tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32947400205406141412024-03-05T02:49:37.485-08:00The Royal Reading CornerA blog for substantive reviews of royal books published in the USA and Abroad !Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047860424058194676noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294740020540614141.post-16970051885896004432015-05-14T13:05:00.001-07:002015-05-14T13:05:26.607-07:00Book Review: Royal Gatherings, Volume II<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-GB">The cover photograph of the Russian and Romanian royal families in 1914 says it all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An era is ending. Within four years half of the people in this picture will be dead. Others will see their relatives forced into exile as the First World War ends. Yet the families continued to gather at christenings, weddings and funerals. The differences in these royal alliances now become apparent, as the royals gradually begin marrying outside of accepted circles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The format is the same as the previous volume. A large picture of a royal gathering, followed by a discussion of the individuals pictured, with smaller photographs of the people concerned. Every royal family in Europe is featured somewhere in this book, from that last meeting between the Romanovs and the Romanians in 1914 to the wedding of Princess Irene of Greece and the Duke of Spoleto in 1939. This a work you can dip into time and time again, and there are some real gems. In 1916 the Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (the former Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia) sits on a bench in Zurich with her Spanish grandsons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are the children of her daughter Beatrice (Baby Bee) and the Infante Alfonso of Spain. Little has been published in English about Baby Bee’s life, but you can read about it here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The Luxembourg royal family gathered in 1919 for the wedding of Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are well-known, but in 1931 the Luxembourgs assembled again for the 70<sup>th</sup> birthday of Charlotte’s mother Grand Duchess Maria Anna, who sits proudly surrounded by her grandchildren from the royal houses of Luxembourg, Bavaria, Saxony, and Thurn und Taxis. Their parents’ lives are outlined here and we are promised more about the children in volume III.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then there is one of the most unusual photographs, taken at the ordination of Prince George of Bavaria, eldest grandson of Emperor Franz Joseph. Many of the Bavarian royals pictured also attended George’s wedding to Archduchess Isabella of Austria nine years earlier. The marriage failed and in 1921 George became a priest – not something we read about every time we open a royal book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Some of the most poignant images were taken at the funeral of Queen Astrid of Belgium, killed in a car accident in 1935. Particularly moving is the widowed King Leopold III, with his arm in a sling and a dressing on his face, as he follows his beloved wife’s coffin. Then there is Grand Duchess Eleonore of Hesse and by Rhine with her young grandson Alexander. They would be killed in the Hesse air crash in 1937 along with other members of their family. The funeral is featured in these pages.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The scope of research and the depth of subjects covered is simply amazing and the picture reproduction is excellent. The images come from the huge Eurohistory archive, which has been recently enhanced by the acquisition of the late William Mead Lalor’s archive. My favourite has to be the gorgeous photo of Princess Ileana of Romania with her dogs on page 108.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This marvellous book has something for everyone and whatever your particular interest you can’t fail to find something to excite you. Sadly though, as we view these images, we know that war will soon be coming again and that the fate of some of these people will be grim. But that is for Royal Gatherings, Volume III.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047860424058194676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294740020540614141.post-60050993755966192392013-07-03T11:04:00.002-07:002013-07-03T11:04:44.714-07:00EUROHISTORY: Greg King Joins Our StaffRead more:<br />
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<b><i>“Royal Gatherings. Who’s in the Picture? Volume 1: 1859-1914,” by Ilana D Miller and Arturo E. Beéche. (Eurohistory.com</i></b><b><i>/Kensington House Books). 168 pages packed with 250+ illustrations, plus a large genealogical table.</i></b><br />
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One of the most popular features in the European Royal History Journal is ‘What’s in a Photo?’ where a royal gathering is used to talk about the people in the picture. What a treat then to have this idea brought together into a whole book! Using pictures from the vast and varied Eurohistory archive, Ilana Miller and Arturo Beéche have produced a real treasure trove – a book with the ‘wow factor’.<br />
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The sheer scope is breathtaking. Almost every royal family is here, from Francesco and Marie Sophie of the Two Sicilies in 1859, by way of Denmark, Russia, Hesse, Britain, Bavaria, Brazil, France, Austria, Prussia – the list goes on and on – up to 1914.<br />
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Using the same large format as Eurohistory’s highly successful “Dear Ellen,” the 38 chapters are headed by the main photo under discussion, followed by smaller photos of the people included. Where else would you find a photo of the Hohenzollern and Romanian royal families pictured together in 1909? They all look slightly uneasy too, and certainly the flamboyant clothes of Crown Princess Marie and Queen Elisabeth of Romania far outshine the uniforms of the men! Then there is the picture on page 159 of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor) in a group of mainly German relatives at the marriage of King Manoel of Portugal at Sigmaringen in 1913. Not only is it unusual to find Edward pictured at these sort of gatherings but it’s all the more poignant because we know that his country will be fighting most of these relations the following year.<br />
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I particularly love the family of King Nicholas of Montenegro on page 154. He and Queen Milena are in national dress, the men are in uniform but the women are intriguing. Some are wearing hats, some are hatless and Princess Anna of Battenberg appears to be wearing a small tiara. Was she changing for dinner when they dragged her out for a photograph? We shall never know. But it’s these details that make a photo interesting.<br />
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Eurohistory acquired a large part of the photo archive of the late Comte de Paris in 1999 and some of the pictures are here, including a wonderful 1902 shot of Princess Isabelle (Duchess de Guise), Louise (Infanta of Spain) and Hélène (Duchess of Aosta) with their mother the Countess of Paris. There is also a rare picture from the private archives of the Brazilian Coburgs showing Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, his fiancée Archduchess Karolina of Austria-Tuscany and her brother Archduke Franz Salvatore in 1894. August Leopold and Karolina were so inter-related that this reduced gene pool would seriously affect the health of their children.<br />
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Even rarer is a picture of the wedding of Princess Irene of Hesse and Prince Henry of Prussia in 1888. Henry’s father Emperor Frederick (who can be spotted in the picture) would die the following month. Wedding pictures of any kind in this period are extremely rare and although the image was obviously taken from above and some of the figures are slightly blurred (probably because they moved) its very rarity makes this one worthy of inclusion.<br />
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I could go on and on about this book. Many of these pictures were never meant to be seen by the public but, unknown to them, as the royals gathered for a photograph at christenings, weddings or just a reunion they left us an intimate portrait of a life that has now vanished forever. The sheer poignancy of some of these photos, particularly of the children, is gripping. We know what the future holds for them – Ilana Miller and Arturo Beéche have told us – but they, mercifully, don’t. All too often it is tragic. The final picture was taken at Sarajevo in 1914 – five minutes later the subjects of the photo, Franz Ferdinand and Sophie, were dead.<br />
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Just a quick note to give a sign of life and let everyone know that <i style="font-weight: bold;">Royal Gatherings, Volume 1: 1859-1914</i>, the latest collaboration between Ilana D. Miller and our founder Arturo E. Beéche started shipping last Friday!<br /><br />We have ample number of copies and we hope that our subscribers and readers will take the plunge and acquire a copy, or two, or more!<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />Hopefully, Coryne Hall, who does book reviews for Eurohistory will get her review copy soon. Once she has finished her review, which we hope will be a good one (fingers crossed!), we will post it here.<br /><br />Meanwhile, if interested in purchasing a copy of the book, you can do so by emailing us directly at:<br /><br />books@eurohistory.com<br /><br />or by going to AMAZON.com:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0985460318" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: initial;">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0985460318</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047860424058194676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294740020540614141.post-60548285645449422092012-12-04T08:46:00.001-08:002012-12-04T08:46:28.390-08:00Book Review: A Royal Christmas<b>“A Royal Christmas”, by Jeremy Archer.
(Elliott & Thompson) 312 pages,
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royal family spend Christmas?
Jeremy Archer has delved in the royal archives to give us the personal
thoughts of the royals during the Christmas period. With extracts from the
diaries of Queen Victoria, George V, Queen Mary, the Duke of Windsor and many
others, some never published before, as well as letters and diaries of members
of the court, it makes fascinating reading. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thematically, it covers such topics as Christmas and conflict, Christmas
pastimes, festive feasts, the Christmas broadcasts and a look at how the
courtiers viewed Christmas in the royal household. The wartime entries make
especially poignant reading. “Rather sad without a tree or anything but one
does not feel in a festive mood,” Queen Mary wrote in her diary in 1914. Some interesting facts emerge as well –
did you know that a pie containing 100 woodcocks was sent as a gift by the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland until 1931? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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times tableaux and pageants formed a great part of the festivities, both at
home and abroad, providing gorgeous pictures of the royal children - little Princes Georg and Friedrich Christian of
Saxony dressed, respectively, as one of St Nicholas’s helpers and a Christmas
tree in 1903; Prince Ludwig of
Bavaria as Father Christmas in 1919; Karl Borwin of Mecklenburg-Strelitz as a
star, 1891. Presents, of course,
were extremely important and chosen with the utmost care and it was considered
bad form to remove them before they had been admired.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tours”. Ingrid Seward, Joe Little
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this year’s happy events will brighten our lives for years to come,” said the
Queen in a televised message, and as the Diamond Jubilee year comes to a close
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<span lang="EN-GB">‘Majesty’
editors Ingrid Seward and Joe Little, together with royal press correspondents
Lynne Bell, Richard Palmer and Camilla Tominey, have compiled a month by month
account of all the festivities at home and abroad during this historic year.
The focus is very much on the Queen, starting with the low key events marking
her accession day in February, through all the tours around the country and, of
course, the actual Jubilee weekend itself, from the pouring rain of the river
pageant, through to the lively concert at the palace and the pathos of Her
Majesty alone at St Paul’s when the Duke of Edinburgh was hospitalised with an
infection. Other members of the
family are not forgotten either. Who could forget Prince Harry’s exuberant tour
of Jamaica; or the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s triumphant Asia-Pacific
visit; Charles and Camilla’s trip to Scandinavia; or the Queen’s historic
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year for the Queen and the British royal family. A ‘must have’ for all royal watchers.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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One year, six issues of Eurohistory and three books! – No wonder I'm exhausted!<br />
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Yet it is with great delight that we have reached this milestone and as I hold to cover jacket of THE OTHER GRAND DUKES, it now becomes quite real ... the books arrival here at Eurohistory is just weeks away!<br />
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Arturo E. Beéche, founder and publisher of <i>The European Royal History Journal,</i> thought of the idea for an anthology on Russia’s GrandDuchesses. That book was published eight years ago and since then it has received wide attention and praise. Consequently, a companion book on the Russian Grand Dukes became imperative. <i>The Grand Dukes: Sons and Grandsons of Russia’s Tsars Since Paul I </i>examines the biographies of nearly forty men whose birth gave them the right to one of the world’s most prestigious positions. All sons of Russian tsars are covered in Volume I. The sons of collateral grand ducal branches are covered in Volume II.</div>
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The biography of each of the Grand Dukes of Russia brings to life a deeply gripping human saga. These men were born into what then was one of the world’s most powerful ruling dynasties. They were not all saints; they were not all demons – they were men whose birth showered them with untold privilege. Some used their birthright for the common good; some did not. Yet, they allremain amazingly intriguing, complex, complicated and conflicted human beings. At birth they were showered with untold privilege, including a lump sum of money placed in trust for them. By the time these funds were made available to a Grand Duke, the interest alone made them amazingly wealthy. Added to thisbenefit, they derived salaries from their military appointments, investments, real estate and inheritance. Thus, the Grand Dukes were able to maintain a lifestyle only surpassed by today’s oligarchs and yesteryear’s robber barons. They were consummate spenders in paintings, art, architecture, jewels, all while acting as sponsors of talented writers, thinkers, poets, ballerinas, among many others. One was a playwright of considerable talent. Another played a role in working toward the liberation of the serfs. One was a leading admiral with a fondness for “fast women and slow ships.” Another Grand Duke lived a tortured existence as a closeted homosexual, yet became the father of nine children. Told in a two-volume set, this is their story.</div>
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Participating in this extensive research project were some oftoday’s best-known royalty authors. They included: Charles Stewart, awell-known and respected royal anthropologist, as well as one of the world’s leading experts in the rules that governed the lives of European royalty; Janet Ashton, a<br />
well-known contributor to royalty magazines and published from the United Kingdom; Zoia Belyakova, a well-known Russian scholar with countless books to her name; Lisa Davidson, one of the leading forces behind The Alexander Palace Time Machine (<a href="http://www.alexanderpalace.org/"><span class="s1">www.alexanderpalace.org</span></a>); Coryne Hall, a highly-respected royal author with several books and countless articles to her name; Ilana Miller, a Pepperdine University faculty member, who happens to be a leading expert on the Grand Dukes of Hesse and By Rhine; Greg King, one of today’s most talented royal biographers; Marlene Eilers-Koenig, a well-known expert on royalty and the descendants of Queen Victoria; William Lee, a university professor fromOregon with a deep love of Russia and its culture; John van der Kiste, easily the most prolific royalty author of today; Grant Hayter-Menzies, a talentedwriter and contributor to historical journals; Penny Wilson, a well-known writer and expert on the Romanovs. Finally, Arturo E. Beéche, whose vision and guidance is responsible for the royalty epicenter that<br />
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Foreword<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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It is with much satisfaction and joy that Eurohistory announces a joint venture with Russian publisher Liki Rossii, publisher of some exquisite books about the Romanovs and the history of the Imperial family.<br />
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Our first joint effort is to be <b>RUSSIA AND EUROPE: Dynastic Ties</b>. Authored by Galina Korneva and T. Cheboksarova, renowned Russian historians and prolific authors.<br />
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<i style="text-indent: 27pt;">"Every now and then something comes along which is truly worth waiting for. This book was originally published in Russian and many of us having been waiting for the translation ever since – and it does not disappoint. “Russia and Europe” examines the ties between the 19th century Romanovs and the royal houses in Germany, Denmark and Greece with which they were allied by marriage. Although the book was written for Russians, every fan of the Romanovs will find something new and interesting in here. Palaces, trains, yachts and churches are all included in a real treasure trove of information.</i><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><i>The illustrations, mostly taken from archives in Moscow and St Petersburg, are outstanding. It is really hard to pick out a highlight but for me it has to be the picture of Grand Duchess Elena sitting with her dolls – who are almost as big as the Grand Duchess herself. Some of the photographs will be familiar to western readers but others will not.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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The book covers the post-war years from 1946-1969 when the beautiful seaside resort of Estoril became home to many of Europe's exiled royals, from King Carol II of Romania to Archduke Josef of Austria.<br />
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The book, available only in Spanish, is a true jewel. The official presentation of the book was attended by HRH the Duke of Bragança, who flew in from Portugal to join in the festivities.<br />
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Someone ought to let me translate this beautiful work of royal history!<br />
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Ricardo....me escuchas...<br />
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We have been extremely busy here at Eurohistory. Besides working on two new books (more on this later), we are nearly done with our latest magazine, Issue LXXXVII (June 2012), which will go to print this week and begin mailing July 25!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">7. Obituary: Count Carl Johan Bernadotte</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">8. Anniversaries – Archduchess Helen of Austria</span><br />
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were ERHJ Issues 85-86 mailed to all our subscribers (mailing was
completed last Tuesday), but I have been busily putting the finishing
touches on our newest book <b>THE OTHER GRAND DUKES – Sons and Grandsons of Russia's Grand Dukes.</b><br />
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This sequel to our very successful <i><b>THE GRAND DUKES – Sons and Grandsons of Russia's Tsars</b></i>
contains the biographies of 18 Romanovs from Kirill Vladimirovich to
Alexis Mikhailovich, all being children and grandchildren of Romanov
Grand Dukes.<br />
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The book is divided into seven chapters in which contributors (Janet
Aston, Arturo E. Beéche, Coryne Hall, Greg King, John van der Kiste,
Marlene Koenig, Penny Wilson) have thoroughly examined the lives of the
18 Romanovs included in this volume. Noted royal legal specialist
Charles Stewart contributed an erudite introduction, while HRH The
Prince Michael of Kent kindly authored the Foreword.<br />
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The book spreads through nearly 280 pages. It also includes five family
trees and a 24 glossy page photo section filled with amazing images of
these Grand Dukes.<br />
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<b>THE OTHER GRAND DUKES – Sons and Grandsons of Russia's Grand Dukes</b>
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sister Princess Benedikte and Queen Sonja of Norway, with whom Queen Margrethe
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</style><span lang="EN-GB"><b>“Prince
William. Born to be King,” by Penny Junor. (Hodder & Stoughton). 424 pages,
approx 77 illustrations, many in colour.</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">To coincide with<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the
prince’s 30<sup>th</sup> birthday,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>journalist Penny Junor has published this latest biography of Prince
William, described as the “first definitive, in-depth portrait of the man who
was born to be King”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms
Junor has previously written about William’s parents, the book is well produced
and the omens for it were good.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Unfortunately, any biography of William has to take into account the
breakdown of his parents’ marriage, so the first part of the book is a rehash
of the old Charles and Diana War of the Wales’ saga. Of course, we’ve heard it
all many times before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Junor sees
Diana as unstable, manipulative and says that because her own mother left when
she was six, Diana had no idea how to be a mother to William and Harry. The
serialisation of the book in a British newspaper provoked much controversy on
this point, to say the least. Penny Junor has used her contacts, built up over
many years as a royal biographer, but, at the end of the day, as she admits,
only William and Harry “had experienced the full nightmare of life within the
Wales household” as their parents played out their war in the tabloids. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">You have to wait until page 151 before you start really seeing what
sort of a person William really is, and what effect the tabloid wars had on the
Prince.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms Junor says he likes to
be in control of his life and his public image, although he has now accepted
the role destiny has in store for him. His meeting with Kate Middleton and
their subsequent marriage has added a new dynamic to the royal family, giving
them a golden couple who are in demand all round the world. Despite this,
William is determined to keep his private life private.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The book is packed with anecdotes about William (and
Harry) and there are some lovely pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t help feeling, though, that Ms Junor should have
waited a few years. So much was written about William at the time of the
wedding that there is really nothing new here for more seasoned devotees of the
royal family.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b>“The Queen’s Diamonds” by Hugh Roberts.
(Royal Collection Publications). 320 pages, 348 illustrations, many of them in
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<span lang="EN-GB">What better way
to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee than a book on the Queen’s Diamonds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sir Hugh Roberts, Surveyor Emeritus of
The Queen’s Works of Art, was Director of the Royal Collection from 1996 until
2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His book, authorised
personally by the Queen, traces the history of the most significant pieces in
Her Majesty’s collection, either inherited or acquired during her reign. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is personal jewellery, as distinct
from the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Diamonds have
been the principal and most prominent adornment at major events of every reign,
and “a necessary part of the outward show of monarchy”, as well as “a visible
representation of the wealth and influence of the country.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Using documents from the Royal Archives,
including Queen Mary’s photographic jewellery inventory, Sir Hugh guides us
through the various pieces from owner to owner, showing how certain pieces were
transformed as fashions and tastes changed and stones were taken from
unfashionable pieces and reused.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is also fascinating to learn how pieces came apart, to be worn in
different ways. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Sir Hugh begins
with Queen Adelaide, the first female sovereign to wear George IV’s diamond
diadem, now worn by the Queen at the State Opening of Parliament. Despite Queen
Victoria having to give back the Hanoverian Diamonds, the collection continued
to grow, with additional help of major jewels from India and other parts of the
Empire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Queen Alexandra started
the fashion for jewelled ‘dog collars’ and introduced jewellery influenced by
the Russian styles, such as the Kokoshnik Tiara, which she had seen on her
sister Dagmar, the Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia. One of Queen Alexandra’s
most elaborate pieces was the Dagmar Necklace (a wedding gift from Frederik VII
of Denmark), incorporating a replica of the Dagmar Cross, a famous medieval
relic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Unsurprisingly a
large amount of space is given to Queen Mary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her acquisitions include the famous Cullinan Diamonds and
the Delhi Durbar necklace. Jewels purchased from the estate of Grand Duchess
Vladimir of Russia, including the famous Vladimir Tiara, are included, but
those purchased from Empress Marie Feodorovna’s estate (which largely contained
stones other than diamonds) are not. She also inherited jewels from Princess
Mary Adelaide Duchess of Teck, Princess Mary Duchess of Gloucester and Princess
Augusta Duchess of Cambridge and Queen Mary was particularly ingenious in
having her jewels altered, dismantled and remade.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I was amazed at
how much jewellery Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) inherited from Mrs
Ronald Greville - sixty spectacular pieces from Mrs Greville’s personal
collection, including the Greville Tiara (latterly loaned to the Duchess of
Cornwall) with its distinctive honeycomb design. Queen Elizabeth’s collection
also included the Halo Tiara (loaned to the Duchess of Cambridge on her wedding
day), and the Maple Leaf Brooch, worn on visits to Canada, most recently by the
Duchess of Cambridge. Incidentally, Mrs Greville’s ‘jewellery box’ was actually
a tin trunk!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">With the
accession in 1952 of the first Queen Regnant since 1837 the Queen Consort’s
heirloom jewellery could be combined with the new Queen’s personal jewellery
and, on State occasions, with the Crown Jewels. The result, as first seen at
the coronation, is spectacular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Legacies from Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth are now combined with some
new acquisitions such as the Williamson, the finest pink diamond ever
discovered.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The photographs in
this book are superb. Each item is shown actual size and, in some cases,
larger, so that the beauty of the stones and their settings can really be
appreciated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Photographs also show
the various royal ladies wearing the pieces, illustrating how each Queen chose
to wear, or alter, the items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This is a
breathtaking book, recommended for any fans of royal jewellery.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047860424058194676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294740020540614141.post-70010826704784639902012-05-08T21:20:00.000-07:002012-05-08T21:20:01.047-07:00Really...Penny Junor is writing a bio of Prince WilliamEvery once in a while I sit back and dumbfounded by the choices made by the powers that be at publishing houses here in the USA and in the UK.<br />
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Penny Junor, who has written several opportunistic books about the Prince of Wales and his late former wife, as well as about the English royal family, now regales us with a new biography of the Duke of Cambridge.<br />
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</style><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>HVIDØRE. A ROYAL RETREAT. By Coryne Hall & Senta Driver. Rosvall Royal Books 2012</b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;">Hvidøre was the beloved holiday home
of Queen Alexandra and her sister Dagmar, The Empress Maria Feodorovna of
Russia. They brought it in 1906 following the death of their father King
Christian IX of Denmark. Hvidøre is situated on the coast north of Copenhagen
near Klampenborg. The sisters were regular visitors until the outbreak of the
First World War. After the Russian Revolution, Dagmar made it her permanent
home until her death in 1928. From 1920 her daughter Grand Duchess Olga
Alexandrovna lived there with her, along with her husband Nikolai Kulikovsky
and their two sons.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;">Coryne Hall tells the history of the
Italianate villa and the sister’s lives there. Many of the photographs were
taken around 1911. They have been beautifully re-produced. They show the
interiors of the villa when the sisters lived there. It is interesting to see
their tastes and how their chose to furnish their rooms. There is the
inevitable clutter on various surfaces with family photos and other ornaments
on every surface. There are other photographs of the sisters and their family
to help illustrate the story of their time in the villa.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;">On 3<sup>rd</sup> June 2000 I was
lucky enough to be invited to a lecture Coryne Hall was asked to give on Dagmar
at Hvidøre. It was a lovely sunny day as a group of us (including Senta Driver)
made our way from the station to Hvidøre.
Coryne had been invited to lecture by Paul Kulikovsky (a great grandson of
Grand Duchess Olga). As Hvidøre is not normally open to the public, it was a
not to be missed opportunity to see inside as we were given a tour of the villa
after Coryne’s lecture. Hvidøre is now owned by the Novo Nordisk Group who
specialise in the treatment of diabetes. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;">This book shows the intimate private life of Alexandra and Dagmar. It
will add to their admirer’s knowledge about the pair. The book is produced in
Rosvall Royal Books usual format, so it will fit well on the library shelf
alongside the other books they have published.</span></div>
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World.” (Historic Royal Palaces). 152 pages, illustrated in colour throughout.</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When Queen
Victoria was born in 1819 England was largely rural, by the time she died in
1901 Britain had been changed out of all recognition and Victoria herself had
been transformed from passionate princess to elderly Empress. This lovely book, published by Historic
Royal Palaces in connection with the new exhibition at Kensington Palace,
provides 500 facts about Victoria’s world starting with her girlhood, then as
woman, wife, mother and widow before moving on to her time as sovereign. “Ten
Girlhood Favourites”; “Baby Mementoes” (her own and her children’s); her most
interesting grandchildren; outstanding achievements of the age in the arts,
engineering, science and literature, are just some of the aspects covered in
this book. Victoria had trouble descending stairs because of “something wrong
in the knee”; Prince Albert designed
a brooch for her containing their daughter Vicky’s first milk tooth; and
Victorian conventions included leaving calling cards but not, apparently,
covering piano legs!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">There is something for everyone in this beautifully
illustrated book.</span><br />
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I am saying this because this is the best book produced so far by Eurohistory.<b> Dear Ellen </b>...
is a super photo book of royal photographs ... photographs from the
private albums of Grand Duchess Helen of Russia, who married Prince
Nicholas of Greece and Denmark. They were the parents of three
daughters: Olga (Princess Paul of Yugoslavia), Marina (Duchess of Kent)
and Elisabeth (Countess zu Toerring-Jettenbach.) <br />
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The book's dedication is by Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia.
Elizabeth's brother, Prince Alexander wrote a remembrance of their
grandmother. Arturo Beeche also had the cooperation of Archduchess Helen
of Austria and her brother, Count Hans-Veit zu Toerring-Jettenbach, the
children of Princess Elisabeth.<br />
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The book is divided into 12 chapters: Prince Nicholas (1872-1902); Grand
Duchess Helen (1882-1902); the Wedding (1902); Life Together
(1902-1938); Widowhood (1938-1957); Princess Olga and her family;
Princess Elisabeth and her family; Princess Marina and her family; The
Greeks : Prince Nicholas' siblings; Grand Duchess Helen's siblings;
Prince Nicholas' first cousins; and Grand Duchess Helen's first cousins.<br />
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A true treasure trove of many previous unpublished photos. Grand Duchess
Helen was the only daughter of Grand Duke Wladimir of Russia and
Duchess Marie Pavlovna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Marie Pavlovna was
determined to find a good husband for Ellen. Prince Max of Baden was the
man most likely, but the proposed engagement soon fizzled out, and
Grand Duchess Helen was left without a fiance. Her mother opened the
Almanach de Gotha in search of another royal husband for her pretty and
well-endowed daughter. Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and King Albert
I of the Belgians were on Marie Pavlovna's shortlist, but another
candidate emerged for Helen's hand. <br />
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Prince Nicholas of Greece was determined to marry Helen, although he was
not on Marie Pavlovna's list. He was a younger son of King George I of
the Hellenes and his wife, the former Grand Duchess Olga Constantinova
of Russia, a prince without true opportunity -- and income. <br />
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The wedding on August 29, 1902 turned out to be a true success. Helen
gave birth to three daughters, Olga, Elisabeth and Marina, three of the
most adorable princesses of the early 20th century. Helen and Nicholas
had a happy and fulfilled marriage, a loving relationship that sustained
the Russian Revolution (the murders of close family members and the
loss of the very remunerative appanages), the collapse of the Greek
monarchy, and exile.<br />
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After a putative engagement with Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Olga
married Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, a non-dynast to the Yugoslav throne,
who serve as one of three regents during King Peter II's minority.
Elisabeth, known as Woolley, married German Count Carl Theodor zu
Toerring-Jettenbach. The youngest daughter, Marina, made the most
spectacular marriage, when she married Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, son
of King George V and Queen Mary.<br />
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One hundred and thirty six pages of pure joy. This is a book that cries out for frequent browsing. <br />
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Helen's three daughters were amazingly photogenic, and the strength of
their beauty can be found not only in the lines on their faces, but also
in the grace and determination they had in their private lives. All
three sisters endured struggles and separation, largely due to the
vicissitudes of the second world war. <br />
<br />
I could wax lyrical for hours about this book. One of my absolute favorites is the photo is the one on page 97: a <i>tableaux vivant</i>
arranged by Maria Kirillovna of Russia, Alexandra of
Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Wladimir of Russia, Irma of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
and Kira of Russia. <br />
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It is nice to see how Grand Duchess Helen's extended family interacted
with each other. I have only seen one photo of Helen's niece, Grand
Duchess Maria Kirillovna's wedding, in 1925, a portrait of the bride and
groom. The British and American press were largely uninterested in this
wedding, even though the bride's mother was born a British princess, a
granddaughter of Queen Victoria. If the Russian monarchy had survived
the first world war, the marriage between elder daughter of the heir
presumptive to the throne and the wealthy Prince of Leiningen would have
been a grand event indeed. But in 1925, the marriage was a media
afterthought. It was so nice to see that Grand Duchess Helen included a
photo of Maria's bridal attendants. All were members of the family. Her
sister, Kira, and two first cousins, Alexandra and Irma of
Hohenlohe-Langenburg, were the bridesmaids, and the two pages were her
younger brother, Wladimir, and Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha, the youngest child of her mother's first cousin, Duke Carl
Eduard of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ... what a shame this photo was not
released as a postcard.<br />
<br />
Art Beeche's text offers a rich complement to the myriad of photographs
that offer readers a delicate journey that meanders into the lives of
those who lived in Imperial Russia, Imperial Germany and the fledgling
Greek monarchy. <br />
<br />
Grand Duchess Helen and her family experienced wealth we can only dream
about, and in a revolutionary minute, all of wealth was gone. Helen
became more than survivor, she became a can do sort of person can do
when the chips are down. She inherited magnificent jewels, but the true
jewels were Helen's family.<br />
<br />
I have one quibble. It would have been really, really nice if Art
Beeche had included an index to the photographs .. it would make my life
easier.<br />
<br />
The price of the book is $43.95<br />
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Source: <a href="http://royalbooknews.blogspot.com/">http://royalbooknews.blogspot.com/</a> <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047860424058194676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294740020540614141.post-4078435387534652322012-04-29T20:02:00.000-07:002012-04-29T20:03:51.804-07:00From Splendour to Revolution – Review by Coryne Hall<span lang="EN-GB"><b>“From
Splendour to Revolution. The Romanov Women, 1847-1928”, Julia P Gelardi.</b></span>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b>(St
Martin’s Press, New York.) 482 pages, 36 illustrations.</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">For her latest book Julia Gelardi looks at four members of the
Romanov family, Marie Alexandrovna and Olga Constantinovna, who were born Russian Grand Duchesses;
and Marie Feodorovna and Marie Pavlovna who married into the Romanov family. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">For Marie Alexandrovna, the only (and rather spoilt) daughter of
Alexander II, her misfortune was not to marry a king, for when she married
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and went to live at the court of Queen
Victoria she found it hard to adjust. Flaunting her superior jewels and
demanding precedence over all the princesses except the Princess of Wales,
Marie disliked England and was soon homesick for Russia. When her husband
inherited the Dukedom of Coburg at least it got the Duchess away from Victoria.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The other Romanov Grand Duchess, Olga Constantinovna, was married at
sixteen to King George I of Greece and left the splendours of St Petersburg for
a huge, draughty palace in Athens.
Although she visited Russia as often as possible she raised her children
as Greeks, helping both her adopted country and her homeland through charity
work. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">For Marie Pavlovna, born a Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, life
took a different turn when she ditched her fiancé and married Grand Duke
Vladimir. Refusing to convert to Orthodoxy (and thereby setting a precedent),
she moved with her husband into the luxurious Vladimir Palace and became one of
the leading lights of society, whose court rivalled that of Tsar Nicholas II. Ambitious
and formidable, she never forgot that her family was next in line for the
throne.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The fourth subject of this book is Empress Marie Feodorovna, born
Princess Dagmar of Denmark, who moved from the simplicity of the Danish court
to the Russian capital, became a much-loved Empress and the mother of the
ill-fated Nicholas II. She also
adjusted well to the change in lifestyle, loving what might be called all the
perks of the job.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">From a life of wealth and power these four very differing
personalities were caught up in the chaos of war and revolution, three of them
escaping from Russia in dramatic circumstances and the fourth, Marie
Alexandrovna, in Germany. Their stories are brilliantly woven together,
something Julia Gelardi always does really well, and the letters and diaries
quoted make fascinating reading.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The period covered by this book is significant, as it is the
lifespan of Marie Feodorovna and, as the last of the four to die, she does
figure rather too heavily in this work. I would have liked to read more about
Marie Alexandrovna, especially her letters to Missy in Romania. She seems to disappear in the middle,
which is a shame, but her last years make poignant reading. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Marie Alexandrovna and Marie Pavlovna both died in 1920 but for
Marie Feodorovna and Queen Olga, exile was bitter, pining both for their
families and for Russia. Queen
Olga, who had endured revolution in Russia and in Greece summed it up thus: “Everything,
everything is gone with no return ….My brothers are gone, I am the only one
remaining in my family like a miserable fragment of the past”. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b>“Honour
& Fidelity. The Russian Dukes of Leuchtenberg” by Zoia Belyakova. (Logos
Publishers, St Petersburg). 156 pages. Illustrated throughout in black &
white and colour.</b></span>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In 1812, Napoleon’s step-son Eugene de Beauharnais saved the
Savvino-Storozhevssky Monastery from the pillaging of his own French troops.
Stopping at the monastery for the night, Eugene had a vision of an aged monk
who told him that if his monastery was protected from harm the prince would
return home safe and well and his descendants would serve Russia. So runs the
legend.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eugene did return home,
where he later married Princess Augusta of Bavaria and became the first Duke of
Leuchtenberg.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Eugene and Augusta’s son Maximilian, 3<sup>rd</sup> Duke of
Leuchtenberg, rose even higher, when in 1838 he married the Tsar’s daughter
Grand Duchess Maria Nicholaievna and moved into a purpose built palace in St
Petersburg. The couple had seven children and the story of how Maximilian and
his descendants continued to serve Russia is the subject of Zoia Belyakova’s
latest book, which takes its title from the Leuchtenberg family motto: Honour
& Fidelity.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The author has found
some riveting stories. Max and Maria’s eldest son, Nicolai, made a morganatic
marriage for which his mother never forgave him (despite the fact that in later
life she did the same thing herself); Nicolai’s niece Daria, who returned to
Petrograd after the revolution, worked in the Leningrad Public Library and was
executed in 1937; and Max’s daughter Princess Eugenie who, despite ill health, continued
to carry out charitable works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One
of the most fascinating sections is the story of her son Prince Peter of
Oldenburg, who married Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna. Peter is usually
dismissed as a gambling homosexual but here he comes across as sensitive,
considerate and attentive to his young wife, a man who was a friend of several
notable writers including Tolstoy. He himself wrote essays, including one
called “Loneliness” based on events after his parting from Olga.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of it appears in this book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Professor Belyakova has travelled round Europe and America
interviewing descendants of Duke Max and Grand Duchess Maria.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of them have lent rare letters and
photographs which are published here for the very first time. The result is a
well researched, well written work about a family whose story deserves to be
told.</span></div>
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</style><span lang="EN-GB">“Kongehuset
2011” by Kurt Stjernholm Riisberg. (Lindhardt og Ringhof, Copenhagen). 80 pages, illustrated in colour
throughout. Captions in Danish.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">This
year’s Danish royal yearbook has plenty to keep royal watchers happy. The big
event was the birth of the Crown Prince and Princess’ twins Prince Vincent and
Princess Josephine. There are gorgeous pictures of the newborn babies and
plenty of coverage of their christening in April, when little Princess Isabella
almost stole the show afterwards. </span></div>
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Joachim and Princess Marie are not forgotten either. There are some fun pictures of them in Greenland, and also
delightful pictures of little Prince Henrik and Joachim’s elder sons Nicolai
and Felix and their mother Countess Alexandra. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">Queen
Margrethe and the Prince Consort visited Bahrain and Russia, as well as undertaking the usual round of public
engagements and official duties. The photographs show them at work and at play,
including some charming studies of the whole family at Graasten Slot in the
summer.</span></div>
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drawback of the book is that the picture captions are only in Danish.
Nevertheless, sit back and enjoy the pictures, which are an absolute delight.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b>Magnificent
Obsession. Victoria, Albert and the Death that Changed the Monarchy”, by Helen
Rappaport. (Hutchinson), 336
pages. 22 black & white, and 21 colour illustrations.</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The death of Prince Albert in December 1861 was a turning point in
the life of Queen Victoria and for the British monarchy. Yet surprisingly
little attention has been paid to the effect that his death had on his
contemporaries and the nation at large.
Using contemporary letters and diaries Helen Rappaport corrects this,
showing what a national calamity Albert’s death was, both for the Queen and the
country. She also examines the cause of his death. Was it really typhoid?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> By 1861, when her
mother died, Victoria had already “taken to the performance of bereavement with
aplomb”, plunging the court into mourning for even the most distant relatives.
As Victoria grieved for her mother the burden of official duties fell more and
more on the far from robust Albert.
Nevertheless, the shock was enormous when he died. The nation was
totally unprepared, not believing him to be seriously ill, and the first many
knew about it was the tolling of the church bells on Sunday morning.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">At first there was great sympathy for the widowed Queen but soon
apprehensions about what the author calls her “insatiable commemoration of
Albert” began to set in. The only people who were pleased were the tradesmen –
there was an almost incalculable demand for mourning goods as people remained
in black longer for their own deceased relatives. The jet industry also flourished,
as ladies ordered mourning jewellery and accessories.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">As the Queen’s cult of Albert’s memory continued unabated through
the 1860s the lack of court functions began to affect London’s trade. The only
time Victoria appeared in public was for yet another commemoration ceremony as
memorials sprang up all around the country. Her first major state appearance, opening parliament in 1866,
was necessitated by the need to obtain grants for two of her children. Otherwise she remained secluded for
months at Balmoral with her highland ghillie John Brown. Helen Rappaport looks closely at this
relationship but find nothing more than a friendship between a lonely widow and
her servant. By 1870 a strong republican movement argued that as the Queen was
invisible anyway, the country could do quite well without a monarchy. It took
the Prince of Wales’s recovery from typhoid in 1871 to turn the tide back in
Victoria’s favour.</span></div>
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Rappaport gives us a rounded portrait of an insular, self-absorbed, stubborn
woman whose one aim was to perpetuate Albert’s memory in as many ways as she
could, while those around her wrung their hands at her unwillingness to
participate in national life. It was, indeed, a “magnificent obsession” and
this is a magnificent read.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In the summer of
2011 the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge set out to Canada for their first
official tour. To mark that event,
Christina Blizzard presents this souvenir giving a day by day account of the
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<span lang="EN-GB">Canadians were
clearly delighted with the royal couple’s friendliness and willingness to have
a go at anything, from Dragon Boat racing to more traditional tree
planting. The Duchess’s outfits
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with details of William and Kate’s activities are facts and pictures of
previous royal visits by senior royals, including King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth, the present Queen and the Prince of Wales.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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doesn’t seem to have abated and, with plenty of colour illustrations of the
couple, this lovely book is a fitting souvenir of their first overseas visit as
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