Victoria didn’t have any brothers or sisters. Her best friends growing up were her dolls, and her dog, Dash. Victoria had 132 wooden dolls! Victoria loved to draw and paint, and she was also good at music and maths. Victoria’s mum was German, so she grew up speaking both English a...
They were second cousins once removed through King Christian IX of Denmark and third cousins through Queen Victoria. After meeting for the third time at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in July 1939, Elizabeth—though only 13 years old—said she fell in love with Philip, and they began t...
Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel(1724 – 1802) marriedErnst Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, had five sons and two daughters includingFranz Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeldwho was the father of King Leopold I of Belgium and the grandfather of Queen Victoria of the Un...
Victoria had many negative influences in her life; this included her mother and her mother’s adviser Sir John. Victoria never had a positive influence, as a child as her father, Edward, the Duke of Kent, would fulfil that role but was unable as he alas died when Victoria was only 8 ...
In the case of Agents Books and Braun of HRM Queen Victoria’s Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, romantic tension can be frustrating, especially when it interferes with getting the job done. And when the job involves airships mysteriously disappearing off the coast of North Carolina, you really...
However, there is still more than a few portraits with Henry and his other wives that still use this depiction as Katherine Parr. For example, the only miniature in the Royal Collection (from Queen Victoria’s miniature collection) that depicts Queen Katherine Parr is this same depiction. Hopef...
Fleur Barron. Photo: Victoria Cadisch FB I would say the same for me. I mean, first of all, as Axelle said, the type of friendship that we have is rare. A lot of time you have what’s called “showmances” – when you’re on a project and you might have a connection but it’...
Queen Victoria’s reign, they maintained their strong allegiance to the Crown mostly due to their kinship mentality. Miller notes that slowly but noticeably, by the end of Victoria’s reign the Great White Queen’s Red Children were beginning to adjust their rhetoric to use the Crown and ...
Music’s Biggest Night just got even bigger:Anthony Kiedis&Chad Smith,Cardi B,Gloria Estefan,Olivia Rodrigo,Queen Latifah,SZA,Taylor Swift,Victoria Monét, andWill Smithhave been announced as presenters at the2025 GRAMMYs. Hosted byTrevor Noah, the 2025 GRAMMYs will be broadcast live from Crypto...
“The Ring of Power, the Alchemist’s Oroborus, was the figure of a Dragon or Serpent encurved into a circle and set in the act of biting its own tail. It was the symbol both of eternity and, as the symbol of primordial chaos, the Dragon Ring also represented Tiamat, the mother of...