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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
NB! · Books · London · Monarchies
A Very Touching Recollection of a Meeting with the Queen, from the Book by the Surgeon David Nott
NB! · Archive · London · Monarchies
Three Queens of England: the not yet crowned Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon) and the Dowager Queen Mary of Teck at the funeral of George VI
Monarchies · Society
Doctors concerned for Elizabeth II's health as her family travel to Balmoral
Doctors are concerned about the condition of Queen Elizabeth II, 96, who is now at Balmoral Castle under medical supervision. Prince Charles, Prince William and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, have set off for Her Majesty's estate. The royal family's website appears to have crashed following the
NB! · Archive · Monarchies · Mores · Paris · People
Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed in the lift of the Paris Ritz on 30 August 1997, the last day before their deaths
Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed in the lift of the Paris Ritz on 30 August 1997, the last day before their deaths. The third person in the lens of the surveillance camera is Claude Roulet, assistant to the president of the Ritz hotel
Faith · Monarchies · People
Bernard of Clairvaux as the Ideologist of the 1147 Wendish Crusade Against the Slavs
Bernard of Clairvaux, who is shown on icons receiving milk from the breast of the Virgin Mary, is regarded as the man behind Pope Eugene III, who had been his pupil and heeded his opinion. It was Bernard of Clairvaux who was the ideologue of the Crusade against the Slavs
NB! · Monarchies · Museums · Heritage · Society · Paris
Versailles closed to visitors and its masterpieces were moved to Chambord in August 1939
On 25 August 1939 a notice reading "Museum Closed" appeared on the gates of Versailles. On 29 August the removal of masterpieces from the palace to the Château de Chambord began. On 3 September France declared war on Germany
Monarchies · Society · Paris · People
The First French Journalist to Mount the Scaffold in the Years of the Terror Was Durosoy
The first French journalist to mount the scaffold in the years of the Terror was Barnabé Farmian Durosoy. Before his death he left a note: "A royalist such as I should die on the Feast of Saint Louis." Saint Louis died on 25 August 1270. Durosoy died on
The East · Monarchies · People · Saint Petersburg
In 1790 a delegation of Greek captains arrived in Saint Petersburg to meet Catherine the Great and to ask her, in the name of the Greek people, for help in their struggle against the Turks
In 1790 a delegation of Greek captains arrived in Saint Petersburg to meet Catherine the Great and to ask her, in the name of the Greek people, for help in their struggle against the Turks. But the chief point of the Souliots' appeal was a request that Catherine give
NB! · Monarchies · Mores · Humour
How to ask about your stop if you are riding the bus with Louis XVI or Charles I?
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