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England has mislaid its "Russian" princess, Alexandra of Kent. The 84-year-old Alexandra is the younger sister of the head of English Freemasonry, Edward, Duke of Kent, and the elder sister of the scandal-prone Michael of Kent; as the daughter of the fourth son of King
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How all men should look on 8 March. William Bruce Ellis Ranken (1881-1941), Covent Garden, 1930. Happy International Women's Day, to all the lovely, esteemed, priceless, dear girls and women 🌸
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The Mirror reports that the Queen and Kate Middleton are planning a special TV show on the very day Meghan Markle is to be interviewed by Oprah. Well, well, what scheming minxes. But here is how it really is. The Queen and Kate will appear in a programme in place
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, aged 99, has been admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital in London. Buckingham Palace reports that Prince Philip felt unwell and is to remain in hospital for a few days for observation. One can only hope that all will be well with him
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This has no end. From the book Gloria Crocodilus of 1634 by the Flemish artist Jacob Hoefnagel, with 82 allegorical miniatures. From the collection of the British Museum
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Incidentally, on the subject of Camilla, the potential Queen Consort, it is curious that it was originally supposed that, should Prince Charles be crowned, she would receive the title of Princess Consort, and this was connected with the special position of the late Princess Diana, chiefly in the hearts of
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Buckingham Palace announces that today Elizabeth II, aged 94, and Prince Philip, aged 99, received the coronavirus vaccine. This photograph is the official portrait of the royal couple, released in 2020
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Had a small dispute with ArtUK and National Trust Collections over Sir James Jebusa Shannon's 1918 portrait of Violet Lindsay, Duchess of Rutland (1856-1937). The cause of my displeasure is the description of the work, which states that in this exotic portrait Lady Violet, her hands dramatically
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Old Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has opened a book club on Instagram. The page already has more than 25,000 followers. The Reading Room of Her Royal Highness, consort of Prince Charles, will be a place for book recommendations to Camilla's taste, talk of literature, meetings with authors