# tragic (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover tragic. Page: Feed: --- ## [Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's Marriage Was Toxic Like We've Never Seen Before](https://www.theoldmoneyluxury.com/p/elizabeth-taylor-and-richard-burtons) _2026-08-21 · Old Money Luxury · Old Money Luxury_ Two black eyes, three bottles of hard liquor a day, and the marriage the Vatican called a sin ## [She Was the Countess Diana Refused To Speak To and Never Forgave](https://www.theoldmoneyluxury.com/p/she-was-the-countess-diana-refused) _2026-08-19 · Old Money Luxury · Old Money Luxury_ Why Princess Diana's Stepmother was nicknamed "Acid Rain" and no member of the family attended her funeral ## [When Nancy Reagan's Astrologer Controlled The White House: The $3,000 a Month Shadow Presidency](https://www.theoldmoneyluxury.com/p/when-nancy-reagans-astrologer-controlled) _2026-08-17 · Old Money Luxury · Old Money Luxury_ No one ever elected her, yet she decided when the president could travel, sign treaties, and have surgery. ## [They Were TV's First "It" Couple. At Home, Their Children Watched It Fall Apart: Lucille Ball & Desi Arnez](https://www.theoldmoneyluxury.com/p/they-were-tvs-first-it-couple-at) _2026-08-15 · Old Money Luxury · Old Money Luxury_ The $160 Million windfall, a gun aimed at a husband's head, and the biggest sitcom in America slowly falling apart between takes ## [Meet The Old Money "Double Heiress" Written Out of a $2 Billion Will](https://www.theoldmoneyluxury.com/p/the-old-money-double-heiress-written) _2026-08-13 · Old Money Luxury · Old Money Luxury_ Her mother is a Ford. Her father is a Niarchos. A court has ruled she gets nothing. ## [The Scandalous "Party of the Century" That Ended High Society: The 1972 Rothschild Surrealist Ball](https://www.theoldmoneyluxury.com/p/the-scandalous-party-of-the-century) _2026-08-11 · Old Money Luxury · Old Money Luxury_ How the most controversial party of the 20th century melded European aristocracy with "celebrity" and high art lead to the end of "old money" galas being truly... exclusive ## [She Was a $200 Million Hotel Heiress. Her Body Sat Unclaimed in the L.A. Morgue: Francesca Hilton](https://www.theoldmoneyluxury.com/p/she-was-a-200-million-hotel-heiress) _2026-08-09 · Old Money Luxury · Old Money Luxury_ Conrad Hilton left his empire to a foundation for the poor. His only daughter slept in her car in the same city. ## [The Secrets of Ethel and Robert Kennedy's Marriage Are More Disturbing Than We Thought](https://www.theoldmoneyluxury.com/p/the-untold-stories-of-ethel-and-robert) _2026-08-07 · Old Money Luxury · Old Money Luxury_ The Skakels were richer than the Kennedys. They were also drunker, wilder, and harder to kill a story about. ## [The Forgotten Life of "The Most Hated Woman in America”: Cissy Patterson](https://www.theoldmoneyluxury.com/p/the-forgotten-life-of-the-most-hated) _2026-08-05 · Old Money Luxury · Old Money Luxury_ She rang Al capone's doorbell, published FDR's war plans, and died the night before she planned to rewrite her will again... ## [The High Society Party That Killed The 1980s: The Forbes 70th Birthday Dinner](https://www.theoldmoneyluxury.com/p/the-high-society-party-that-killed) _2026-08-03 · Old Money Luxury_ Malcolm Forbes spent $2.5 million to fly 800 guests to Tangier in August 1989. Eleven weeks later the Berlin Wall came down. Six months later he was dead. ## [Chovy's Blog: Agentic Coding (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/nIKlCgfo8bFw) _2026-08-03 · **Sponsored**_ Personal posts on agentic coding, moshcode CLI, and security findings. ## [She Married Into The Rothschilds, Then "Disappeared" In A Snowstorm: Jeannette Bishop](https://www.theoldmoneyluxury.com/p/she-married-into-the-rothschilds) _2026-08-01 · Old Money Luxury · Old Money Luxury_ The surname on the passport was Rothschild, and by November 1980 it hadn’t legally belonged to her for nine years. ## [The Winter Queen: How Elizabeth of Bohemia Sparked a Century of European Fire](https://historywithamy.substack.com/p/the-winter-queen-how-elizabeth-of) _2026-07-18 · Dr Amy Boyington · History with Amy_ If Anne of Denmark was the cultural architect who remade the British court, her eldest daughter, Elizabeth Stuart, was the firebrand whose marriage accidentally set the entire European continent ablaze. ## [The Queening of Whitehall: How Anne of Denmark Remade the British Court](https://historywithamy.substack.com/p/the-queening-of-whitehall-how-anne) _2026-07-06 · Dr Amy Boyington · History with Amy_ History loves to treat Anne of Denmark as a footnote. ## [The Lost Princesses of the Cavalier Court: The Fates of the Daughters of Charles I and Henrietta Maria](https://historywithamy.substack.com/p/the-lost-princesses-of-the-cavalier) _2026-06-23 · Dr Amy Boyington · History with Amy_ The tragic execution of King Charles I in January 1649 did not merely shatter a monarchy; it utterly dispersed a family. ## [The Phoenix Queen: The Life, War, and Exile of Henrietta Maria](https://historywithamy.substack.com/p/the-phoenix-queen-the-life-war-and) _2026-06-18 · Dr Amy Boyington · History with Amy_ The history of the Stuart monarchy is written in the blood of its conflicts, but few of its figures have been as fiercely polarised as Henrietta Maria of France. ## [The Reluctant Monarch: The Heartbreak and Triumphs of Queen Mary II](https://historywithamy.substack.com/p/the-reluctant-monarch-the-heartbreak) _2026-06-10 · Dr Amy Boyington · History with Amy_ When we think of the great queens of British history, names like Elizabeth I, Victoria, or Elizabeth II instantly dominate the conversation. ## [Sex, Lies, and Whitehall: The Commoner who became a Royal Matriarch](https://historywithamy.substack.com/p/sex-lies-and-whitehall-the-commoner) _2026-06-09 · Dr Amy Boyington · History with Amy_ History loves a royal fairy tale, but it prefers them neat. ## [The Queen of Tea and Toleration: The Resilience of Catherine of Braganza](https://historywithamy.substack.com/p/the-queen-of-tea-and-toleration-the) _2026-06-01 · Dr Amy Boyington · History with Amy_ When we think of the Restoration court of King Charles II, our minds instantly flood with images of glittering debauchery, witty playwrights, and a rotating carousel of powerful, brilliant mistresses. ## [A New Chapter for History with Amy: Welcome to the Inner Court 👑](https://historywithamy.substack.com/p/a-new-chapter-for-history-with-amy) _2026-05-29 · Dr Amy Boyington · History with Amy_ First, a confession. ## [The Queen Over the Water: The Tragic, Scandalous Exile of Mary of Modena](https://historywithamy.substack.com/p/the-queen-over-the-water-the-tragic) _2026-05-28 · Dr Amy Boyington · History with Amy_ Imagine giving birth in a room crowded with over 70 gossiping courtiers, politicians, and ladies-in-waiting, only to have the entire country declare that the child is not yours. ## [Open-source Screen Sharing with Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/AF4OPC7oYcdM) _2026-05-28 · **Sponsored**_ WebRTC screen sharing with simultaneous mouse & keyboard control; viewers join in browser. ## [The Grand Curators of Tuscany: How the Medici Women Shaped Centuries of Art](https://historywithamy.substack.com/p/the-grand-curators-of-tuscany-how) _2026-05-20 · Dr Amy Boyington · History with Amy_ When we think of the Italian Renaissance and the glittering rise of Florence, our minds immediately conjure images of the Medici patriarchs.