Gidzmo on Unknown Princess
Scott said Margaret lived in #1A (which is where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge live now). However, it had originally been part of the very large Apt #1. After the death of the Duchess of...
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Gidzmo said #1A--The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Who else lives in Kensington currently? I think the Michael Kents still do. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester in Apt #1 The Duke and Duchess of...
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I understand many longtime household staff also have accommodations at the palace (studio or 1 bedroom units).
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Now that the long time boyfriend Dave Clark is no long in the picture, IVY Cottage may be available for Eugenie. It's interesting that the Hanoverian princesses were all kept from marrying until they...
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Prof H said Now that the long time boyfriend Dave Clark is no long in the picture, IVY Cottage may be available for Eugenie. I don't think that Ivy Cottage was ever even mentioned as a potential...
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Interestingly, the Chief of the Defence Staff used to have an Official Service Residence at Kensington (this started after Diana's passing). That went away in the defence cuts. 21st Century Kensington
View ArticleSusan on History and Traditions: Hanover Weddings
History and Traditions: Hanover Weddings
View Articleboleyn on Queen Alexandra
I have a soft spot for those queens who had unfaithful husbands. Alexandra bore Edward VII's infidelity with grace and steadfastness. She was a popular Princess of Wales and a beloved mother to her...
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The best recent biography of Edward VIII (The Heir Apparent) proposes any interest ing theory about the family. Of course, with each pregnancy Alexandra seemed to h have more difficulty with the...
View ArticleButterflygal on Victoria's grandmother Charlotte
Considering all the controversy over her being bi-racial as well. I think she was part African and Portuguese, it would be cool if they made a movie about her. I saw the one about another Black...
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Butterflygal said Considering all the controversy over her being bi-racial as well. I think she was part African and Portuguese, it would be cool if they made a movie about her. I saw the one about...
View ArticleJeremy on Victoria's grandmother Charlotte
She was not biracial at all. She would never have been married to King George III if she were. This is just trying to re-write history through 21st-century eyes. We'll be hearing next that George IV...
View ArticleProf H on Victoria's grandmother Charlotte
IF (capitalized for emphasis), Queen Charlotte had any AFRICAN blood (also for emphasis), there would have been Moorish ancestry, not sub-Saharan African which we think of when "bi-racial" is used....
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Scott said Just to add on to what Susan said above, out of George III's 15 children, only three ever lived at Kensington Palace. The Duke of Kent was given two floors of rooms beneath the State...
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Gidzmo said Apartment #1--wasn't that Princess Margaret's apartment? Margaret lived in #1A (which is where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge live now). However, it had originally been part of the...
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