Princess Shuri (Letitia Wright), the younger sister of King T’Challa, shines in the excellentBlack Panthermovies. She takes center stage in the sequel after the tragic loss of her brother. As a character, she’s a scientifically minded, forward-thinking, sometimes sarcastic princess. The first...
Her divorce was the first for a senior British royal in four centuries-since King Henry VIII. Princess Margaret and her husband, Lord Snowdon, stand in the Clock Court outside their home at Kensington Palace, with their two children, ca. 1964. The younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II, ...
Margaret Beaufort has decided that Dudley (grandfather? to the future Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who will be Queen Elizabeth I’s love) should take the fall for these illegal taxes. She’s worried the now King Henry VIII will find out about the taxes and be pissed. She has Dudley...
The musicians struck up a livelier tune, and Prince Henry, the king’s younger son, grabbed his sister Margaret’s arm and pulled her to the middle of the hall, laughing. All of ten years old, he showed the promise of cutting a fine figure when he came of age—strong limbed, lanky,...
Princess Margaret was no stranger to controversy and scandal. The younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II played by her own rules, much to ...
of Calais in a royal capacity; as Henry VIII was a few months away from eighteen when he became king, she served as a kind of regent for him, “selecting his council for him out of the men that had been most trusted by his father” (Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudor Dynasty)....
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In an exclusive interview with Town & Country Magazine, actress Helena Bonham Carter discusses playing Princess Margaret in season 3 of the 'The Crown', which premieres on November 17 and how she prepared for the role.
• The Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace.Constructed by King Henry VIII, the chapel was decorated by Hans Holbein the Younger in honor of the king’s (short) marriage to Anne of Cleves. Queen Mary I’s heart is said to be buried beneath the choir stalls and it was here that Queen ...
Princess Mary, to Joanna’s son, Charles. The alliance is also to Joanna’s benefit since it forwards her offspring rather than her sister. Charles would later become the Holy Roman Emperor, but the betrothal was eventually called off in 1513 and instead Mary was wed to the King of France...