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An exclusive look inside the Nassau crypt in Leeuwarden

Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 13:00 Moniek Bloks 0

A newspaper in Leeuwarden was recently granted unprecedented access to the crypt at the Jacobijnerchurch in Leeuwarden. I wrote about this church two years ago and it is the burial place of: Anna of Nassau (Breda, 5 November 1563 – Franeker, 13 June 1588), daughter of William of Orange and Anna of Saxony Elisabeth of Nassau-Dietz (Leeuwarden, 25 Juli 1614 – Leeuwarden, 18 September 1614), daughter of Ernst Casimir of Nassau-Dietz en Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Elisabeth [read more]

Queen Victoria etchings that once sparked a row go on display in Yorkshire

Saturday, 25 March 2017, 14:00 Moniek Bloks 0

A series of 74 etchings made by Queen Victoria which were a part of a landmark injunction against the press are set to go on display at Harewood House in Leeds. The etchings were gifted to Princess Mary, Princess Royal on her wedding day and were from a descendant of Prince Albert’s private secretary, George [read more]

‘Extraordinarily rare’ wooden panel made for Anne of Cleves on display at Hever Castle

Wednesday, 22 March 2017, 15:30 Moniek Bloks 0

Hever Castle unveiled an ‘extraordinarily rare’ wooden panel, believed to have been made for Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII. The oak panel shows Anne’s insignia, alongside the monogram AC and is believed to have come from one of her homes, though it’s not known which one. It is only one of two [read more]

Diana, Princess of Wales’ body armour goes on display

Thursday, 16 March 2017, 18:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The body armour worn by Diana, Princess of Wales, as she walked through a minefield has gone on display at Edinburgh Castle. The image of Diana, Princess of Wales walking through the recently cleared minefield during her visit to Angola in 1997, is perhaps one of the most iconic of her lifetime. She died in [read more]

Romanov descendants seek proper burial of last Russian Emperor’s children

Wednesday, 15 March 2017, 10:30 Moniek Bloks 0

The Romanov family would like Tsarevich Alexei and Grand Duchess Maria to be honourably buried in the cathedral in St. Petersburg’s Peter and Paul Fortress, with their parents and sisters, said Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich in an interview with TASS on the occasion of the centennial of Nicholas II’s abdication. “In different countries, monarchies came to [read more]

Diana, Princess of Wales helped bury a friend’s stillborn baby at Kensington Palace

Monday, 13 March 2017, 17:30 Moniek Bloks 0

During Channel Seven’s Sunday Night documentary Rosa Monckton spoke of how Diana, Princess of Wales offered to bury her stillborn baby at Kensington Palace. Rosa and her husband, Dominic Lawson, had a stillborn daughter in 1994 and it was Diana who suggested that they bury the baby at Kensington Palace. She planned to tell security [read more]