Prince and Princess Christian in 1865. Image from Wikipedia Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein has often been relegated in royal biographies to a …

A friend from the United States sent me a copy of Royal Love Stories: The Tales behind the Real-Life Romances of the World's Kings and Queens . Written b…

Balmoral Castle. Image from Wikimedia Commons The Scottish Highlands had enthralled Queen Victoria and Prince Albert that they favoured the isolation of th…

Empress Augusta Victoria, with her daughter, Victoria Luise. Image from Wikimedia Commons On October 22, 1858, Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany was born at …

Archduke Carl of Austria and Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma on their wedding in 1911. On the far left is a happy Emperor Franz Josef. Image from Wikimedia Comm…

A portrait of Queen Victoria by Winterhalter. The Queen is featured wearing the sapphire and diamond coronet. In 1842, Franz   Xaver Winterhalter paint…

Princess Delphine of Belgium. Image from Wikimedia Commons The Belgian Court of Appeals  has  granted the title of Princess of Belgium to Delphine Boël, th…