royal wedding

As opposed to the role the British royal family played in shaping the UK’s “brand” and pop culture during the 20th century, to what degree of importance would the Hohenzollerns, Wittelsbachs and even Habsburgs be held had Germany won World War 1? You may consider any scenario other than a “home...

Most of Queen Victoria's children married relatively poor princes / princesses - excluding Affie.What were the richest princes / princesses possible for the childrens of Queen Victoria?

In the early 1890s the court of Savoy attempted to marry Victor Emanuel, the Prince of Naples with Princess Maud of Wales. But Queen Margueritta prevented such a union. She wanted her son's fiancée, if she were not Catholic, to convert before marriage. England wanted Maud to convert after the...

I've found myself wondering about just what royalty promised at the altar. I could get a princess promising "to love and to cherish, forsaking all others, blah-blah", but hardly a king - if someone like Henry VIII, Charles II or Louis XV is anything to go by. The "for richer and poorer" part...