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Post by Lavendel on Jul 5, 2018 15:01:50 GMT
“While Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle garnered the attention of the world with their nuptials this morning, the equestrian community was a little more focused on the equine procession following the ceremony. The newly-married Duke and Duchess of Sussex rode in the Ascot Landau carriage, pulled by four Windsor Grey Horses named Milford Haven, Sir Basil, Tyrone and Storm. They are flanked by Plymouth and Londonderry, also Windsor Greys. Tyrone and Storm, both bred by The Queen, are a father son duo — sweetness!” Kenpalace posted
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Post by UnseenI on Aug 21, 2018 6:33:05 GMT
Henry VIII and his heart
There are posts about the Markles in several threads, so the information is all over the place. I have a faint memory of pictures of Thomas Markle and Henry VIII being posted - somewhere, and not by me - to show a physical resemblance.
Thomas Markle’s alleged heart problems generated many more posts featuring hearts, which were already a topic of interest.
There is a little poem about a heart that is attributed to Henry VIII. This is it, with modernised spelling:
"Oh, my heart!" By King Henry VIII
O, my heart! and O, my heart, It is so sore! Since I must needs from my Love depart; And know no cause wherefore!
It is set to music here:
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Post by transformer on Aug 31, 2018 18:25:35 GMT
To commemorate 21st anniversary of Dianas passing I thought this comment left by someone on a gossip blog interesting
Hope you've all had a great summer by the way.
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Post by UnseenI on Aug 31, 2018 18:32:32 GMT
transformer it is great to see you on here again. I have been so immersed in other things I forgot what the date was.
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Post by transformer on Aug 31, 2018 18:41:04 GMT
Hi Unseen great to be back.
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Post by UnseenI on Aug 31, 2018 18:42:59 GMT
I too think that there are still many unanswered questions in the case, and too many suspicious 'coincidences', the CCTV being turned off, for example.
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Post by UnseenI on Aug 31, 2018 18:45:47 GMT
Hi Unseen great to be back. The summer has not been too good, but I find that posting on here takes my mind off things and is very good exercise. Your bee post has inspired a lot of interesting posts and there is more to come.
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Post by Avacyn on Aug 31, 2018 21:29:13 GMT
I too think that there are still many unanswered questions in the case, and too many suspicious 'coincidences', the CCTV being turned off, for example. Maybe the subject could do with it's own thread? Just pondering out loud here.
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Post by Avacyn on Aug 31, 2018 21:31:51 GMT
Hope you've all had a great summer by the way. It's been busy my end, but really has been good. Lots of experiences, which has changed my outlook on things. Need to say a bit more on it all really, and why I was so absent! UnseenI has been dedicated to here, and is the true bedrock to the place. Really glad she's with us, and nice to see you back!
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Post by UnseenI on Sept 1, 2018 6:36:06 GMT
Nothing in the DM yesterday about the anniversary, which is surprising. truthseeker started a thread about Paul Henri, but soon there was no more to say.
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Post by Avacyn on Sept 1, 2018 20:47:26 GMT
Nothing in the DM yesterday about the anniversary, which is surprising. truthseeker started a thread about Paul Henri, but soon there was no more to say. They probably wanted to stop people thinking about her death, and get more negative towards the Royals. Lots of people feel she was murdered. You cannot get away from that easily.
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Post by UnseenI on Sept 2, 2018 7:05:05 GMT
Very true. It would have been a reminder at a time when there are many big problems for the royals.
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Post by Avacyn on Sept 2, 2018 21:25:37 GMT
It also makes you wonder what damage she really did to them, when she was alive...
I think her death may well have served a long way in their undoing.
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Post by UnseenI on Sept 7, 2018 6:55:01 GMT
Royal ears
It was Lavendel who first mentioned detached versus attached earlobes. Many pictures were posted in the Sussex thread; I have tried to find a few more. It is not easy to find pictures of the royals that show their ears clearly: hats, hair, beards, earrings etc. hide the evidence! I don’t trust portrait painters or sculptors to have reproduced exactly what they saw; coins and stamps can show a good likeness but not in great detail; only good, clear photographs can show us the truth. Here is a good picture of the future Edward VIII. He has attached earlobes:
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Post by truthseeker on Sept 13, 2018 18:37:39 GMT
I have found a documentary about the last hundred days of Diana.
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Post by UnseenI on Sept 14, 2018 7:00:55 GMT
Hello truthseeker it is great to see you on here again. I can’t think of anything new to say about the death of Princess Diana. I couldn’t believe it when it happened. I slept late on the day. When I woke up I knew that something had happened, so I switched the TV on... I went to Kensington Palace to see the sea of flowers, balloons, toys etc. that people left. It was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. There were huge crowds of people. I went in the evening. Many candles were lit, which made it even more magical. Maybe it was an energy-raising exercise.
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Post by truthseeker on Sept 14, 2018 21:48:37 GMT
There are some cases about whom we will probably never know the truth. I wish we could find out the truth.
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Post by UnseenI on Sept 15, 2018 6:30:19 GMT
I agree that we will probably never know what really happened.
If I only had a time machine!
The last 100 days of Princess Diana’s life ended on August 31st.
The first 100 days of Meghan Markle’s life as a royal ended on August 24th.
Meghan and Harry recently attended a concert called 100 Days to Peace to mark the last 100 days of the First World War, which ended on November 11th.
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Post by UnseenI on Sept 25, 2018 6:21:48 GMT
Royal riddles
Once again a seed from transformer it starting to grow into a tree with many branches! I haven’t solved her royal riddles yet, but they got me thinking yet again about the two Tom Riddles in Harry Potter. Then I remembered the riddles in The Hobbit. Germanic peoples, of whom J.R.R. Tolkien was one, were particularly fond of asking riddles. This is one of the earliest: “Who are the two who ride to the Thing? Three eyes have they together, ten feet, and one tail: and thus they travel through the lands.” This is about one-eyed Odin, or Woden, and his eight-legged horse Sleipnir. Odin is said to be the founder of the Danish royal family, of which Prince Philip is a member. Royal Riddles with some red hair:
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Post by UnseenI on Sept 25, 2018 6:23:07 GMT
Three Hat Royal Riddle
The illustration for this game by coincidence has many elements that have been featured on here. Red hair, black and white, purple and green, two pillars, three men - possible successors Charles, William and Harry? Is the jester Prince Edward?
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Post by UnseenI on Sept 26, 2018 6:32:43 GMT
Royal riddle in Sherlock Holmes
The Victorians loved riddles too. They also loved Sherlock Holmes stories. The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual contains a riddle dating back to the 17th century. It begins: 'Whose was it?' 'His who is gone.' 'Who shall have it?' 'He who will come.' … ‘It’ means the Crown; the other references are to Charles I and his hoped-for successor Charles II. Solving the riddle leads to the finding of the Crown, which was lost for centuries. The Musgraves live in west Sussex by the way.
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Post by UnseenI on Oct 3, 2018 5:35:43 GMT
George IV and Brighton
As the Sussexes are visiting Sussex today, here is something about previous royal involvement. George IV (Prinny) made Brighton fashionable and built his hideous but spectacular Royal Pavilion there. Meghan and Harry will be visiting it as part of their Sussex away day. In those days, the journey from London was no big deal for people with light coaches and fast horses: it took just over 8 hours. I have had tea in a café near the Brighton Pavilion, but not been inside as it is very expensive and from the pictures I have seen the rooms are not much to my taste. I wonder what Meghan will make of it.
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Post by UnseenI on Oct 3, 2018 5:40:17 GMT
Queen Victoria and Brighton
George IV’s brother William IV and niece Queen Victoria both came to stay in the Royal Pavilion on a few occasions. She took the train; even in 1841 the journey took just over one hour. She complained that there was no sea view from the Pavilion; she found the crowds of onlookers a nuisance; her opinion of the pavilion was that it was “a strange, odd, Chinese-looking thing, most rooms low”. No wonder she came to prefer Balmoral and the Isle of Wight as holiday destinations. Her final visit to Brighton was in 1845. Prince Albert driving his family in a sleigh in heavy snow, with the Pavilion in the background:
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Post by UnseenI on Oct 3, 2018 5:42:37 GMT
Edward VII and Brighton & Hove
The young Edward VII was a passenger in the sleigh in the above picture. After becoming king, he convalesced in Brighton a few times. He stayed in Lewes Crescent, which has been mentioned in the Sussex thread in connection with Lewis Carroll. He later stayed in Hove, which is immediately to the west of Brighton and is considered to be more genteel. Edward VII had this to say about it: "I like Hove. I like its surroundings and I like its climate.” He had a favourite spot - a public bench with a view of the sea. Here he is with Queen Alexandra circa 1909: The same bench - allegedly although there are some differences - at a later date. The picture is of interest because of the strange carriages:
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Post by UnseenI on Oct 3, 2018 5:45:32 GMT
King George V and Bognor Regis
Just as George IV put Brighton on the map, George V made the seaside resort of Bognor popular. Regis was added to the name because of the association with the king. Just like his father Edward VII, George V went to Sussex to convalesce. I wonder why he went to Bognor rather than Hove. From 2009: “A former Bognor Regis schoolgirl has recalled King George V's arrival in the town 80 years ago. Mary Boyce was eight at the time of that historic day of February 9, 1929. She said: ‘I stood on Gordon Avenue, probably with my parents, and the King was leaning back on his pillow in the ambulance. He moved slowly down Gordon Avenue and we waved to him. When he and Queen Mary left Bognor, all the schoolchildren went on to the promenade to see them drive past. We waved to them when we saw them.’ That was on May 15. The intervening 13 weeks had placed Bognor at the centre of the empire. Queen Mary was frequently seen around the Bognor area in her car or walking. Mrs Boyce said she attended different churches for Sunday services during her stay. She also went shopping in the town – most famously at Woolworths where she and her assistants searched for trinkets.” Queen Mary was famous for helping herself to any little thing that took her fancy. I wonder whether she paid for those trinkets! The king arrives in Bognor - is that an American flag? In his invalid carriage and with his granddaughter Princess Elizabeth, who was one of the many family members to visit him:
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Post by Lavendel on Oct 3, 2018 9:26:06 GMT
“ UnseenI” those are really lovely historical pictures. The royals then were more transparent and personable than today. Artists were given access in daily lives of royals and court life.
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Post by UnseenI on Oct 3, 2018 18:27:01 GMT
I chose these pictures because of their historic interest. truthseeker was asking about aliens: people in old photographs often look like people from another planet to me!
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Post by UnseenI on Oct 4, 2018 18:20:49 GMT
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Post by Lavendel on Oct 4, 2018 22:22:09 GMT
Thats a good picture. It looks sewn on . As kind the lobes were unattached 😀
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