Press · Interviews · Monarchies

The current head of the House of Habsburg, the grandson of Austria's last emperor, Charles I, 60-year-old Archduke Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen, has commented on the scandalous interview given by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, speaking to Austria's large

The current head of the House of Habsburg, the grandson of Austria's last emperor, Charles I, 60-year-old Archduke Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen, has commented on the scandalous interview given by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, speaking to Austria's largest newspaper, the Kronen Zeitung. He

By Alexandr Radayev
On 9 March, at the age of 97, Erling Sven Lorentzen, the Norwegian-Brazilian magnate and widower of Princess Ragnhild, eldest daughter of King Olav V of Norway, has died

Aristocracy · Monarchies · Mores · People

On 9 March, at the age of 97, Erling Sven Lorentzen, the Norwegian-Brazilian magnate and widower of Princess Ragnhild, eldest daughter of King Olav V of Norway, has died

On 9 March, in his 98th year, Erling Sven Lorentzen, the Norwegian-Brazilian magnate and widower of Princess Ragnhild, eldest daughter of King Olav V of Norway, passed away. In his youth Lorentzen was a bodyguard, and among those he guarded was the Norwegian royal family, including Princess Ragnhild herself

By Alexandr Radayev

Aristocracy · Books · Mores

Prince Ivan Mikhailovich Dolgorukov recalled how, as a child, he was allowed to go and watch the wedding of Vladimir Poluektov and Ekaterina Argamakova, where he met Katerina Obukhova, with whom he fell instantly in love, and the two at once resolved to b

Prince Ivan Mikhailovich Dolgorukov recalled how, as a child, he was allowed to go and watch the wedding of Vladimir Poluektov and Ekaterina Argamakova, where he met Katerina Obukhova. The two fell in love on the spot and there and then resolved to become bridegroom and bride, in token whereof

By Alexandr Radayev