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

I had done so many things, but people probably knew me most for “Maleficent,” but it was then fun to be in “The Great” and I’m playing an empress, but she’s not the Disney version.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 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 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