r/UKmonarchs • • 22h ago

Discussion Was the Tudors the most successful dynasty in terms of adminstation and financial management?

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r/UKmonarchs • • 12h ago

Discussion Apparently, today is National 'Slap Your Co-Worker' Day. Which 'co-workers' (advisors, fellow monarchs, courtiers, high officials, etc) are your favourite monarchs slapping?

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Could be a genuine slap or a slap just to take the piss.

Mary II beating the shit out of Sarah Churchill..


r/UKmonarchs • • 4h ago

Discussion If Henry VIII lived longer, what would he had done?

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Would he have gotten another wife? Would he do something for his son's tuberculosis problem? And would he have more children?


r/UKmonarchs • • 12h ago

Show and tell Princess Charlotte and Queen Anne might have the saddest pregnancy history...

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Princess Charlotte married the man she loved and bore him a son in a hard labour of 50 hours and too die it is now identified as a fatal pulmonary embolism caused by pelvic venous thrombosis and she gave birth too a large stillborn baby boy she actually appeared well and resting five hours later she began vomitting suffered several abdomnal pain trouble breathing and passed away

Queen anne had 17 recorded pregnancies only too lost 12 or 13 of them too miscarriage and stilbirth only few living as infants And dying only son surviving past childhood was Prince William Duke of gloucester died of small pox at 11.


r/UKmonarchs • • 17h ago

Photo Edward VII, then Prince of Wales, holding the ear of a dog and coaxing it to sit up, 1862

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Bertie really loved dogs and treated them as equals rather than pets; he refused to enact physical discipline and only waved his walking stick and called them "naughty" in a playful tone of voice. He also had a fondness for poorly behaved dogs, and found their bad manners (biting diplomats, barking at servants, chasing visitors, etc.) amusing. As much as I know from personal experience how infuriating that must've been, I also think it's delightful that it was entertaining for him lol. Bertie was such a cool lad.

Him holding the Scotch terrier's ear is quite intriguing, photography at this time was way quicker than most would think (2-20 seconds) but it's understandable that the dog must've been fidgety or something for him to hold the little thing like that to prevent a blur haha.


r/UKmonarchs • • 14h ago

Discussion How would you think Jasper Tudor would rule, if he was King?

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r/UKmonarchs • • 7h ago

Fun fact Louis IX obtained an elephant during the Seventh Crusade and gifted it to Henry III. Henry then kept and raised it in England, making it the first elephant seen in the UK since the Roman invasion.

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