empress
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While government ministers tried to turn Russia into a constitutional monarchy, Rasputin offered spiritual guidance to the czar and empress.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The former empress was driven into exile with her husband, late pro-Western shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in January 1979 during a popular revolution that ousted the monarchy and brought the Islamic republic to power.
From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026
Her climb from lifestyle author to homemaking empress, along with her fall and brief imprisonment, spawned endless special reports, gossip columns, parodies, and unauthorized biographies both serious and salacious.
From Salon • Oct. 30, 2024
The state visit to the UK by the emperor and empress of Japan will go ahead later this month, says Buckingham Palace.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2024
The advice that rankled most came from Ward McAllister, factotum and chief slipperlick to Mrs. William Astor, empress of New York society.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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