The Haunting of Elizabeth II and Other Spooky Royal Ghost Stories

With royal figures occupying so much space in history and culture—their lives public, their deaths infamous—it makes sense that many monarchs have felt haunted by the ancient palaces and castles they inhabit. Empress Josephine, the wife of Napoleon, once told her daughter how much she hated sleeping in Marie Antoinette’s old bedroom at the Tuileries Palace. “I have dark misgivings,” she said. “I feel as if the shadow of the queen is asking me what I am doing in her bed.”
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The Haunting of Elizabeth II and Other Spooky Royal Ghost Stories