His pet name for her was Cabbage (so much more elegant in French: mon petit chou!). I had so much fun writing the love story of Philip and Lilibet: IN ROYSAL SERVICE TO THE QUEEN releases June 29, 2021The epic, unlikely love story between Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
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Philip was 18 years old and Elizabeth was 13 they first time they remember laying eyes on each other. Neither knew she was a future queen.
HRH The Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh died at Windsor Castle, he was 99.Reading the NYTs announcement I realized that the world would rather talk about the man's tactlessness, his apparent lack of sensitivity and, well, his overwhelming arrogance. It also reminded me that the British royal family are a complete enigma even to their own culture, and that this eccentric character belonged to another age and another time.
Best to try and remember Philip for his work in the many causes, trusts and charities including the conservation and preservation of wildlife. And that he was the affectionate, curious and forward-thinking young man who captured the heart of the the Crown Princess Elizabeth, in the days before royal precedence, rigid formality, Buckingham Palace courtiers and all the hoopla of monarchy got its hands on him.
For all my fellow authors who write historical novels here is an absolute must-read published by the #victoriaandalbertmuseum! Superbly illustrated with detailed information about how we have contorted ourselves to be fashionable, throughout the ages, here is the ultimate book on knickers, bras, girdles and corsets!www.amazon.com/Underwear-Fashion-Detail-Eleri-Lynn/dp/1851776168/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=V%2...
Join me on Tuesday April 6 at 7:00PM when I chat with Anna Lee Huber at Murder by the Book, about her latest installment: A WICKED CONCEIT in her wonderful Lady Darby mystery series!www.murderbooks.com/huber-arlen
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Anna Lee Huber is the Daphne award-winning author of the national bestselling Lady Darby Mysteries and the Verity Kent Mysteries. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she majored in music and minored in psychology. She currently resides in Indiana ...
And it's off to Berkley Publishing for my historical novel: A DRESS OF VIOLET TAFFETA (June 2022) of Lucy Duff Gorden who as couturier Lucile opened fashion houses in London, New York, Chicago and Paris when women were expected to stay at home and drink tea. For three decades this marvelously creative woman held fashionable society spellbound with her exquisite dresses, her line of intimate lingerie and survived the sinking of RMS Titanic!
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Sir Thomas Beecham and the Importance of Starting, and Finishing, Together
April 29, 1879 – March 8, 1961 There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn’t give a damn what goes on in between. —Sir Thomas Beecham Beecham’s grandfather, also Thomas Beecham, … Continue reading
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Maud, Lady Cunard and the Wounding Repartee
‘Let me introduce you to the man who killed Rasputin,’ Maud Cunard said to guests attending her large dinner party for the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich. Pavlovich and his friend Prince Felix Yasupov were indeed the men who had … Continue reading
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Daisy Brook and the Imprudent Letter
Daisy Brook, who later became Daisy Greville, the Countess of Warwick, was one of the early Edwardian era’s great beauties and the center of it’s many scandals. She featured in DEATH OF A DISHONORABLE GENTLEMAN as an example of imprudence … Continue reading
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The Goddess of the Hunt and Riding Aside
Fox-hunting – the great pastime of the English countryman, conjures up vivid images. But women riders – sitting beautifully upright on their great glossy horses, flowing habits cascading, top hats fixed firmly over neatly coiled and netted hair, veils secured … Continue reading
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Drinking Tea and the Rules of Engagement
The hedonistic age of Edwardian Britain for the idle rich and leisured classes abounded with every possible pastime, as it was out of the question to be of society and to work for a living. For men these interests varied from traditional roles … Continue reading
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The Redoubtable Edwardian and the Institution of Marriage
Yes, of course Edwardians married for love, but the upper-classes usually fell in love among their own kind, shoring up their country estates from time to time with alliances to an American fortune or with the daughter of a wealthy … Continue reading
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Elinor Glyn and the Tiger Skin
Elinor Glyn was a best-selling romance novelist whose fame peaked in the early 1900s. She wrote what were heavily criticized as novels of ‘questionable quality and taste’ at a time when Victoria’s rigid rules for fidelity were still strongly upheld by … Continue reading
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Gladys, Marchioness of Ripon and a Night at the Opera
Constance Gladys, Marchioness of Ripon was six feet tall and considered to be a stunner; she was so beautiful that even the most glamorous in her company looked like they needed ‘a touch of the sponge and the duster,’ according … Continue reading
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Lucile, Lady Duff-Gordon and the Dress of Emotion
Lucile, Lady Duff-Gordon is possibly more infamously known for the scandal surrounding her escape from the Titanic in an almost empty lifeboat with her secretary and her husband Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon. Continue reading
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