Queen Soraya infamously divorced the Shah of Iran, but the pair never stopped loving each other. They were more star-crossed than Romeo and Juliet.
Caroline of Ansbach feuded bitterly with her son for her whole life. In her final act of revenge, she refused to let him attend her funeral.
Catherine of Aragon is now infamous as King Henry VIII’s rejected queen—but very few people know her even darker history.
Catherine of Aragon is now infamous as King Henry VIII’s rejected queen—but very few people know her even darker history.
History has some infamously mad kings, but if the twisted story of King Eric XIV isn’t well-known today…maybe that’s for the best.
After an infamous divorce, Queen Soraya of Iran was called “the sad-eyed princess”—but few people know her even darker history.
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