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:previous:Just the date for context. Paul was married in 1938, and Philip would have been attending the Royal Naval College in 1939. I think Alice had expected Philip to return to Greece and completely missed that he chose to serve Britain instead. But yeah, I guessed that the letter was from...

Princess Alice seemed to think that Philip had a shot at inheriting the Greek throne in the late 1930s. The Hugo Vickers biography of Princess Alice includes a letter she wrote to her son after she moved back to Athens. Alice noted that King George II had no children, Crown Prince Paul did not...

Looking back at their wedding, Serena seemed so young. I believe she was 23 at the time -- not as young as Diana at her marriage, but still just starting out in life. I'm not entirely surprised at this turn of events. I seem to recall reading at the time of their wedding that there was an...

This story seems to have taken a strange turn. Kat says on her site that this reply was "obviously most likely an error and something got messed up." She has no problem with the odd response from the Danish court. However, since the Daily Fail picked up the story, Kat has been bombarded with...

He's had a lot of issues with the tailoring of his clothing. If you look at his everyday suits, they're very ill-fitting at times.

So happy to see the Duchess of Cambridge wearing her very first sash! I'm hoping the high resolution photos will also let me get a look at the brooch she used to anchor the sash.

The state visit is to honor the special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom, but I fear that the current president thinks that it's to specifically honor him. That's why he is bringing his four adult children. Her Majesty has decades of diplomatic experience under her...

Princess Elizabeth missed the 1939 Trooping because she was sick. And I think there was a separate birthday salute for the king while he and the queen were on their royal tour of Canada.

I did a little bit more digging, and it turns out that the 1939 Trooping the Colour was the last one before the war. That means it was the only time young Prince Edward and Princess Alexandra of Kent would have seen their father participating, as he was killed on active duty in 1942. :ohmy::sad:

I stumbled across newsreel footage of the Trooping The Colour from 1939. It was amusing to see that the antics of royal children on the balcony have always stolen the show. In particular, a three-year-old Prince Edward of Kent was giving his mother and his nanny nightmares. At one point...

Newsreel coverage of the wedding This is one of my favorites to watch again and again. The bride and groom looked radiantly happy and it's easy to see why their marriage has lasted despite the lengthy difficulties they have endured over the years. As a bonus, you can see Diana's parents, then...

I picked it up from an article about overdue pregnancies, and I don't recall it being presented as an old wive's tale (I usually scoff at those).

Congratulations to the Sussex couple on the birth of the Earl of Dumbarton! I had a feeling that it was a boy, since they are more likely to go overdue. I have to admit that I was scrambling a bit this morning. They announced that she was in labor as I arrived at work, and my first thought was...

Today is the day! \o/

To be fair, his RAF and Irish Guards uniforms would have looked out of place at a Royal Navy service. I see that he is Commodore-In-Chief to the Royal Navy Submarine Service; does that entitle him to a Royal Navy uniform?