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2 days ago · Hepburn was born in Belgium in 1929, the daughter of Baroness Ella van Heemstra, a minor Dutch aristocrat, and Joseph Ruston, an Englishman who mostly absented himself from family life. He finally walked for good in 1935, moving back to England, a moment Hepburn describes in the film as “the first big blow of my life.
4 days ago · Audrey Hepburn was born Audrey Kathleen Ruston in Ixelles/Elsene, a municipality in Brussels, Belgium, in 1929. She was the only child of Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, a Briton, and his second wife, the former Baroness Ella van Heemstra, a Dutch aristocrat, who was the daughter of a former governor of Dutch Guiana.
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4 days ago · A quiz on some of the lesser known details of the life and work of a legendary actress. A multiple-choice quiz by shortnsweet875 . Estimated time: 4 mins. Last 3 plays: Guest 72 ( 4/10 ), bernie73 ( 5/10 ), Guest 98 ( 10/10 ).
2 days ago · Given refuge by Count Godard Bentinck at Kasteel Amerongen, Wilhelm formally renounces the Prussian and imperial thrones on November 28, 1918. He buys Huis Doorn from Baroness Wilhelmina Van Heemstra, the grandmother of Brussels-born actress Audrey Hepburn, in May 1920.
4 days ago · During the war, Audrey's mother, Ella, changed Audrey's name to Edda because she thought that the name Audrey sounded to British and didn't want the Nazis to take her away. She would use her birth certificate when proving Audrey's name by changing the L's to D's and the date from 1900 to 1929.
7 hours ago · The story follows Piglet, an assistant cookbook editor, who is engaged to be married. She’s just moved into a new-build house on the outskirts of Oxford with her fiance, Kit, and together, the pair are excitedly counting down to the big day. But just two weeks out from the nuptials, Kit confesses a betrayal that throws Piglet’s seemingly ...
4 days ago · The minister of foreign affairs ( Dutch: Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Caspar Veldkamp of the New Social Contract, who has been in office since 2 July 2024.
