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Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, co-reigning with her husband, King William III and II, from 1689 until her death in 1694. She was also Princess of Orange following her marriage on 4 November 1677. Her joint reign with William over Britain is known as that of William and Mary.
As James had two Protestant daughters, Mary and Anne, Parliament welcomed Mary and her husband William to depose James in what became the Glorious Revolution of 1688. James was sent into exile, and his heirs were passed over by the Act of Settlement 1701 , which barred Catholics from ever again becoming the monarch.
As Mary II died first, on 28 December 1694, William III became sole remaining monarch. On the day of Mary's death, the line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones was: Princess Anne of Denmark (born 1665), second daughter of James II; Prince William of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Gloucester (born 1689) Anne's only surviving child
In 1982, the couple welcomed their first son, Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, and their second, Prince Henry Charles Albert David (Prince Harry), in 1984. ... It is also within James ...
Arthur Landon (friend of Prince William's), and his mother, Lady Landon [20] Tiggy Legge-Bourke (former nanny to Prince William) and Charles Pettifer [20] Captain Jack Mann (polo player; friend of Prince William's) [20] Lady Laura Marsham (daughter of the Earl of Romney), with her brother, The Hon. Michael Marsham; Willem Marx (friend of ...
When the family moved to Windsor two years ago, their nanny Maria Borrallo, who has been under William and Kate’s employ since Prince George, now 11, was just eight months old, was kept on as ...
The couple are also parents to son Lord Frederick Windsor, 44, who is married to actress Sophie Winkleman. Princess Michael has had a slew of controversies over the years. AFP via Getty Images
Winifred May Mones, Marquesa de Casa Maury (née Birkin, formerly Dudley Ward; 28 July 1894 – 16 March 1983), commonly known by her first married name as Freda Dudley Ward, was an English socialite. She was best known for being a married paramour of Edward, Prince of Wales, who later became Edward VIII.