“Recent scholarship is changing thinking about female pharaoh Hatshepsut, whom Egyptologists once called ‘the vilest type of usurper.’” The queen who would be king
Oct 262007
Prince William’s girlfriend (and future wife?) is so popular that it would take an entire blog to do her justice, and now there is such a blog: The Kate Middleton Report.
This blog is the work of Marilyn, of Marilyn’s Royal Blog fame, with some contributions from me. Whether you’re a Kate fan, a Kate foe (because YOU would make a better bride for Prince William, of course), or a total Kate newbie, you should find something here to interest or amuse you, so please drop by!
Oct 112007
John Lydon actually has nothing against the Queen. (You’ll have to scroll down to the item. It’s fourth under the heading “In other news.”)
The Sex Pistols, a ’70s British punk band, recorded an anti-monarchy song called God Save the Queen with lines like “she ain’t no human being.”
Oct 082007
The movie “Shadows in the Palace” is “an Agatha Christie country-house mystery transposed to the royal court of Korea’s Joseon dynasty.”
According to recent gossip, singer Britney Spears is “obsessed” with Princess Diana.
The evidence for this supposed obsession? She has allegedly turned a room into a “shrine” to the princess and she sometimes uses the code name Diana Prince.
Wait a second, doesn’t Wonder Woman also use that name? Oh my God, stop the presses, Wonder Woman is obsessed with Princess Diana, too! Or maybe Britney Spears IS Wonder Woman!
I don’t know if Britney really has a secret super-heroine identity. But she’s welcome to join the World of Royalty Network. There are lots of people there who collect books about princesses. We don’t think that’s weird.
(2011 UPDATE: Well, the WOR Network no longer exists, but Britney is welcome to hang out here on the blog or at Royalty.nu, where Diana fans are always welcome.)
Oct 052007
“Paris Hilton is the modern-day version of Princess Diana – according to Dame Helen Mirren.” Princess Paris?
Oct 022007
“Leonardo DiCaprio is expected to confirm this week that he will play Irish High King Brian Boru in a new epic film.”
"The sculpture and architecture of the ancient world was… brightly and elaborately painted. The only reason it appears white to us is that centuries of weathering have worn off most of the paint."
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