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Mothering Sunday in England and Lent in the Church of England
For the Orthodox, Lent begins tomorrow, but in the Church of England this year 14 March already falls in the middle of Lent, traditionally observed as Mothering Sunday. Mothering Sunday has been identified with the fourth Sunday of Lent in England since the seventeenth century; before that, the maternal feast
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Portrait of Louis Bonaparte by Charles Jalabert and the helmets of French dragoons
Napoleon's younger brother, Louis Bonaparte, in the uniform of a colonel of the 5th Dragoons. Portrait by Charles Jalabert. In the French army, the helmets of dragoon officers were adorned with a turban of leopard skin. I cannot say whether this alludes to the leopard skin fastened to
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Princess Elizabeth without a special title and the 2010s reform of royal succession
Ten-year-old Elizabeth plays with a dog; at this age she became first in the line of succession to the British throne. Interestingly, at that time, and right up to her accession, the eldest daughter of George VI held no title and was called simply Princess Elizabeth. The only
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Head of the House of Habsburg calls Harry and Meghan's interview gossip in the Kronen Zeitung
The current head of the House of Habsburg, the grandson of Austria's last emperor, Charles I, 60-year-old Archduke Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen, has commented on the scandalous interview given by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, speaking to Austria's largest newspaper, the Kronen Zeitung. He
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During the wedding of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII, to Princess Alexandra of Denmark in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in 1863, Queen Victoria, who had by then been in mourning for 25 years, preferred…
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Norwegian-Brazilian magnate Erling Lorentzen, widower of Princess Ragnhild, has died
On 9 March, in his 98th year, Erling Sven Lorentzen, the Norwegian-Brazilian magnate and widower of Princess Ragnhild, eldest daughter of King Olav V of Norway, passed away. In his youth Lorentzen was a bodyguard, and among those he guarded was the Norwegian royal family, including Princess Ragnhild herself
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Priest Foma recited Orthodox prayers at the 1495 wedding of Ivan III's daughter Elena
I continue to collect stories of incredibly stubborn Russians. Take, for example, our dear priest Foma, who in 1495 took part in the wedding of Ivan III's daughter Elena to the Lithuanian prince Alexander Casimirovich. Ivan III had been particularly insistent that Prince Alexander should not compel the
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The wedding of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Rebecca Bettarini will take place on 1 October 2021 in Saint Petersburg
The wedding of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and Rebecca Bettarini will take place on 1 October 2021 in Saint Petersburg. It will be the first grand-ducal marriage in Russia in more than a hundred years, since the wedding of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna in 1917. That was the second
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Napoleon at the sacking of the Tuileries on 10 August 1792 in Maurice Réalier-Dumas's painting
Napoleon during the sacking of the Tuileries on 10 August 1792. Painting by Maurice Réalier-Dumas. In time Napoleon would come to be ashamed of the horrors he witnessed and took part in. From the wall, Louis XVI gazes down at the then lieutenant Buonaparte, in a recent portrait of
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One might, of course, also recall Prince William on the cover of Attitude magazine five years ago, with a cover line against bullying
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QX magazine names Crown Princess Victoria Hetero Person of the Year for Stockholm Pride speech
Crown Princess Victoria, 43, Duchess of Västergötland and heir to the Swedish throne, has been named Straight Person of the Year by the Swedish monthly LGBTQ magazine QX-magazine. The award was given to Princess Victoria for her inspiring speech at last year's Stockholm Pride. In the photograph,