Dec 072008
From the BBC News site: a video of Queen Elizabeth II becoming the first person in the UK to make a long-distance phone call without an operator’s assistance. (The year was 1958.)
History, books & anything else that catches my eye. From Royalty.nu
Royal News Blog
- Greek royal wedding
- Royal dad Prince Haakon takes kids to movie
- Maidens dance for King Mswati in Swaziland
- Gyanendra removed from money
- King Albert plays his part
- Spanish royals at military funeral
- Victoria and Haakon commemorate White Buses
- News from Oceania
- Gwanghwamun rebuilt
- Princess Mary attends Amber’s party
My Tweets
Follow me on Twitter - New royalty books published in September, including Cleopatra, the Thai monarchy & historical novels: http://www.royalty.nu/royal/books.html
- It is the 13th anniversary of Princess Diana's death. See Royalty.nu home page & Royal News page for 2 photos of Diana http://www.royalty.nu
Nothing in French Helas. This year, I read the biography of the famous Georgiana Spencer, very interresting, some royal French biogaphies about Anne d’Autriche, Marie-Therese d’Autriche, the wife of Louis 14. I hope news of England, specially about George 6.