Highclere Castle : Secrets and Lies

  ABOUT WILLIAM CROSS, FSA SCOT   BRITISH   WRITER   WILLIAM CROSS, FSA SCOT William Cross, FSA Scot is a writer and researcher whose speciality is biography. He is the author of a number of books on British Society figures, including Almina, 5th Countess of Carnarvon, (1876-1969), George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, the 5th Earl of Carnarvon ( of Tutankhamun fame ), the Honourable Gwyneth Ericka Morgan (1895-1924) and the Honourable Evan Frederic Morgan, ( 1893-1949), the last Viscount Tredegar, the last two mentioned being members of the Morgan family of Tredegar House, Newport, Gwent.  Cross has also written   long biographical sketches of the American, Catherine Wendell ( 1900-1977) and the Austrian dancer, Tilly Losch (1904-1975), the two wives of Henry George Alfred Marius Victor Francis Herbert ( 1898-1987), 6th Earl of Carnarvon.    In addition Cross has written two books on Prince Victor Duleep Singh ( 1866-1918), the eldest son the last Maharajah of Lahore , apprai

  LORD CARNARVON'S DEATH SCENE IN THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL CAIRO  5th APRIL 1923  NEW BOOK ON THE CARNARVONS OF HIGHCLERE CASTLE AND TUTANKHAMUN LIES, DAMNED LIES AND THE CARNARVONS   FROM  HISTORIAN :  WILLIAM CROSS, FSA SCOT   ·          A new book  “ Lies, Damned Lies and the Carnarvons  was  published on 1 September 2022. ·          The book comes from Society writer William Cross, FSA Scot author of several other books featuring members of the  Carnarvon family including the best selling  “ The Life and Secrets of Almina Carnarvon”, “ Lordy! Tukankhamun’s Patron As A Young Man”,  &  “ Catherine and Tilly: Porchey Carnarvon’s Two Duped Waives”.   ·          Promotional and review copies are now available from the Author. See contact details, below.   ·          The book has been written to coincide with the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun, 100 years ago on 4 November 1922.    Highlights of the Book:   The book is 150 pages long, 18 Chapters and  over 75,000 words wit

  TUTANKHAMUN CENTENARY 2022 Almina Carnarvon Remembers Her Time In The   USA   In 1903   Oh! My Dears! I   simply couldn’t stand America or the Americans. In January 1903  when  my  husband, Lord Carnarvon,  was intent on a visit to the United States to buy race horses  we were forced through illness to forfeit the passage booked on the RMS Celtic, due out of Liverpool on 14 January. The illness of our dear  son  Henry,  Lord Porchester,  who had a high temperature and a general malaise,  detained us at  our home at Highclere Castle . By the way, my dears,   Henry was really Prince Victor  Duleep Singh’s procreation. The poor boy suffered a succession of childhood pains and woes. We had to thrash him rather a lot too as he was  a lazy boy and a wicked one.   As we were setting off for Liverpool   nanny and nurse both begged us to dally a while to see if Henry recovered his faculties.   Dear, sweet, lovely Prince Victor,  officially his godfather,  who dotted on the bo