Takashina no Takako (d. 996); served at the court of Empress Junshi, later the legal wife of Fujiwara no Michitaka and regent of Emperor Ichijō Corte Portugueza. Casa de Suas Magestade" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2021 . Retrieved 19 March 2023. She is not allowed to put any oil in her hair. This is also incorrect, as she is allowed to use ordinary oils. She is only required to avoid scented oils, sprays, perfumes, and fragrances. In the Ottoman Empire, the word lady-in-waiting or court lady has often been used to described those women of the Imperial Harem who functioned as servants, secretaries, and companions of the consorts (concubines), daughters, sisters and mothers of the Ottoman Sultan. These women originally came to the Harem as slaves, captured through the Crimean slave trade, the Barbary slave trade and the White slave trade. [45]

Magical Romani: The Warbirds are a caravan of Romani who all have magical powers (they recruited from the other clans to give those with powers a place to belong). They also play up the "mystical Romani" stereotype when dealing with outsiders as camouflage. The agony, however, is mine (ours) and not his. He is comfortable and warm in his bed and not in any pain. Hospital staff are making sure of that. I sit by the bedside with a book or a cup of tea (I think a constant state of feeling “tea-logged” goes with the territory) holding and stroking his bony wrist and sinewy hand under the bedclothes. It feels right and is, oddly, comforting for me. He is, I’m almost certain, not even aware I’m there or who I am. a b c d e Coughlan, Sean (27 November 2022). "Camilla scraps ladies-in-waiting in modernising move". BBC News. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022 . Retrieved 27 November 2022.With regards to the woman in the waiting period (idda) who has been widowed, who is mature and Muslim, she is to mourn. Mourning is to refrain from wearing perfumes, adornment, oil, and kohl except for a valid excuse. She must not dye herself with henna, or wear clothes colored with dye or saffron. [Maydani, Al-Lubab Fi-Sharh al-Kitab] Taking Care of Widow’s Family Kolk, Caroline zum (June 2009), "The Household of the Queen of France in the Sixteenth Century", The Court Historian, 14 (1) [ full citation needed] Helene Kottanner (1400–1470); lady-in-waiting for Elisabeth of Luxembourg, she organized the abduction of the Holy Crown and nursed Elisabeth of Habsburg, who later become a Polish Queen

In 1998, Cole's career in comedy was commemorated in the BBC documentary series Funny Women. [7] In the same year, Cole's autobiography A Passionate Life was published. The book's foreword was written by British theatre director Ned Sherrin.Since this is a contributory pension, you may earn any amount of money from any other source and still remain entitled to this pension. It is taxable. If it is your only source of income, you are unlikely to have to pay tax. Women from official elite families could be chosen to become Empress, consort or concubine immediately upon their entrance in the palace, but the Emperor could also promote any female court official to that post, as they were officially all members of his harem. [9] Nagel, Susan (2008), Marie-Therese, Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter, NY: Bloomsbury: Macmillan, ISBN 978-1-59691-057-7 Hanım (née Princess Kezban Marshania; c. 1895–15 March 1924); lady-in-waiting to her aunt, Nazikeda Kadın