Queen Victoria's daughter, also named Victoria, met her future husband in 1851. They were engaged when he was second in line for inheriting the Prussian throne. Their engagement was made public in May of 1857, and the couple was married on May 19, 1857. The Princess Royal was seventeen ...
So, both August and Ernest are the middle names of prominent royals in Princess Eugenie's family tree. Interestingly, Ernest and August as a name combo and as sibling names litter the royal family tree, starting with Ernest Augustus (Ernst August in German), Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (16...
The result of these displays, or rather lack of them, is that history is being rewritten. The national strikes of 1926, 1974, and 1984 and a diffusion of the politics of a nationally divisive dispute that still dominates the public's perception of the industry have been omitted from the ...
The story of how King Alfred burnt the cakes:https://britishfoodhistory.com/2018/10/25/king-alfred-burns-the-cakes/ A blog post all about Forme of Cury:https://britishfoodhistory.com/2018/08/10/favourite-cook-books-no-3-the-forme-of-cury-part-i/ …and another with some recipes:https...