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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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On 11 April Netflix will show Princess Diana's scandalous and notorious BBC interview of 20 November 1995, watched by 23 million people. It was spoken of as "the interview that shook the world". Twenty-six years have passed, and it is still not entirely clear why
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A very charming piece of double dressing by Elizabeth II and her youngest son Edward, Earl of Wessex, in 2004. In the arms of Sophie, Countess of Wessex, is their elder daughter, Louise Windsor.
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You may be surprised, but France has a king even today. Although the title is disputed, most legitimists and monarchists regard the titular Duke of Anjou, a direct heir of Louis XIV and a member of the Spanish royal family, Luis Alfonso de Borbón, as the titular King of France.
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Monarchist sentiment in France remains strong to this day, and the view of Louis XVII as an innocent victim has taken hold of many minds. Thus there is well-founded talk that a monument ought to be raised to Louis-Charles, Louis XVII, dedicated also to all infant and child
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Louis-Charles of France, second son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, was confined in a dungeon and for several years subjected to torture. After the execution of his parents he was regarded as King of France, Louis XVII. A remarkable child, filled with courage, dignity and intelligence, he lived
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Diagram of the erection of the Luxor Obelisk in Paris, presented by Muhammad Ali, ruler of Egypt, to France and to Charles X, the last of the Bourbons to reign in fact, in the 1830s. The engraving on the other side of the pedestal shows the dismantling of the obelisk
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When she put on all her best at once. Photographs of Elizabeth II from 1986, when she was 60, taken by Curtis Hoopper for work on the Queen's portrait. These pictures were found in the artist's studio after his death.
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Mary of Teck, widow of King George V, died just 10 weeks before the coronation of her granddaughter Elizabeth. On her deathbed she insisted that the coronation not be postponed on account of mourning for her. But Elizabeth's accession itself had taken place in Queen Mary's
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