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Her Honored Ladyship, Sophia, the Countess of Markshill leaving the wedding ceremony of (then) Crown Prince Louis, the Duke of Bilchester to Ms. Eliza Austen, the new Crown Princess and Duchess of Bilchester

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Crown Princess Helena (later Queen) of Carrington, circa Summer 1952

(Aka I realized that I hadn’t used @warwickroyals BEAUTIFUL Hartnell dress yet and had it put it on someone and asap)

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Princess Emelie of Almer at her 18th Birthday Celebration hosted by her parents, Prince Benjamin of Carrington, the Duke of Almer and [redacted]

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So, I’ve been working on my family tree on FamilyEcho and so that it is large is... an understatement. At the time of me working on this post, there are 1329 individual people on this family tree and I’m no where close to being done. 

And while I really, really, really REALLY want to share every single person on this tree, there are a few spoilers on it that I’d rather not share. So in the meantime, here are some randomly selected people from the tree that have portraits. 

Top-Left: Adeline, the Duchess of Eisley (1924-2015)

Adeline is the mother of Peter, the Duke of Eisley and by extension, the paternal grandmother of the King’s paternal cousins, including the Duke of Eisley. 

Top Right: Jacqueline “Jackie” Aiken (1961-1983)

Jackie Aiken is the most well-known royal mistress in modern Carrington history, despite her short tenure as King Kristof VI’s mistress. Due to the nature of the relationship (and the ending of the relationship), mistresses were banned from having roles in court like they had previously (i.e. the passing of the ruby tiara) and King Louis, who was fiercely devoted to his wife, ignored the practice altogether.  

Bottom Left: Alice Lee Longsworth (1900-1943)

 The eldest daughter of former Prime Minister Franklin Lee and his first wife, and by extension, the King’s great-great aunt and the great-aunt of Queen Eliza. 

Bottom: Right: Margaret, the Countess of Oden (1908-1984)

Pictured here on her wedding day, this was one of the last photos of Margaret allowed to be taken of her until the coronation of her grandson, Louis. Margaret is the great-grandmother of the King and the mother of Queen Helena of Carrington.

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Her Royal Highness, Princess Claire, the Duchess of Asbury

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Lady Cassandra Ravensburg, the Duke of Ravensburg’s eldest child, angrily leaves the Ravensburg Estate after meeting her soon-to-be stepmother, Isabella Blanchard

- February 14th, 1983

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Lady Rose Vagol (1890-1957) 

Lady Rose Vagol was the second daughter and fourth child of Victor and Carolina, the Baron and Baroness of Vagol. Her mother, Carolina, was also the illegitimate daughter of King Edward III and one of his many mistresses, Martha Stringer (later Hartford). Victor was a wealthy landowner and businessman. Rose was born on the 15th of March, 1890. 

Shortly after Rose turned 18, she was betrothed to Peter Edwards, another wealthy businessman. Rose traveled with Peter, her sisters, Elizabeth, Theresa and Henrietta, and her younger brother, William, by ship to visit one of William’s properties and to join Victor, as Carolina had died years prior and also to officially be married. However, the ship that the family was traveling on, the R.M.S. Caropin struck an unidentified iceberg and sank within 4 hours, with 95% of the passengers surviving. However, Rose, nor her sister Elizabeth, were never found among the survivors, although Elizabeth’s body was found at the site of the wreck. Rose, meanwhile, for several years was believed to have drowned in the cold waters of the Atlriadic. 

However, in 1930, 22 years after the 1908 sinking, Rose was surprisingly found alive, living in the countryside with her husband, John Dawson, who was also a traveler on the Caropin who was believed to have died. The couple married, according to local parish documents, on April 12th, 1909 and had four children: Alexander, Juliet, Elizabeth and Robert. Rose reunited with her surviving family, although she seldom went by her title of Lady Dawson in any official capacity. 

Rose and John died in a house fire at their beloved home on November 21st, 1957. She was 67, John was 70.

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The Queen, Prince Consort and Crown Prince of Carrington