World of Royalty Blog

Who wore it best? Rachel Bilson vs Princess Eugenie

Of course, this is a royalty blog so my vote has to go to the ever-daring Princess Eugenie.

Photograph: Ringo, PacificCoastNews.com. Photo provided by PicApp.

The real reason Disney changed ‘Rapunzel’ to ‘Tangled’

Prince Carl Philip’s ex Emma Pernald finds love again

N. Korean tyrant’s personal shopper unpacks

(Thank you to Paul for contributing this link.)

Woman who found coin worth £2,000 in garden becomes first to be prosecuted for not reporting treasure

Controversy over Shropshire woman not declaring find

Ten year olds forced to risk lives racing camels in UAE

An earlier post about this issue: Money for camel race children

Sudan’s land of ‘black pharaohs’ a trove for archaeologists

Visit Royalty.nu for a list of books about Nubian royalty.

This month brought a big crop of new royalty book covers featuring “headless” women. To be specific, by my count: two covers with headless women, two covers with eyeless women, and three covers featuring the backs of women’s heads. (Who on earth finds Queen Elizabeth l’s back more interesting than her face?)

So I think this cover is refreshing:

 

Anastasia’s Secret by Susanne Dunlap is a young adult novel about Grand Duchess Anastasia, one of the daughters of Russia’s last tsar.

As you can see, this cover allows Anastasia to show her face. Of course, that’s not the real Anastasia, but it’s nice that someone took the trouble to make the model look like her. The white dress, pearls, and long hair are all reminiscent of photos of Anastasia and her sisters.

For instance, here’s Anastasia (on the left) and her sister Maria:

 

You can see more pictures of the grand duchesses at Wikimedia Commons. Because they died so young, many of the photos have a haunting quality, and I think the cover of “Anastasia’s Secret” captures a little of that feeling. Well done.

Queen Hosts President of South Africa
The day polygamist president Jacob Zuma dined with the ‘old fashioned imperialists’

Crown Prince Grants Audience
Malaysian woman meets royals over caning sentence

Royal Seeks Seat in Iraq’s Parliament
A candidate who would be king (video)

This Is Dreadful
Princess Mary of Denmark’s palace of funky art (be sure to look at the photos)

Speaking of Weird Royal Art…
Mysterious snake appears in painting of Queen Elizabeth I

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Letter surfaces telling how Queen’s ancestor escaped the marriage from hell

Wendy Moore’s book Wedlock, which tells the true story of the disastrous marriage and remarkable divorce of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore, is available from Amazon.com.