#womeninroyalty

[elizabethanhistory]

𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 A heart-shaped gold locket with the front engraved with an EV cypher (E for her father and V for her mother). The locket contains the hair of Duke Edward and Duchess Victoria of Kent. It reads " Present from her Mother to her beloved Victoria on the First Anniversary of her Birthday 24 May 1820. The gift from the Duchess of Kent was one of a group of jewels that were placed in the " Albert Room " at Windsor Castle after the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. The room was the same one in which Prince Albert died in 1861 and the Queen left instructions for a specific list of her personal jewellery to be placed there and not passed on in the family. #queenvictoria #queenvictoriaofengland #dukeofkent #duchessofkent #locket #royaljewellery #royaljewels #britishhistory #britishroyaljewels #historyroyals #historicalfigures #womeninroyalty #womeninhistory #jewellery #victorianjewelry #victorianera #history #royalhistory #royalty #royalfamily (at Kensington Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjqMS5qITBJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#queenvictoria #queenvictoriaofengland #dukeofkent #duchessofkent #locket #royaljewellery #royaljewels #britishhistory #britishroyaljewels #historyroyals #historicalfigures #womeninroyalty #womeninhistory #jewellery #victorianjewelry #victorianera #history #royalhistory #royalty #royalfamily

[otmaaromanovas]

For @foreverinthepagesofhistory's ask about instagram accounts about OTMA, here are some of my faves!

in_the_steps_of_the_romanovs

romanovs.otma

shvibziks

womeninroyalty

romanovers

worldoftheromanovgirls

marianikolaevnas

livadialilacs

medesikasta

mashka_nikolaewna_romanova

Hope you find something you like!

#ask

[conquerthenight]

Hi! I wanted to say that I love your work and your blog and I have a question I've been curious to know.

Why did you choose Ileana as Ich's name? I read recently that one of Daphne's idea before deciding on a nameless narrator was to have her be called Gabrielle, but I love Ileana and I find it really fitting.

Lots of love

OH MY GOD THANK YOU ANON!!!!

A few months ago I saw a post by @womeninroyalty on Instagram that was summarizing the life of Princess Ileana of Romania. I thought the name was pretty and when I looked up its meaning I thought it was really fitting to who Ich/I is as a person and immediately went “Yep, that’s my Mrs. de Winter right there” and it stuck. It helped that as far as I researched, Ileana isn’t a very common name in the UK (it’s basically a fancy foreign version of Helen, Eileen, or Elaine) and it could easily be misspelled by people who haven’t heard it or seen it written down (ex: Illiana, Iliana, Eliana, etc).

I did find the letter du Maurier wrote, but only after Lauren Jones talked about it during her Instagram takeover a few weeks ago. Considering what we do learn about her name in the book, Gabrielle doesn’t feel unusual enough to me, but du Maurier basically gave free reign to everyone’s headcanons in the letter so I think she’d approve of whatever name people want to call Ich 😉

#rebecca das musical #daphne du maurier #ileana de winter #ich #name headcanon #ao3 #fanfiction

[beatrixiv]

@royalty.britshroyals @royalwatcherdiary @british.royall.family @queen.maxima @highclerecastle @johnlucas @womeninroyalty @starwars @highclere_castle @highclerecastlegin @theroyalfamily @royalcollectiontrust (at Highclere Racing Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdJ1e6Vsx4F/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[beatrixiv]

@queen.maxima @british.royall.family @royalwatcherdiary @royal.circular @royalty.britshroyals @womeninroyalty (at Scandanavia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdJ1E22MDo3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=