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The Iffy-Wiff Club: Duke and Duchess of Sussex / Re: The Iffy-Wiff Club: The Su...

Last post by PrincessOfPeace - Today at 06:35:24 PM

The former royal aide dubbed 'Samantha the Panther' who worked as Harry and Meghan's private secretary has claimed that her replacement quit during the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's trip to Africa.

Samantha Cohen served as Queen Elizabeth's press secretary for 17 years and then as her assistant and private secretary.

She stepped away from working for the Royal household in 2019 after a stint as the private secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex - a job she took on at the request of the Queen.

Ms Cohen resigned after being 'treated harshly' and likening the job to 'working with teenagers', according to historian Valentine Low in his book Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Crown.

In an interview with Australian outlet the Herald Sun, she claimed that she stayed in her role three times as long as she had originally planned because officials struggled to find a replacement for her.

When a new private secretary was found, they quit during Harry and Meghan's tour of Africa in 2019, Ms Cohen claimed.

She said: 'I was only supposed to stay for six months but stayed for 18 – we couldn't find a replacement for me and when we did we took them on tour to Africa with Harry and Meghan to show them the ropes but they left as well while in Africa.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13313579/Samantha-Cohen-Harry-Meghan-Africa-tour.html

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Denmark / Re: Danish Monarchy Current Ev...

Last post by PrincessOfPeace - Today at 06:29:35 PM

Queen Mary and King Frederik of Denmark join Queen Margrethe to celebrate her 84th birthday -

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13314141/queen-mary-king-frederik-pose-fredensborg-castle-margrethes-birthday-rumours.html

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The Netherlands / Re: The Princess of Orange Dis...

Last post by PrincessOfPeace - Today at 06:15:47 PM

Crown Princess Amalia lived and studied in Madrid for more than a year because of her security situation. Sources report this to the NOS. She now lives in Amsterdam.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2517023-amalia-woonde-en-studeerde-door-dreiging-ruim-een-jaar-in-madrid

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Luxembourg / Re: The Hereditary Grand Duke ...

Last post by PrincessOfPeace - Today at 11:30:35 AM

HRH the Hereditary Grand Duchess received in audience Charel Schmit, Ombudsman fir Kanner a Jugendlecher (OkaJu), the independent institution responsible for the application of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

https://monarchie.lu/fr/actualites/audience-pour-m-charel-schmit-ombudsman-fir-kanner-jugendlecher-okaju

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Denmark / Re: Danish Monarchy Current Ev...

Last post by PrincessOfPeace - Today at 11:07:11 AM

King Frederik released a message today following the destructive fire at Denmark's historic old stock exchange building in the centre of Copenhagen:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C50Tpk2AJ-q/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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Denmark / Re: Denmark-Birthdays and othe...

Last post by PrincessOfPeace - Today at 11:02:27 AM

Happy 84th birthday to Queen Margrethe.

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The Iffy-Wiff Club: Duke and Duchess of Sussex / Re: The Iffy-Wiff Club: Prince...

Last post by PrincessOfPeace - Today at 08:07:57 AM

Meghan Markle unveils first product from new lifestyle collection American Riviera Orchard with 50 influencers sent her strawberry jam - including fashion designer Tracy Robbins and Argentine socialite Delfina Balquier

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13313341/Meghan-Markle-American-Riviera-Orchard-product-jam-Prince-Harry.html

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Team Sussex: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex / Re: Team Sussex: Archewell Fou...

Last post by PrincessOfPeace - Today at 08:06:29 AM

Meghan Markle unveils first product from new lifestyle collection American Riviera Orchard with 50 influencers sent her strawberry jam - including fashion designer Tracy Robbins and Argentine socialite Delfina Balquier

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13313341/Meghan-Markle-American-Riviera-Orchard-product-jam-Prince-Harry.html

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The Iffy-Wiff Club: Duke and Duchess of Sussex / Re: The Iffy-Wiff Club: The Su...

Last post by PrincessOfPeace - Today at 06:16:49 AM

Prince Harry faces £1m bill after he 'comprehensively' lost his High Court battle with the Home Office for downgrading his police protection when he and Meghan quit royal life -

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13311299/Prince-Harry-faces-1m-bill-comprehensively-lost-High-Court-battle-Home-Office-downgrading-police-protection-Meghan-quit-royal-life.html

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Royalty & Aristocracy Throughout History / Re: UK-Historic and contempor...

Last post by Curryong - April 15, 2024, 10:06:46 PM

Why the royals are no fans of Buckingham Palace... and what it's really like to live there - as revealed by HUGO VICKERS:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-13296929/British-Monarchy-Royal-Family-Buckingham-Palace-little-better-draughty-Edwardian-hotel-says-HUGO-VICKERS.html

BP was disliked by the Royals long before any resemblance with draughty Edwardian hotels have been made. (And actually I have stayed in several hotels of that era that have been cosy and comfortable.) Kings George IV and William IV never really lived there, though inevitably George IV wanted the architecture changed.

The young Queen Victoria and Albert loathed the place. The rooms were small and inconvenient and there weren't enough connecting passageways. It would have been cold in those days before central heating, (Albert felt the cold, Victoria didn't)  there were few bathrooms, and when it rained some gutters overflowed directly onto the windows of rooms underneath.

It would have been very cold during WW2 when fuel rationing was in place, and in fact the only royal I know of who didn't mind living there was King Edward VII, who spent a lot of time after the London Season at house parties in the country. Alexandra preferred Sandringham. So BP has been unpopular for centuries.