Located on the gentle slopes of Fiesole, a charming town just on the edge of Florence in Tuscany, the Villa Sparta was, for four decades, the home of Queen He…

A portrait of Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta by Philip de Laszlo, c1931.  Princess Irene was born a Princess of Greece and Denmark. By marriage, she was Duch…

Queen Helen of Romania was among the royals who stepped up to save Romanian Jews when they were persecuted by the Nazis. She lived a troubled life but she c…

King Michael of Romania. Images: Wikimedia Commons Michael I  twice reigned as King of Romania, first as a boy in 1927 until his father seized the throne …