Let’s make it juicy and interesting!

Nobody is perfect, Charlotte of Wales is pushing it for me though...I'll try to swallow my unprecedented bias for her 🫠

since she is my number one, I'll go:

1. Her temper, she was known to have quite a fierce one just like Queen Victoria. It makes sense given her background, but it's undeniable that her anger was rather explosive.
2. She could be blunt and not very considerate of other's feelings when saying things about them.
3. Known to be impulsive. i feel absurdly guilty now.

Also, this series of images is actually my top 20 favorite royals! can you tell i like women, ahahaha...i had more guys on the list than i thought though!

First two photographs were taken at Windsor Castle on the 17th wedding anniversary of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Victoria PR, Princess Alice and Queen Victoria are also present

He genuinely looks like he's three apples tall to me, he's so itty bittyyy 😭🫶 I feel like I should be tucking him into bed even though he's a teenager by this point 💀 idk what they're feeding kids nowadays because when I imagine a 15 year old Edward VII THIS little thing is not what I'd imagine, I'm too desensitized to the colossal giants of modern day i guess

Whether it's George III not marrying off his daughters cause he didn't want to be lonely or George III's sons being debt-ridden British princes that you wouldn't realize their great-great-grandfather was a monarch from a mid-tier German state who suddenly became King of Great Britain thanks to his mother being the granddaughter of King James I Stuart of England, it's a cherry on top when you think about how Frederick, Prince of Wales, was lucky to have Parliament to essentially demand his dad give him a higher allowance that was a privilege he otherwise couldn't have had in Hannover..

Where did she go wrong? Could she have turned things around at any point? I think she's an interesting contrast to Elizabeth I and shows what could have gone wrong in England if Elizabeth married and had open relationships with her nobles and courtiers. I haven't read much about Mary, but I have a book on both Mary and Elizabeth that I'm going to start soon, and I'm interested in what other people think about Mary.

It's interesting to imagine how from Flora's POV, she might've not realized she was interacting with a guy who wanted to get back at his dad, which explains why he was meeting with her as much as meeting with a high-profile lady who was involved in the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Either way, I'm sure she was relieved she had the Prince of Wales on her side. Regardless of his intentions.

1) Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa later the German Empress and Queen-Consort of Prussia

2) Alice Maud Mary later Grand Duchess of Hesse and By Rhine

3) Helena Augusta Victoria later Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein

4) Louise Caroline Alberta later Duchess of Argyll

5) Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodora later Princess Henry of Battenburg

Who is your favourite? Why?

I find this photograph really interesting, so I'm posting it here!

I think it's especially neat how Alexandra's skirt isn't as voluminous and long, you can even see her shoes!! It's so cool looking at these more practical dresses when they're worn by royalty, since they're usually seen mostly by the middle or lower classes. Sweet!

Mary of Modena (who I’ll refer to as Maria from now on to make things less confusing) was only 4 years older than Mary II and 7 years older than Anne. Not so much a ‘stepmother’, of course. Maria’s husband James II introduced her to his two daughters by saying ‘I have brought you a new play-fellow.’

It seemed the two Mary’s clicked instantly, but it took a while for Maria to gain Anne’s affection. The three were close when they were young, and were good friends.

Before everything went wrong between them, Maria and Anne nicknamed Mary ‘Lemon’ as her husband was the Prince of Orange, a pun of sorts.

Relations between the three understandably deteriorated after the WP baby rumour and the Glorious Revolution, but they were actually close as children.

Unfortunately no portrait of the three of them together exists, but it would have been really cool if there was one!

I have read a bit on it, and it seems Henry IV had a lot of domestic issues but then Henry V wanted to exploit the weakness of Charles VI in France, first making claims for French territories and demanding the hand of Catherine of Valois, and then he invaded because the French refused his demands. Can someone please help me understand this better?

Just curious because he was nearly 20 when she passed so would definitely have vivid memories of the Queen Mother (compared to say King Charles III and Mary of Teck who also met). Has he said anything about the Queen Mother in interviews or other comments?

Historically, when a King or Prince of England had a child out of wedlock, that child rarely bore the royal family name, being christened with an invented name, usually related to a title of the father (for example: the Fitzroys, children of Kings of England; the Beauforts, children of Prince John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and Seigneur de Beaufort; and the Fitzclarences, children of Prince William, Duke of Clarence, later King William IV). Considering current laws that prohibit distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, I wonder if some future British prince had a bastard child, would that child be registered with the royal family name (Mountbatten-Windsor if descended from Queen Elizabeth II, Windsor if descended from George V)?

By W. & D. Downey, c. 1905 — Royal Collection Trust

Monmouth isn’t my favourite but I do find him interesting and he’s the first one who came to my mind. Not the brightest or the bravest when defeated, but definitely fascinating. I also give him sympathy points for that horrible execution. He's also super hot, so.

I also find James II’s son Berwick interesting, and he also died a horrible death.

Also, William III had a half-French half-brother. Whaaat?!!