The advice and content offered on AsktheQueens.com is adapted from Doomed Queens: Royal Women Who Met Bad Ends, From Cleopatra to Princess Di by Kris Waldherr.
Doomed Queens presents the lives (and wisdom) of fifty royal women whose reigns were unnaturally truncated. These rulers range from the infamous — Cleopatra, Anne Boleyn, Marie Antoinette — to those whose names have been hidden in history's footnotes, such as Thessalonike and Blanche of Bourbon. While each woman's final destiny may differ, one fact remains consistent: It's usually not good to be the queen. Until now.....
As the saying goes, experience is the comb life gives us after we've lost our hair: Though it's too late for these tragic female regents to benefit from their hard-won wisdom, it's not too late for you. And so from beyond the grave the queens prognosticate, offering advice for modern women who want to get ahead without losing their heads. May you learn from their cautionary examples to gain a happier fate!
PS: If the queens may seem a tad on the gloomy side, remember where they're coming from — and how they lost their crowns. If you don't like the queens' answers, try asking them again. Just rephrase your question a bit. They're oh-so-eager to help!
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