tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21303701996546264802024-03-13T08:19:48.331-07:00the royal baby watchnews royal baby - the royal baby - royal baby name - royal baby wacth - william royal baby - kate royal babyyour home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.comBlogger504125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-4245933694625561742013-09-07T13:48:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:40.553-07:00Belgium: An interview with the mother of Delphine BoelIt is in French...so for those of you who understand the language...it is a fascinating interview with the former mistress of King Albert II of the Belgians, by whom she had a daughter, Delphine Boel.<br /><br />They first met when her father was Belgian ambassador in Greece and Albert visited because he had trouble with his yacht. From then on...the rest c'est l'histoire!<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bO9iQ2z8ac">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bO9iQ2z8ac</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kH4n_gbsT2Q/UiuQ7yGlWAI/AAAAAAAAEVs/l8RzckAEmKE/s1600/Belgique.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kH4n_gbsT2Q/UiuQ7yGlWAI/AAAAAAAAEVs/l8RzckAEmKE/s1600/Belgique.gif" /></a></div><br />your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-78020109162565790712013-09-05T08:50:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:40.563-07:00UK: The Mountbatten Sisters in Vanity FairI love subscribing to Vanity Fair and have been an avid reader for more than 20 years. As a subscriber, one gets access to their website as well.<br /><br />The Countess Mountbatten of Burma is an extraordinary lady. She was immensely helpful to Ilana Miller during the writing of THE FOUR GRACES, published by us at EUROHISTORY (and currently being readied for a Second Edition).<br /><br />Look at this little jewel...<br /><br /><br /><br />Vanity Fair – September 2013<br /><br /><h1 class="headline " style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: ltc-bodoni-175-1, ltc-bodoni-175-2, 'Times New Roman', Times, Georgia, serif; font-size: 32px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 7px; padding: 0px;">Mountbatten Sisters</h1><div><span class="contributor first" data-contributor-type="writer" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; border: 0px; float: left; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 14px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><label style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: adobe-text-pro-1, adobe-text-pro-2, 'Times New Roman', Times, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">By </label><span class="name" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;"><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/contributors/james-reginato" style="color: black; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">James Reginato</a></span></span><span class="contributor last" data-contributor-type="photographer" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: white; background-image: url(http://www.vanityfair.com/etc/designs/vanityfair/images/shell/shell-sprite.png); background-position: -656px -149px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; float: left; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 14px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"><label style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: adobe-text-pro-1, adobe-text-pro-2, 'Times New Roman', Times, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Photograph by</label> <span class="name" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;"><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/contributors/jonathan-becker" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Jonathan Becke</a>r</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;">Not many people remain who can tell stories like Lady Pamela Hicks and her big sister, Patricia, Countess Mountbatten of Burma. But, then, few people ever witnessed the history they did. The only children of Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma—and great-great-granddaughters of Queen Victoria—the sisters can recall going to tea with Queen Mary, having Mr. and Mrs. Simpson come to one of their parents’ weekend house parties at Adsdean, the family’s estate in Sussex, along with King Edward VIII, and being evacuated from London on the eve of the Blitz to New York, where they were billeted by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt III at her colossal residence at 640 Fifth Avenue, a vestige of the Gilded Age.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Their third cousins Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret served as bridesmaids for Patricia, while Pamela was a member of Elizabeth’s wedding party in 1947. Pamela had to rush back to England for the occasion from India, where her parents were Britain’s last Viceroy and Vicereine, and where she herself would become fast chums with Gandhi and Nehru. In 1952, she set off as a lady-in-waiting on what was to be a six-month tour of the Commonwealth with Elizabeth and Philip, a first cousin. One week out, Pamela was one of the few people with the couple in Africa when word arrived that George VI had died and Elizabeth was now Queen. So while Pamela is 84 (and Patricia is 89), it’s no wonder that her new memoir, <i style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Daughter of Empire: Life as a Mountbatten</i>, stops at age 24. There was so much to get in.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Yet the ensuing decades continued to be eventful for both sisters. Pamela married celebrated interior designer David Hicks, and Patricia enjoyed a long and fascinating marriage to John Knatchbull, the seventh Baron Brabourne, a movie producer whose credits included <i style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A Passage to India</i> and numerous Agatha Christie adaptations. In 1979, their world was upended when a bomb planted by the IRA on a fishing boat off Ireland killed their father, along with one of Patricia’s seven children, her mother-in-law, and a local boy. Patricia and her husband were gravely wounded.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><i>Continue reading..</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><i><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/society/2013/09/princess-diana-discoing-mountbatten-memoir">http://www.vanityfair.com/society/2013/09/princess-diana-discoing-mountbatten-memoir</a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-akGKKZ41XfQ/UiinyFCQdnI/AAAAAAAAEVc/ZqbV6f_9Bw8/s1600/i.1.mountbatten-burma-lady-hicks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-akGKKZ41XfQ/UiinyFCQdnI/AAAAAAAAEVc/ZqbV6f_9Bw8/s320/i.1.mountbatten-burma-lady-hicks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, 'Palatino Linotype', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div>your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-80099144560204605282013-08-28T08:10:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:40.576-07:00UK: Queen VictoriaAn article from the EXPRESS written by Matthew Dennison regarding his latest book!<br /><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">She applied rules to other people, her own family included, which she cheerfully broke herself.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">And if this behaviour frequently made her infuriating to her loved ones, her ministers and her servants she herself never understood the cause of their irritation.<br /><br />She was consistently inconsistent.<br /><br />Early in her marriage she complained to her favourite uncle Leopold I of Belgium that she had no desire to have a big family. She went on to have nine children.<br /><br />She deplored the immorality of the aristocracy but turned a blind eye to her own cousin marrying his mistress despite the mistress being an actress who had already given birth to four illegitimate children by three fathers.<br /><br />When her eldest son, the funloving Bertie, Prince of Wales (who later became Edward VII), embarked on a series of affairs, she criticised him roundly for his bad behaviour which she blamed on his laziness. Yet she was determined to exclude him from royal work: she refused to allow him to see state papers and denied him a key to the red boxes. It was Victoria, therefore, who forced upon him a life of aimlessness.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><i>Continue reading...</i></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><i><a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/424881/Victoria-A-very-Contrary-Queen?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-royal-news+%28Daily+Express+%3A%3A+Royal+Feed%29">http://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/424881/Victoria-A-very-Contrary-Queen?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-royal-news+%28Daily+Express+%3A%3A+Royal+Feed%29</a></i></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QSHkeU8xRQc/Uh4Sun5YqOI/AAAAAAAAEVM/gZQc2KRPxsk/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-08-28+at+8.07.28+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QSHkeU8xRQc/Uh4Sun5YqOI/AAAAAAAAEVM/gZQc2KRPxsk/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-08-28+at+8.07.28+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><i><br /></i></div>your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-48151545951818507632013-08-28T07:18:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:40.584-07:00Aristocracy: The Duchess of MedinaceliThe Telegraph has now published an Obituary for the Duchess of Medinaceli!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10262447/The-Duchess-of-Medinaceli.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10262447/The-Duchess-of-Medinaceli.html</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AnekVW91aRc/Uh4GoyOpdUI/AAAAAAAAEU8/a7pBFc_AM9U/s1600/200px-Arms_of_the_House_of_la_Cerda.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AnekVW91aRc/Uh4GoyOpdUI/AAAAAAAAEU8/a7pBFc_AM9U/s1600/200px-Arms_of_the_House_of_la_Cerda.svg.png" /></a></div><br />your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-71112165221376978382013-08-26T05:17:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:40.591-07:00UK: Baby Prince George of Cambridge<div class="thirdPar" style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;">In his first interview since his son’s birth on July 22, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-william/" style="color: #234b7b; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Prince William</a> said he and his wife were enjoying being parents but were looking forward to being able to sleep through the night again.</div></div><div class="fourthPar" style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;">He added that Prince George was “doing very well” and reminded him of himself and his brother, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-harry/" style="color: #234b7b; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Prince Harry</a>, when they were children.</div></div><div class="fifthPar" style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-george/10252256/Duke-Im-not-sure-if-rascal-Prince-George-is-more-like-me-or-my-brother.html" style="color: #234b7b; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;">"He's a little bit of a rascal, I'll put it that way,”</a> he told CNN.</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;">Continue reading...</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-george/10253341/Prince-George-photo-first-official-pictures-of-little-rascal-released-by-Kensington-Palace.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-george/10253341/Prince-George-photo-first-official-pictures-of-little-rascal-released-by-Kensington-Palace.html</a></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z27T9Wq2emg/UhtHOxQVzKI/AAAAAAAAEUs/dZDpsfGbtg8/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-08-26+at+5.15.41+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z27T9Wq2emg/UhtHOxQVzKI/AAAAAAAAEUs/dZDpsfGbtg8/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-08-26+at+5.15.41+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><br /></div></div>your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-62729070274210680462013-08-26T05:13:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:40.599-07:00UK: Love is in the Marriage Redux?<div class="firstPar" style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;">Friends claim that the couple are so close that they will eventually formalise their reunion.</div></div><div class="secondPar" style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;">“Mark my words, they will remarry,” said one friend. “It is only a matter of time.”</div></div><div class="thirdPar" style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;">Another said: “It wouldn’t surprise me at all. They are a wonderful couple together and, better still, pretty amazing parents.”</div></div><div class="fourthPar" style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;">The couple have remained close since they divorced in 1996 and both live at Royal Lodge, the former country home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, in Berkshire.</div></div><div class="fifthPar" style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;">They joined Beatrice, 25, and her sister, Princess Eugenie, 23, for the weekend at Balmoral, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/" style="color: #234b7b; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;">the Queen</a>’s Scottish retreat, earlier this month.</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><i>Continue reading...</i></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><i><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/10264693/Duke-of-York-finds-love-again...with-old-flame-the-Duchess-of-York.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/10264693/Duke-of-York-finds-love-again...with-old-flame-the-Duchess-of-York.html</a></i></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qq2SVe4SXUw/UhtGNjVaKHI/AAAAAAAAEUg/ZFWQ5TIrZkI/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-08-26+at+5.10.56+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qq2SVe4SXUw/UhtGNjVaKHI/AAAAAAAAEUg/ZFWQ5TIrZkI/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-08-26+at+5.10.56+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">©Tim Graham/Getty Images</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><br /></div></div>your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-90026561236574900332013-08-19T13:14:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:40.606-07:00Aristocracy: The Duchess of Medinaceli (1917-2013)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m4MVTFzEvdo/UhJ755VFmVI/AAAAAAAAEUQ/tAsW5RZbjV4/s1600/200px-Arms_of_the_House_of_la_Cerda.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m4MVTFzEvdo/UhJ755VFmVI/AAAAAAAAEUQ/tAsW5RZbjV4/s1600/200px-Arms_of_the_House_of_la_Cerda.svg.png" /></a></div><br /><br />Doña Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba y Fernández de Henestrosa, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli, passed away at home, Seville's historic Casa de Pilatos, yesterday, August 18.<br /><br />Her funeral took place in the Medinaceli ducal crypt, Toledo, this afternoon.<br /><br />She is survived by only one of her four children, don Ignacio Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, Duke of Segorbe, second husband of Princess Maria da Gloria d'Orléans-Braganza.<br /><br />Her eldest daughter, the Countess of Ofalia, was once married to Prince Max of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, predeceased her mother. The new Duke of Medinaceli, 19th holder of Spain's most renowned duchy, will be Prince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, the late countess' eldest son.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Eugenia_Fern%C3%A1ndez_de_C%C3%B3rdoba,_18th_Duchess_of_Medinaceli">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Eugenia_Fern%C3%A1ndez_de_C%C3%B3rdoba,_18th_Duchess_of_Medinaceli</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.vanitatis.com/noticias/2013-08-19/fallece-a-los-96-anos-la-duquesa-de-medinaceli-once-veces-grande-de-espana_18935/">http://www.vanitatis.com/noticias/2013-08-19/fallece-a-los-96-anos-la-duquesa-de-medinaceli-once-veces-grande-de-espana_18935/</a>your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-31017025916368217222013-08-12T07:07:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:40.614-07:00+Prince Johan Friso of Orange-Nassau (1968-2013)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YxeoChDoC-k/UgkTWQmBhmI/AAAAAAAAEUA/NQbIHB7WhIQ/s1600/Pays_Bas.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YxeoChDoC-k/UgkTWQmBhmI/AAAAAAAAEUA/NQbIHB7WhIQ/s1600/Pays_Bas.gif" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The state information service RVD has announced that prince Friso, in a coma since a skiing accident in February 2012, has died.</span><br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Friso died as a result of 'complications' after receiving serious brain damage in the skiing accident in Lech, Austria, in February 2012, the RVD said. He died on Monday morning at the Huis den Bosch palace, where he has been cared for since July.</span><br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The prince had been treated in the specialist Wellington hospital in London since his accident but was brought back to the Netherlands because 'no further treatment was necessary'. Since last November he was said to have shown signs of 'minimal consciousness'.</span><br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Friso, the second son of former queen Beatrix, married Mabel Wisse Smit in 2004 and the couple have two daughters.</span><br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- See more at: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/08/breaking_news_prince_friso_has.php#sthash.gqm4qV0R.dpuf</span><br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span>your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-15577066777043968192013-08-08T10:23:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:40.620-07:00Queens: A Frightful List<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitequeen/the-definitive-ranking-of-the-11-most-badass-queens-in-histo">http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitequeen/the-definitive-ranking-of-the-11-most-badass-queens-in-histo</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r230hf9sIaM/UgPT63rYZ2I/AAAAAAAAETw/peSjNvtiO-s/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-08-08+at+10.21.56+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r230hf9sIaM/UgPT63rYZ2I/AAAAAAAAETw/peSjNvtiO-s/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-08-08+at+10.21.56+AM.png" width="242" /></a></div><br />your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-15296502567113101992013-08-05T07:57:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:40.646-07:00UK: Birth Certificate of Prince George of CambridgeIt is an interesting historical document no doubt...interestingly, the Duke of Cambridge lists his wife's profession as "Princess of the United Kingdom."<br /><br />One was under the impression, by Buckingham Palace's own admission, that Catherine was HRH the Duchess of Cambridge, without the princely title?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DAMiu_94YG0/Uf-9Y-zgAeI/AAAAAAAAETg/k_cdHd9MjsY/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-08-05+at+7.54.56+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DAMiu_94YG0/Uf-9Y-zgAeI/AAAAAAAAETg/k_cdHd9MjsY/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-08-05+at+7.54.56+AM.png" width="309" /></a></div><br />your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-34823019455929799542013-08-05T07:42:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:40.654-07:00UK: Paternity Leave Exhausted, Proud Dad Returns to Work<a href="http://omg.yahoo.com/news/prince-william-heading-back-royal-air-force-paternity-140000962-us-weekly.html">http://omg.yahoo.com/news/prince-william-heading-back-royal-air-force-paternity-140000962-us-weekly.html</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j9oy4vT7kV8/Uf-5tD8pMWI/AAAAAAAAETQ/Lged2AcmYV8/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-08-05+at+7.41.03+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j9oy4vT7kV8/Uf-5tD8pMWI/AAAAAAAAETQ/Lged2AcmYV8/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-08-05+at+7.41.03+AM.png" width="242" /></a></div><br />your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-67000799756521243032013-08-02T14:48:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:40.748-07:00Ratibor und Corvey: Unique Ancestor of the Duke of Ratibor und Corvey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FzZs_PLFdx4/UfwpCQYBXmI/AAAAAAAAESw/cCc5ao8E4YY/s1600/Sophie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FzZs_PLFdx4/UfwpCQYBXmI/AAAAAAAAESw/cCc5ao8E4YY/s320/Sophie.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="p1" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I purchased this beautiful photo at an auction in Berlin two weeks ago. It was a hard fought battle, but luckily I succeeded and now this amazingly rare, signed photo is part of the Eurohistory Archive!</span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">But who is the lady in question, my readers may wonder?</span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">She is Princess Sophie von Metternich (1857-1941), eldest daughter of Fürst Richard von Metternich (the Austrian Chancellor's eldest surviving son...who was Austrian ambassador to France during the reign of Napoleon III) and of his wife, and niece, the former Countess Pauline Sándor von Szlanicza (1836-1921), one of the most famous luminaries at the court of Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie. Pauline was the daughter of Princess Leontine von Metternich (1811-1861) and of her husband Count Moritz Sándor von Szlanicza, who died in 1878.</span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Sophie, the eldest of three daughters, married Fürst Franz Albrecht zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oetingen-Spielberg (1847-1916). Sophie was the mother of three children: Franz (1879-1895), Moritz (1885-1911) and Princess Elisabeth (1886-1976), who in 1910 married Viktor III (1879-1945), Duke of Ratibor, Fürst von Corvey. </span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It was Sophie's sister, Princess Klementine who adopted Franz Albrecht, Sophie's grandson. Since the adoption, which took place in the late 1920s, Franz Albrecht and his descendants have used the last name "Metternich-Sándor."</span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Ratibor und Corvey family owned vast estates in Central Europe. These estates included the duchy of Ratibor in Upper Silesia. <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1953125px;">The title of <i>Duke of Ratibor</i> was acquired by Landgraf Victor Amadeus </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Amadeus,_Landgrave_of_Hesse-Rotenburg" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1953125px; text-decoration: none;" title="Victor Amadeus, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg">of Hesse-Rotenburg</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1953125px;"> in 1821. King </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_William_IV_of_Prussia" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1953125px; text-decoration: none;" title="Frederick William IV of Prussia">Frederick William IV of Prussia</a>, <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1953125px;">in 1840, granted it to the landgrave's nephew Prince Viktor </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_I,_Duke_of_Ratibor" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1953125px; text-decoration: none;" title="Victor I, Duke of Ratibor">of </a>Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1953125px;">, in turn for his renunciation of the Hohenlohe </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1953125px;">inheritance in favor of his younger brother Chlodwig, who later became German Imperial Chancellor during the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1953125px;">.</span> </span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From Landgraf Victor Amadeus, the last of his line, Prince Viktor of Hohenlohe-Schillngsfürst (1818-1893), who became the Duke of Ratibor and Prince of Corvey, besides Ratibor, inherited the impressive estate of Corvey in Westphalia. In Austria, the family owns one of the country's most beautiful estates, Schloß Grafenegg (</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">https://www.grafenegg.com/home/en), site of a renowned summer music festival.</span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Although the family's once vast estates in Silesia and Bohemia were lost after the end of the Second World War, there was still quite a bit left. The remaining estates inherited by Franz Albrecht, only surviving so of Princess Elisabeth and Duke Viktor III.</span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Franz Albrecht Metternich-Sándor, Duke of Ratibor, Fürst of Corvey, was born in Rauden (the duchy of Ratibor) in 1920. In 1962 he married Altgräfin Isabella zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim und Dyck (b. 1939). The ceremony took place in Dyck, Germany. Married for nearly five decades, Franz Albrecht and Isabella were the parents of five sons: Viktor (b. 1964), married to Alexandra von Wohlgemuth (by whom he has 2 sons and 2 daughters), Tassilo (b. 1965), who is married to Countess Clarissa zu Törring-Jettenbach (by whom he has 2 sons and 1 daughter – Clarissa is a granddaughter of Princess Elisabeth of Greece and thus a Romanov and Schleswig-Holstein descendant), Stephan (b. 1968), who married Kathleen Robbins (by whom he has 1 daughter), Benedikt (b. 1971), who married Anna-Christine von Oswald (by whom he has 2 sons and 1 daughter), and Philipp (b. 1976), who married Countess Assunta Calice (by whom he has 1 son). In total, the five sons have regaled their parents with twelve grandchildren, nine of them boys.</span></div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Duke Franz Albrecht passed away in June 2009. His obituary was included inside Eurohistory Issue LXXI (Volume 12.5 – October 2009).</span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">His son Viktor IV is the current Duke of Ratibor, Fürst of Corvey.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mfYKuXNsSxw/UfwpclNsuMI/AAAAAAAAETA/qSDpVntgofI/s1600/FARC1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mfYKuXNsSxw/UfwpclNsuMI/AAAAAAAAETA/qSDpVntgofI/s320/FARC1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The late Franz Albrecht, Duke of Ratibor, Fürst of Corvey.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(1920-2009)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p7yFIw9U89s/UfwpbqanZNI/AAAAAAAAES4/Q2spmGVvxJM/s1600/FARC2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p7yFIw9U89s/UfwpbqanZNI/AAAAAAAAES4/Q2spmGVvxJM/s320/FARC2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eurohistory Issue LXXI – Volume 12.5, October 2009</div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-32035167387630595912013-08-02T13:13:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:40.841-07:00UK: A New Baby, A New Country Home<div class="firstPar" style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;">The Queen is said to have paid the current tenant of Anmer Hall in Norfolk a “generous” settlement to vacate the 10-bedroomed Georgian property.</div></div><div class="secondPar" style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;">It was earmarked as the Duke and Duchess’s country retreat last year and aides have been granted planning permission for major developments to upgrade the home.</div></div><div class="thirdPar" style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;">Anmer Hall was home to the Duke and Duchess of Kent between 1972 and 1990 and had been leased until March 2017 to James Everett, who owns Norfolk Oak, a kitchen and timber company, which is run from its stables.</div></div><div class="fourthPar" style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;">A blog posting on the company’s website confirmed that he was already in the process of relocating to make way for the new royal tenants.</div></div><div class="fifthPar" style="background-color: white; color: #282828; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10px;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;">“Unlike many businesses, Norfolk Oak has the pleasure of moving from one historic place to another. Anmer Hall, which is soon to be faced with royalty once more, to historic, rustic RAF West Raynham,” it said.</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-george/10209880/Duke-and-Duchess-of-Cambridge-to-move-into-country-bolt-hole.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-george/10209880/Duke-and-Duchess-of-Cambridge-to-move-into-country-bolt-hole.html</a></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ezhSdoVfgBQ/UfwS7gVMdnI/AAAAAAAAESQ/G3UigDn7i5s/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-08-02+at+1.12.28+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ezhSdoVfgBQ/UfwS7gVMdnI/AAAAAAAAESQ/G3UigDn7i5s/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-08-02+at+1.12.28+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 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clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their son George Alexander Louis, Kensington Palace has said.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">George had been the bookmakers' favourite for the first name of the prince, who is third in line to the throne.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">He will be known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">They are currently at the duchess's family home in Bucklebury, Berkshire, after spending a night at Kensington Palace.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">The Duke and Duchess had been expected to pick a traditional royal name for their son, who was born at St Mary's Hospital in London on Monday at 16:24 BST, weighing 8lbs 6oz.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">Royal infants usually have historical names which are passed down through the generations.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">This is a relatively quick announcement of a name compared to previous royal babies.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">It was seven days before the name of a newborn Prince William was announced in 1982, and there was a wait of a month following the Prince Charles's birth in 1948.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">All births in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, regardless of parentage, must be registered within 42 days at the hospital before leaving or a register office.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23443504">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23443504</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wqjnb7OHjPE/UfARRs5z1eI/AAAAAAAAESA/s8Mq9FFd7rc/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-07-24+at+10.38.48+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wqjnb7OHjPE/UfARRs5z1eI/AAAAAAAAESA/s8Mq9FFd7rc/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-07-24+at+10.38.48+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><br /></div>your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-35328739358677299582013-07-24T09:29:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:41.160-07:00UK: Echoes of 1982<div class="introduction" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge left hospital on Tuesday evening with their new baby son, born on 22 July. The duke was born at the same hospital - the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London - some 31 years and one month almost to the day earlier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w7YfnuTige4/UfAA9R_lksI/AAAAAAAAERw/hA_sLqTIZ_I/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-07-24+at+9.28.58+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="162" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w7YfnuTige4/UfAA9R_lksI/AAAAAAAAERw/hA_sLqTIZ_I/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-07-24+at+9.28.58+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23421944">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23421944</a></div>your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-8047118360595117832013-07-24T09:21:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:41.251-07:00UK: Her Majesty Visits a Future King<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D2b04pLXrcI/Ue65a5YjOFI/AAAAAAAAEPk/cilbytR9rSQ/s1600/Grande_Bretagne.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D2b04pLXrcI/Ue65a5YjOFI/AAAAAAAAEPk/cilbytR9rSQ/s1600/Grande_Bretagne.gif" /></a></div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><br /></div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">The Queen has paid a half-hour visit to Kensington Palace to meet her new great-grandson, the son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">The new parents left St Mary's Hospital in west London on Tuesday evening, where the duke said they were yet to name the third in line to the throne.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">They spent the night at the palace and they have now gone to Catherine's family in Bucklebury, Berkshire.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">Other visitors to the palace included Prince Harry and Pippa Middleton.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">After a morning of visitors, the duke and duchess were seen leaving Kensington Palace with their newborn at 13:00 BST.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">The BBC's royal correspondent Luisa Baldini said there had been wide speculation that the couple would head to the maternal grandparents' home but it was not known how long they would stay.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">Catherine is very close to her parents, Carole and Michael, and Prince William has previously said how comfortable he feels around them, she said.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">"The house is large and private enough for the duke and duchess to bond with their newborn son," she added.</div><span class="cross-head" style="background-color: white; color: #505050; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.231em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">'Very special'</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">The Queen visited without her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, as he continues to recover from abdominal surgery.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">She made the short journey from Buckingham Palace in a dark green Bentley.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;">Continue reading...</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23435074">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23435074</a></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 1.077em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><br /></div>your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-17475693408500196872013-07-23T23:56:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:20:23.750-07:00[LEAKED] Kate and Will Arguing Over Royal Baby's Name LEAKED -- Find out what it is here!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Click on any two advertisements posted on this blog to reveal a hidden blog with the royal baby's name. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It will appear alongside a<b> leaked cell phone video-recording of Kate disagreeing with William on his choice for the boy's name</b>, only to follow with <i>an eventual concession from the Duchess</i>. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hint: the name starts with H.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here is a teaser screenshot of the video to wet your appetite:</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C-Cw19X50nU/Ue96K-3Rv0I/AAAAAAAAAJs/NmjeSgCzS5M/s1600/kate-and-william-arguing-over-royal-baby-name.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="194" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C-Cw19X50nU/Ue96K-3Rv0I/AAAAAAAAAJs/NmjeSgCzS5M/s320/kate-and-william-arguing-over-royal-baby-name.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just click on any two ads to find out now!</span></div></div>your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-60310040158988486512013-07-23T22:20:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:20:23.762-07:00Royal baby: Put yourself there as Prince William and Kate Middleton show off their little Prince <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="story-intro" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/yCkrhXdmRRM?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left;"><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></strong></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left;"><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box;">IT was the moment the world had waited for as Prince William and his wife Kate emerged from St Mary's hospital to show off their son and the future king - and now you can experience the moment as if you were there.</strong></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Barely a day old, the son of Prince William and wife Kate was shown to the world from the steps of St Mary's hospital in London about 7.15pm local time (4.15am AEST).</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">With the cheers of wellwishers ringing in their ears, the royal couple could not contain their joy as they broke from protocol and walked out of the Lindo Wing to face the world's media and chat about their new addition.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">With our special 360-degree panorama and video (above) we put you front and centre at the historic moment. It's easy to use: Just click on four arrows to expand then use your arrow keys – or finger if on a mobile – to guide it around.</span></div></div>your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-26488809706671594222013-07-23T22:10:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:20:23.773-07:00The new royal baby meets the world...and even manages a wave!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><section class="photo main_photo" style="float: none; margin-bottom: 20px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><div style="overflow: hidden;"><span class="caption" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://cdn.images.dailystar-uk.co.uk/img/static/caption-bl.png); background-position: 0px 0px; bottom: 0px; display: inline-block; left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 9px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The royal couple beam as they depart the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital with their new son</span></span></div></section><section class="text-description" style="margin: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><div class="storycopy" style="margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And he joked: “He’s got her looks, thankfully, and way more hair than me.</span></div><div class="storycopy" style="margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“He’s got a good pair of lungs on him, that’s for sure!”</span></div><div class="storycopy" style="margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The elated new dad held on to his son as he admitted he and Princess Kate had still not chosen a name for the third in line to the throne.</span></div><div class="storycopy" style="margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And Prince Wills, 31, proved he will be a great dad, as Kate said: “He’s done his first nappy already.”</span></div><div class="storycopy" style="margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">William said: “He’s a big boy, he’s quite heavy. We are still working on a name, so we will have that as soon as we can.</span></div><div class="storycopy" style="margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“It’s the first time we have seen him really, so we are having a proper chance to catch up.”</span></div><div class="storycopy" style="margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Wills and Kate, both 31, greeted well-wishers outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, as applause erupted.</span></div><div class="storycopy" style="margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Duchess Of Cambridge, still showing a bump under her blue summer dress, said she was overwhelmed at becoming a mum.</span></div><div class="storycopy" style="margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She looked a little tearful as she said: “It’s very emotional, it’s such a special time. I think any parent will know what this feeling is like.”</span></div><div class="storycopy" style="margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Her husband agreed, adding: “It’s very special.</span></div><div class="storycopy" style="margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I’ll remind him of his tardiness when he’s a bit older.</span></div><div class="storycopy" style="margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I know how long you’ve all been standing here so hopefully the hospital and you guys can all go back to normal now and we can go and look after him.”</span></div><div class="storycopy" style="margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Kate appeared at 7.14pm, carrying the baby in a white blanket.</span></div><div class="storycopy" style="margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As she clutched the 8lb 6oz boy, the first Prince Of Cambridge to be born for more than 190 years, his hand appeared over the top of the cover, making it look as if he was waving to the crowds.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></section><section class="photo" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); 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border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; float: left; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 900; height: 16px; margin: 2px 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LONDON</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It's a boy for Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge. </span></div><div><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The birth was announced via a formal press release issued by Kensington Palace, which stated that the duchess "was safely delivered of a son" at 4:24 p.m., local time, weighing 8 lbs., 6 oz. </span></div><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The royal baby is third in line to the English throne, after Prince Charles and Prince William, and would have gained this line of succession regardless of gender.</b></div><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div>What's more, <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">still-serving monarch Queen Elizabeth gains yet another royal accolade unique to her age by witnessing the birth of her great-grandchild in direct succession to the throne she occupies. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Queen Victoria, seen below, was the last monarch to do so circa 120 years ago. </span><img height="320" src="webkit-fake-url://F1C658F7-76CE-4990-9853-33E39A8B5BCD/imagejpeg" width="272" /><br /><br /></div><div><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>A true sign of the times: Bookmakers across the globe are taking bets on the royal baby's name. </b></span></div><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><ul class="arrows gray" style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></ul></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">One such entity, <a href="http://www.paddypowder.com/" target="_blank">Paddy Power</a>, listed the female name Alexandra as the initial favorite (although this was prior to the baby's birth) with 3 to 1 odds. </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.ladbrokes.com/" target="_blank">Ladbrokes</a> also has George as the top boy name, giving it 10 to 1 odds, with Alexander listed second at </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">20 to 1, Richard and Louis tied for third at 25 to 1 and Charles, Edward and David locked into a </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">three-way tie at 33 to 1.</span><br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Duke, 31, also revealed they had not yet decided what to call their son, saying: "We are still working on a name so we will have that as soon as we can."</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span><br /><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He added: "It's the first time we have seen him really so we are having a proper chance to catch up."</span></div><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Stay tuned for more news on the royal baby and the release of its name.</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.newsroyalbaby.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">SitemapMaker</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QvBZfjLp9-A/Ue7IuTE-kvI/AAAAAAAAERQ/4BcpAyHYExQ/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-07-23+at+11.16.00+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zBTwU8Iqol0/Ue7IumU-EKI/AAAAAAAAERU/SOith47qmU0/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-07-23+at+11.16.15+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zBTwU8Iqol0/Ue7IumU-EKI/AAAAAAAAERU/SOith47qmU0/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-07-23+at+11.16.15+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-30324429220174274122013-07-23T10:25:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:41.438-07:00UK: Royal Birth – Images from LondonHere are some images from the Royal Birth!<br /><br />Enjoy...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PmoImdvjJv8/Ue68AiNpgYI/AAAAAAAAEP4/3li7mH__V9I/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-07-23+at+10.17.50+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PmoImdvjJv8/Ue68AiNpgYI/AAAAAAAAEP4/3li7mH__V9I/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-07-23+at+10.17.50+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Prince of Wales and their Duchess of Cornwall visit their grandson. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RqtJJYdh1Dw/Ue68AavspWI/AAAAAAAAEPw/5tZy8ZdLrcQ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-07-23+at+10.21.37+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RqtJJYdh1Dw/Ue68AavspWI/AAAAAAAAEPw/5tZy8ZdLrcQ/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-07-23+at+10.21.37+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Official birth announcement outside Buckingham Palace.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DXj4N-ag8lg/Ue68BSU6rtI/AAAAAAAAEQE/dMiKhtHund0/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-07-23+at+10.21.51+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DXj4N-ag8lg/Ue68BSU6rtI/AAAAAAAAEQE/dMiKhtHund0/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-07-23+at+10.21.51+AM.png" width="228" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Town Crier makes an announcement.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bjtDtLjG-Ew/Ue68As40e3I/AAAAAAAAEQA/QV6eO_3GuYs/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-07-23+at+10.17.11+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bjtDtLjG-Ew/Ue68As40e3I/AAAAAAAAEQA/QV6eO_3GuYs/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-07-23+at+10.17.11+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Duchess of Cambridge's parents visit their daughter, son-in-law and first grandson.</div><br />your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-613637966575357592013-07-23T10:13:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:41.530-07:00UK: Royal Baby Card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D2b04pLXrcI/Ue65a5YjOFI/AAAAAAAAEPg/SxvXeASLpXQ/s1600/Grande_Bretagne.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D2b04pLXrcI/Ue65a5YjOFI/AAAAAAAAEPg/SxvXeASLpXQ/s1600/Grande_Bretagne.gif" /></a></div><br /><br />Clarence House has set up an online baby card for us all to sign, wishing Baby Cambridge the best of luck!<br /><br /><a href="https://royalbabycard.withgoogle.com/">https://royalbabycard.withgoogle.com/</a>your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2130370199654626480.post-5650034436553263722013-07-22T14:04:00.000-07:002013-09-08T22:13:41.619-07:00UK: More Royal Birth News<div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth Monday to her first child, an 8-pound, 6-ounce boy at 4:24 p.m. local time (11:24 a.m. ET).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">The palace revealed the news via press release at 8 p.m. local time following a hospital stay that lasted more than 14 hours at London's St. Mary’s Hospital, the same facility where Princes William and Harry were born.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div class="art small right" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; float: right; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 5px 0px 15px 15px; width: 320px;"><img alt="The official announcement, placed on an easel outside Buckingham Palace." src="http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/streams/2013/July/130722/6C8352780-tdy-130722-baby-easel-4p.blocks_desktop_small.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%;" /><br /><div class="credit" style="color: #666666; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1.25em; position: relative; text-align: right;">NBC News</div><div class="caption" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.25em; margin-top: 5px; position: relative;">The official announcement, placed on an easel outside Buckingham Palace.</div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">The baby's birth was to be announced to the world in a formal declaration placed in front of Buckingham Palace on an easel, the same one used to announce Prince William’s birth 31 years ago. But the palace released the news to the media first; the formal notice was posted a few minutes later.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">"Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well and will remain in hospital overnight," the statement read.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">"We could not be happier," new dad Prince William said via his spokesman.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">The name of the baby, the palace said, will be announced "in due course." Prince William's parents, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, <a href="http://www.today.com/news/duchess-kate-prince-william-could-keep-public-waiting-babys-name-6C10552036" style="color: #d95c2b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">took a week to announce his name</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">The infant will be third in line to the British throne, after his father and grandfather, Prince Charles. He is the first grandchild for both Prince Charles and the Middleton family. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">“Both my wife and I are overjoyed at the arrival of my first grandchild," said Prince Charles in a statement. "It is an incredibly special moment for William and Catherine and we are so thrilled for them on the birth of their baby boy. Grandparenthood is a unique moment in anyone’s life, as countless kind people have told me in recent months, so I am enormously proud and happy to be a grandfather for the first time and we are eagerly looking forward to seeing the baby in the near future."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;">Continue reading...</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://www.today.com/news/its-prince-royal-baby-finally-arrives-1C9846018">http://www.today.com/news/its-prince-royal-baby-finally-arrives-1C9846018</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QThV4IQ-cUo/Ue2eMNhzqVI/AAAAAAAAEPM/On_65jUGgKs/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-07-22+at+2.02.01+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QThV4IQ-cUo/Ue2eMNhzqVI/AAAAAAAAEPM/On_65jUGgKs/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-07-22+at+2.02.01+PM.png" width="320" /></a>©Getty</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div>your home dreamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672049412803621807noreply@blogger.com0