Royal News BlogBelow: Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II (seated at the right end of the table) and Crown Prince Frederik (beside the Queen) in the Council Room at Christiansborg Castle on January 15, 2012. This was the 500th State Council since the Queen’s accession to the throne in January 1972.
Photo by Steen Brogaard. Photo source: Kongehuset.dk. The photo may only be used for editorial purposes.
Here is one last photograph from Royal Weddings Through Time by Janette McCutcheon, a book about British royal weddings from the 12th century to the present day. This photo shows the future Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, on their wedding day in 1947.
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According to Amberley Publishing, this photo is in the public domain.
Thank you again to Amberley Publishing for sharing images from Janette McCutcheon’s book!
Today I have another image for you from Royal Weddings Through Time by Janette McCutcheon. It shows Britain’s Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II, on the day of her marriage to photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones (later known as the Earl of Snowdon). The couple married in 1960 and divorced in 1978. Princess Margaret died in 2002.
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Picture provided by Amberley Publishing. According to Amberley Publishing, this photo is in the public domain.
All this week the World of Royalty Blog is featuring images from the new book Royal Weddings Through Time by Janette McCutcheon. Today’ s photo shows the wedding coach of King George V’s daughter, Princess Mary, who married Henry, Viscount Lascelles in 1922.
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Mary’s husband became the 6th earl of Harewood in 1929, and Mary herself received the title Princess Royal in 1932. She died in 1965.
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Thank you to Amberley Publishing for providing this photo!
Here’s another photo from Royal Weddings Through Time by Janette McCutcheon. The book is about British royal weddings from the 12th century to the present day. This is a photograph from the 1885 wedding of Queen Victoria’s daughter Princess Beatrice and her husband, Prince Henry of Battenberg. Beatrice wore the same wedding veil as her mother:
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Thank you to Amberley Publishing for providing this photo.
This week I’ll be posting images from Royal Weddings Through Time by Janette McCutcheon, a book about British royal weddings from the 12th century to the present day. Today’s photo shows Queen Victoria and her beloved Prince Albert in a re-enactment of their wedding.
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Thank you to Amberley Publishing for providing this photo.
Warhol’s portrait of Dutch queen sold for 400,000 euros (sorry, this link has expired)
You can see a picture of the portrait here (the accompanying article is in Dutch).
Goddess, queen, celebrity: 11 iconic images of Cleopatra and why they’re wrong by Stacy Schiff
Stacy Schiff’s book Cleopatra: A Life is available from Amazon.com
Below: Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako with their daughter, Princess Aiko. (Photo: REUTERS/Imperial Household Agency/Handout)
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