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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Thank you from the Prince of Wales

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For the Prince of Wales's 65th birthday.
Friday, November 22, 2013

Queen Elizabeth's message following assassination

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November 22, 1963 Queen Elizabeth II, who is at Luton Hoo for the weekend with Sir Harold and Lady Zia Wernher, has sent a private message...

Olga Duchess of Leuchtenberg

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From the Monterey, CA, Herald's classified death notice: MONTEREY – H.S.H. Olga Duchess von Leuchtenberg de Beauharnais passed away T...
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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Marie of Leiningen has died

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November 21, 1899 Princess Marie Amalie of Leiningen died today at the age of 65, reports the New York Times.   The princess was born at...

Princess Alexandra Galitzine held under bond

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November 21, 1927 Princess Alexandra Galitzine was released from the Immigration Bureau at Ellis Island this afternoon after a bond of $50...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Prince Alexander's funeral

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Embed from Getty Images    November 20, 1893 The funeral of Prince Alexander of Battenberg took place this afternoon in Graz, Austria, ...

Carol in Paris, but Paris ignores Madga

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November 20, 1938 King Carol II and Crown Prince Michael of Romania are in Paris for an official visit, but missing from the official gues...

Was the Emperor poisoned?

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November 20, 1903 There are "sinister rumors" coming from Skiernewice, Poland, concerning the sudden death eight-year-old Prince...

Queen Victoria and the Crippled Kaiser

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I look forward to watching this program, Queen Victoria and the Crippled Kaiser, produced by Channel 4, a UK channel, online: http://www.c...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Princess Elisabeth buried

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November 20, 1903 Princess Elisabeth, the young daughter of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine, was buried this afternoon i...

Dowager Duchess of Coburg holds exhibit

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Embed from Getty Images  November 20, 1903 In her latest column, the Marquise de Fontenoy writes that fashionable women in the United St...

Prince Amedeo of Belgium: gone public?

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Has Prince Amedeo of Belgium gone public with his alleged longtime girlfriend, Lili Rosbach?   Apparently so as the 27-year-old eldest child...
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Monday, November 18, 2013

The death of the Princess of Bentheim und Steinfurt

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The Princess of Bentheim und Steinfurt died on November 15.  She was 83 years old. Countess Sylvia von Pückler was born on May 16, ...

Lord Porchester to marry

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November 18, 1955 Lord Porchester,  once a "frequent escort of Princess Margaret," is engaged to marry Miss Jean Wallop, daughte...

Pope meets Archduke Otto

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November 18, 1955 Pope Pius XII "received in audience" today at Castel Gandolfo, Archduke Otto, pretender to the Austrian throne...