Samantha Drake

Japan's Prince Hisahito is the first male royal to reach adulthood in 40 years. He may be the last Japan’s Prince Hisahito is the first male royal to reach adulthood in 40 years. Many people in Japan worry he could be the last. The elaborate palace rituals to formally recognize Hisahito as an adu...

Should Japan, the world's oldest monarchy, abandon male-only royal succession? Prince Hisahito could be the last male heir. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Great movie! Totally dated, but still enjoy it. "Jungle Red!"

Emily Watson would be great as Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Not sure who could play Wallis ...

I'd love to see a miniseries or movie about the feud between the Queen Mother and Wallis Simpson.

Did Queen Victoria have a secret love child? And is an American woman a descendant of that child?

The Tudors would like a word ...

Gotta love a good medieval assassination story!

Vive la France! Every country should do this.

Loved this show.

The executioners were pretty busy during Henry VIII's reign, but I didn't think the body count (head count?) was so high.

This is very helpful! Thank you.

Also, see the article I wrote that's pinned to my profile for information about these princesses and other future European queens. (I'm so bad a marketing myself!)

How great is it that three of Europe's future queens regnant have a group chat? I'd love to know what they talk about, but that bit of privacy must be priceless to them. www.tatler.com/article/insi...

We may need to.

Loving this!!!

Schrodinger's millionaire!

Yikes!

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As someone who loves browsing family trees, this story amazes me.

Here's the history of a whole 'lotta popes named Leo.

Only a handful of women allowed to wear white to Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration— here’s why everyone else must dress in black There's a specific reason why these women are allowed to ditch the black attire.

Here's why Catholic queens wore white to the pope's inauguration while everyone else wore black: www.yahoo.com/news/only-ha...

Congratulations!!!

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Good playlist!

Ew.

Library stamp history - an area of history I didn't know I needed to learn more about!

What an interesting premise for a book.

Right. An expensive and damaging joyride.

"Be Cool"?

Quilters are (good) trouble!