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Delighted by the witty reply of a photographer accused of a life-threatening pursuit of Markle and Prince Harry, who have been likened to Princess Diana, cruelly hounded by the royal family
Delighted by the witty reply of a photographer accused of a life-threatening pursuit of Markle and Prince Harry, who have been likened to Princess Diana, cruelly hounded by the royal family. It very soon emerged, however, that what the attention-deficit couple had presented as a high-speed chase
London · Monarchies · Mores · People
Ian Ball tried to kidnap Princess Anne in London, and her defenders received awards
On the evening of 20 March 1974, the limousine in which Princess Anne and her husband were driving to Buckingham Palace from a charity screening was attacked in an attempt to abduct the princess. The royal car's path was blocked by a white Ford Escort, from which a
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The royal Austin Princess Vanden Plas limousine, in which Princess Anne was travelling when she was the target of an armed attack, at the scene of the crime, 20 March 1974
Faith · Monarchies · Mores · Saint Petersburg
A noblewoman petitioned the Virgin Mary against Catherine II, and the Empress returned her estate
At one solemn service Catherine II saw a woman fall to her knees before an icon of the Mother of God and throw a paper on the floor. When the paper was picked up, it turned out to be a complaint against the Empress, addressed to the Mother of God
NB! · Monarchies · Moscow · People
The Calling of Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov to the Throne
Cinema · London · Monarchies · People
Crown Prince of Yugoslavia and titular King of Serbia Alexander Karageorgevich to take part in filming a documentary series about his life, provisionally titled “The Crown, the State and the People”
The first scenes of the film were shot back in March, in London, at Claridge's Hotel, where the prince was born in 1945. By the time of the birth of Alexander Karageorgevich, the only son of Peter II, the last King of Yugoslavia, the British prime minister of
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Forgive me, sinner that I am, little father Tsar!
Forgive me, sinner that I am, little father Tsar! We have been ordered, whenever we catch sight of you, to cry out
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Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich and the Russian riders leave the Olympics without medals
Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich (1891-1942), grandson of Alexander II and first cousin of Nicholas II, pictured far left, took part in the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. Dmitry Pavlovich was a member of the Russian equestrian team, the sport having been added to the Olympic programme that year. The
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Prince Charles with a Moustache Is Something New
Archive · Art · Monarchies · Mores
Catherine II Visits Potemkin at His House by Night
Catherine II visits Potemkin at his house by night. The Empress is dressed as a lady of the court, Potemkin as a monk. Flemish engraver Lambertus Antonius Claessens, after a drawing by Jacques Kuyper, 1800
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