ROYALTY WEEKEND - TICEHURST

Ticehurst and Flimwell Church of England Primary School,
Steellands Rise, Ticehurst, East Sussex, TN5 7DH, UK
Saturday and Sunday, 10-11 April 2010

Speakers inc:

Richard Thornton on The Life and Descendants of Prince Albert’s stepfather.

Neil Rees on Queen Geraldine of the Albanians.

Ted Rosvall (publisher of Royalty Digest Quarterly) on Whatever Happened to the Old Dynasty? The Holstein-Gottorps and the Bernadottes of Sweden.

Ian Shapiro on My Journey to the Imperial Wedding, 1874 - the letters of Sir John Cowell, Master of Queen Victoria’s Household.

Kate Williams (author of Becoming Queen) on Young Victoria: her struggle for the throne.

John Wimbles on Imperial Farewell: Goodbye to St Petersburg & London 1914 with extracts of material from the Romanian archives.

Charlotte Zeepvat (author of many royal books inc From Cradle to Crown): Where is Mother? Luise of Tuscany, Crown Princess of Saxony, and her world.

There will be other Royal authors present including Coryne Hall, Robert Golden and Helen Rappaport.

Cost: £100 for all lectures, tea, coffee and snacks, 2 buffet lunches & 1 evening meal with wine.

There will also be a Bring and Buy royal ephemera sale at the school.

Contact: Paul Minet at Picadilly Rare Books, Church Street, Ticehurst, East Sussex, TN5 7AA, UK.
Tel: 01580 201 221 Fax: 01580 200957
E-mail: Minet.Royalty@btinternet.com

The above bookshop is nearby, will be open during the weekend and has a wide stock of new and used royal books.

Facebook: Friends of The Royalty Weekend in Ticehurst.