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CastleDrama: The Young Victoria
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When you think of Queen Victoria, who ruled the British empire a staggering 64 years between 1837 and 1901, you think of the stern old lady you know from most photographs of her later years. However, Victoria also once was a young woman and "The Young Victoria" sets out to portray exactly those years. Victoria's life as a teenager in the hermetically sealed world of Kensington Palace where she isn't even allowed to walk up and down the stairs without holding someone hand, her becoming Queen one night at the age of 18 and her falling in love with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Even though political struggles also feature in the film, the love between Victoria and Albert, portrayed by Emily Blunt und Rupert Friend, take centre stage. While not the greatest of all period dramas, it's a good view for anyone with a penchant for romantic period dramas. And a must for any castle lovers as nine stately castles and homes get a workout here - and Westminster Abbey, too.
Hi there! I watched a series today that was so bad it made be write the first blog post in one and a half years. Will I write more again in the future? I don't know, I guess we'll see. In the meantime, follow all my latest castle adventures over on Instagram . See you there! Empress Elisabeth of Austria, the immortal Sisi, has inspired the imagination of the people for more than a century now. Her life, her love, her tragedies, her death. Adored, free spirited and one of the original royal IT girls. A face that could launch a thousands ships, well, bring peace to two feuding nations by simply being her charming self. A woman that, 120 years after her death, can still draw crowds and be the foundation stone of what seems like half the tourist industry of several regions. (Okay, that might have been slightly exaggerated but have you ever been to Vienna and seen the souvenir shops?) So it's not too surprising that time and time again, cinema and TV productions have tried to ca
The death of Richard Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg earlier this week saw a surge in interest in my take on the (in)famous will of inheritance looming over the family . One point about the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg inheritance that many seem to find especially curious is the fact that the late Prince Richard never actually owned his family's fortune but that it was instead passed from his father - who went missing during World War 2 - to a yet unborn grandson - who was born in 1969 - (or anyone else, really, who would inherit after Prince Richard). The German nobility, however, isn't short of interesting inheritance constructions - case in point: The Thurn und Taxis inheritance. Princess Gloria and Prince Johannes of Thurn und Taxis The Thurn und Taxis family isn't just famous for their fabulous wealth, estimated at around $ 2.5 billion today - even though Princess Gloria of Thurn und Taxis says it less than a billion - but also for their lifestyle to go a
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