ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: DID KING RICHARD III WANT TO MARRY HIS King Richard and Elizabeth certainly had reasons to want the marriage. By marrying Elizabeth, Richard would legitimise his kingship, probably get rid of his rival, or strike him a big blow. He would be likely to have more sons as well. (His only son had died). The prospect of being Queen probably looked attractive to young Elizabeth, who had ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: GOD SAVE NORWAY. KING HAAKON VII’S Gustav Borgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons King Haakon VII made a dramatic speec ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: PRINCE ALBERT'S ANTI-SLAVERY SPEECH IN 1840 Prince Albert's Anti-Slavery Speech in 1840. The large audience at Exeter Hall in the Strand waited expectantly for their new young president to give his first speech in Great Britain. There was great excitement in the air because the President of The Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and for the Civilisation of Africa was

the new

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: A MILITARY PRINCE Prince Arthur, the eighth child of Queen Victoria, informed his family that he wanted to be a soldier at a very young age. 'Artur wants to be a soldier,' he told them. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: WELCOME PRINCE WILLIAM! Welcome Prince William! Welcome to the very handsome Prince William who is visiting Australia. He visited Redfern which shows a caring side and he won the hearts of most of us, I am sure. I hope that the 'Prince of Hearts' enjoys his stay. Posted by Viola at 2:26 AM. Labels: Prince William , Prince William Australia. Newer Post Older

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ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: MAY 2010 Nicknamed 'Baby' by her devoted mother, Princess Beatrice was Queen Victoria's last child. She was a merry and amusing, but quiet child. Queen Victoria was incredibly attached to the little girl and indulged her more than her other children. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: APRIL 2010 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were very concerned when they noticed that their eighth child, Leopold, was thin and weak and bruised very easily. They were horrified when the diagnosis was haemopilia - a hereditary bleeding disease. Their 'child of anxiety' was born on April 8, 1853. Queen Victoria was inclined to be over-protective of

this

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: MARCH 2010 A piece of very stale cake went on sale last year at a Birmingham antiques fair. It dated from Princess Louise's wedding to the Marquess of Lorne in 1871 and was offered for 145 pounds. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: FEBRUARY 2010 Prince Christian was fifteen years older than Princess Helena, 34, and penniless. He was easy-going and agreeable, however, and the marriage appeared to be happy. They were married long enough to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary. Like Princess Alice, Princess Christian

devoted herself to

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: PRINCE ALFRED, DUKE OF EDINBURGH Here is my new article on Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh . ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: DID KING RICHARD III WANT TO MARRY HIS King Richard and Elizabeth certainly had reasons to want the marriage. By marrying Elizabeth, Richard would legitimise his kingship, probably get rid of his rival, or strike him a big blow. He would be likely to have more sons as well. (His only son had died). The prospect of being Queen probably looked attractive to young Elizabeth, who had ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: GOD SAVE NORWAY. KING HAAKON VII’S Gustav Borgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons King Haakon VII made a dramatic speec ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: PRINCE ALBERT'S ANTI-SLAVERY SPEECH IN 1840 Prince Albert's Anti-Slavery Speech in 1840. The large audience at Exeter Hall in the Strand waited expectantly for their new young president to give his first speech in Great Britain. There was great excitement in the air because the President of The Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and for the Civilisation of Africa was

the new

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: A MILITARY PRINCE Prince Arthur, the eighth child of Queen Victoria, informed his family that he wanted to be a soldier at a very young age. 'Artur wants to be a soldier,' he told them. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: WELCOME PRINCE WILLIAM! Welcome Prince William! Welcome to the very handsome Prince William who is visiting Australia. He visited Redfern which shows a caring side and he won the hearts of most of us, I am sure. I hope that the 'Prince of Hearts' enjoys his stay. Posted by Viola at 2:26 AM. Labels: Prince William , Prince William Australia. Newer Post Older

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ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: MAY 2010 Nicknamed 'Baby' by her devoted mother, Princess Beatrice was Queen Victoria's last child. She was a merry and amusing, but quiet child. Queen Victoria was incredibly attached to the little girl and indulged her more than her other children. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: APRIL 2010 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were very concerned when they noticed that their eighth child, Leopold, was thin and weak and bruised very easily. They were horrified when the diagnosis was haemopilia - a hereditary bleeding disease. Their 'child of anxiety' was born on April 8, 1853. Queen Victoria was inclined to be over-protective of

this

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: MARCH 2010 A piece of very stale cake went on sale last year at a Birmingham antiques fair. It dated from Princess Louise's wedding to the Marquess of Lorne in 1871 and was offered for 145 pounds. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: FEBRUARY 2010 Prince Christian was fifteen years older than Princess Helena, 34, and penniless. He was easy-going and agreeable, however, and the marriage appeared to be happy. They were married long enough to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary. Like Princess Alice, Princess Christian

devoted herself to

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: PRINCE ALFRED, DUKE OF EDINBURGH Here is my new article on Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh . ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2019 The Corn Laws kept the price of bread artificially high, making life difficult for tenant farmers, farm workers, labourers and other poor people. This caused riots, demonstrations and even led to the horrific Peterloo Massacre. Eventually, the horrors of the laws would create

the Irish Famine.

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: WELCOME PRINCE WILLIAM! Welcome Prince William! Welcome to the very handsome Prince William who is visiting Australia. He visited Redfern which shows a caring side and he won the hearts of most of us, I am sure. I hope that the 'Prince of Hearts' enjoys his stay. Posted by Viola at 2:26 AM. Labels: Prince William , Prince William Australia. Newer Post Older

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ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2017 I like the film Young Bess so I got quite a shock when I read Aidan J McQuade's review of Lamentation by C J Sansom in which he criticised the movie-makers for changing the relationship between Thomas Seymour and Princess Elizabeth (later Elizabeth 1) into a romance. Since then I have read two views about whether Thomas Seymour sexually abused the

young princess.

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: NOVEMBER 2010 Celeste de Chabrillan led a long and amazing life. She rose from the bottom - a poor, working-class district of Paris - to marry a nobleman. During her youth she suffered abuse at the hands of her mother's boyfriends, became a prostitute, and even spent time in

prison.

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: AUGUST 2010 Louis XIV's First Love. Marie was horrified and frightened. Her dying mother had threatened to put her in a convent because she lacked classical good lucks. Marie was religious, but she didn't want to go to a convent! Luckily, the dark and slender teenager captured the

attention of

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: PRINCE ALFRED, DUKE OF EDINBURGH Here is my new article on Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh . ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: JANUARY 2010 After the Prince died the poor Princess then had to take over many of Queen Victoria's duties and try and nurse her through her terrible grief. This proved impossible but the Princess was a great help to her. Princess Alice's wedding to Prince Louis of Hesse, soon after her father's death, was more like a wedding than a funeral. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: SEPTEMBER 2010 Lizzie fell madly in love with Napoleon III at a party held by Lady Blessington in London. The darkly handsome, but short prince, impressed many women. Even Queen Victoria seemed to rather like his looks! The French prince was then in exile in England. Lizzie ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: JUNE 2012 Queen Victoria had been Queen of her great nation for only a year but she was still only a teenager when she was crowned on 28 June, 1938. The excited young woman found it difficult to sleep the night before and woke up at 4:00 a.m. when she heard the guns. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2012 Catherine of Aragon's Splendid Wedding Catherine of Aragon's splendid wedding to Prince Arthur on Sunday, November 14, 1501 was one of the most expensive royal weddings of all time. No money was spared for the union of this young couple! The huge church of old Saint Paul's, London looked resplendent with its colourful tapestries, glittering relics, and its other festive decorations.

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The dark days of Nazi occupation were on the horizon. Luckily, the sinking of the heavy cruiser Blücher by the naval forces at Oscarbserg Fortress delayed the German advance into Oslo, enabling the royal family and government to flee capture. The King, Crown Prince Olav and his family, and the government had already made a dramatic

escape from

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: DID KING RICHARD III WANT TO MARRY HIS King Richard and Elizabeth certainly had reasons to want the marriage. By marrying Elizabeth, Richard would legitimise his kingship, probably get rid of his rival, or strike him a big blow. He would be likely to have more sons as well. (His only son had died). The prospect of being Queen probably looked attractive to young Elizabeth, who had ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: PRINCE ALBERT'S ANTI-SLAVERY SPEECH IN 1840 Prince Albert's Anti-Slavery Speech in 1840. The large audience at Exeter Hall in the Strand waited expectantly for their new young president to give his first speech in Great Britain. There was great excitement in the air because the President of The Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and for the Civilisation of Africa was

the new

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: GOD SAVE NORWAY. KING HAAKON VII’S Gustav Borgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons King Haakon VII made a dramatic speec ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: A MILITARY PRINCE Prince Arthur, the eighth child of Queen Victoria, informed his family that he wanted to be a soldier at a very young age. 'Artur wants to be a soldier,' he told them. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: HENRY VIII AND THE LORD'S PRAYER Henry VIII and The Lord's Prayer. In 'The Tudors', an enjoyable but rather historically inaccurate TV series, Henry VIII introduces the doxology into The Lord's Prayer. I became interested in whether he really did do this. You will find the history of the prayer here: The Lord's Prayer . Posted by Viola at 12:12 AM. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: APRIL 2010 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were very concerned when they noticed that their eighth child, Leopold, was thin and weak and bruised very easily. They were horrified when the diagnosis was haemopilia - a hereditary bleeding disease. Their 'child of anxiety' was born on April 8, 1853. Queen Victoria was inclined to be over-protective of

this

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: MARCH 2010 A piece of very stale cake went on sale last year at a Birmingham antiques fair. It dated from Princess Louise's wedding to the Marquess of Lorne in 1871 and was offered for 145 pounds. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: FEBRUARY 2010 Prince Christian was fifteen years older than Princess Helena, 34, and penniless. He was easy-going and agreeable, however, and the marriage appeared to be happy. They were married long enough to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary. Like Princess Alice, Princess Christian

devoted herself to

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: SEPTEMBER 2010 Lizzie fell madly in love with Napoleon III at a party held by Lady Blessington in London. The darkly handsome, but short prince, impressed many women. Even Queen Victoria seemed to rather like his looks! The French prince was then in exile in England. Lizzie

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The dark days of Nazi occupation were on the horizon. Luckily, the sinking of the heavy cruiser Blücher by the naval forces at Oscarbserg Fortress delayed the German advance into Oslo, enabling the royal family and government to flee capture. The King, Crown Prince Olav and his family, and the government had already made a dramatic

escape from

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: DID KING RICHARD III WANT TO MARRY HIS King Richard and Elizabeth certainly had reasons to want the marriage. By marrying Elizabeth, Richard would legitimise his kingship, probably get rid of his rival, or strike him a big blow. He would be likely to have more sons as well. (His only son had died). The prospect of being Queen probably looked attractive to young Elizabeth, who had ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: PRINCE ALBERT'S ANTI-SLAVERY SPEECH IN 1840 Prince Albert's Anti-Slavery Speech in 1840. The large audience at Exeter Hall in the Strand waited expectantly for their new young president to give his first speech in Great Britain. There was great excitement in the air because the President of The Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and for the Civilisation of Africa was

the new

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: GOD SAVE NORWAY. KING HAAKON VII’S Gustav Borgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons King Haakon VII made a dramatic speec ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: A MILITARY PRINCE Prince Arthur, the eighth child of Queen Victoria, informed his family that he wanted to be a soldier at a very young age. 'Artur wants to be a soldier,' he told them. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: HENRY VIII AND THE LORD'S PRAYER Henry VIII and The Lord's Prayer. In 'The Tudors', an enjoyable but rather historically inaccurate TV series, Henry VIII introduces the doxology into The Lord's Prayer. I became interested in whether he really did do this. You will find the history of the prayer here: The Lord's Prayer . Posted by Viola at 12:12 AM. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: APRIL 2010 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were very concerned when they noticed that their eighth child, Leopold, was thin and weak and bruised very easily. They were horrified when the diagnosis was haemopilia - a hereditary bleeding disease. Their 'child of anxiety' was born on April 8, 1853. Queen Victoria was inclined to be over-protective of

this

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: MARCH 2010 A piece of very stale cake went on sale last year at a Birmingham antiques fair. It dated from Princess Louise's wedding to the Marquess of Lorne in 1871 and was offered for 145 pounds. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: FEBRUARY 2010 Prince Christian was fifteen years older than Princess Helena, 34, and penniless. He was easy-going and agreeable, however, and the marriage appeared to be happy. They were married long enough to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary. Like Princess Alice, Princess Christian

devoted herself to

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: SEPTEMBER 2010 Lizzie fell madly in love with Napoleon III at a party held by Lady Blessington in London. The darkly handsome, but short prince, impressed many women. Even Queen Victoria seemed to rather like his looks! The French prince was then in exile in England. Lizzie

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS

The dark days of Nazi occupation were on the horizon. Luckily, the sinking of the heavy cruiser Blücher by the naval forces at Oscarbserg Fortress delayed the German advance into Oslo, enabling the royal family and government to flee capture. The King, Crown Prince Olav and his family, and the government had already made a dramatic

escape from

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: AUGUST 2010 Louis XIV's First Love. Marie was horrified and frightened. Her dying mother had threatened to put her in a convent because she lacked classical good lucks. Marie was religious, but she didn't want to go to a convent! Luckily, the dark and slender teenager captured the

attention of

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: DECEMBER 2010 When they were stopped the Empress, dressed in black, pretended to be a lady on her way to the insane asylum who didn't want to go! After a long and tiring journey they reached Deauville. From here they hoped to flee to England. Evans asked Sir John Burgoyne to ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: MAY 2010 Nicknamed 'Baby' by her devoted mother, Princess Beatrice was Queen Victoria's last child. She was a merry and amusing, but quiet child. Queen Victoria was incredibly attached to the little girl and indulged her more than her other children. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: JANUARY 2010 After the Prince died the poor Princess then had to take over many of Queen Victoria's duties and try and nurse her through her terrible grief. This proved impossible but the Princess was a great help to her. Princess Alice's wedding to Prince Louis of Hesse, soon after her father's death, was more like a wedding than a funeral. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2013 Beautiful and wealthy, Marie de Flavigny was the daughter of a German mother and a French aristocrat. Well-educated and a lover of literature, Marie went to French convents and ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: OCTOBER 2010 Yesterday was the anniversary of the beautiful Queen Marie Antoinette's execution. One only has to read one of the better-written and thoroughly researched biographies of this poor Queen to learn how defamed she has been throughout history. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: SIX WIVES BY DAVID STARKEY This is a clearly written and interesting book in which Starkey attempts to get rid of many misconceptions about Henry VIII's wives.

These

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: AUGUST 2011 Prince William proposed to Katherine on the slopes of Mount Kenya overlooking the glimmering lake. He probably flew her there by helicopter as well, which must have been exciting. He gave her his mother's sapphire ring to wear as her engagement ring. Prince

Frederick

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: GRAND DUCHESS LEONIDA GEORGIEVNA Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna died a few days ago at 95. You can read her obituary here: Grand Duchess Leonida

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The dark days of Nazi occupation were on the horizon. Luckily, the sinking of the heavy cruiser Blücher by the naval forces at Oscarbserg Fortress delayed the German advance into Oslo, enabling the royal family and government to flee capture. The King, Crown Prince Olav and his family, and the government had already made a dramatic

escape from

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2020 Arrival of Queen Victoria at the Chateau d'Eu in 1843by Eugène Lami, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Queen Victoria loved the beautiful setting of the Chateau d’Eu in Normandy, and had fun playing with elegant French fashions and makeup in the third episode of the Season Two of the series “Victoria”. She was disappointed with the French King Louis Philippe, however, over the ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: DID KING RICHARD III WANT TO MARRY HISDID RICHARD III HAVE CHILDRENKING RICHARD AND QUEEN ELIZABETHRICHARD III OF ENGLAND CHILDRENRICHARD III WIFEELIZABETH OF YORK BROTHER RICHARDRICHARD 3RD OF ENGLAND King Richard and Elizabeth certainly had reasons to want the marriage. By marrying Elizabeth, Richard would legitimise his kingship, probably get rid of his rival, or strike him a big blow. He would be likely to have more sons as well. (His only son had died). The prospect of being Queen probably looked attractive to young Elizabeth, who had ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: GOD SAVE NORWAY. KING HAAKON VII’S Gustav Borgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons King Haakon VII made a dramatic speec ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: PRINCE ALBERT'S ANTI-SLAVERY SPEECH IN 1840 Prince Albert's Anti-Slavery Speech in 1840. The large audience at Exeter Hall in the Strand waited expectantly for their new young president to give his first speech in Great Britain. There was great excitement in the air because the President of The Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and for the Civilisation of Africa was

the new

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: HENRY VIII AND THE LORD'S PRAYER Henry VIII and The Lord's Prayer. In 'The Tudors', an enjoyable but rather historically inaccurate TV series, Henry VIII introduces the doxology into The Lord's Prayer. I became interested in whether he really did do this. You will find the history of the prayer here: The Lord's Prayer . Posted by Viola at 12:12 AM. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: A MILITARY PRINCE Prince Arthur, the eighth child of Queen Victoria, informed his family that he wanted to be a soldier at a very young age. 'Artur wants to be a soldier,' he told them. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2016 Joan, the Maid of Kent. Joan, the illegitimate daughter of the bad King John and one of his many mistresses, became an extremely powerful woman at the Welsh court and a peacemaker. She married the greatest Welsh prince of all, Prince Llewellyn the Great. Several conflicts arose between Llewellyn and King John and Joan was often sent to make

peace.

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: MAY 2010 Nicknamed 'Baby' by her devoted mother, Princess Beatrice was Queen Victoria's last child. She was a merry and amusing, but quiet child. Queen Victoria was incredibly attached to the little girl and indulged her more than her other children. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: JUNE 2012 Queen Victoria had been Queen of her great nation for only a year but she was still only a teenager when she was crowned on 28 June, 1938. The excited young woman found it difficult to sleep the night before and woke up at 4:00 a.m. when she heard the guns.

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The dark days of Nazi occupation were on the horizon. Luckily, the sinking of the heavy cruiser Blücher by the naval forces at Oscarbserg Fortress delayed the German advance into Oslo, enabling the royal family and government to flee capture. The King, Crown Prince Olav and his family, and the government had already made a dramatic

escape from

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2020 Arrival of Queen Victoria at the Chateau d'Eu in 1843by Eugène Lami, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Queen Victoria loved the beautiful setting of the Chateau d’Eu in Normandy, and had fun playing with elegant French fashions and makeup in the third episode of the Season Two of the series “Victoria”. She was disappointed with the French King Louis Philippe, however, over the ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: DID KING RICHARD III WANT TO MARRY HISDID RICHARD III HAVE CHILDRENKING RICHARD AND QUEEN ELIZABETHRICHARD III OF ENGLAND CHILDRENRICHARD III WIFEELIZABETH OF YORK BROTHER RICHARDRICHARD 3RD OF ENGLAND King Richard and Elizabeth certainly had reasons to want the marriage. By marrying Elizabeth, Richard would legitimise his kingship, probably get rid of his rival, or strike him a big blow. He would be likely to have more sons as well. (His only son had died). The prospect of being Queen probably looked attractive to young Elizabeth, who had ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: GOD SAVE NORWAY. KING HAAKON VII’S Gustav Borgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons King Haakon VII made a dramatic speec ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: PRINCE ALBERT'S ANTI-SLAVERY SPEECH IN 1840 Prince Albert's Anti-Slavery Speech in 1840. The large audience at Exeter Hall in the Strand waited expectantly for their new young president to give his first speech in Great Britain. There was great excitement in the air because the President of The Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and for the Civilisation of Africa was

the new

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: HENRY VIII AND THE LORD'S PRAYER Henry VIII and The Lord's Prayer. In 'The Tudors', an enjoyable but rather historically inaccurate TV series, Henry VIII introduces the doxology into The Lord's Prayer. I became interested in whether he really did do this. You will find the history of the prayer here: The Lord's Prayer . Posted by Viola at 12:12 AM. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: A MILITARY PRINCE Prince Arthur, the eighth child of Queen Victoria, informed his family that he wanted to be a soldier at a very young age. 'Artur wants to be a soldier,' he told them. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2016 Joan, the Maid of Kent. Joan, the illegitimate daughter of the bad King John and one of his many mistresses, became an extremely powerful woman at the Welsh court and a peacemaker. She married the greatest Welsh prince of all, Prince Llewellyn the Great. Several conflicts arose between Llewellyn and King John and Joan was often sent to make

peace.

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: MAY 2010 Nicknamed 'Baby' by her devoted mother, Princess Beatrice was Queen Victoria's last child. She was a merry and amusing, but quiet child. Queen Victoria was incredibly attached to the little girl and indulged her more than her other children. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: JUNE 2012 Queen Victoria had been Queen of her great nation for only a year but she was still only a teenager when she was crowned on 28 June, 1938. The excited young woman found it difficult to sleep the night before and woke up at 4:00 a.m. when she heard the guns. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2020 Arrival of Queen Victoria at the Chateau d'Eu in 1843by Eugène Lami, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Queen Victoria loved the beautiful setting of the Chateau d’Eu in Normandy, and had fun playing with elegant French fashions and makeup in the third episode of the Season Two of the series “Victoria”. She was disappointed with the French King Louis Philippe, however, over the ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: TEN FASCINATING ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN OF Margaret became the Governor of the Netherlands on behalf of her half-brother brother Philip II of Spain and proved a successful regent. According to Henry Kamen, her brother’s biographer, “ Duchess Margaret of Parma was . . . an excellent choice to govern the provinces which traditionally had thrived under princesses of the ruling house.A fter she retired, she lived in Italy where she ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2013 Louis became king when he was only 12. His mother, Blanche of Castille, the regent, was a strong and pious woman who taught him public speaking, writing, religious education and the arts of

government.

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE GYPSIES Queen Victoria and the Gypsies. , Two Gypsie s, Francisco Iturrino. Queen Victoria called the gypsies ‘a cruelly wronged people’ and showed them great sympathy. This was because a family of gypsies once made a big impression on her when she was only 17 and staying at Claremont House in Surrey. Here, she became somewhat friendly with the

family.

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2016 Margaret became the Governor of the Netherlands on behalf of her half-brother brother Philip II of Spain and proved a successful regent. According to Henry Kamen, her brother’s biographer, “ Duchess Margaret of Parma was . . . an excellent choice to govern the provinces which traditionally had thrived under princesses of the ruling house.A fter she retired, she lived in Italy where she ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: JUNE 2012 Queen Victoria had been Queen of her great nation for only a year but she was still only a teenager when she was crowned on 28 June, 1938. The excited young woman found it difficult to sleep the night before and woke up at 4:00 a.m. when she heard the guns. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2014 Beautiful Sophia Dorothea of Celle, only 17, kicked up a huge fuss when she learned that she had to marry her cousin, fat George of Hanover. She complained that she didn't want to marry 'Pig Snout', and she was right, because the marriage was unhappy. Born in 1666, Sophia was the only child of the Duke of Brunswick and his strong-minded

mistress.

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: FEBRUARY 2010 Prince Christian was fifteen years older than Princess Helena, 34, and penniless. He was easy-going and agreeable, however, and the marriage appeared to be happy. They were married long enough to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary. Like Princess Alice, Princess Christian

devoted herself to

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: NOVEMBER 2012 I was going to write about the marriage or marriages of the enigmatic Anne Boleyn, my favourite wife. However, I found this excellent post about Henry and Anne.This is a comprehensive look at the subject. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: AUGUST 2011 Prince William proposed to Katherine on the slopes of Mount Kenya overlooking the glimmering lake. He probably flew her there by helicopter as well, which must have been exciting. He gave her his mother's sapphire ring to wear as her engagement ring. Prince

Frederick

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It will probably be rather a sad, bittersweet birthday for the Queen without the love of her life, but I hope that it is as happy as

possible!

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2020 Arrival of Queen Victoria at the Chateau d'Eu in 1843by Eugène Lami, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Queen Victoria loved the beautiful setting of the Chateau d’Eu in Normandy, and had fun playing with elegant French fashions and makeup in the third episode of the Season Two of the series “Victoria”. She was disappointed with the French King Louis Philippe, however, over the ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: DID KING RICHARD III WANT TO MARRY HISDID RICHARD III HAVE CHILDRENKING RICHARD AND QUEEN ELIZABETHRICHARD III OF ENGLAND CHILDRENRICHARD III WIFEELIZABETH OF YORK BROTHER RICHARDRICHARD 3RD OF ENGLAND The people at court quickly stifled their gasps when they saw the young and beautiful Princess Elizabeth dressed like Queen Anne. As she was of ‘the same shape and complexion’ it was obvious that she was wearing one of the Queen’s dresses. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: GOD SAVE NORWAY. KING HAAKON VII’S Gustav Borgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons King Haakon VII made a dramatic speec ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: PRINCE ALBERT'S ANTI-SLAVERY SPEECH IN 1840 Portrait of Prince Albert by John Partridge; the three chains are (from top to bottom) the collars of the orders of the Golden Fleece, Bath and Garter The large audience at Exeter Hall in the Strand waited expectantly for their new young president to give his first speech in

Great Britain.

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: A MILITARY PRINCE Prince Arthur, the eighth child of Queen Victoria, informed his family that he wanted to be a soldier at a very young age. 'Artur wants to be a soldier,' he told them. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: HENRY VIII AND THE LORD'S PRAYER In 'The Tudors', an enjoyable but rather historically inaccurate TV series, Henry VIII introduces the doxology into The Lord's Prayer. I became interested in whether he really did do this. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: MAY 2010 Nicknamed 'Baby' by her devoted mother, Princess Beatrice was Queen Victoria's last child. She was a merry and amusing, but quiet child. Queen Victoria was incredibly attached to the little girl and indulged her more than her other children. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: APRIL 2010 Princess Patricia's parents chose the name 'Patricia' for her because she was born on St.Patrick's Day in 1886. Her first name was 'Victoria' after her grandmother, Queen Victoria. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: JUNE 2012 Queen Victoria had been Queen of her great nation for only a year but she was still only a teenager when she was crowned on 28 June, 1938. The excited young woman found it difficult to sleep the night before and woke up at 4:00 a.m. when she heard the guns.

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It will probably be rather a sad, bittersweet birthday for the Queen without the love of her life, but I hope that it is as happy as

possible!

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2020 Arrival of Queen Victoria at the Chateau d'Eu in 1843by Eugène Lami, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Queen Victoria loved the beautiful setting of the Chateau d’Eu in Normandy, and had fun playing with elegant French fashions and makeup in the third episode of the Season Two of the series “Victoria”. She was disappointed with the French King Louis Philippe, however, over the ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: DID KING RICHARD III WANT TO MARRY HISDID RICHARD III HAVE CHILDRENKING RICHARD AND QUEEN ELIZABETHRICHARD III OF ENGLAND CHILDRENRICHARD III WIFEELIZABETH OF YORK BROTHER RICHARDRICHARD 3RD OF ENGLAND The people at court quickly stifled their gasps when they saw the young and beautiful Princess Elizabeth dressed like Queen Anne. As she was of ‘the same shape and complexion’ it was obvious that she was wearing one of the Queen’s dresses. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: GOD SAVE NORWAY. KING HAAKON VII’S Gustav Borgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons King Haakon VII made a dramatic speec ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: PRINCE ALBERT'S ANTI-SLAVERY SPEECH IN 1840 Portrait of Prince Albert by John Partridge; the three chains are (from top to bottom) the collars of the orders of the Golden Fleece, Bath and Garter The large audience at Exeter Hall in the Strand waited expectantly for their new young president to give his first speech in

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ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: A MILITARY PRINCE Prince Arthur, the eighth child of Queen Victoria, informed his family that he wanted to be a soldier at a very young age. 'Artur wants to be a soldier,' he told them. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: HENRY VIII AND THE LORD'S PRAYER In 'The Tudors', an enjoyable but rather historically inaccurate TV series, Henry VIII introduces the doxology into The Lord's Prayer. I became interested in whether he really did do this. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: MAY 2010 Nicknamed 'Baby' by her devoted mother, Princess Beatrice was Queen Victoria's last child. She was a merry and amusing, but quiet child. Queen Victoria was incredibly attached to the little girl and indulged her more than her other children. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: APRIL 2010 Princess Patricia's parents chose the name 'Patricia' for her because she was born on St.Patrick's Day in 1886. Her first name was 'Victoria' after her grandmother, Queen Victoria. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: JUNE 2012 Queen Victoria had been Queen of her great nation for only a year but she was still only a teenager when she was crowned on 28 June, 1938. The excited young woman found it difficult to sleep the night before and woke up at 4:00 a.m. when she heard the guns. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2020 Arrival of Queen Victoria at the Chateau d'Eu in 1843by Eugène Lami, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Queen Victoria loved the beautiful setting of the Chateau d’Eu in Normandy, and had fun playing with elegant French fashions and makeup in the third episode of the Season Two of the series “Victoria”. She was disappointed with the French King Louis Philippe, however, over the ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: TEN FASCINATING ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN OF Margaret became the Governor of the Netherlands on behalf of her half-brother brother Philip II of Spain and proved a successful regent. According to Henry Kamen, her brother’s biographer, “ Duchess Margaret of Parma was . . . an excellent choice to govern the provinces which traditionally had thrived under princesses of the ruling house.A fter she retired, she lived in Italy where she ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2013 Louis became king when he was only 12. His mother, Blanche of Castille, the regent, was a strong and pious woman who taught him public speaking, writing, religious education and the arts of

government.

ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: FEBRUARY 2010 Princess Helena, born on May 25, 1846, lived a quieter life than some of her sisters. Queen Victoria remarked that Helena was lucky to live in England, away from wars and strife. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2016 Margaret became the Governor of the Netherlands on behalf of her half-brother brother Philip II of Spain and proved a successful regent. According to Henry Kamen, her brother’s biographer, “ Duchess Margaret of Parma was . . . an excellent choice to govern the provinces which traditionally had thrived under princesses of the ruling house.A fter she retired, she lived in Italy where she ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: JUNE 2012 Queen Victoria had been Queen of her great nation for only a year but she was still only a teenager when she was crowned on 28 June, 1938. The excited young woman found it difficult to sleep the night before and woke up at 4:00 a.m. when she heard the guns. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE GYPSIES Queen Victoria called the gypsies ‘a cruelly wronged people’ and showed them great sympathy. This was because a family of gypsies once made a big impression on her when she was only 17 and staying at Claremont House in Surrey. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: 2014 Beautiful Sophia Dorothea of Celle, only 17, kicked up a huge fuss when she learned that she had to marry her cousin, fat George of Hanover. She complained that she didn't want to marry 'Pig Snout', and she was right, because the marriage was unhappy. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: AUGUST 2011 I have been reading about Madame Tussaud and her frightening time in the Revolution recently. Madame Tussaud: Witness to the Revolution is a detailed account of her story. ROYAL RENDEZVOUS: NOVEMBER 2012 I was going to write about the marriage or marriages of the enigmatic Anne Boleyn, my favourite wife. However, I found this excellent post about Henry and Anne.This is a comprehensive look at the subject.

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2020 THE AFFAIR OF THE SPANISH MARRIAGES Arrival of Queen Victoria at the Chateau d'Eu in 1843by Eugène Lami, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Queen Victoria loved the beautiful setting of the Chateau d’Eu in Normandy, and had fun playing with elegant French fashions and makeup in the third episode of the Season Two of the series “Victoria”. She was disappointed with the French King Louis Philippe, however, over the question of the ‘Spanish marriages’. What really happened? Was the King really so  cunning and untrustworthy? King Louis Phillipe 1 of France by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons In 1840 Queen Victoria discussed the question of the future King of Spain with Lords Melbourne and Palmerston. England did not favour any possibility of a Bourbon marrying the young Spanish Queen Isabella (only 10) because of the Peace of Utrecht. According to this, the throne should be passed down from Philip V and his descendants. Prince Leopold of Coburg was the British choice for the husband of Queen Isabella, but Louis Phillipe liked the idea of his sons (the Montpensiers) marrying the Queen and her sister, the Infanta. Lord Aberdeen (the new Foreign Minister) hoped that the Queen’s visit to France in 1843 and 1845 would lead to an _Entente Cordiale._ 1843 was after all the first time that an English monarch had visited France since Henry VIII in the 1520s! But the marriages remained an ongoing concern. Prince Albert wrote to Peel: ‘Let us show that we are neither afraid of him , nor prepared to be made

dupes of’.

In 1845 Louis Phillipe and his Foreign Minister Guizot made a bargain that the King would not advance one of his own sons for the Queen if England did not push Prince Leopold. He also agreed that his son would not marry the Infanta until the Queen had an heir, so that a Bourbon would not succeed to the throne. However, Lord Palmerston annoyed the King by sending a despatch listing the candidates for the husband of the Queen, who was now 16. He included the Prince of Coburg, annoying Louis Phillipe. To the chagrin of the British, the French King soon arranged for the poor Queen to marry Francisco, Duke of Cadiz, who was reportedly gay and impotent, and for his own son to marry the Infanta. A double marriage was held on October 10, 1846. He hoped that Queen Isabella would have no children so that the Infanta’s future son would inherit the throne. Queen Victoria sympathised with the French King’s son Antoine who did not want to marry the Infanta  until he could ‘see how she turned out’. Aberdeen wrote to Prince Albert that: ‘The marriage of the Duke of Montpensier is really an affair of little importance to England and it an event with which in itself we have no right to quarrel’. Queen Victoria didn’t take that view, however. She couldn’t understand how Louis Phillipe could ‘wantonly throw away the friendship of one who had stood firm by him with sincere affection, for a doubtful object of personal and family aggrandisement,’ she wrote after the marriages were announced. Antoine supported the Spanish revolutionaries against his own sister-in-law in 1868 but he saw his daughter Mercedes succeed to the throne after she married her first cousin King Alphonso XII. ------------------------- Weintraub, Stanley. _Abert, Uncrowned King_. John Murray, London,

1997. p.149

Ibid., p.245

Seton-Watson, Robert. Britain in Europe 1789-1914, a Survey of Foreign Policy. CUP Archive, 1945, p. 245

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 DID KING RICHARD III WANT TO MARRY HIS OWN NIECE, ELIZABETH OF YORK? The people at court quickly stifled their gasps when they saw the young and beautiful Princess Elizabeth dressed like Queen Anne. As she was of ‘the same shape and complexion’ it was obvious that she was wearing one of the Queen’s dresses. Although Princess Elizabeth had been invited to court for the Christmas celebrations, she had effectively been declared illegitimate, and only royals were permitted to wear rich gold and purple silks. Why was she dressed in one of the Queen’s gorgeous dresses? More importantly, why was King Richard III paying her so much attention at these Christmas celebrations? Magnates and prelates were reportedly astonished. King Richard, frightened by his rival Henry Tudor, had been attempting to reconcile with the powerful Woodvilles, the former Queen’s family, even with some of those formerly declared traitors, such as Robert Radcliffe. Even Thomas Grey, Princess Elizabeth’s half-brother fled from Henry Tudor in Europe, presumably intending to join Richard. He was taken into custody at Lyon Castle by Henry’s

troops.

Who lent the eighteen-year old Princess the magnificent clothes, and why? Probably King Richard himself lent her the clothes, people thought, because the Queen was supposed to be the most finely dressed woman at the celebrations, so it was unlikely to be her. The Queen may have been naïve, intending to be kind. However, it was all very odd. GOSSIP ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP GROWS When Queen Anne became ill soon afterwards, and Richard was known not to be sleeping with her, gossip went through the roof. Speculation arose that the King even wanted to annul the marriage, or even wanted her to die, so that he could marry Elizabeth. Vergil wrote that Queen Anne cried and asked Richard ‘why he wanted to be rid of her’. However, Richard consulted doctors about her illness, and he probably did not want to be close to her because the disease was perhaps

contagious.

King Richard and Elizabeth certainly had reasons to want the marriage. By marrying Elizabeth, Richard would legitimise his kingship, probably get rid of his rival, or strike him a big blow. He would be likely to have more sons as well. (His only son had died). The prospect of being Queen probably looked attractive to young Elizabeth, who had had a fraught life so far. Her mother was regarded as ambitious, as well. Marriage between an uncle and a niece was forbidden under canon law, but could be granted for ‘great and pressing reasons. In 1496 Ferdinand II, King of Naples, received a dispensation to marry his

aunt.

King Richard gave or lent the young princess two books, _Tristan,_ and _Boethius_. In _Boethius_ she wrote the King’s motto in her handwriting, Loyaulte me Lie. She made a mistake despite careful handwriting and corrected it later, inserting the ‘y’. Perhaps she had accepted him as King? The alleged letter sent by the Princess to John, Duke of Norfolk in 1485 is yet more evidence, according to some. This was shown to the antiquary, George Buck, in the 17th century, but the original was never found, and there are different versions of the wording. Apparently, according to Chris Skidmore’s extract of the letter, she wrote that she was Richard’s, ‘in body and in all’, and intimated that she feared that the Queen would never die. In the language of the time, ‘in body and in all’ may have just meant that she was completely loyal to the King. However, she referred to negotiations in ‘the cause of the marriage with the King’, which may have meant that he was making negotiations for her marriage to someone else. King Richard had secretly begun negotiations to marry Joanna of Portugal, and for Elizabeth to marry a Portuguese prince. According to Chris Skidmore, he was clearly looking elsewhere for a wife. It is hard to take a letter like this too seriously when the original was not found. THE KING DENIES THE RUMOURS Queen Anne died on March 11, 1485, on the day of a great eclipse of the sun. She was not buried at the Neville family mausoleum, and her funeral only cost a few hundred pounds. However, the Crowland chronicler wrote that she was buried with honours befitting a Queen, so we should not read too much into her funeral costs and burial

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Rumours quickly spread that Richard had poisoned his wife, however, intending to marry Elizabeth. The gossip even travelled to France. Richard felt the need to defend himself to the council. Ratcliffe and Catesby warned him that the people of the north would rebel if the marriage took place, and that they had twelve Doctors of Divinity to tell him that the Pope would not grant a dispensation. Richard even denied the rumours in public in the hall of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in front of the mayor, aldermen and several people, expressing his grief and displeasure. He said loudly and clearly that he had never thought of marrying Elizabeth, and that anyone who spread these lies would be punished by the mayor. He also had letters denying the rumours sent across the country. Soon afterwards, King Richard was killed at the Battle of Bosworth and Henry Tudor became King Henry VII. He married Princess Elizabeth of York in 1486, beginning the Tudor dynasty.

Sources

Skidmore, Chris. _Richard III Brother Protector King. Weidenfeld & Nicolson_. London, 2017. Weir, Alison. _Elizabeth of York: The First Tudor Queen_. Jonathan

Cape. London.2013

https://rebeccastarrbrown.com/2017/07/05/the-ick-factor-richard-iii-elizabeth-of-york/comment-page-1/ https://erenow.net/biographies/richardiiiandtheprincesinthetower/19.php (The video is from the crazy and wildly inaccurate series, but very enjoyable "The White Queen").

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SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2020 THE BEAUTIFUL MAY QUEEN OF ITALY Monza, September 1930. Princess Maria-José of Belgium steps down from Borzacchini's Alfa Romeo

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Queen Maria Jose of Italy was probably pleased when the first results of the referendum to decide whether Italy would retain the monarchy came out, but disappointment soon followed. The people voted for a republic in this referendum held after the Second World War, swayed by the former King Vittorio Emmanuell's links with Mussolini's hated and feared regime. His abdication in support of his son King Umberto II made no difference. The government sent the Savoys into exile and forbade the heirs from coming back for several years. 'The May Queen' was born in 1906, the daughter of King Albert 1 of Belgium and Duchess Elisabetta. Although her old aunt, the former Queen of Naples, told her not to marry that 'little Umberto of Savoy,' her parents planned for the marriage from when she was a child. They sent her to an Italian school and she also had a Florentine governess so that she would learn to speak Italian fluently. Young Maria Jose was not keen on an arranged marriage, but did her duty. The beautiful blue-eyed bride married the handsome army officer in 1930 in the Paolina Chapel at the Quirinale Palace in Rome. Unfortunately, it was not a happy marriage, and the couple constantly bickered. However, they had four children, Maria Pia, Vittorio Emmanuel, Maria Gabriella and Maria Beatrice. Maria Jose hated Mussolini's Fascist regime and Mussolini had his chief of police keep her under surveillance. According to The Exiled Belgian Royalist

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she was the kind of woman that Mussolini's regime disapproved. She was 'too thin, her hair was too short, she was too fashionable and she was too independent'. Maria Jose became President of Italy's Red Cross in 1939. During the Second World War, her relationships with famous people and her links with the Vatican helped her to forge ties with the Allies, but her pleas to Hitler to allow food supplies into Belgium and release Belgian POW's were in vain, as was her effort to broker a peace treaty with the US. King Umberto only ruled for 27 days. After the war, the former Queen separated from him and lived in Switzerland with her daughters, and then in Mexico, while Umberto lived in Portugal. She wrote books about the House of Savoy and, an accomplished pianist herself, started a prize for musical composition. She returned to Italy in 1988. She died

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DID QUEEN MARIA JOSE HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH MUSSOLINI? In 2011 an article in an Italian magazine suggested that the Queen had an affair with Mussolini! The evidence for this was in a letter to a journalist from the former dictator's youngest son Romano to a journalist in 2011. The affair was only short, but it was allegedly known to Mussolini's wife Rachele and caused her a lot of pain. Another story appears to dispel this tale completely. Mussolini told his mistress Claretta Petacci that Maria Jose tried to seduce him on the beach at a seaside resort in 1937 but she was too thin and he didn't fancy her so he declined! Claretta thought that he would have boasted about an affair, if he had had one. As the beautiful Queen hated Mussolini's regime and let her opinion be known and Mussolini often bragged about his mistresses, the story of this affair seems quite unbelievable. I think that we should give her the benefit of the doubt! Beautiful song "Terra Promessa" about the May Queen by Petra Berger

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Labels: The Beautiful May Queen of Italy FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2020 THE QUEEN'S OFFICIAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS This is a bit late, I am sorry. It was sad to watch the Queen enjoying her birthday in such a lonely way.

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Labels: The Sweating Sickness in Tudor England MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2020 THE QUEEN'S BROADCAST DURING THE WAR When she was a young girl, the Queen (then Princess Elizabeth) and Princess Margaret spoke to evacuated children during Children's Hour in the depths of the Second World War in 1940. The Queen said yesterday that her inspiring speech about coronavirus reminded her of that first broadcast.

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