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Friday, May 8, 2026

PRINCE EDWARD ALBERT WAS FIFTY-NINE YEARS OLD WHEN HE FINALLY BECAME KING

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image from Wikimedia Commons identified as  Edward Albert, Prince of Wales wearing the uniform of the Admiral,  dated 6 August 1891 He was 5...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

AGNES KEYSER'S PARENTS WERE NEW MONEY PEOPLE ACCEPTED INTO THE PEERAGE : SHE DIDN'T WANT HIS MONEY BUT THE KING NEEDED HER

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In Queen Victoria's time, there were about 1500 families who dominated London Society based on their pedigree rather than their money. B...
Monday, May 4, 2026

BLUE BIRDS on ROSE WREATH

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In Victorian times, the blue bird was associated with nursing.  
Saturday, May 2, 2026

AGNES KEYSER : "SISTER AGNES" WAS A NEVER MARRIED CHILDLESS WOMAN WHO LOVED THE AGING MONARCH KING EDWARD VII AND NEED NOT TAKE A DIME FROM HIM

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Agnes Keyser as "Sister Agnes" painting by Miss Maude Coleridge which appeared in tabloidish The Tatler, 16 September 1914. image...
Friday, May 1, 2026

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Thursday, April 30, 2026

SLEEP WELL

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  Daisy Greville loved animals and kept several including a white peacock.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

DAISY GREVILLE COUNTESS OF WARWICK'S LAVISH BALL LEADS TO HER CONVERSION TO SOCIALISM

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The Palace of Versailles party was highly criticized in a small newspaper called  Clarion  would lead to a sort of conversion for Daisy Grev...
Monday, April 27, 2026

PEACOCK FEATHER FAN

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Saturday, April 25, 2026

THE BERESFORDS ATTEMPT TO PREVAIL OVER DAISY AND THE PRINCE BUT THEIR WARWICK TITLES WERE SOON RECIEVED : DAISY'S SPENDING IS OUT OF CONTROL

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That passionate letter Daisy had once sent to her lover, the married Charles Beresford, continued to cause problems. In 1891, Charlie Beresf...