Do you know my sister, Marie? She was barely 12 when I was whisked away from my family to become Empress, but over the years following, we grew quite close. In fact, I named my favorite child after her. They called her the Queen of Two Sicilies, which has such a romantic sound, does it [...]
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the heroine of gaeta
Posted in History, Kings & Queens, politics, royal wedding, tagged heroine of gaeta, king francis II of naples, marie of bavaria, marie of two sicilies, queen of two sicilies, sisi's sister marie on April 4, 1848 | Leave a Comment »
hats off to the princess
Posted in fashion, Kings & Queens, royal wedding, tagged philip treacy, princess bea, Sisi, the royal wedding on May 19, 1848 | 2 Comments »
A bit ago, I posted about the Royal Snubbing of Fergie, whilst musing on the possibility of Philip Treacy hats amongst the Royal Wedding retinue. My, my, am I prescient or what? Not to toot my own horn, but I knew that where there’s a royal affair, there’s the pressure to set a trend. Not [...]
sibling rivalry never goes out of style.
Posted in royal wedding, the Archduchess, tagged kate and pippa, sisi and nene on May 13, 1848 | Leave a Comment »
Sisters. Can’t love with them, can’t love without them. It has more than come to light that at the latest royal wedding, all eyes were not on Kate. Some were on her younger sister, Pippa. Many, in fact, were on her younger sister. Including those of the spare heir, the paparazzi, and her increasingly anxious [...]
wedding kitsch
Posted in royal wedding on April 29, 1848 | Leave a Comment »
Well friends, this is my last homage to trw, as I think it’s time to return to all things Vienna. And the Habsburgs. And, well, me! Below you can feast your eyes on a very small sampling of the interminable swag available via www.buythisnow.com. Okay, don’t click on that link. I made it up.
without a hitch.
Posted in royal wedding on April 29, 1848 | Leave a Comment »
Ah. Love. Enjoy.
william & harry
Posted in royal wedding on April 28, 1848 | 1 Comment »
The groom and the best man. Diana’s boys. Oh how proud she would be, don’t you think? And wouldn’t she have been just a fabulous mother-in-law? I’m getting the embroidered hankie out now, for I fear tears will overtake me on short order. William. The typical heir: well-behaved, appropriate in the ways that a Prince [...]
TRW 2011: rehearsal day
Posted in royal wedding on April 28, 1848 | Leave a Comment »
The final countdown for the wedding of the 21st century (though, admittedly, the century is quite young) is upon us! Who among us will not be glued to a screen? Long about now, Miss Kate is practicing her “I do’s,” or, if her wedding will be anything like my own, she’s practicing not fainting, weeping, [...]
fergie, under cover of headgear?
Posted in royal wedding on February 23, 1848 | 2 Comments »
Poor Fergie, the black sheep Duchess of York. Not only is she frequently maligned by the tabloids, she is continually shunned by the Royal Family at large. While her daughters received one of the coveted invitations to the nuptials of the 21st century on April 29, the red-haired perpetual persona non grata did not. All [...]
a moment of catiness. meow.
Posted in Beauty, Food, royal wedding on January 30, 1848 | Leave a Comment »
Kate, Kate, Kate. Okay, she’s a “style icon,” I buy that. And for a Brit her teeth are fantastic! And she’s obviously a regular at the brow bar. But. Does she have a twenty inch waist? I think not. Much has been made of my obsession with my figure. They called me obsessive. Vain. At [...]
my thoughts on the duchess’s skiing ban
Posted in horses, Kings & Queens, royal wedding on January 5, 1848 | Leave a Comment »
I am perturbed to hear that Sarah Ferguson has put the kybosh on her girls’ annual skiing holiday lest they get bumped or bruised before the upcoming nuptials of their cousin, William. Friends, this strikes a deep cord and opens many wounds for yours truly. I can’t tell you the number of fun activities I [...]
