Here is a list
of subjects currently in the programme.
The talks last for one hour and are accompanied by around 80 slides.
At the end of October, Her Royal Highness is introducing a new lecture
at the Metropolitan Museum in New York a new lecture entitled “The
Winter Queen of Bohemia”.
History and the Garden
"The Empress Josephine at Malmaison"
"The Winter Queen at Heidelberg"
"Marie Antoinette in the Garden" (Versailles)
General
"Royal Power; The Substance and the Show"
17th, 18th and 19th century - royalty and politics
"Monarchy and Motherhood: The Road to Power"
Great Royal mothers and the success and failure of their offspring - Victoria,
Marie Theresa
France – 16th Century
"Francois I and the French Renaissance"
"Life at the Court of Francois I"
"Diane de Poitiers and the French Renaissance"
"Diane de Poitiers - the King's Mistress"
"Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de Medici: Rivals for the King's
Love"
"Francois I and the Chateaux of the Loire"
"Catherine de Medici, Machiavelian Queen and Regent - The Power behind
the Throne"
"The Revenge of Catherine de Medici"
"Catherine de Medici, Mother of Three French Kings"
"Henri IV - Protestant and Catholic Turmoil in France"
"The Private Life of Henri IV, King of France and Navarre"
Italy – 16th Century
"The Renaissance Courtesans of Venice"
England – 17th Century
"Nell Gwyn - Favourite of Charles II of England"
"Charles II and the Restoration Court in England"
"Nell Gwyn and her Rivals in Love for Charles II'
"Charles II: The King and The People"
France – 18th Century
"The Arts of mid-18th Century France"
"Life at the Court of Louis XV"
"Madame de Pompadour and the Douceur de Vivre"
"Madame de Pompadour and the Sevres Factory"
"Madame de Pompadour - Mistress of Taste"
Italy – 18th Century
"Venice and the Grand Tour"
Russia – 18th Century
"Catherine the Great and the Arts in 18th Century Russia"
"The Rise to Power of Catherine the Great"
"Catherine the Great: War and Work"
"Catherine and her Architect Cameron"
Europe – 19th Century
"Lola Montez: Her Life and Times"
"Lola Montez and the King of Bavaria"
"Lola Montez - the Great Adventuress"
"The Eagle and the Dove: Napoleon and Marie Walewska"
"Victoria and Albert: Their Lives, Their Dreams and Their Museum"
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