Would you have been considered beautiful in the 16th century? Take this Raucous Royals quiz and find out.
Mar 222009
Elizabeth Kerri Mahon has posted her review of Pauline Bonaparte: Venus of Empire by Flora Fraser, a biography of Napoleon’s favorite sister.
(UPDATE: This post originally linked to two reviews of the book, but one of the links has expired.)
A Struggle Revealed
Emperor Akihito’s tuberculosis battle
Royal Interview of the Week
Little girl interviews Prince William (video)
A Royal Death in Ethiopia
Princess Medferiashwork passed away
An Unexpected Fashion Choice
Prince Harry reveals pink nail varnish
Royal History in the News This Week
Chief’s head sent home (link expired)
For a lot more royal news, visit the Royalty.nu News page!
Mar 212009
The reporter in this CBS News video says, "The beaches of St Tropez may be lacking in Euro-trash royalty this summer... European royalty have been quietly told to keep their summer schedules free" so they can attend the rumored wedding of Britain's Prince William.
OK um..."Euro-trash royalty"? Does this reporter realize how many European countries are monarchies? Is it polite or necessary to refer to heads of state and/or their family members as "trash"? Maybe I'm missing something here. Or maybe this reporter is.
Mar 192009
Catherine Delors at Versailles and More was kind enough to give me the Proximidade Award, which is intended for friendly bloggers. The online royal-watching community is made of up lots of nice, generous people, so I’m happy to pass this award on to:
British Royal Wedding
Kingdoms of Indonesia
Marilyn’s Royal Blog
The Merry Royals
Netty’s Royalty Page
The Royal Forums
The Royal Twist
Writer of Queens
Thanks to all of you for your excellent sites. (If you wish, you can post the award on your own blog and pass it on to eight other people.)
Mar 182009
This is funny: The president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, hates the classic 17th century novel “La Princesse de Cléves,” so French people are reportedly flocking to read it as a form of political protest.
If you’re feeling rebellious, too, you can read an English translation of “The Princess of Cleves” at the Project Gutenberg site. (It’s free.) The book is also available at Amazon.com in French and English.
Mar 182009
Scientists may be able to recreate the perfume of Egypt’s female pharaoh Hatshepsut.
Whew. I am buried under an avalanche of royal news and have been trying for more than 10 hours to dig my way out by feverishly updating the Royalty.nu News page. But I’m still not finished.
So I’m not going to post the usual Royal Week in Review, but I do encourage you to go over to Royalty.nu right now and visit the news page, where you’ll find:
- Photos of the King and Queen of Malaysia visiting Thailand and Vietnam!
- Details about a lawsuit against Dubai royals!
- Accusations that Prince Charles supports quackery!
- Photos of said alleged quackery supporter doing the samba in Brazil! (Well, not really, but he is smiling at the dancers quite enthusiastically.)
And that’s not all! Act now and you’ll also see:
- Princess Victoria of Sweden celebrating her name day with her cute fiancé at her side!
- Saudi royals participating in a lavish cultural festival! (One of them seems to be talking on a cell phone at the same time.)
- Video of Prince William making a speech about the loss of Princess Diana!
- Another update on the Royal War on Insults! And there’s even more…
Best of all, you get all this royal news for the low, low, price of nothing! That’s right, the Royalty.nu News page is completely free!
How do I do it? I have no idea. I think I must be crazy. So act now because this is a limited-time offer.
OK, it’s not exactly a limited offer. But the Royal News page’s content does change regularly, and you really should check it out because there’s a lot of great stuff there right now.
And now I must leave you and go work on the news page some more because, yes, I’m crazy that way.
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