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Post by UnseenI on Dec 9, 2018 18:26:28 GMT
The Eden Project comes to Bavaria
As previously mentioned, the Eden Project is a big attraction in Cornwall. Bavaria now has something similar in Upper Franconia called Klein-Eden – Tropenhaus am Rennsteig (Little Eden – Tropics House on the Rennsteig). The royal family have made many visits to the Eden Project in Cornwall; there are no records - yet - of visits to Little Eden by any Wittelsbachers. Fish farming and growing tropical fruit are some of their activities.   www.tropenhaus-am-rennsteig.de/
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Post by UnseenI on Dec 12, 2018 7:53:10 GMT
The Jacobites and the mole
The recent talk of moles in Kensington Paace has reminded me that the Jacobites used to drink a toast to ‘the little gentleman in black velvet’ because a mole played a part in the death of their enemy William III or William of Orange. The story goes that William III fell off his horse when it stumbled on a molehill. He broke his collarbone then developed the pneumonia from which he died. There is a statue of him in St. James’s Square in central London. His horse’s hoof is poised over the fatal molehill:  
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Post by aletheia on Dec 13, 2018 21:44:01 GMT
UnseenI , your post about William of Orange "King Billy" & the manner of his untimely death made me think of two-time Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel Bt. who also died after falling off his horse. The tragic accident occurred in 1850 on Constitution Hill with Peel dying some days later. One of Peel's biographers reckoned the ultimate factor of death as "broncho-pneumonia". Sir Robert Peel established the Metropolitan Police Force and from his name we derive the slang "bobbies" and "peelers". Prominent supporter of the emancipation of the catholics and repealed the Corn Laws which ultimately brought down his 2nd administration. The death of this great statesman caused a large shock in Victorian Britain and the Queen remarked that, 'Everyone seems to have lost a personal friend'. 
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Post by UnseenI on Dec 14, 2018 8:44:43 GMT
Sir Robert Peel
Orange Peel!
Yes, this got a brief mention in a blog article about Benjamin Disraeli. Sir Robert Peel was Disraeli’s nemesis, and something often happened to his enemies and people who were in the way.
We don’t see very many bobbies on the beat in London these days.
To get back to William of Orange, there is a story that the horse was confiscated from someone who plotted against him, so the Jacobites made a poem praising Sorel the horse.
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Post by UnseenI on Dec 15, 2018 20:33:59 GMT
The two little Plantagenet princes and two more Bavarian princes
There was a string of posts about Richard III a while back, including some about the two princes in the Tower. It was truthseeker who noticed similarities between Richard III and his two young nephews Edward and Richard and Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria and his two nephews Ludwig II and Otto. There is also a similarity between two pictures that feature two royal brothers. Here are John Everett Millais’s famous 1878 depiction of the two little Plantagenet princes, and a vintage postcard of Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria’s two eldest sons Prince Luitpold (born 1901 so not the regent mentioned above) and Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (born 1905):   Both Edward and Luitpold were Dukes of Cornwall. Luitpold died at the age of 13, and Edward may have been killed when he was around that age, however Albrecht lived to the age of 91.
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Post by UnseenI on Dec 17, 2018 19:44:50 GMT
Jo Cox and the Forest of Dean
The Forest of Dean has been mentioned in connection not only with the Sussexes and the Cotswolds but also with Richard III, wild boars, J. K. Rowling and Harry Potter. Now there is another link: Jo Cox was the Labour politician who was murdered shortly before the EU Referendum in 2016. We discussed this sad case in detail on the old CC forum. I know that this is not a forum for politics, so am only mentioning it because of this: “Jo Cox's husband and children will be able to find solace in their secret woodland hideaway in the Forest of Dean after tomorrow's worldwide celebrations of her birthday are over. The Labour MP was shot and stabbed to death last Thursday as she prepared to leave her Batley constituency in Yorkshire to celebrate her 42nd birthday in the Forest with her husband Brendan, their son Cuillin, five, daughter Lejla, three, and around 100 family and friends.”
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Post by UnseenI on Dec 19, 2018 9:05:37 GMT
Sidney Paget and his Sherlock Holmes illustrations
Lavendel liked the illustration on the cover of this tribute book, which is very like how I imagine Sherlock Holmes to be:  “A discussion of the Devil's Foot, with the text of the story.” I am not sure where it comes from. It could well one of Sidney Paget’s: he was the first ever illustrator of the Sherlock Holmes stories. His pictures complement the stories very well and would have enhanced the royal family’s enjoyment of them. This is one of his illustrations of The Devil’s Foot. Note the standing stones; there are a few in west Cornwall where the story is set: 
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Post by UnseenI on Dec 21, 2018 7:33:24 GMT
Sidney Paget, illustrator
This is the man who is responsible for associating Sherlock Holmes with a deerstalker cap and Inverness cape. His death at the age of only 47 is a great loss. Sidney Paget:  Out of all of his pictures of Holmes and Watson, this is the one I like best: 
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Post by UnseenI on Dec 29, 2018 19:25:46 GMT
New Sherlock Holmes and Queen Victoria film
I posted about a new Sherlock Holmes film a while back: “A forthcoming attraction for the Christmas holiday season is Holmes and Watson, a new comedy film. Maybe it will be very funny or maybe it will just be silly and vulgar. Some of it looks like a parody of the Robert Downey films. There is a swarm of killer bees in it.”  The film was released in the US a few days ago. It is so awful that people are walking out and making comments such as, ‘cinematic disgrace’, ‘absolute disaster’ and, ‘worst film of the year’. So no new angles and connections for us here. What a disappointment.
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 28, 2019 9:09:09 GMT
Queen Victoria’s journals and artwork
The current Queen has created a new website on which her ancestor Queen Victoria’s journals have been published. Much of the content was edited and censored by her daughter Princess Beatrice after Victoria’s death, but a huge amount of material remains. Queen Victoria’s pen and ink sketches and illustrations in water colours have little artistic merit, but they are of interest for other reasons. This one makes me think of the EU flag:  "Journal Illustration: Tuesday 24th December 1850 Clasp of a bracelet containing a miniature of Princess Louise, given to Queen Victoria by Prince Albert: pen and ink sketch with watercolour, by Queen Victoria (3.7 x 3.5 cm (sheet))" The Hanoverians appropriated some Scottish customs and dress. This one records her interest in the Stuarts:  "Journal Illustration: Friday 13th June 1851 Prince Albert, Queen Victoria and Prince Charles of Leiningen [?] in their costumes for the Stuart Ball: watercolour by Queen Victoria (8.8 x 12.0 cm (sheet)"
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 10, 2019 8:29:49 GMT
Prince Charles with some bananas
He looks as though he has never seen a banana before! 
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 11, 2019 19:49:23 GMT
Prince Charles and the bananas of Damocles
Overhead bananas at Borough Market in London in 2005: 
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 12, 2019 19:41:19 GMT
William and Kate are bananas
There are some other edible royal portraits here and there, but these ones from 2011 are very topical: “A Japanese man is so bananas about the royal wedding he has sculpted Wills and Kate - out of bananas. Keisuke Yamada usually creates fantasy characters by gently carving the fruit's flesh but couldn't resist trying his hand at the happy couple. The 23-year-old electrician took half an hour to make each face using a spoon and toothpick. Mr Yamada explains: ' l am used to sculpting weird faces and ghouls, but trying to capture the features of Prince William and Kate was a fun challenge. I hope they will be flattered by my tribute to them and I wish them a very happy marriage.' Although he is proud of his work, Mr Yamada will not be exhibiting it. ' I always eat the bananas after I have photographed them,' he says.”  www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/royalty/8474400/Royal-wedding-quirky-portraits-and-sculptures-of-Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton.html?image=6
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 6, 2019 8:44:02 GMT
Fox eats banana in Bavaria
Foxes and bananas are current topics of interest. This picture was taken in Füssen, near the castle of Neuschwanstein: 
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 6, 2019 8:44:56 GMT
Banana at the Oktoberfest
Another banana in Bavaria: 
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 19, 2019 9:20:18 GMT
Three royal cousins in Berlin
Berlin has become a place of interest primarily because of the Sussexes, but there are other connections. From Lavendel: “Berlin is being recreated like the time of the kaiser. Imposing buildings, and many royals and federal states are setting up homes for their ambassadors. It seems there is plans to resurrect the old Empire of rome. “ Many British royals visited Berlin before the First World War. King George V went there in 1913: “Following Nicholas II’s visit to the Isle of Wight with his family in 1908, the two cousins would meet again, and for the last time, in Berlin in 1913, on the occasion of the marriage of Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1887-1953) and Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892-1980), only daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was also a cousin of both Tsar Nicholas II and King George V.” www.rct.uk/collection/2926734/nicholas-iinbspemperor-of-russia-1868-1968nbspand-king-george-v-1865-1936Who wears it better? King George (in the white uniform) and Tsar Nicholas:  You can see some of the pageantry here:
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Post by Lavendel on Mar 20, 2019 8:59:11 GMT
Three royal cousins in Berlin
Berlin has become a place of interest primarily because of the Sussexes, but there are other connections. From Lavendel : “Berlin is being recreated like the time of the kaiser. Imposing buildings, and many royals and federal states are setting up homes for their ambassadors. It seems there is plans to resurrect the old Empire of rome. “ Many British royals visited Berlin before the First World War. King George V went there in 1913: “Following Nicholas II’s visit to the Isle of Wight with his family in 1908, the two cousins would meet again, and for the last time, in Berlin in 1913, on the occasion of the marriage of Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1887-1953) and Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892-1980), only daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was also a cousin of both Tsar Nicholas II and King George V.” www.rct.uk/collection/2926734/nicholas-iinbspemperor-of-russia-1868-1968nbspand-king-george-v-1865-1936Who wears it better? King George (in the white uniform) and Tsar Nicholas: You can see some of the pageantry here: They look handsome. Honestly i liked the russian cousin More |
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Post by Lavendel on Mar 20, 2019 8:59:40 GMT
The great Giants Army ——————— UnseenI, Kaiser Friedrich was obsessed with the grand image of buildings. He formed an army of Giants who would make a good image in and outside the building. He got an Irish giant to be kindnapped and brought to his army. Many say this was the beginning eugenics which the little man from bayern Austria tried to copy by eliminating the short fragile travellers, gays, communies  |
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 20, 2019 19:38:37 GMT
Fascinating - I had not heard about this.
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Post by Lavendel on Mar 21, 2019 15:18:12 GMT
The long fellows ————— UnseenI , i have Attached the video which Shows the long fellows preparing for fake war to fight for the kaiser. The war act is read, a member of the preußische royal family is invited and his wife to sign the flag and declare war. Its all an act. But since Angela became the leader and corruption increased the country folk long for the structured life and sommer festivals of the kaiser times. Many of this festivals are cropping up all over the country. |
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 23, 2019 20:43:46 GMT
Stanley Baxter played the Queen
The Scottish comedian Stanley Baxter has just been mentioned in the Sussex thread, where there are many examples of royal look-alikes and waxworks. He was the first person to impersonate the Queen on TV. He was rather worried about the reaction, but people loved it. Much of the magic and mystique of the monarchy had gone by that time. By coincidence, he is just one month younger than the Queen and he too is still alive! His portrayal of the Queen has changed over the years:    
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 23, 2019 20:47:37 GMT
Stanley Baxter played the Queen’s grandparents!
He is both King George V and Queen Mary in this sketch, which was filmed in the style of the newsreels of the time (1934):
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 24, 2019 19:42:25 GMT
Bavarian prince’s Turkish bride
Another German link with Turkey: “Germany's Prince Konstantin of Bavaria tied the knot with Turkish national Deniz Kaya in a French church located in St Moritz, Switzerland on Saturday. Many royals and European high society members attended the grand ceremony which gave Kaya the title of Princess Deniz of Bavaria. Konstantin and Kaya crossed paths six years ago in 2012 in London while she was studying interior design and he was working as a DJ under the name Koko Bayern. Konstantin is the son of Prince Leopold and Princess Ursula, and part of dynasty that ruled Bavaria from 1180 to 1918” www.dailysabah.com/life/2018/09/03/prince-konstantin-of-bavaria-ties-the-knot-with-deniz-kayaKonstantin - Constantinople! 
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 25, 2019 7:22:15 GMT
Kaiser Wilhelm went to Turkey
The links between Germany and the Ottoman Empire were very strong at one time. Kaiser Wilhelm II visited the city of Istanbul, then known as Constantinople, in 1889 and 1898. He visited again in 1917. The available pictures are poor quality, and some appear in image searches for all dates! Here he is in 1917 with Sultan Mehmed V, whom he is saluting:  
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 30, 2019 7:55:29 GMT
Leave and Remain
Way back there were references to the Parliamentarians, the Royalists and Oliver Cromwell. The areas that supported Cromwell roughly correspond to the areas that voted to Leave, while London and other Remain areas were monarchist supporters. Oliver Cromwell was remembered in central London yesterday. Parliament is covered in scaffolding but his statue is still there and attracted some attention: 
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Post by UnseenI on Apr 11, 2019 8:22:00 GMT
Two shadow men in Berlin
Berlin has recently appeared on several threads. Of course heads of state and world leaders visit each other, capital cities are where they go and sooner or later they ago to Berlin. The Queen has been there several times. There is nothing unusual or sinister about most of the visits, but I still think that there was something behind Prince Harry’s recent trip. He too has been there more than once. Barack Obama has also made several visits to Berlin. He went in July 2008, when he was a presidential candidate and Frank Walter Steinmeier was Foreign Minister. “This picture seems sinister: 
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Post by UnseenI on Apr 12, 2019 7:09:37 GMT
Barack Obama, Berlin and Istanbul
On one of his visits to Berlin, Obama said, ”People of the world, look at Berlin.” We are now doing just that! We are looking at Istanbul too. At the Brandenburg Gate and in Istanbul:  
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