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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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06 December 2025

Surrounded by Tragedies: A Lesser-Known Victoria

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The Hesse sisters: (from left) Irene, Victoria, Elizabeth and Alix By Carl Backofen via Wikimedia Commons When the Bolsheviks wreaked their ...
14 September 2025

The Princess of Downton Abbey

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The popular Downton Abbey  series of period television shows and movies has been known to feature royals throughout its run. The first film,...
06 September 2025

Farewell Katharine Kent: The Princess from Yorkshire

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Katharine Duchess of Kent from the Queensland State Archives via Wikimedia Commons Six centuries had passed since a royal wedding was held a...
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16 February 2025

Queens of Britain Series: Queen Anne

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By Michael Dahl via Wikimedia Commons The second daughter of a second son. It had happened before when Queen Elizabeth became the last of Tu...
03 January 2025

Top Posts of 2024

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Thank you to everyone who has read the Princess Palace blog. I really appreciate your interest and support! To celebrate your continued read...
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Cheryl Ciucevich
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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