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4th July - The creators of The Ministry of Time and Isabel have announced what they are calling Spain’s answer to Netflix’s The Crown. Javier Olivaries is adapting Pilar Eyre’s 2020 Yo El Rey in to a 3 season show that will chart the rise and fall of the king and the Spanish crowns relationship...

I think this might have been discussed elsewhere but I'm interested in the connections between the European monarchies both current and former, Monarchist groups and the European far right, as there seems to be considerable overlap between the two in some cases. I was thinking about this as in...

Until he took a ride on the matrimony pony that fateful July day in 1981, Prince Charles was the most eligible bachelor in the world With his name being thrown together with a bewildering variety of young women from childhood. This thread is to discuss the 'what-ifs' of Prince Charles marriage...

"Prince Charles: The Passions & Paradoxes..." by Sally Bedell Smith (2017) http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2014/11/05/new-bio-coming-on-prince-charles-on-planet-windsor/18538341/ Sally Bedell Smith, who is the author of biographies of both the queen and Diana, next planned project is...

Hello Everyone, Inspired by the news of the upcoming Dutch Royal visit to the shaky isles, I was thinking about other royals who have visited NZ as well. I have put Non-British in the title because NZ is one of the so-called "Commonwealth Realms" as along with Australia, Canada, and much of the...

Thinking about the many royal wedding gowns of the past few decades, one thing that has stuck out at me is just how many brides have Signor Garavani as their designer of choice. Now, to be honest, Val is not my personal cup of tea - too fussy and frothy, and too conservative if not downright...

Hi everyone, Back on the Charles and Diana's wedding thread a interesting discussion about how it's considered custom for members of The BRF to wear UK designed and manufactured clothes has come up and about how this is not the custom with other RFs. Is this a fair custom? Is there an...

The title topic is discussed in a number of other threads in passing, but I have decided to start this thread to specifically discuss the colonels dictatorship 1967-1974, with specific reference to the role of King Constantine and the GRF in general. This covers involvement with the actual...

Why are royal women such easy political scapegoats in times of crisis? Whenever there is a revolution, a coup, an economic crisis, a foreign invasion, and monarchies are involved, why do the women always get the blame? Karina Urbach says of this in Go Betweens for Hitler ...The aristocratic...

Sorry I did not introduce myself earlier, my name is Lauren (my Username is meant to use the Lauren/laurel pun) and I am currently living in Wellington New Zealand. I decided to join this forum after a year of following posts. My main interest is the British Royal family, especially the...

A New Look at the Fall of the Palahvi's https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/andrew-scott-cooper/fall-heaven/ It's released on 1st July and seems to be pitched as Nicholas and Alexandra in Iran. Cooper's last book the oil kings was excellent so I've got hopes for this as Cooper has been...