Queen marie of romania

Oh, love. The eternal enigma... and such a drag. Mastering the art of seduction and a certain sexual open mindedness were required of royal mistresses, while virtue beyond all doubt was demanded of princesses and queens. A king without a mistress was weak, a cheating queen was a traitor. The power of their sex was solely determined by their fertility, but behind closed curtains queens had both matters of state and of the heart to deal with. Mere currencies in the hands of their families…

Queen Marie of Romania

A Portrait Of Queen Marie Of Romania And Princess Of Great Britain Around 1900.

The Philip de Laszlo portrait of Queen Marine in the Vladimir sapphire kokoshnic used to sell Pond's Cold Cream, 1925

Queen Marie of Romania

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Wikimedia Commons Queen Marie of Romania (born Princess Marie of Edinburgh) wears her mother's diamond fringe tiara in a portrait by Philip de László; the tiara was sold by Marie's daughter, Queen Maria of Yugoslavia, in

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