Albert, Prince Consort
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Born in the Saxon duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to a family connected to many of Europe's ruling monarchs, at the age of 20 Albert married his cousin, Victoria; they had nine children.
Initially he felt constrained by his role of prince consort, which did not afford him power or responsibilities.
He gradually developed a reputation for supporting public causes, such as educational reform and the abolition of slavery worldwide, and was entrusted with running the Queen's household, office and estates.
He was heavily involved with the organisation of the Great Exhibition of 1851, which was a resounding success.
Victoria came to depend more and more on Albert's support and guidance.
He aided the development of Britain's constitutional monarchy by persuading his wife to be less partisan in her dealings with Parliament—although he actively disagreed with the interventionist foreign policy pursued during Lord Palmerston's tenure as Foreign Secretary.
Albert died following a long illness at the relatively young age of 42.
Victoria was so devastated at the loss of her husband that she entered into a deep state of mourning and wore black for the rest of her life.
On her death in 1901, their eldest son succeeded as Edward VII, the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, named after the ducal house to which Albert belonged.
Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1868–1879)
Prince Joachim Friedrich Ernst Waldemar of Prussia( 10 February 1868 – 27 March 1879) was the sixth child and youngest son of Crown Prince Friedrich( later Emperor Friedrich III), and Victoria, Princess Royal, the eldest daughter of the Queen Victoria.
Princess Louise of Prussia
Princess Louise of Prussia (3 December 1838 – 23 April 1923) was the second child and only daughter of German Emperor Wilhelm I and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
She was the younger sister of Frederick III of Germany ("Fritz") and aunt of Wilhelm II of Germany.
Louise was seven years younger than Frederick and two years older than his wife, Victoria, Princess Royal.
Rupert McGuigan
Rupert McGuigan was Private Secretary to The Princess Royal 1997- 1999.
He was born in 1941 and educated at Marlborough College, and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he graduated in law.
McGuigan worked for BP Ltd from 1964 until 1972, when he joined the Diplomatic Service.
From 1974- 1977 he was 1st Secretary in New Delhi, and then 1978- 1981 in Kingston.
From 1981- 1985 he was in the Permanent Under Secretary of State's Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
From 1985 to 1988 he was 1st Secretary in Bridgetown.
From 1989- 1993 he was Counsellor in Lagos, and then 1994- 196 Kingston.
He retired from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1997 and joined the Office of the Princess Royal.
The Household of The Princess Royal provides the administrative support to Anne, Princess Royal, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II.
It is based at Buckingham Palace, and is headed by the Private Secretary.
The Household is separate from the Royal Household and is funded from the Civil List annuity paid to The Princess Royal for her public duties- which is however reimbursed to HM Treasury by Her Majesty The Queen.
Victoria, Princess Royal
Victoria, Princess Royal
(Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa; 21 November 1840 – 5 August 1901) was German Empress and Queen of Prussia by marriage to German Emperor Frederick III.
She was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and was created Princess Royal in 1841.
She was the mother of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.
Educated by her father in a politically liberal environment, Victoria was betrothed at the age of sixteen to Prince Frederick of Prussia and supported him in his views that Prussia and the later German Empire should become a constitutional monarchy on the British model.
Criticised for this attitude and for her English origins, Victoria suffered ostracism by the Hohenzollerns and the Berlin court.
This isolation increased after the rise to power of Otto von Bismarck (one of her most staunch political opponents) in 1862.
Victoria was empress for only a few months, during which she had opportunity to influence the policy of the German Empire.
Frederick III died in 1888 – just 99 days after his accession – from laryngeal cancer and was succeeded by their son William II, who had much more conservative views than his parents.
After her husband's death, she became widely known as Empress Frederick (German: "Kaiserin Friedrich").
The empress dowager then settled in Kronberg im Taunus, where she built Friedrichshof, a castle, named in honour of her late husband.
Increasingly isolated after the weddings of her younger daughters, Victoria died of breast cancer on 5 August 1901, not long after her mother's death on 22 January 1901.
The correspondence between Victoria and her parents has been preserved almost completely: 3,777 letters from Queen Victoria to her eldest daughter, and about 4,000 letters from the empress to her mother are preserved and catalogued.
These give a detailed insight into the life of the Prussian court between 1858 and 1900.
Brian Saunders (weightlifter)
Brian Saunders( date of birth and death unknown) was a male weightlifter who competed for England.
Timothy Earl
Colonel Timothy James Earl, OBE was Private Secretary to the Princess Royal between 1999 − 2002.
He was educated at Brentwood School and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.
Commissioned into the Life Guards in 1964, he was promoted Major in 1976, and was later Commanding Officer of the Life Guards.
He was promoted to Colonel in 1988 and attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1989.
He retired from the British Army in 1993 and became Secretary of the Government Hospitality Fund.
In 1999 he joined the Office of the Princess Royal.
The Household of The Princess Royal provides the administrative support to Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II.
It is based at Buckingham Palace, and is headed by the Private Secretary.
The Household is separate from the Royal Household and is funded from the Civil List annuity paid to The Princess Royal for her public duties- which is however reimbursed to HM Treasury by Her Majesty The Queen.
Colonel Earl was made an OBE in 2000.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Elizabeth Curtain
Elizabeth Helen Curtain is a retired judge, serving successively on the benches of the County Court of Victoria and the Supreme Court of Victoria, in the Australian state of Victoria, and currently Chair of the Adult Parole Board of Victoria.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."

Question: When was Victoria, Princess Royal's father born?
Answer: 26 August 1819