Charlotte Zeepvat

Charlotte M. Zeepvat is an author and historian of European royal history. She has written five books published by Sutton Publishing, including biographies of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany and the Romanov family. An avid collector of original historical photographs, Zeepvat has also produced two collections of royal photographs, one about Queen Victoria and the other about the Romanovs.

Zeepvat was the primary contributor to the monthly journal Royalty Digest from 1991 to 2005, and contributes to its successor Royalty Digest Quarterly. She also has written for The Independent.

Early life and education Zeepvat read medieval and modern history at the University of Birmingham, graduating with a Master of Arts degree. was released in 1976 entitled "Art collecting and artistic patronage in early Stuart England, with particular reference to the function of the ambassador." Zeepvat's first piece of independent research focused on World War I poet W. N. Hodgson, which she hoped would lead to publication; to help with finances, she painted miniature portraits, which rapidly expanded with orders from around the world. quoted = 1| quote = ...A poignant small masterpiece, a book that constitutes an illuminating entré into the multifaceted Victorian world. Prince Leopold: The Untold Story of Queen Victoria's Youngest Son, which was published in 1998, she was granted access to the Royal Archives. Zeepvat has referred to the haemophiliac subject, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, as a "biographer's dream – an neglected subject whose voice still spoke through an extensive and almost untapped correspondence." — Walter L. Arnstein in his review of Prince Leopold: The Untold Story of Queen Victoria's Youngest Son

In 2000, Sutton Publishing released Zeepvat's Romanov Autumn: The Last Century of Imperial Russia, which detailed the final hundred years of the Romanov Imperial family in power. The Irish Times Mary Morrissy called the work "populist history", referring to Zeepvat work as a tour guide in Moscow. Morrissy remarked, "Each chapter is accompanied by the author's pen-and-ink sketches, which, along with Zeepvat's rather breathy writing style, lends the book an old-fashioned air. Rather like leafing through a Victorian lady's scrapbook." More critical, Booklists Jay Freeman noted that "while serious historians will find little of value here, royalty junkies can have a field day."

A collector of original historical photographs,

Zeepvat has also contributed articles to The Independent.

Works Prince Leopold: The Untold Story of Queen Victoria's Youngest Son (1998) Romanov Autumn: The Last Century of Imperial Russia (2000) Queen Victoria's Family: A Century of Photographs 1840-1940 (2001) The Camera and the Tsars: A Romanov Family Album (2004) From Cradle to Crown: British Nannies and Governesses at the World's Royal Courts (2006)