Thanks to the Pandemic and problems with the USPS (no fault of its own), Christmas mail has been arriving in spurts. The card from Monaco arrived yesterday.
This is a selection of the cards I have received so far. I anticipate (never expect) more cards to arrive this month.
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| This was a thank you card from Vera Arrivabene & her fiance, Briano dei Conti Martinoni Caleppio |
Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie was safely delivered of a son today, 9th February 2021, at 0855hrs at The Portland Hospital. Jack Brooksbank was present.
The baby weighs 8lbs 1oz.
The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Duke of York, Sarah, Duchess of York, and Mr and Mrs George Brooksbank have been informed and are delighted with the news.
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| HRH Princess Eugenie |
This is Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank’s first child, The Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York’s first grandchild, and the ninth great-grandchild for The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well.
Princess Eugenie was born at the Portland Hospital in 1990.
https://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2018/01/no-real-precedent-for-peerage.html
I recently reviewed Moniek Bloks's Hermine Empress in Exile, which I am sure my readers will enjoy. I looked through my postcard collection to find images of HSH Princess Hermine Reuss, fifth child and fourth daughter of Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1846-1902) and and Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe (1852-1891), daughter of Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe.
Named after her maternal grandmother, Princess Hermine was born at Greiz on December 17, 1887. Her first marriage to Prince Johann George Ludwig Ferdinand August of Schönaich-Carolath (1873-1920) took place at Greiz on January 7, 1907. They had five children: Prince Hans Georg (1907-1943), Prince Georg Wilhelm (1909-1927), Princess Hermine Caroline (1910-?, perhaps 1992), Prince Ferdinand (1913-1973), and Princess Henriette (1918-1972).
https://www.nettyroyal.nl/genealogy/genealogical-mystery-the-date-of-death-of-princess-hermine/
Hermine married Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) at Doorn on November 5, 1922. She was only 59 years old when she succumbed to a heart attack on August 7, 1947 in her small apartment in Frankfurt-am-Oder, where she was being held by the Red Army.
http://royalbooknews.blogspot.com/2021/02/hermine-empress-in-exile-by-moniek-bloks.html
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| All images Marlene A Eilers Koenig Collection |
I am sure there are blogs that have a larger readership than Royal Musings but having 16 million hits since July 2008 is still remarkable by my standards. There are long-standing readers who drop in every day or every few days and there are others who might be interested in a story that I have linked on Twitter or several Facebook pages.
All are welcome and I am thrilled and honored to know that so many people enjoy Royal Musings. On behalf of my Royal Musings assistants, Sienna and Harper, thank you very much.
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Researching and writing posts does take time, especially longer and more detailed posts. I have a decent photo and postcard archive that I use to add to posts and I am grateful that Getty images have made available a small percentage of their collection free to bloggers.
I would love for Royal Musings to be a money-spinner, so I am always grateful for that cup of coffee
