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Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus i chi gyd!! Happy St. David's Day! 🐉
#michael sheen#st david's day#dydd gwyl dewi sant#welsh dragon#wild welshman#welsh seduction machine#michaelsheendaily
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guys i am begging you to consider the parallels
#steve harrington i just know u thought u wanted to be george michael you just wanted to be him right hes cute hes talented#the girls love him he looks GREAT in short shorts he has big soulful eyes wait a minute#im your man also SUCH a steve song#and on the flipside... andrew being chill with george's sexuality and his best friend... so platonic stobin coded#steve harrington#stobin#robin buckley#stranger things#*mp#i did say i would post about this every day until the world was spread#st
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#st patricks day#the sopranos#christopher moltisanti#michael imperioli#tony soprano#james gandolfini#tv#90s#2000s
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@bylerween2023 day 5: Came back wrong. When you watch him while he sleeps 😍🙈 (close-ups + extra sketch under cut)
Also... I couldn't decide if i wanted will to look straight forward, or at mike so have this version too:
#bylerween2023#day 5#came back wrong#byler#stranger things#tw stalking#dark byler au#i think those are sufficient tags ???#evie art#st#yeah this was actyally the first drwing i did for bylerween#nice and spooky-ooky#also dont ask how i drew michael bc he looks surprisingly well drawn and im surprised
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The day Princess Anne was almost kidnapped on The Mall — 50 years on
On this day 50 years ago, 23-year-old Princess Anne found herself fighting off a gunman as her bodyguard and driver lay wounded beside her. Emma Loffhagen takes a deep dive into the disturbing day one of the most senior royals was almost kidnapped.
By Emma Loffhagen
20 March 2024
“Your daughter has been kidnapped. The following are conditions to be fulfilled for release.”
In March 1974, Ian Ball used a rented typewriter to haphazardly type a letter intended for the then-head of state, Queen Elizabeth II.
Ball, 26, a funeral home worker, demanded £3 million — to be paid in £5 notes — in exchange for the return of the Queen’s daughter, Princess Anne.
After becoming fixated with the 23-year-old princess, he spent two years hatching an elaborate plan to kidnap her.
Today, March 20, marks the 50th anniversary of Ball’s kidnap attempt — one of the most bizarre and disturbing episodes in British royal history.
A “loner,” Ball had been inspired to hatch his elaborate kidnap plot by the novel Day of the Jackal.
He wanted to follow in the footsteps of the book’s hero, the contracted assassin the Jackal.
“He was a very strange man,” Ball’s neighbour later said. “The only time he ever went out was when he went down to the launderette or went out for some food.”
It was thought that he had developed a “fixation” on the royal, whipped up by the widespread and lavish coverage of her wedding to Captain Mark Phillips the previous year.
As part of his plan, Ball had moved from his run-down flat in Bayswater to a lush rented house in Fleet, Hampshire.
It was only a few miles from Sandhurst, where Anne lived with her then-husband Phillips.
After a quick phone call to the Buckingham Palace press office, Ball knew which engagements and events Anne attended each week.
He rented a car under the alias John Williams, stocking the boot with Valium tranquilisers and two pairs of handcuffs.
On the evening of 20 March 1974, Anne was travelling back to Buckingham Palace in an Austin Princess limousine.
She had attended a screening of Riding Towards Freedom, a documentary by the charity Riding for the Disabled.
Captain Phillips, her bodyguard James Beaton, and her lady-in-waiting Rowena Jane Brassey, were also in the car driven by royal chauffeur Alexander Callender.
At around 8pm, as the group drove up The Mall, a white Ford Escort swerved in front of the limousine, forcing Callender to stop.
Then a 31-year-old inspector, Beaton, who had been Anne’s bodyguard for a year, got out to investigate.
“I thought it was somebody who wanted to be a pain in the neck,” he later said. “There was no hint of what was to happen.”
Suddenly, a bearded man with light red hair jumped out of the vehicle and pulled out two handguns, smashing the passenger window with the butt of one.
Beaton had not even had the chance to pull out his weapon when he was shot in the shoulder.
He then attempted to fire back at Ball — but missed. Upon a second attempt, his gun — a Walther PPK — jammed.
Ball turned to the passenger door behind the driver’s seat and started shaking it. Anne was sat on the other side. “Open, or I’ll shoot!” he shouted.
As the princess and Captain Phillips desperately tried to hold the door closed, Anne’s lady-in-waiting crawled out of the door on the passenger side.
Beaton got back in the car, placing himself between the couple and their assailant.
Ball shot into the car, and Beaton’s hand deflected the bullet.
He shot the bodyguard a third time, hitting Beaton in the abdomen and causing him to fall from the vehicle.
“I felt tired and very drunk, although I hadn’t been drinking,” Beaton later told police. “I just wanted to lie down.”
Callender stepped out to confront the gunman, but Ball shot him in the chest and he fell back into the car.
Pulling the door open, Ball grabbed Anne’s forearm as her husband held on to her waist.
“Please, come out,” Ball reportedly told the princess. “You’ve got to come.”
As the pair struggled over Anne, her dress ripped, splitting down the back, which she later recalled prompted her to “lose her rag.”
But, rather than panic, she had what she described as a “very irritating conversation” with her potential kidnapper.
Unbelievably calm despite the commotion, Anne famously replied: “Not bloody likely!”
In an interview with the late television presenter Michael Parkinson, she recalled:
“He [the gunman] opened the door and we had a discussion about where — or where not — we were going to go.
“I said I didn’t think I wanted to go. I was scrupulously polite because I thought it would be silly to be too rude at that stage.”
A nearby tabloid journalist, Brian McConnell, arrived on the scene.
Recognising the limo’s insignia, he realised the commotion must have involved a royal family member.
“Don’t be silly, old boy,” he told Ball. “Put the gun down.”
Ball responded by shooting him too and McConnell collapsed bleeding onto the road.
A man named Ronnie Russell drove past at this point.
He was on his way home to Strood, Kent, from working as an area manager for a cleaning company in London.
In a stroke of incredible luck, Russell happened to be a former boxer. He had cut his cloth at the Repton Club in east London, an infamous venue sponsored by the notorious Kray twins.
Jumping out of the car, Russell punched Ball twice in the head before leading Anne and her lady-in-waiting away from the attacker.
He later explained that he “did not like bullies,” which prompted his decision to intervene.
Despite being injured, Ball still shot the first police officer to arrive on the scene, Constable Michael Hills, 22, before running off.
Detective Constable Peter Edmonds, who answered Constable Hills’ radio request for backup, chased Ball down The Mall and through St James’s Park before tackling him on the ground.
At Ball’s Old Bailey trial in May 1974, more details came to light about the plot.
Ball kept his head lowered for most of the proceedings, only uttering the word “guilty” to confirm the charges of attempted murder and kidnapping.
In his pocket, detectives had discovered the kidnap note addressed to the Queen, which demanded the £3 million ransom (the equivalent of £26 million today), a free pardon, and a plane to fly him to Switzerland.
He had planned to take the princess to a central London property he had rented under an alias.
In a police interview, Ball also said he believed Anne would be an easy target after ascertaining her whereabouts by phoning the Buckingham Palace press office.
“I had thought about it for years,” he said. “She would have been the easiest. I have seen her riding with her husband.”
Ball also showed no remorse for having shot three men on the night of the attempted kidnap.
“They were getting in my way so I had to shoot them,” he said. “Well, the police, that's their job. They expect to be shot. I took a chance of getting shot so why shouldn't they?”
He added: “I suppose I’ll be locked up for the rest of my life. I am only sorry I frightened Princess Anne. There is one good thing coming out of this: you will have to improve on her protection.”
Ball was diagnosed with schizophrenia following the trial and sentenced to a mental health facility under the Mental Health Act, “without limit or time."
He remains in the Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire to this day.
The facility has been home to a series of notorious criminals, including serial killer Peter Sutcliffe and London gangster Ronnie Kray.
Immediately after the attack, the royals ceased having only one protection officer.
When Anne visited Beaton in hospital, “she turned up with two policemen,” her bodyguard said. “From then on, that’s what it was.”
“I had nothing…There was no back-up vehicle,” Beaton told The Times separately.
“The training was non-existent; but then again, [we thought] nothing was going to happen. They are highly specialised now, highly trained.”
Beaton continued to work for Anne for another five years — before the Queen employed him.
After Beaton’s weapon jammed, the type of guns used by bodyguards were also changed: “The Walthers were got rid of overnight.”
Beaton was honoured for his bravery, receiving the George Cross — the UK’s highest civilian honour for gallantry.
Russell also received the honour. In a 2006 interview, Russell recalled what Queen Elizabeth said as she presented his George Medal:
“The medal is from the Queen of England, the thank you is from Anne’s mother.”
#Princess Anne#Princess Royal#Queen Elizabeth II#Captain Mark Phillips#British Royal Family#Ian Ball#Inspector James Beaton#Day of the Jackal#Buckingham Palace#Sandhurst#Riding Towards Freedom#Riding for the Disabled#Rowena Jane Brassey#Walther PPK#Alexander Callender#Michael Parkinson#Brian McConnell#Ronnie Russell#Repton Club#Constable Michael Hills#Detective Constable Peter Edmonds#The Mall#St James’s Park#schizophrenia#Broadmoor Hospital#George Cross
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A MS bf/gf for a David Tennant character Masterpost / Results so far
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#good omens extended universe#michael sheen#william boldwood#phileas fogg#around the world in 80 days#davina#rab c nesbitt#the doctor#doctor who#crowley#good omens#einstein and eddington#piers pomfrey#st trinians 2#casanova
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#cordelia goode#misty day#michael langdon#zoe benson#madison montgomery#mallory#tate langdon#queenie#violet harmon#coco st. pierre vanderbilt#american horror story#ahs#fanfiction#ao3#statistics#phantom statistician
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Wishing these two handsome Irish MFs a very Happy St. Patrick’s Day!! 🍀💗🍀💗🍀💗🍀💗🍀💗🍀💗🍀💗🍀💗🍀
Cheers!! 🥂🎊🍻🍀💗🍀💗🍀
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Im counting down till Friday cause I cannot wait for all the midam posts <3 it’s their special day and no one can take it from them!!
#Adam being born on st Michael day was such a slay#love fics where Adam forces Michael to celebrate his birthday but Michael keeps arguing he doesn’t have one >#they’re canon btw no I don’t care what anyone else says#since Jake Abel loves it I don’t see a problem#midam#spn#supernatural#adam milligan#michael spn#midam spn#adam milligan and michael#saint michaels day#September 29
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Welsh Pride-Happy Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant!
Just in time for St. David's Day, tomorrow March 1st.
#michael sheen#michaelsheenedit#msheenedit#st david's day#dydd gwyl dewi sant#wild welshman#welsh dragon#welsh seduction machine#michaelsheendaily
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone! 🍀✨
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The fact people can take themselves seriously after using the tags like the 2 last tags. St*ve is not the mom. St*ve is not a mom, he's barely a babysitter and he does it willingly but also begrudgingly.
Please don't include the byers family in your shenanigans because it's clear you don't understand character dynamics
#“the kids give him mother's day gifts” el oh el what??#Dustin. Lucas. and Will all have mother's that are well loving#Michael; yes there's this distance with Karen this disconnect but my boy definitely isn't thinking of st*ve in any other way than#Nancy's annoying ex who is decent(he admits with so much reservation)#anti steve harrington
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St Kevin's Church, Wicklow Gap, Co Wicklow
St Kevin’s life is not well documented, as no contemporaneous material exists. His Latin vita maintains that he was descended from a royal line and was related to the Dál Messin Corb. He was given the name Cóemgen, which means “gentle one”, was baptised by Cronan, and educated by St Petroc during that saint’s sojourn in Ireland. He lived in solitude at Disert-Cóemgen for seven years, sleeping on…
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#Co. Wicklow#Disert-Cóemgen#Feast Day#feast day of Saint Cóemgen#Glendalough#Ireland#Irish History#Kevin of the Angels#Kilnamanagh parish#Liturgical calendar#Michael Dwyer#Reefert Church Ruins#Saint Cóemgen#St Kevin&039;s Bed#St Laurence O&039;Toole#St Petroc#St. Kevin
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