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Queen Liz held her own private pre-wedding Royal bashment today  at  London’s Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Hotel for British and foreign royalty ONLY. Some royalty spotted at the gala event included,  Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex; Prince Felipe, Princess Letizia, Queen Sofia of Spain; Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg; Queen Margrethe of Denmark; Prince Nikolaos of Greece and wife Tatiana Blatnik; Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Oglivy, Prince...Read Full Story

Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna, a senior member of the Romanov dynasty and widow of the claimant to the Russian throne, was Thursday buried next to her husband in Saint Petersburg.Leonida was laid to rest in the Romanov family tomb in the Peter and Paul cathedral in the fortress of the same name where the remains of the Romanov Tsars, including the last Tsar Nicholas II, are interred.More than 200 people attended the funeral of Leonida, whose coffin was draped with the flag of modern Russia...Read Full Story

Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna, one of the leading members of the Romanov dynasty ousted from the Russian throne by the Bolsheviks, has died in Spain, a spokesman said Monday. She was 95.Leonida, known to some of her supporters as the Dowager Empress of Russia, was the widow of Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich, who until his death in 1992 was the head of the Romanov dynasty and pretender to the Russian throne.She was also the mother of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, the current head of...Read Full Story

HRH The Duchess of Cambridge took a step back in time yesterday as she made an official visit to the private prep school she attended as a child. During her visit to St Andrew’s School she managed to play hockey with some of the 12-year-old children, navigating the pitch in her three-inch heels and blue tartan Alexander McQueen coat. Catherine delivered short remarks before officially opening the new Jubilee field saying:Read Full Story

HRH The Duchess of Cambridge took a step back in time yesterday as she made an official visit to the private prep school she attended as a child. During her visit to St Andrew’s School she managed to play hockey with some of the 12-year-old children, navigating the pitch in her three-inch heels and blue tartan Alexander McQueen coat. Catherine delivered short remarks before officially opening the new Jubilee field saying:Read Full Story