An Account of Queen Charlotte’s Drawing Room 1818
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by Kristine Hughes
1M ago
  The following first-hand account of his attendance at Queen Charlotte’s Drawing Room was recorded by Richard Rush, American Ambassador to Great Britain, in his Memoranda of a Residence at the Court of London, Comprising Incidents Official and Personal from 1819 to 1825 (Lea & Blanchard, 1845. 1st ed.).  If you’ve not read the book, I ..read more
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A STROLL THROUGH ETON
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by Kristine Hughes
1M ago
Back in 2014, Victoria and I stayed in Windsor for a few days after the Duke of Wellington Tour had ended. One of the things we did was to take a leisurely stroll across the River and walk the length of Eton’s perfectly preserved, and rather deserted, High Street!           Through ..read more
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THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
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by Kristine Hughes
1M ago
December 25th My Own Heart – The London coach arrived today, bringing with it your gift of a partridge and a pear tree. You are too clever by half!Yours For Eternity December 26th My Love – Two turtle doves! How simply smashing. I cannot wait to see you again that I might thank you personally ..read more
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On The Shelf: A London Year
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by Kristine Hughes
1M ago
  A London Year: 365 Days of City Life in Diaries, Journals and Letters Edited by Travis Elborough and Nick Rennison Not since Hibbert and Weintraub edited The London Encyclopedia has there been a book that has taken London history and served it up in so enjoyable, usable and entertaining a package. Taking entries from letters, diaries ..read more
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THE ORIGINS OF THE CHRISTMAS CARD
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by Kristine Hughes
1M ago
From  Christmas Cards & Their Chief Designers By Gleeson White (1894) The origin of the Christmas card is, fortunately for its future historians, not lost in the mists of antiquity, that popular hiding place for all sorts of origins; but as clearly fixed as Archbishop Usher’s date of Creation – B.C. 4004 – with more trustworthy ..read more
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FLORIZEL AND PERDITA MET ON 3 DECEMBER, 1779
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by Kristine Hughes
1M ago
by Victoria Hinshaw George Prince of Wales was only 17 years old when he attended a performance of Florizel and Perdita, a play adapted from Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale.  In the words of actress Mary Robinson’s biographer, Hester Davenport, the Prince “was looking for a woman to worship,” perhaps HAD been looking already, when he sat ..read more
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BRING OUT YOUR DEAD – BUT ONLY BY WAY OF THE CORPSE ROADS
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by Louisa Cornell
1M ago
LOUISA CORNELL Anyone who knows the Brits knows at least these two things. 1. No one does ceremony as well or for as many events as them. 2. No one assigns specific places to specific events as well as they do. What else might account for the existence of specific routes known as corpse roads ..read more
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HENRY CYRIL PAGET, 5TH MARQUESS OF ANGELSEY
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by Kristine Hughes
1M ago
  Called The Mad Marquess or, less frequently, the Dancing Marquess, Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquess of Angelsey, could not have been more different from his illustrious ancestor, Henry William Paget, the 1st Marquess, if he’d tried. Whilst the 1st Marquess lost his leg at Waterloo, the 5th lost a fortune on a lavish, over-the-top ..read more
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THE DEATH OF PRINCESS CHARLOTTE
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by Kristine Hughes
1M ago
Had she lived, Charlotte would have been Queen of the United Kingdom. Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales was the only daughter of George IV, then Prince of Wales, and his wife and first cousin, Caroline of Brunswick, who loathed one another and who separated soon after Charlotte’s birth, never to live together, nor indeed be civil ..read more
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A STROLL THROUGH ETON
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by Kristine Hughes
2M ago
Back in 2014, Victoria and I stayed in Windsor for a few days after the Duke of Wellington Tour had ended. One of the things we did was to take a leisurely stroll across the River and walk the length of Eton’s perfectly preserved, and rather deserted, High Street.           Through ..read more
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