Princess Palace

To be a princess--spoiled and adored! Few real princesses have enjoyed such a life. The real princesses have been lost in our love of fairytales. Princess Palace explores their lives and loves, adventures and tragedies. Let’s celebrate and commiserate with these most (un?)fortunate of women.

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20 September 2026

The Last Hessian Princess

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via Wikimedia Commons A golden-haired princess arrived at Wolfsgarten on September 20, 1936 at a peak moment of joy for her family. The Here...
12 September 2026

Alt for Norge: The Life of Princess Astrid

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Screenshot from @ detnorskekongehus  on Instagram An elderly lady sits in a wheelchair silhouetted in the shadows of the palace looking out ...
30 August 2026

A New Kind of Queen for Norway

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Photo from Norwegian Royal Household With the death of King Harald II of Norway in 2026, his wife Queen Sonja made history. She became the f...
26 August 2026

A Steady Princess in the Heart of Tempests

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Edition Moos, Karlsruhe Nr. 3640 via Wikimedia Commons Theodora's life had always been unstable, riddled with upheavals and tragedies. S...
17 August 2026

A Matriarch without Descendants

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By William Beechey via Wikimedia Commons If fate had been kinder to her, Queen Adelaide might be the 19th Century royal matriarch we remembe...
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Cheryl has a wide range of interests from science to history to the arts, but her overriding preoccupation is with royalty. She has been studying the history of royal Europe since 1981. She frequently lectures on royal topics, seeking always to convey history as vibrant and meaningful. As she says, "These people's lives were not boring when they were living them!"
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