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heavyarethecrowns · 6 months

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world-of-wales · 3 months

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HAPPY 42ND BIRTHDAY TO HRH THE PRINCESS OF WALES, CATHERINE ELIZABETH ♡

Catherine Elizabeth (nee. Middleton) was born to Michael and Carole Middleton at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, on 9 January 1982. She was christened when she was six months old at the parish church of St. Andrew’s Bradfield in Berkshire on 20 June.

Catherine studied in nursery school in Amman during her family's time in Jordan. After moving back to the UK, she joined St. Andrew’s School, from where she went on to study in Marlborough College in Wiltshire, studying Chemistry, Biology, and Art at A-level.

The Princess undertook a gap year gap year studying at British Institute in Florence, working with Raleigh International programme in Chile, and crewing on Round the World Challenge boats in the Solent. In 2001, she enrolled in the University of St. Andrew’s where she met William for the first time to study Art history.

Cat and William fell in love during their time at uni, and married at Westminster Abbey on 29 APRIL 2011 at Westminster Abbey. The couple have three adorable cupcakes Prince George (b.2013), Princess Charlotte (b.2015) and Prince Louis (b.2018). The family of five divide time between their official residence, Kensington Palace and their two private residences - Amner Hall & Adelaide Cottage.

Upon her wedding, Catherine became HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, The Countess of Strathearn and Lady Carrickfergus. She received the titles of the Duchess of Cornwall & The Duchess of Rothesay upon King Charles's accession to the throne. William and her were made The Prince and Princess of Wales by him on 9 September 2022.

As well as undertaking royal duties in support of The King, both in the UK and overseas, The Princess devotes her time to supporting a number of charitable causes and organisations with some of her key areas of interest being Early Childhood Development, Children's Mental Health, Visual Arts and Sports among others.

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tiaramania · 7 months

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TIARA ALERT: Katherine O'Connor wore the Countess of Lindsay's Pearl Fringe Tiara for her wedding to The Honorable David Lindesay-Bethune in at Elie Parish Church in St. Andrews, Scotland on 16 September 2023.

#Tiara Alert #Katherine O'Connor #Countess of Lindsay #United Kingdom #British Nobility #British Aristocracy #bridal tiara #pearl #fringe tiara #tiara #diadem

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scotianostra · 22 days

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On the freezing morning of March 25 1306, Robert the Bruce was crowned King of Scots at Scone where a circlet of gold was raised and placed upon his head.

He was crowned in the presence of at least three bishops and four earls with the coronation, which followed the murder of John Comyn, Bruce’s main rival to the throne, a formal and solemn affair.

The King was draped in “kingly robes and vestments” which had been hidden away by Robert Wishart, the Bishop of Glasgow, until “this longed for day”, according to Ronald McNair Scott in his book Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland.

“(They) were brought out by the old man and set upon King Robert, and a circlet of gold was placed upon his head while the great banner of the kings of Scotland with its lion and scarlet lillies, that had lain so long concealed, was planted behind his throne,” the author wrote.

The Bishops of Moray and St Andrews were also in attendance as well as the Earls of Atholl, Lennox, Menteith and Mar. Absent, however, was the Earl of Fife, who held the hereditary right to crown the kings of Scotland.

Still a youth and held in England as a ward of court in 1306, he unable to attend the coronation and perform his hereditary duties. But his sister, 19-year-old Isabella MacDuff, the Countess of Buchan, went against the will of her husband - a loyal supporter of Edward I and close kinsman of the murdered John Comyn - by taking up the hugely symbolic role during the coronation.

“To her the call of Scotland and her youthful hero-worship of Bruce proved greater than her wifely duty,” Scott wrote.

“Seizing her husband’s finest horses, she rode with the upmost speed to Scone to act on her brother’s behalf” he added.

Isabella arrived a day too late but but King Robert took part in a second coronation ceremony, 48 hours after the first,so that the ancient tradition may be preserved.

“The golden circlet was lifted once more and placed upon the brow of Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick, Lord of Annandale, King of Scots.”

Following the coronation, Edward I sent soldiers into Scotland to hunt down the new king. Robert fled and, as the manhunt continued across Scotland, the King’s brother - Nigel de Brus - and other supporters were discovered.

They were taken to Berwick-Upon-Tweed where the men were judicially condemned, hanged, drawn and beheaded.

Along with other members of the family including King Robert's wife, Elizabeth, Isabella was captured and sent to the Borders town. There, she was confined to a cage that was hung from a tower at Berwick Castle as a warning to others. She remained in the cage for four years, according to accounts.

#scotland #scottish #history #first war of scottish independence

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the-last-tsar · 7 months

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"In 1799, three years after her failed betrothal with the King of Sweden, another marital project originated for Alexandra. Previously in 1798, Dukes Ferdinand Augustus and Alexander Frederick of Württemberg who were the brothers of the Empress Maria Feodorovna, arrived in St. Petersburg to serve in the Russian army. They expressed the interest of Austria to join with Russia in a coalition against the rising power of the French Republic and Napoleon, and to cement this alliance, it was decided to arrange a marriage between Alexandra and Archduke Joseph of Austria, Palatine (Governor) of Hungary and a younger brother of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor. Archduke Joseph personally came to Russia to see his bride. The meeting between them was successful. In mid-February 1799 the betrothal ball was held. Later, a marriage contract was signed in which Alexandra would be allowed to kept her Russian Orthodox faith. In October, Count Fyodor Rostopchin wrote:

"Believe me, that's not good started to strengthen the alliance with the Austrian court by ties of blood... Of all the sisters she will be given the least successful marriage. She will have nothing to wait for, and her children even more so."

On 25 September 1799, a decree was published about the royal title of Alexandra. In Russia, she was referred to as "Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess the Archduchess of Austria" with the French prefix of "Palatine d'Hongrie". The wedding took place on 30 October 1799 at Gatchina Palace, one week after the wedding of her sister Elena. To celebrate both events, poet Gavrila Derzhavin wrote the ode "the wedding celebrations of 1799". On 21 November the couple went to Austria. Countess Varvara Golovina remembered that Alexandra was sad to leave Russia, and her father Emperor Paul I "constantly repeated, would not see her since her sacrifice." According to Alexandra's confessor, Andrei Samborski, Alexandra was given a cold reception in Vienna. However, other sources offer a different view. Queen Maria Carolina of Naples (the Emperor's mother-in-law) and her daughters arrived in Vienna in August 1800 for a long stay. Maria Carolina's daughter, Princess Maria Amalia of Naples, wrote in her journal that on 15 August the Queen and her daughters were introduced to Alexandra, whom she described as "very beautiful". Maria Amalia and Alexandra became friends during this time; and the Princess of Naples wrote in her journal that the Russian Grand Duchess and her husband had a friendly relationship with the rest of the imperial family and took part in the family gatherings, parties and balls in Vienna, which contrasts with the version given by Andrei Samborski. For instance, in January 1801, Maria Amalia wrote in her journal that the imperial family used to attend balls in Archduke Joseph's residence in Vienna, where "beautiful Alexandra, always serious and sad, has a magnificent household." When she was presented to Emperor Francis II, she reminded him of his first wife Elisabeth of Württemberg, who was her maternal aunt; this caused the jealousy of Empress Maria Theresa, Francis II's second wife, who also was envious of Alexandra's beauty and fine jewelry. Imperial confessor Andrew Samborski wrote:

"Remembering the happy cohabitation with her led him (the Emperor) in extreme confusion of mind which afflicted the heart of the Empress, his present wife. After this, she became in the innocent victim of the Empress' implacable vengeance...The Empress not forgotten and humiliated her parents and siblings when she called them a family of freaks, due to the treatment that Grand Duke Constantine gave to his wife."

Once, Alexandra turned up to a ball beautifully dressed, with magnificent jewellery. The Empress was incensed at being upstaged by the Archduchess, and ordered her to remove her jewellery, and also told her that she could no longer wear them. Heeding her instructions, Alexandra only decorated her hair with flowers when she attended a play some time later. The flowers highlighted her beauty, leading her to be applauded and being given a standing ovation, making Maria Theresa even more furious. Archduke Joseph could not protect his wife from these attacks. Furthermore, her Eastern Orthodox faith aroused the hostility of the Roman Catholic Austrian court, who urged her to convert. Pavlovna was popular among Hungarians, both the nobles and the commoners. According to the legend, it was her suggestion to add the color green as the third color to the flag of Hungary. Hungarians had been using red and silver, then red and green as their national colors for centuries at the time. However, in the late 18th century, a third color was proposed to be added to the flag, to follow the style of the French tricolor. Pavlovna suggested green as a symbol for hope. By the mid-19th century, the red-white-green Hungarian tricolor became widespread.

Wikipedia of Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna.

#grand duchess alexandra pavlovna #more romanovs #facts #grand duchess #my own

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princesscatherinemiddleton · 9 months

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The Working Royals of the British Royal Family: A Series

Full name: Catherine Elizabeth (née Middleton) Title: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales (Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn, Lady Carrickfergus, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Carrick, Lady Renfrew, Countess of Chester) Birth: 09 January 1982 at Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading Current Age: 41

Catherine is the eldest of three children and was born to Carole and Michael Middleton. She spent her early life in Jordan, where she attended a multicultural nursery, before returning to Berkshire with her sister Pippa and baby brother James. Catherine studied History of Art at the University of St Andrews, where she met the then-Prince William of Wales, whom she later married on April 29th 2011. Catherine has three children - Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. She is passionate about children, mental health and the early years.

#mine #royaltyedit #wr #kate

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finleyforevermore · 1 month

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⭐NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 DREAM CAST⭐

Bryce Charles (top), Emilie Kouatchou (middle), or Kanisha Feliciano (bottom) as Natalya "Natasha/Natalie" Rostova

Denée Benton as Natasha in the picture. (2016 Broadway production)

Michael Arden (left), Josh Young (middle), or Shafiq Hicks (right) as Pyotr "Pierre/Peter" Bezukhov

Josh Groban as Pierre in the picture. (2016 Broadway production)

Emilie du Leslay (top) or Lucy St Louis (bottom) as Sofya "Sonya" Alexandrovna Rostova

Ingrid Michaelson as Sonya in the picture. (2016 Broadway production)

Nathan Salstone (1st pic), Daniel Tracht (2nd pic), Henry Thrasher (3rd pic), or Gavin Creel (4th pic) as Prince Anatole Vasilyevich Kuragin

Park Kang Hyun as Anatole in the picture. (2021 South Korean production)

Kimberly Marable as Countess Hélène Vasilyevna Bezukhova

Amber Gray as Hélène in the picture. (2016 Broadway production)

Willemijn Verkaik (1st pic), Micaela Diamond (2nd pic), Saycon Sengbloh (3rd pic), Brandi Chavonne Massey (4th pic), or Eden Espinosa (5th pic) as Marya Dmitrievna Akhrosimova

Lulu Fall as Marya in the picture. (2016 Broadway production)

Jason Tam as Fyodor "Fedya" Ivanovich Dolokhov

Choi Ho Jung as Dolokhov in the picture. (2021 South Korean production)

Emily Rohm as Princess Mary Bolkonskaya

Gelsey Bell as Mary in the picture. (2016 Broadway production)

Nick Rashad Burroughs as Balaga

Vitor Moresco as Balaga in the picture. (2018 São Paulo production)

Ben Crawford as Prince Andrey Nikolayevich Bolkonsky (top) and Prince Nikolay Andreevitch Bolkonsky (bottom)

Nicholas Belton as Andrey in the top picture, Blake DeLong as Prince Bolkonsky in the bottom picture. (2016 Broadway production and 2013 Off-Broadway production respectively)

Andrew Samonsky as Prince Andrey Nikolayevich Bolkonsky (if Andrey and Bolkonsky isn't double casted; Ben Crawford would just play Bolkonsky)

Nicholas Belton as Andrey in the picture. (2016 Broadway production)

Theatre credits under the cut.

THEATRE CREDITS:

Bryce Charles - Wendy Darling in Lythgoe Panto's Peter Pan

Emilie Kouatchou - Christine Daaé in The Phantom of The Opera

Kanisha Feliciano - Ann in Flying Over Sunset, Maria in West Side Story, Christine Daaé in The Phantom of The Opera

Michael Arden - Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Josh Young - Judas Iscariot in Jesus Christ Superstar

Shafiq Hicks - Tom Collins in Rent

Emilie du Leslay - Pearl in Starlight Express

Lucy St Louis - Christine Daaé in The Phantom of The Opera, Glinda in Wicked

Nathan Salstone - Chorus/Orpheus understudy in Hadestown

Daniel Tracht - Chorus/Orpheus understudy in Hadestown

Henry Thrasher - Pierre in Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812 (Carnegie Mellon University)

Gavin Creel - The Wolf / Cinderella's Prince in Into the Woods

Kimberly Marable - Persephone in Hadestown

Willemijn Verkaik - Elphaba in Wicked

Micaela Diamond - Lucille Frank in Parade

Saycon Sengbloh - Elphaba in Wicked

Brandi Chavonne Massey - Elphaba in Wicked

Eden Espinosa - Elphaba in Wicked

Jason Tam - The SQUIP in Be More Chill (Broadway), Peter in Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert

Emily Rohm - Jane Doe in Ride the Cyclone

Nick Rashad Burroughs - Lola in Kinky Boots

Ben Crawford - Erik in The Phantom of The Opera

Andrew Samonsky - Phoebus in The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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aimeedaisies · 2 months

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List of attendees to the service of Thanksgiving to the late King Constantine of Greece on 27th February 2024.

🇬🇧 Queen Camilla

🇬🇧 Princess Anne

🇬🇧 Sir Tim Laurence

🇬🇧 Princess Beatrice

🇬🇧 Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

🇬🇧 Zara Tindall

🇬🇧 Mike Tindall

🇬🇧 Lady Sarah Chatto

🇬🇧 Daniel Chatto

🇬🇧 Prince Richard, The Duke of Gloucester

🇬🇧 Birgitte, The Duchess of Gloucester

🇬🇧 Prince Edward, The Duke of Kent

🇬🇧 George, The Earl of St. Andrews

🇬🇧 Sylvana, The Countess of St. Andrews

🇬🇧 Lady Helen Taylor

🇬🇧 Prince Michael of Kent

🇬🇧 Princess Michael of Kent

🇬🇧 Princess Alexandra of Kent

🇬🇧 James Ogilvy

🇬🇧 Julia Ogilvy

🇬🇧 Marina Ogilvy

🇬🇧 George, The Marquess of Milford Haven

🇬🇧 Clare, The Marchioness of Milford Haven

🇬🇧 Penny, The Countess Mountbatten of Burma

🇬🇧 Lady Alexandra Hooper

🇬🇧 Thomas Hooper

🇬🇧 India Hicks

🇬🇧 David Flint Wood

🇬🇧 Amory Wood-Hicks

🇬🇧 Prince Andrew, The Duke of York

🇬🇧 Sarah Ferguson

🇬🇷 Queen Anne-Marie

🇬🇷 Crown Prince Pavlos

🇬🇷 Crown Princess Marie-Chantal

🇬🇷 Prince Achileas-Andreas

🇬🇷 Prince Odysseas-Kimon

🇬🇷 Prince Aristides-Stavros

🇬🇷 Princess Maria-Olympia

🇬🇷 Prince Nikolaos

🇬🇷 Princess Tatiana

🇬🇷 Prince Philippos

🇬🇷 Princess Nina

🇬🇷 Princess Theodora

🇬🇷 Matthew Kumar

🇬🇷 Princess Alexia

🇬🇷 Carlos Morales

🇬🇷 Princess Irene

🇪🇸 King Juan Carlos

🇪🇸 Queen Sofia

🇪🇸 King Felipe

🇪🇸 Queen Letizia

🇪🇸 Infanta Elena

🇪🇸 Infanta Cristina

🇪🇸 Juan Urdangarian

🇩🇰 Princess Benedikte

🇩🇰 Prince Gustav

🇩🇰 Princess Carina of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

🇩🇰 Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Countess Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille

🇩🇰 Count Michael Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille

🇯🇴 Queen Noor of Jordan

🇯🇴 Prince Hassan

🇯🇴 Princess Sarvath of Jordan

🇧🇬 Prince Kyril of Bulgaria

🇷🇸 Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia

🇷🇸 Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia

🇩🇪 Bernhard, Margrave of Baden

🇩🇪 Stephanie, Margravine of Baden

🇩🇪 Landgrave Donatus of Hesse

🇩🇪 Hereditary Prince Ernst August of Hanover

🇩🇪 Princess Saskia of Hohenlohe-Langeburg

Other notable attendees

Nicholas Soames (Conservative politician)

Rocco Forte (British Hotelier)

Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness (Former member of the House of Lords)

Grania Mary Caulfield (wife of Baron Cavendish of Furness)

John Kerry (United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate

Lady Susan Hussey (Lady-in-Waiting)

Sir Jackie Stewart (Racecar Driver and good family friend)

Alexandra von Fürstenberg (American Socialite)

Dax Miller (Alexandra von Fürstenbergs husband)

#i did this for the coronation so i thought i’d do this again #there will be more people who attended so if i missed anyone significant plz dm me #king constantine ii thanksgiving service #british royal family #greek royal family #danish royal family #spanish royal family

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wessexroyalfamily · 8 months

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Lea Sims, News Anchor: The bridal party has entered the Cathedral through the western doors. We knew ahead of today's wedding that Margaret's sisters Princess Annaliese and Princess Isabel would serve as her bridesmaid, but we were unaware until this morning of who would serve as the page boys and flower girls at the wedding.

1. Louise, The Princess Royal (daughter of Queen Anne II's cousin) 2. The Lady Helena St. Andrews (niece of Princess Margaret's Lady-In-Waiting, The Countess Spencer) 3. Leo St. Andrews (nephew of 4. Tessa Bolingbroke (daughter of Queen Anne II's Lady-In-Waiting)

Robert Hugh, News Anchor: Tessa Bolingbroke is the daughter of Alma Bolingbroke who served as a Lady of Honor at the coronation of Anne II.

Lea Sims, News Anchor: You can overhear the laughter from the crowd as the youngest royal, Princess Louise waving to the audience. After the ceremony Louise will no longer be the second ranking female in the Royal Family, now yielding that position to Margaret as Crown Princess.

Robert Hugh, News Anchor: Princess Margaret has now officially entered the Cathedral. She is escorted down the aisle by her father.

Lea Sims, News Anchor: The Royals gathered around the pair as they approach the alter, where the Archbishop of Winchester will preform the marriage.

Archbishop of Winchester: Your Royal Highness have you come in front of all gathered her to marry in wedded bliss this woman before you.

Crown Prince William of Wessex: Yes, I do.

Archbishop of Winchester: Do you declare, acknowledge and swear before the Watcher and in the presence of all gathered here, that you now take Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret of Lancaster, here present, to be your lawful wedded wife?

Crown Prince William: Yes, I do.

Archbishop of Winchester: Do you promise and swear to be faithful to her in all things, as a faithful husband should be to his wife, according to the commandment of the Watcher?

Crown Prince William: Yes, I do.

Archbishop of Winchester: You declare, acknowledge and swear before the Watcher, and in the presence of all who have gathered her, that you now take as your man and lawful husband His Royal Highness, The Crown Prince William of Wessex, here present?

Princess Margaret: Yes, I do.

Archbishop of Winchester: Do you promise and swear to be faithful to him in all things, as a faithful wife should be to her husband, according to the commandment of the Watcher?

Princess Margaret: Yes, I do.

Crown Prince William of Wessex: Margaret, I give you this ring as a sign of our marriage and my eternal devotion and the love between you and me.

Princess Margaret of Lancaster: William, I give you this ring as a sign of our marriage and my eternal devotion and the love between you and me.

Robert Hugh, News Anchor: Of course now that she is officially married to Crown Prince William she takes on a whole host of new titles.

Lea Sims, News Anchor: The Crown Prince and Crown Princess take a moment to of silence at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider. Laid in honor of the unknown solider killed during the Second Dane War, and a reminder to us all of the highest form of sacrifice made by members of our armed forces.

Robert Hugh, News Anchor: A private reception will held for invited guests following the couple's procession back to Woodstock Palace with other members of the Royal Family.

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grandmaster-anne · 2 years

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Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Princess Anne, Princess Royal, and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence stand in a row as they attend a Service of Prayer and Reflection for the Life of Queen Elizabeth II at St Giles' Cathedral, on September 12, 2022 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

#queen elizabeth ii #princess anne #princess royal #tim laurence #king charles iii #queen camilla #prince edward #sophie countess of wessex #prince andrew

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thewomenofwindsor · 1 year

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9th March Engagements

The Earl of Wessex

will visit Ashridge House, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.

will visit Sky Studios Elstree, Rowley Lane, Borehamwood.

The Countess of Wessex

will visit The Countryside Education Trust, Palace Lane, Beaulieu, Hampshire.

The Princess Royal

as Patron, will visit the Police Treatment Centres, St. Andrews, Harlow Moor Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

Patron, Maritime UK, will attend the Maritime UK Awards Dinner at DoubleTree by Hilton Hull, 24 Ferensway, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.

The Duke of Gloucester

Grand Prior, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, will attend a Dinner at St John's Gate, 26 St John's Lane, London.

The Queen Consort

will visit The British Racing School, Snailwell Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, to mark their 40th anniversary.

will visit British Sporting Art Trust, Palace House, Palace Street, Newmarket, Suffolk.

The King

will visit Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey.

The Duchess of Gloucester

Royal Patron, Missing People, will attend a Dinner at Pan Pacific Hotel, 80 Houndsditch, London, EC3, to celebrate their 30th Anniversary.

#royal engagements

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heavyarethecrowns · 7 months

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#earl of st andrews #countess of st andrews

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thepastisalreadywritten · 5 months

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SAINT OF THE DAY (November 17)

On November 17, the Catholic Church celebrates the life and example of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, a medieval noblewoman who responded to personal tragedy by embracing St. Francis' ideals of poverty and service.

A patron of secular Franciscans, she is especially beloved to Germans, as well as the faithful of her native Hungary.

As the daughter of Hungarian King Andrew II, Elizabeth had the responsibilities of royalty thrust upon her almost as soon as her short life began on 7 July 1207.

While she was still very young, Elizabeth's father arranged for her to be married to a German nobleman, Ludwig of Thuringia.

The plan forced Elizabeth to separate from her parents while still a child.

Adding to this sorrow was the murder of Elizabeth's mother Gertrude in 1213, which history ascribes to a conflict between her own German people and the Hungarian nobles.

Elizabeth took a solemn view of life and death from that point on. She found consolation in prayer. Both tendencies drew some ire from her royal peers.

For a time, beginning in 1221, she was happily married.

Ludwig, who had advanced to become one of the rulers of Thuringia, supported Elizabeth's efforts to live out the principles of the Gospel even within the royal court.

She met with friars of the nascent Franciscan order during its founder's own lifetime, resolving to use her position as queen to advance their mission of charity.

Remarkably, Ludwig agreed with his wife's resolution, and the politically powerful couple embraced a life of remarkable generosity toward the poor.

They had three children, two of whom went on to live as as members of the nobility, although one of them — her only son– died relatively young.

The third eventually entered religious life and became abbess of a German convent.

In 1226, while Ludwig was attending to political affairs in Italy, Elizabeth took charge of distributing aid to victims of disease and flooding that struck Thuringia.

She took charge of caring for the afflicted, even when this required giving up the royal family's own clothes and goods.

Elizabeth arranged for a hospital to be built and is said to have provided for the needs of nearly a thousand desperately poor people on a daily basis.

The next year, however, would put Elizabeth's faith to the test.

Her husband had promised to assist the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in the Sixth Crusade, but he died of illness en route to Jerusalem.

Devastated by Ludwig's death, Elizabeth vowed never to remarry. Her children were sent away, and relatives heavily pressured her to break the vow.

Undeterred, Elizabeth used her remaining money to build another hospital, where she personally attended to the sick almost constantly.

Sending away her servants, she joined the Third Order of St. Francis, seeking to emulate the example of its founder as closely as her responsibilities would allow.

Near the end of her life, she lived in a small hut and spun her own clothes.

Working continually with the severely ill, Elizabeth became sick herself, dying of illness on 17 November 1231.

After she died, miraculous healings soon began to occur at her grave near the hospital.

She was declared a saint only four years later, on 27 May 1235 by Pope Gregory IX.

Pope Benedict XVI has praised her as a “model for those in authority,” noting the continuity between her personal love for God and her public work on behalf of the poor and sick.

Patronage: Bakers; beggars; brides; charitable societies; charitable workers; charities; countesses; death of children; exiles; falsely accused people; hoboes; homeless people; hospitals; in-law problems; lacemakers; lace workers; nursing homes; nursing services; people in exile; people ridiculed for their piety; Sisters of Mercy; tertiaries; Teutonic Knights; toothache; tramps; widows.

Representation: A queen distributing alms; woman wearing a crown and tending to beggars; woman wearing a crown, carrying a load of roses in her apron or mantle.

#Saint of the Day #St. Elizabeth of Hungary

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skippyv20 · 2 years

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💜💜💜🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻LET US REMEMBER 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💜💜💜💜

GREETINGS KIDS 🤗,

PLEASE LET US REMEMBER AND KEEP THE LOSS OF OUR DEAR AND MOST BELOVED QUEEN AT THR FOREFRONT. I WATCHED THE HISTORICAL EVENTS AT ST. JAMES’ PALACE TODAY. IT WAS MAGICAL WATCHING LIVING HISTORY. ALL OF US SAW THIS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN CENTURIES. JUST THINK CENTURIES AND THE WAS A FIRST FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE PRESENT IN PERSON.

I TRULY BELIEVE KING CHARLES III IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OF THIS TRANSITION ALL WHILST GRIEVING HIS BELOVED MOTHER.

I WATCHED THE PRINCE OF WALES AS HE OBSERVED THE PROCEEDINGS. SO SOLEMN AND HE WAS JUST TAKING IT ALL IN. I JUST READ THE PEN KING CHARLES III USED AND KEPT PLUS THE INKWELL WERE GIFTS FROM HIS SONS. HOW SPECIAL.

NOW TO THE WINDSOR WALKABOUT. HMTQ HAS PASSED AND THERE IS A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN, SO TO SPEAK. WILLIAM IS NOW THE PRINCE OF WALES AND CHARLES IS THE KING. WE KNOW THE POWER THOSE TWO HAVE, JUST REMEMBER THE DECISIONS TO STRIP PRINCE ANDREW OF EVERYTHING, THEY WERE THE PRINCIPALS IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN. ANDREW IS THEIR BROTHER/UNCLE. I THINK SHE IS SHAKING IN HER BOOTS. LET US MOVE THROUGH THE PROTOCOL OF FUNERAL ETC. THEN THE CORONATION AND WILLIAM’S INVESTURE AS THE NEW PRINCE OF WALES WHICH IS A CEREMONY OF GREAT HISTORY IN WALES. THEY BOTH KNOW ALL ABOUT HER. THERE WILL BE NO SHENANIGANS BY HER THOUGH SHE WILL TRY. CATHERINE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES WAS BEYOND BRILLIANT TODAY IN HER BODY LANGUAGE AND SHEER DISTANCE FROM HER PHYSICALLY. THE PUBLIC REACTION WAS VISIBLE TO A BLIND PERSON. AT SOME POINT TWO CHILDREN MUST BE PRODUCED ALONG WITH RUMOURS OF ANOTHER ON THE WAY. LIES, OBFUSCATION, MANIPULATION, EVIL OF THE LOWEST ORDER. THE IRONY WAS NOT LOST ON ME THAT A HUGE PART TODAY WAS KING CHARLES III TO UPHOLD THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND AS HE WILL UPHOLD IN COMING DAYS IN IRELAND, WALES AND ENGLAND. THIS IS NO JOKE. THIS IS SPIRITUAL WARFARE. SCRIPTURE

Ephesians 6:12

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12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

LET US KEEP OUR NEW KING AND QUEEN CONSORT, OUR NEW PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES AND THE ENTIRE GRIEVING FAMILY, SOPHIE, THE COUNTESS OF WESSEX LOOKS EXHAUSTED AND GREATLY SADDENED IN OUR PRAYER.

LET US FOCUS ON HMTQ IN THE MOURNING PERIOD AND REMEMBER WE ARE SPECTATORS. HOWEVER WE ARE SUBJECTS OF THE NEW KING, THOSE IN THE UK, AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHIES SUCH AS I LIVE IN🇨🇦 AND THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH. THINGS ARE CHANGED AND I DO BELIEVE WE SHALL WITNESS WHAT WE HAVE WAITED YEARS FOR. THE RELEASE OF THE DOSSIER AND SHE AND HER PR WILL BE WELL CONTROLLED AND PERHAPS OUTED. EXAMPLE BEING HER PR SAID THEY BROUGHT DOLL GIRL BABY TO SEE HMTQ LAST YEAR. THERE WAS NOTHING FROM THE PALACE ABOUT THIS. TICK TOCK TICK TOCK ⏳ ⚖️ RACHEL, YOU LOOKED SCARED TO DEATH AND THE GLARES AT THE PRINCE OF WALES TODAY AGAIN CAPTURED ON FILM. NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN HER AND HER GREEDY MOTIVES. I AWAIT WITH BAITED BREATH SKIPPY TURNING HER PAGE GREEN!!! YOU HAVE TO HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME TO REMEMBER THAT PROMISE FROM OUR SKIPPY.

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On October 26th 1327 Elizabeth de Burgh, Queen Consort of Robert the Bruce died at Cullen Castle, Banffshire.

Note sources disagree and some say October 27th.

In 1302 Elizabeth de Burgh married Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick, at Writtle, near Chelmsford in Essex. Bruce was a widower with a young daughter. He had first married Isabella of Mar who died, in 1296, a short time after giving birth to a daughter, Marjory Bruce. Elizabeth's father was one of the most powerful Irish nobles of the period, Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster.

When The Bruce first stood up to English rule he was beset by defeat and he sent Elisabeth, Marjory, his sisters Christina and Mary Bruce, and Countess Isobel to Kildrummy Castle in the north, where his brother Neil was to protect them. Unfortunately the castle was laid to siege, the Royal women escaped but were captured not long after at the sanctuary of St Duthac at Tain in Easter Ross where William II, Earl of Ross violate the sanctity, later handing them over to the English. He seems to have been forgiven by The Bruce for this as his name appears on The Declaration of Arbroath in 1320, perhaps showing a merciful nature to King Robert.

Isobel was held captive in an iron cage at Berwick Castle. Robert’s younger sister, Mary Bruce, was locked into an iron cage at Roxburgh Castle. She was just 24 years old. Mary spent the next four years caged and humiliated. Her older sister Christian Bruce was shown more compassion and was imprisoned in a Gilbertine nunnery in Lincolnshire. Christian’s husband, Sir Christopher Seton, was hanged, drawn and beheaded at Dumfries.

Elizabeth was held prisoner in England. It is thought that she was better treated because her father Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, was a close friend of King Edward I. Elizabeth spent the next eight years in captivity in Burstwick, Bisham Manor, Windsor Castle, Shaftesbury Abbey, Barking Abbey and Rochester Castle.

Marjory Bruce, Robert’s daughter, was only 12 years old when she was captured at Tain. At first King Edward decided that she would be locked into an iron cage and hung for all to see from the walls of the Tower of London. Edward relented and Marjory was held in a Gilbertine nunnery in Yorkshire.

After the Battle of Bannockburn the Bruce was able to trade English nobles for his family. Mary Bruce went on to be twice married and had a son, Iain. Christian Bruce married Sir Andrew Murray who later became guardian of Scotland. Christian later led the defence of the besieged Kildrummy Castle at 62 years old and lived to 84.

Elizabeth de Burgh and Robert the Bruce were reunited and went on to have four children - Matilda, Margaret, John and David, who would become David II, King of Scots. Elizabeth died on this day 1327 and was buried in Dunfermline Abbey.

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CATHERINE'S STYLE FILES - 2021

26 MAY 2021 || The Countess of Strathearn and Prince William joined the Fife Young Carers for a session of land yachting on West Sands beach at St Andrews on Day-3 of their tour of Scotland.

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