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Fantastic news! It is interesting that the Honorary Award from the Fulbright Program does not include a travel grant.

Illustration of Queen Berengaria http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-queen-berengarfia-56721538.html

Illustration of Queen Maria Sofia http://www.gogmsite.net/iberian_dress_in_the_1600s/subalbum-maria-sofia-isabel/maria-sofia-de-neoburgo.html

Depiction of Queen Eleanor of Castile

Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg did not attend the wedding due to political disapproval over Princess Elisabeth marrying a German Prince so soon after the First World War.

Why did Queen Elisabeth hate Prince Charles?

Queen Wilhelmina stayed at Anneville, an estate in Ulverhout when she first returned to The Netherlands near the end of the Second World War. She arrived at Anneville on May 2, 1945. Her stay lasted for a little over six weeks.

Who was the person who first suggested that the wedding of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones should be televized?

On this day, May 6, 1882 - Birth of Crown Prince Wilhelm, son of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, at the Marmorpalais in Potsdam, Germany

King Leopold III visited England in 1937.

When Queen Wilhelmina was the sovereign of The Netherlands, did ladies curtsey to her?

Reading the latest bulletin regarding the health of Tsar Alexander III of Russia at the Livadia Palace http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/M276977

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia married Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine. Nicholas' best men were Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich, ahd Prince George of Greece.

The Palais Toskana was a palace in Vienna, Austria. It was constructed in 1867 for the Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria. http://www.austriasites.com/vienna/bezirk04_palais_toskana.htm

On this day, May 4, 1471 ~ Demise of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, son of King Henry VI of England, at the Battle of Tewkesbury