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I think most royalties have a lot of skeletons in their closets. But I don't think dragging them out now would be in everybody's best interests. Just a thought....But, it's a very interesting topic of those interested in conspiracies and other related things (like me). Don't you think?:D

Princess Charlotte was believed to have died from an undetected post-partum haemorrhage a few hours after delivering a stillborn son.

Nowadays, do we still consider having illegitimate children as scandal even for the royals?

You're welcome callista. It really is an easy to read book given the difficulty of tracing royal genealogy.

Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert. Their marriage was a love match and Queen Victoria wished that her children marries for love.

According to Richard Sotnick in his book "The Coburg Conspiracy", Lord Mountbatten said,‘You have to remember that, in my youth, European affairs were family business.’ That is because "in the early twentieth century, the Tsarina of Russia, the Kaiser of Germany, the monarchs of Greece...

Queen Victoria was shocked by grief at the death of her daughter Alice. Usually, death takes away whatever animosity certain persons may have for each other.

That's true. This occurred because Princess Caroline of Brunswick, Charlotte's mother insinuated that her father wanted to get Charlotte out of the country, and once was abroad, prevent her return, thereby annulling her right of succession. And, based on Charlotte's low opinion of her father...

It's because the Coburg's bloodline dominated the European monarchies through the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, who was the nephew of Leopold of the Saxe-Coburg family.

The story on Prince Albert's paternity is really intriguing. It is rumored that he was the son of his mother's servant, a certain Friedrich Blum, others say his uncle, Leopold I of Belgium. You can read more about this in Richard Sotnick's book "The Coburg Conspiracy".

I believe all mothers, and Queens especially,have the instinct to protect their families. Just like in the early 19th century when the Dowager Duchess Augusta wanted to secure the House of Coburg. She did everything to enhance her family's fortune but she never realized that her original plan...

Rumors surrounding Prince Albert's paternity is one of conspiracies presented in Richard Sotnick's book "The Coburg Conspiray". The book presents two possibilities of his paternity, 1) a certain Friedrich Blum, who was servant in the ducal household, and 2) Leopold I of Belgium, his uncle. The...

Prince Albert's mother Louise can be compared with Princess Diana in some of their very similar personal histories. They both married very young and had 2 sons. They got separated and divorced from their husbands. They also were very popular with the public; Diana is still mourned today and when...

Queen Victoria even mourned the death of her much love husband, Prince Albert, for the rest of her life.

You're right. I think the royals from history has contributed a lot to what has become today's royals, scandals included.