Lady Diana Spencer (aka Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford) (1710-1735) was a prospective Princess of Wales and, later, Duchess of Bedford. Diana was the daughter of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland and Lady Anne daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. She spent much of her youth living with her maternal grandmother, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, at Cumberland Lodge in Old Windsor.

Frances Ruth Shand Kydd (20 January, 1936-3 June, 2004) was the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. After two failed marriages and the deaths of two children, she devoted her later years to Roman Catholic charity work. Shand Kydd was born The Honourable Frances Ruth Burke-Roche in Park House, on the royal estate at Sandringham, Norfolk. Her father was Edmund Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, …

Princess Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Carolina Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 - 20 November 1925) was Queen Consort to Edward VII of the United Kingdom and thus Empress of India during her husband's reign. Prior to that, she was Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1901 (the longest anyone has ever held that title). From 1910, until her death, she was the Queen Mother, being a queen and the mother of the reigning monarch, George V of the United Kingdom, …

Katherine of Aragon, "Castilian" Infanta Catalina de Aragón y Castilla, also known popularly after her time as Catherine of Aragon, was the first wife and Queen Consort of Henry VIII of England. Henry tried to have their twenty-four year marriage annulled in part because all their male heirs died in childhood, with only one of their six children, Princess Mary (later Queen Mary I) surviving as heiress presumptive, …

Mary of Teck was the Queen Consort of George V. Queen Mary was also the Empress of India. Before her accession, she was successively Duchess of York, Duchess of Cornwall and Princess of Wales. In her own right she held the title of a Princess of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg with the style "Her Serene Highness". To her family, she was informally known as "May", after her birth month.

Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances; née Spencer; 1 July 1961 - 31 August 1997) was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. Their two sons, Princes William and Harry, are second and third in line to the thrones of the United Kingdom and 15 other Commonwealth Realms.

Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was the queen consort of George IV of the United Kingdom from 29 January 1820 to her death.

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha was Princess of Wales between 1736 and 1751, and Dowager Princess of Wales thereafter. She was one of only three holders of the title who never became queen. Princess Augusta's eldest son succeeded as George III of Great Britain in 1760, as her husband, Frederick, Prince of Wales, had died eight years earlier.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall is the second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the thrones of the United Kingdom and the other 15 Commonwealth Realms. Prior to their marriage she had been his mistress, now in these PC times known as longtime companion.

Caroline of Ansbach (later Queen Caroline; Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline; 1 March 1683 - 20 November 1737) was the queen consort of George II.

Joan, Countess of Kent, Princess of Wales (September 29, 1328 - August 7, 1385) is known to history as "The Fair Maid of Kent". The French chronicler Froissart called her "the most beautiful woman in all the realm of England, and the most loving."

Anne Neville (June 11, 1456 - March 16, 1485) was Queen consort of King Richard III of England 1483-1485.

William Thomson ("fl." 1695 - 1753) was a Scottish folk song collector and singer. He is said to have been the son of Daniel Thomson, one of the king's trumpeters for Scotland. As a boy singer, he sang at a concert - "The Feast of St. Cecillia" - in 1695. Before 1722, he had settled in London, and according to Charles Burney had a benefit concert that year. He appears to have become a fashionable singer, as his volume, dedicated to Caroline of Ansbach, …

Graham Smith was a Deputy Senior Personal Protection Officer to the Prince of Wales from 1981 to the 1990s. He was a Superintendent in the London Metropolitan Police Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department and Detective for the Princess of Wales. He died in 1993.

Oliver Everett, CVO, formerly Royal Librarian to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. This office, in the Royal Collection Department of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, is responsible for the care and maintenance of the royal collection of books and manuscripts owned by the Sovereign in an official capacity - as distinct from those owned privately and displayed at Sandringham House and Balmoral Castle and elsewhere.

Lady Charlotte Bury (1775 - April 1, 1861), was an English novelist. Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Campbell was the daughter of Field Marshal Sir John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll and Elizabeth Campbell, 1st Baroness Hamilton. Lady Charlotte married Colonel John Campbell on 21 June 1796. Her second husband was the Reverend Edward John Bury, whom she married on 17 March 1818.

Prince Alexander John Charles Albert of Wales (6 April, 1871 - 7 April, 1871) was the youngest son and sixth child of Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and his wife Princess Alexandra, Princess of Wales.

Margaret Hanmer, sometimes known by her Welsh name of Marred ferch Dafydd, was the wife of Owain Glyndŵr and was thus, technically, Princess of Wales for the time her husband was known by the title of Prince of Wales. She is not officially recognised as a Princess of Wales, and there is no contemporary record of her having used the title. Little is known of Margaret's early life. She was the daughter of Sir David Hanmer and his wife Angharad, …

Sir Thomas Dutton (1421 - 1459) was an English knight. His family owned an estate, Dutton Hall, that was originally located in Cheshire, England. It is now located in Sussex, the original building having been moved there in the 1930s. The building is now a private school, Stoke Brunswick, at Ashurst Wood, just south of East Grinstead. Sir Thomas Dutton married Ann Touchet, daughter of James Touchet, Lord Audley 5th Baron of Audley and Heliegh Castle.

Pryce Pryce-Jones (October 16 1834 - 1920) was one of the first to succeed in the mail order business. He was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales. He was apprenticed to a local draper, John Davies, and took over Davies's business in 1856. In the same year he married Eleanor Rowley Morris of Newtown. Pryce-Jones started with his own little shop selling drapery just off Broad Street. Renamed the Royal Welsh Warehouse, the business flourished.

Jean-Étienne Liotard was a Swiss-French painter. His father was a jeweller who fled to Switzerland after 1685. He began his studies under Professor Gardelle and Petitot, whose enamels and miniatures he copied with considerable skill. He went to Paris in 1725, studying under J. B. Masse and François Lemoyne, on whose recommendation he was taken to Naples by the Marquis Puysieux. In 1735 he was in Rome, painting the portraits of Pope Clement XII and several cardinals.

Giuseppe Baldassare Sammartini (January 6 1695 - November 1750) was an Italian composer and an oboist. A native of Milan, he moved to London together with his brother Giovanni Battista Sammartini. He had started playing the oboe in Milan and in London took up the post of oboist in the Opera orchestra in 1727. He later left the Opera and was patronised by Frederick, Prince of Wales and his wife.

James "Jim" Farry is the former Chief Executive of the Scottish Football Association. He was sacked in 1999 for Gross Misconduct after deliberately delaying Celtic footballer Jorge Cadete's registration. Fergus McCann, acting in his capacity as Celtic Managing Director, complained to the SFA that Jim Farry had wilfully delayed the registration of Jorge Cadete, leaving him unable to play for Celtic during a run of vital matches.

Mikak (c.1740 - October 1, 1795) born Labrador, Canada and died at Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador. Mikak, daughter of Inuk chief Nerkingoak, was very influential in creating friendly relationship with traders from Europe and native Labradoreans. She became the first Labrador Inuit to earn a place in recorded history.

Lala Deen Dayal (1844 - 1910) (also known as Raja Deen Dayal) was a pioneer Indian photographer and court photographer to the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahbub Ali Khan, Asif Jah VI. Dayal was born in Sardhana, Uttar Pradesh and first trained as an engineer but took up photography in about 1864. The following year he was commissioned to photograph the Governor General's tour of Central India.

Yiannis Latsis (September 14, 1910-April 17, 2003) also known as John S. Latsis, was a Greek shipping tycoon notable for his great wealth, influential friends, and charitable activities. Latsis was born in Katakolo - a fishing village in the Prefecture of Ilia - and was educated at the Pyrgos School of Commerce and the School for Merchant Navy Captains. He began working as a deckhand, eventually holding posts as a ship's captain.

Daniel Burgess (1645-1713), English Presbyterian divine, was born at Staines, in Middlesex, where his father was minister. He was educated under Richard Busby at Westminster School, and in 1660 was sent to Magdalen Hall, Oxford, but not being able conscientiously to subscribe the necessary formulae, he quit the university without taking his degree. Before quitting, he had sex with his girl friend, Monica Gonichella and she had a baby named Zackary.