Coming Up · The East · Monarchies · Moscow · Museums
The exhibition “Descendants of Genghis Khan. Rus and the World” opens on 20 March. The display will include objects that tell of the legacy of the Mongol Empire and the Golden Horde, of Russo-Tatar ties and mutual cultural influence, of dynastic marriages and court ceremonial
London · Monarchies · Society · Ethnography
In 1824 the King and Queen of Hawaii, Kamehameha II and Kamamalu, visited Britain. The second ruler of the islands, Kamehameha, like his father, the founder of the kingdom, relied on the might of British and American arms, particularly in view of the revolts that kept flaring up against him.
Monarchies · Museums · Heritage · Paris
The crown, set with diamonds and emeralds, was deformed, lost part of its decorative elements and one of its golden eagles. According to the restorers, the object can nonetheless be fully restored. The crown was made in 1855 on the commission of Napoleon III for the Exposition Universelle, and is
Faith · London · Monarchies · Observations · Society
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been spirited out of Royal Lodge under cover of night, the official country residence in Windsor Great Park, formerly the residence of Elizabeth II, and has begun his exile at Sandringham. The police are considering allegations from his victims arising from the Epstein files. But, you
Archive · Faith · Monarchies · Paris · People
15 August, 4.30 in the morning. My God, have mercy on me! My eyes have no more tears with which to weep for you, my poor children; farewell, farewell! Marie Antoinette The Queen of France wrote this line in her prayer book a few hours before her death, knowing
Faith · Monarchies · Rome
The silver ferula with a crucifix was first used by Saint Paul VI in 1965, on the occasion of the closing of the Second Vatican Council. Saint John Paul II made use of the papal ferula from the very beginning of his pontificate. In the last years of his life
The East · Monarchies · Society · People
Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and Empress Farah Pahlavi, the son and wife of the last Shah of Iran, have expressed a wish to return to their country throughout all 47 years of their forced exile. And now, after two weeks of unrest against the regime in the Islamic Republic of
Aristocracy · Monarchies · Mores · Saint Petersburg
In 1765 Catherine II instituted a special contest, held in a special arena with stands for spectators, in which the competitors rode on horseback and fired at mannequins. The contest was accompanied by a festivity with a display of costumes and jewels, and the whole spectacle was known as the
Aristocracy · Archive · Monarchies · Mores · Saint Petersburg
The hall, filled with ancient Russian folk, looked very beautiful indeed. So Nicholas II described in his diary his impressions of the celebrated ball in the Winter Palace.
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The Book of Degrees of the Royal Genealogy (Stepennaya kniga), written around 1563. A passage on the reign of Vasily III. wherefore ever, his royal heart and mind keeping watch and pondering wisely, steering all with care in lawfulness, and with might driving off the torrents of lawlessness, let not
Archive · Monarchies · Moscow · Society
The administering of the oath will continue from the 20th day of December, to persons of the male sex of every rank and station, other than state peasants and the serf peasants and servants of landowners, for which purpose all churches will be open after the Liturgy From the collection
NB! · Archive · Monarchies · Observations · Mores
Prince Edward, the future Duke of Kent, and Princess Alexandra play with inflatable toys on the grass under the supervision of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, at their residence, Coppins, in Buckinghamshire, in October 1940. I have never before seen inflatable figures used for play away from the water