Princess Mako of Akishino was born on 23 October 1991 at the Imperial Household Agency Hospital in Tokyo as the eldest daughter of Prince Fumihito and Princess Kiko, now Crown Prince and Princess of Japan. She has a younger sister named Princess Kako and a younger brother Prince Hisahito. Embed from Getty Images She was [read more]
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Read about day eleven here. The Duke and Duchess spent 13 hours on a train to reach Berchtesgaden. At the station, they were joined by Hitler’s private translator, Dr Paul Schmidt, and they were picked up by a motorcade consisting of an open-topped black Mercedes and SS-guards on motorcycles and a host of other cars. [read more]
Read about day ten here. On 21 October, the Duke of Windsor inadvertently caused a bit of an embarrassment for his hosts. After visiting a factory, he decided that he would like to see the Württemberg Royal Palace in Stuttgart, where he had spent some weeks in 1913 with the King. Unbeknownst to him, the [read more]
On 21 October 1911, Zita of Bourbon-Parma married the future Emperor Charles I of Austria. They had known each other since childhood, and Zita’s aunt, Maria Theresa of Austria, was also Charles’s step-grandmother. Their engagement had been announced on 13 June 1911 and was very much welcomed. After the betrothal ceremony, Charles told Zita, “Now [read more]
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