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Friday, January 22, 2016

Blizzards are not just for Dairy Queen

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The snow has started to fall here in Alexandria, VA, as Winter Storm Jonas (or Snowzilla,  the name given to the storm by the Washington Pos...
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Thursday, January 21, 2016

New king can't wed commoner

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Embed from Getty Images    January 21, 1936 Now that the Prince of Wales has ascended to the British throne, the "last hope" tha...

Empress Carlotta has the grippe

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Embed from Getty Images January 21, 1921 Former Empress Carlotta of Mexico, widow of the "ill-fated" Archduke Maximili...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

The latest additions to my collection

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This is Infanta Beatriz of Spain (nee Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) with her first son, Prince Alvaro.  This postcard was sent in Jan...
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The King is dead

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Embed from Getty Images January 20, 1936 King George V died peacefully in his sleep tonight at Sandringham House in Norfolk.  He ...

Little Maud has a sister

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Embed from Getty Images Lord and Lady Frederick Windsor are the parents of a second daughter, Isabella Alexandra May.  I n a st...
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Monday, January 18, 2016

A Greek princess for Prince Harry? Pshaw!

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Embed from Getty Images Australian women's rag, New Idea, has splashed a rather specious, but delectable story about Prince ...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

Still Christmas

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

You may need a scorecard!

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Marlene A. Eilers Koenig Collection Archduchess Catharina-Maria of Austria, the only child of Archduke Rudolf of Austria and his secon...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Countess von Salm Hoogstraeten closes her home

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January 13, 1926 Countess von Salm -Hoogstraeten, the former Millicent Rogers,  "today suddenly gave orders to board up her beautiful...

Sophie summoned to brother's bedside

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Embed from Getty Images    January 13, 1916 Queen Sophie of Greece has been "summoned to the bedside" of her brother, German Em...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Two QVD weddings: January 11, 1961

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Fifty-five years ago today two descendants of Queen Victoria were married in churches in Switzerland and Norway. Donna Vittoria Alfonsa Al...

Prince Henry's condition has worsened

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Marlene A. Eilers Koenig collection January 12, 1896 The War office has received a dispatch from British authorities in West Afric...

A Prussian family feud

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January 12, 1896 The quarrel between Emperor Wilhelm II and his cousin, Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, is remains the "absorbi...
Monday, January 11, 2016

Christmas is not over

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