Marie Louise: The Princess of Nowhere

Her disastrous marriage set the stage for a remarkable comeback, leaving her one of the British monarchy's most beloved figures of the 20th century.

Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein was born in Great Britain, lived in Great Britain, married in Great Britain, and died in Great Britain, but her title never reflected that reality. When she married Prince Aribert of Anhalt, this granddaughter of Queen Victoria discovered she *hated* the stiff German etiquette that now controlled her life. And as it turns out, she and her husband weren't so fond of each other, either. When her disastrous marriage ended in her fleeing Germany, Queen Victoria ordered her home - and there she stayed, dedicating her life to the royal family. She smoked, she drank, she traveled, she wrote, and she served the royal family, supporting charities and acting as the patron of dozens of cultural organizations. Plus, she loved history - we would have gotten along just fine. ;)

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I tell stories about tiaras and the fascinating royal women who wore them. Join me as I follow these tiaras across generations and countries, through wars and revolutions and—sometimes—into darkness and disappearance and destruction.

This isn't the kind of history your professor lectured about. Instead, think of this as conversational history, like a mash-up of Drunk History and The Crown. Yes, there's a little swearing. There's also humor and heart and a boatload of compassion for these amazing royal women.

ABOUT ME
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I never intended to start a channel or a website about tiaras and royal history. But a midlife crisis forced me to re-examine my life. I gave up fiction writing after self-publishing 9 of the 10 books I'd written and earning next to nothing.

Instead of the misery of marketing books, I turned to my first love...royal history. So here I am, a 40-something burnout, trying to start over by recapturing her love of history, royal women, and their jewels.
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Marie Louise, Princess. My Memories of Six Reigns. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc. 1956.

Rose, Kenneth. Who's Who in the Royal House of Windsor. New York: Crescent Books, 1985.

“Planning the House.” Royal Collection Trust website. https://www.rct.uk/collection/themes/trails/queen-marys-dolls-house/planning-the-house

Van der Kiste, John. Princess Helena: Queen Victoria’s Third Daughter. South Brent, Devon: A&F Publications, 2015.

Yussupov, Felix. Lost Splendor. New York: Cape, 1953.

Newspapers: Belfast Telegraph, Leicester Evening Mail, Londonderry Sentinel, The New York Times, Nottingham Evening Post, San Francisco Call, St. John Daily Sun, St. Paul Globe, Toronto Saturday Night, Weekly Dispatch, Western Daily Press, Western Morning News, Westminster Gazette

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