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Rediscovering Britain’s Beloved Princess Mary Pt. II- Balancing Marriage, Motherhood, Royal Duties and Being a Devoted Sister... Even During…
Welcome to Mostly British History, the place where each week you will find the past coming to life through the often forgotten stories of (Mostly…
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Where The Name Mountbatten ACTUALLY Came From.....Plus an exciting announcement!
You may know that Prince Philip's family anglicized their name during the First World War...But where did they get their name to begin with?
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Pamela Jackson, The Mitford Who Meant The Most?
Pam was not the sister who made headlines, but she certainly was the eye in the hurricane that was the Mitfords. Discovering who she was in her words…
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13 Glimpses of Sunny Marlborough, "The Churchill Who Saved Blenheim"
Who was the 9th Duke of Marlborough, and was he really the kind of man who history has made him out to be?
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Rethinking History: Was The Duke of Marlborough Really the Villain in Consuelo Vanderbilt's Story?
The story of American Heiresses and their mothers who demanded their daughters trade dowries for aristocratic titles is illustrated most famously by…
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Victorian Scandal: The Aylesford Affair
Why Winston Churchill's father blackmailed the Prince of Wales...
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Hidden in History: Winston Churchill's Aunt Leonie, Her Royal Romance...And His Wife?
How Leonie, Lady Leslie (née Jerome) lit up the Edwardian Era and changed the marriage of Queen Victoria's favorite son .
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Sydney, Baroness Redesdale: 21 Glimpses of the Woman Who Raised The Mitfords
21 facts about the woman immortalized as Muv.
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In Love With A Prince- Thelma, Viscountess Furness and The Prince of Wales
Diving into the story that the woman before Wallis Simpson, Thelma, Viscountess Furness, tells about her relationship with Edward, Prince of Wales from…
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The Illegitimate Children of Charles II Pt. 2
An introduction to the lives of the children Charles II had with the infamous Barbara Villiers..
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Illegitimate Children of Charles II pt. 1
Charles II had 14 Illegitimate Children....let's meet them!
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Evelyn Devonshire, an Interfering Duchess
...the world can always use a few feisty and interfering old grannies!
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