Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Princess Royal: No trash talk for baby Cambridge
Numerous "news" outlets have reported comments by the Princess Royal about baby Cambridge. US(less)Weekly, EOnline, among others, have reported that the Princess said "Nothing to do with me," when she was asked about the newborn son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
As a matter of fact: the Princess Royal said these exact words about the birth of her new great-nephew.
On July 12 (before the baby was born) the Princess was congratulated on the news that her daughter, Zara, is expecting her first child.
Anne said: “Oh, that was nothing to do with me,” and she apparently said with a "huge grin."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/10172327/Princess-Anne-takes-Zara-Phillipss-pregnancy-in-her-stride.html
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Baby Cambridge goes home
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and baby Cambridge are now home at Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23427180
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/23/world/europe/uk-royal-baby/
The only visitors were Michael and Carole Middleton and the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. Charles is a proud and happy grandpapa.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/world/royal-baby
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/10155483/Kate-Middleton-birth-pregnancy-baby.html
Nice photos from Mark Stewart http://markstewartphotographyltd.tumblr.com/post/56262445018/the-duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge-leave-the-lindo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23427180
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/23/world/europe/uk-royal-baby/
The only visitors were Michael and Carole Middleton and the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. Charles is a proud and happy grandpapa.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/world/royal-baby
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/10155483/Kate-Middleton-birth-pregnancy-baby.html
Nice photos from Mark Stewart http://markstewartphotographyltd.tumblr.com/post/56262445018/the-duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge-leave-the-lindo
Parading the royal "experts, but rarely getting it right.
No one is perfect, even when reporting on royalty. The BBC has described royal watchers as a "unique lunacy." (Guilty.) As with any news story, there are "experts" to be paraded out before the cameras to offer their knowledge of royal events.
Sadly, British and American networks are relying on people with names but with little knowledge or true expertise.
In the last week, CNN and NBC have produced hour long specials on the royal birth. Dateline NBC's "documentary" "The Royal Prince" ran last night at 10:00 p.m. What a disappointment.
Natalie Morales slogged through the program but the "experts" were way off base. The two people used were Andrew Morton and a historian named Suzannah Liscomb.
Morton is the Executive Director and CEO of the Diana Camp. When discussing the Middletons and their protection of Catherine, he mentioned that Carole probably read his book on Diana and would want to keep the same thing from happening to her daughter. The circumstances are very different.
Morton goes on to say how great Diana was as a mother, and then decides in his own way to skewer the Prince of Wales. He tells the millions of viewers watching this program that Charles was home schooled, and he told Diana he wanted his kids to be home schooled, too.
Really, Mr. Morton. Really. In 1955, two years after you were born in Yorkshire, Buckingham Palace announced that the Prince of Wales would not be educated at the palace, but would become the first heir to the throne to be sent to school.
http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/ThePrinceofWales/Education.aspx
He attended Hill House, Cheam, and then Gordonstoun in Scotland, where his father also attended. He also spent sometime at school in Australia. [ABC's 20/20, which was televised on Tuesday night in the United States, was absolutely dreadful. The only two commentators who provided any gravitas were Victoria Arbiter and Ingrid Seward.
The Prince of Wales hated his time at Gordonstoun. His comments about his time at Gordonstoun are well known, documented in the media and by "serious biographers." He supported Diana's idea that the princes attend Eton.
The other "expert" Suzannah Liscomb is a British historian who specializes in the 16th century, which apparently gives her the gravitas to talk about the British royalty. Memo to NBC: she spoke well, looked good, but she was clueless. She certainly fell off the train when she said that Diana was first to give birth to a royal in a hospital. No, that would be the Duchess of Kent, the wife of the Queen's first cousin, the Duke of Kent, who gave birth to her third child, Lord Nicholas Windsor, in a London hospital in 1970.
The Duchess of Gloucester, the wife of another of the Queen's first cousins, and Princess Anne had babies in the Lindo Wing before Diana.
She also erred big time by stating that Charles was the first royal father to be present at a birth. She is probably very good about events that took place in the 1500s, but apparently not the 1800 or 1900s. Prince Albert was present for the birth of all nine of Victoria's children. As noted in the Court Circular, which also noted that the Prince of Wales (the future Edward VII) was present for the birth of his first born, Prince Albert Victor, in 1864.) The Court Circular also noted that the Duke of Kent was present when his wife, Marina, gave birth to their first child, Prince Edward, in 1935.
Don't let a few facts get in your way when opining on national television. CNN's special was shown last Thursday. Their taking heads were Kate Nicholls, who writes for the Sunday Mail, and has written several royal hagiographies, and American writer Christopher Anderson. He has written several truly awful books on Diana and her sons.
Anderson repeated the canard that Carole was the one who encouraged Catherine to go to St. Andrews so she could meet William. Untrue. Never happened. I am so tired of the attacks on the Middletons, who seem to be a perfectly normal well-to-do British family. Here in the United States, the Middletons would be celebrated for being self-made, starting a business that is now worth something like £45 million. They have a nice home, their children are well educated, and they are a happily married couple.
Equally important, Catherine has a very good relationship with her mother. The same could not be said for Diana and her mother. Frances left her husband, Lord Althorp, for another man. The Althorp marriage did not work out. It happens. She took her two youngest children, Diana and Charles, to live with her, but when Lord Althorp filed for divorce, charging his wife with adultery, Frances lost custody of her children. Her own mother, Ruth, Lady Fermoy, testified in favor of her former son-in-law. It was said that Lady Fermoy chose to side with the future Earl Spencer because he had a title, and Frances's second husband was a commoner.
Although Diana spent time with her mother, she lived with her father (when she was not a boarding school), who hired nannies and governesses to look after his children. Things might have been different if Diana had a real maternal relationship with her mom, who might have advised Diana to not marry Charles, due to her age and the age difference between her and Charles. Frances had also married young to an older man, and her marriage failed. Although Diana and her sons had bucket and spade holidays with Frances, Diana and her mother never shared the same closeness that Catherine has with her mother.
In her final years of life, Diana had a fractured relationship with her mother. They were barely talking when Diana was killed in a car accident in August 1997. Frances mourned her daughter, made disparaging remarks about Charles, but did accept his invitation to Highgrove, so she could spend some time with her grandsons.
The British media (especially the tabloids) have done their very worst to tear down the Middletons, but celebrate the lineage of Prince Harry's new girlfriend, Cressida Bonas, whose mother, Lady Mary Gaye Curzon, is a daughter of the Earl Howe. Lady Mary-Gaye has been married four times, with Cressida's father, Jeffrey Bonas, chalking up two marital failures. Cressida has half-siblings who have half and step siblings. All the right schools, great family connections, but no evidence of a establishing a foundation for marital stability.
The story about Carole pushing Catherine toward St. Andrews to catch a prince is totally without merit. People who write this nonsense have no knowledge of how one applies and gets into a British university. Applying to a British university is very different than here in the United States. It is a long process that requires the results of your A-levels ... and what you want to study. Universities offer a number of places for each degree of study. A person might want to study Geography at University A but is not offered a place because the A-levels might not be good enough. The school might offer a place for another degree with different A-levels. Or there might be a place a second or third choice, but it is not similar to the American method of applying to dozens of universities, getting accepted into one or more, picking and choosing, weighing financial aid offers and so on. Americans largely do not pick a major until after the first year, and then may change that major several times.
Kate Nicholls offered her usual remarks, including the one about Catherine having a poster of William on her wall at Marlborough School. I guess Kate did not read the transcript from William and Catherine's engagement interview.
"TB: There's a story that goes around that you had a picture of him on your wall.
William: There wasn't just one, there was about 20.
Miss Middleton: He wishes. No, I had the Levis guy on my wall, not a picture of William, sorry. "
I am not tooting my own horn because I have done media and print interviews. But I think it is very important for the news media to make sure the people they bring on actually know what they are talking about. Natalie Morales should have questioned Morton by saying: are you sure Charles was educated at the palace? I have read that he attended different schools.
Other gaffes in the CNN special: claiming William and Catherine broke tradition by not going to Balmoral for their honeymoon. Charles and Diana's first nights were at Broadlands (where the Queen and Philip spent the first part of their honeymoon), and then they boarded the royal yacht, Britannia, and cruised. They returned homed and traveled to join the Queen and others at Balmoral.
There are a number of very good royal experts on both sides of the Pond, not all are known names or authors of "popular" books. When Diana died, I spent nearly every day at CNN or NBC, even flown up to NYC to be on Dateline.
The Canadian media is blessed with Carolyn Harris, who recently earned a Ph.D in history. She is becoming a media maven north of the border. She knows the value of researching topics before going on the air. She has the right stuff.
http://www.royalhistorian.com/
Other recent major faux pas that kept on giving. The nonsense about the royal easel tradition. No, the tradition is putting a note on the railings of gates at Buckingham Palace or Clarence House (where Anne was born). The easel was brought out the day after William was born. This time, the palace eschewed tradition, skipped the note on railings, and just used the Easel. Sad. British media from the Daily Telegraph to Hello magazine fell for the this is the first ever, ever royal who would be a prince or princess of Cambridge. British royal history did not begin in 1981, as many appear to assume.
Baby Cambridge is the first Prince of Cambridge since May 1819, when the Duchess of Cambridge (Princess Augusta of Hesse) gave birth to Prince George of Cambridge on March 26th. He was the second duke of Cambridge, succeeding his father in 1850. He died in 1904. He was a first cousin of Queen Victoria. He had two younger sisters, Princess Augusta and Princess Mary Adelaide.
The new baby is a direct descendant of the Duke of Cambridge. Mary Adelaide, the first People's Princess, married the Duke of Teck. Their daughter, Mary, married King George V, Their second son, Bertie, became King George VI, and his daughter is Queen Elizabeth II. She has a son named Charles who has a son, William, who just became the father of a son.
This leads me to USlessWeekly. which reported about a week ago that William had a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Sandringham a few weeks ago, a formal meeting. Only problem, the Queen was at Edinburgh for official duties when this meeting took place. After I -- and a few others -- told the USWeekly reporter the truth, the story was changed to William meeting with Philip at Sandringham. None of us said it was Philip. I said a meeting would have been impossible. The story was completely fabricated.
Also impossible. The 92-year-old Duke of Edinburgh has been recovering from surgery at Windsor Castle. It was noted yesterday that he is now well enough to accompany the Queen at Balmoral.
ABC's 20/20 special on the royal baby was shown on Tuesday night. I give it 0.0. Apart from the commentary from Ingrid Seward and Victoria Arbiter, whose father, Dickie, once served as the Queen's press spokesman, the show fell flat rather quickly. Lots of gaffes, but most disappointing was Barbara Walters who repeated the nonsense that Prince William was the first heir to attend school. How could Barbara Walter, whose career took off in the 1960s, not know that the Prince of Wales was the first British heir to be sent to school. The Palace certainly never hid the information..
Here is an excerpt from an interview with the Prince of Wales in 1985, where he talks to Barbara about his education and mentions Gordonstoun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWBgBLomY0g
Sadly, British and American networks are relying on people with names but with little knowledge or true expertise.
In the last week, CNN and NBC have produced hour long specials on the royal birth. Dateline NBC's "documentary" "The Royal Prince" ran last night at 10:00 p.m. What a disappointment.
Natalie Morales slogged through the program but the "experts" were way off base. The two people used were Andrew Morton and a historian named Suzannah Liscomb.
Morton is the Executive Director and CEO of the Diana Camp. When discussing the Middletons and their protection of Catherine, he mentioned that Carole probably read his book on Diana and would want to keep the same thing from happening to her daughter. The circumstances are very different.
Morton goes on to say how great Diana was as a mother, and then decides in his own way to skewer the Prince of Wales. He tells the millions of viewers watching this program that Charles was home schooled, and he told Diana he wanted his kids to be home schooled, too.
Really, Mr. Morton. Really. In 1955, two years after you were born in Yorkshire, Buckingham Palace announced that the Prince of Wales would not be educated at the palace, but would become the first heir to the throne to be sent to school.
http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/ThePrinceofWales/Education.aspx
He attended Hill House, Cheam, and then Gordonstoun in Scotland, where his father also attended. He also spent sometime at school in Australia. [ABC's 20/20, which was televised on Tuesday night in the United States, was absolutely dreadful. The only two commentators who provided any gravitas were Victoria Arbiter and Ingrid Seward.
The Prince of Wales hated his time at Gordonstoun. His comments about his time at Gordonstoun are well known, documented in the media and by "serious biographers." He supported Diana's idea that the princes attend Eton.
The other "expert" Suzannah Liscomb is a British historian who specializes in the 16th century, which apparently gives her the gravitas to talk about the British royalty. Memo to NBC: she spoke well, looked good, but she was clueless. She certainly fell off the train when she said that Diana was first to give birth to a royal in a hospital. No, that would be the Duchess of Kent, the wife of the Queen's first cousin, the Duke of Kent, who gave birth to her third child, Lord Nicholas Windsor, in a London hospital in 1970.
The Duchess of Gloucester, the wife of another of the Queen's first cousins, and Princess Anne had babies in the Lindo Wing before Diana.
She also erred big time by stating that Charles was the first royal father to be present at a birth. She is probably very good about events that took place in the 1500s, but apparently not the 1800 or 1900s. Prince Albert was present for the birth of all nine of Victoria's children. As noted in the Court Circular, which also noted that the Prince of Wales (the future Edward VII) was present for the birth of his first born, Prince Albert Victor, in 1864.) The Court Circular also noted that the Duke of Kent was present when his wife, Marina, gave birth to their first child, Prince Edward, in 1935.
Don't let a few facts get in your way when opining on national television. CNN's special was shown last Thursday. Their taking heads were Kate Nicholls, who writes for the Sunday Mail, and has written several royal hagiographies, and American writer Christopher Anderson. He has written several truly awful books on Diana and her sons.
Anderson repeated the canard that Carole was the one who encouraged Catherine to go to St. Andrews so she could meet William. Untrue. Never happened. I am so tired of the attacks on the Middletons, who seem to be a perfectly normal well-to-do British family. Here in the United States, the Middletons would be celebrated for being self-made, starting a business that is now worth something like £45 million. They have a nice home, their children are well educated, and they are a happily married couple.
Equally important, Catherine has a very good relationship with her mother. The same could not be said for Diana and her mother. Frances left her husband, Lord Althorp, for another man. The Althorp marriage did not work out. It happens. She took her two youngest children, Diana and Charles, to live with her, but when Lord Althorp filed for divorce, charging his wife with adultery, Frances lost custody of her children. Her own mother, Ruth, Lady Fermoy, testified in favor of her former son-in-law. It was said that Lady Fermoy chose to side with the future Earl Spencer because he had a title, and Frances's second husband was a commoner.
Although Diana spent time with her mother, she lived with her father (when she was not a boarding school), who hired nannies and governesses to look after his children. Things might have been different if Diana had a real maternal relationship with her mom, who might have advised Diana to not marry Charles, due to her age and the age difference between her and Charles. Frances had also married young to an older man, and her marriage failed. Although Diana and her sons had bucket and spade holidays with Frances, Diana and her mother never shared the same closeness that Catherine has with her mother.
In her final years of life, Diana had a fractured relationship with her mother. They were barely talking when Diana was killed in a car accident in August 1997. Frances mourned her daughter, made disparaging remarks about Charles, but did accept his invitation to Highgrove, so she could spend some time with her grandsons.
The British media (especially the tabloids) have done their very worst to tear down the Middletons, but celebrate the lineage of Prince Harry's new girlfriend, Cressida Bonas, whose mother, Lady Mary Gaye Curzon, is a daughter of the Earl Howe. Lady Mary-Gaye has been married four times, with Cressida's father, Jeffrey Bonas, chalking up two marital failures. Cressida has half-siblings who have half and step siblings. All the right schools, great family connections, but no evidence of a establishing a foundation for marital stability.
The story about Carole pushing Catherine toward St. Andrews to catch a prince is totally without merit. People who write this nonsense have no knowledge of how one applies and gets into a British university. Applying to a British university is very different than here in the United States. It is a long process that requires the results of your A-levels ... and what you want to study. Universities offer a number of places for each degree of study. A person might want to study Geography at University A but is not offered a place because the A-levels might not be good enough. The school might offer a place for another degree with different A-levels. Or there might be a place a second or third choice, but it is not similar to the American method of applying to dozens of universities, getting accepted into one or more, picking and choosing, weighing financial aid offers and so on. Americans largely do not pick a major until after the first year, and then may change that major several times.
Kate Nicholls offered her usual remarks, including the one about Catherine having a poster of William on her wall at Marlborough School. I guess Kate did not read the transcript from William and Catherine's engagement interview.
"TB: There's a story that goes around that you had a picture of him on your wall.
William: There wasn't just one, there was about 20.
Miss Middleton: He wishes. No, I had the Levis guy on my wall, not a picture of William, sorry. "
I am not tooting my own horn because I have done media and print interviews. But I think it is very important for the news media to make sure the people they bring on actually know what they are talking about. Natalie Morales should have questioned Morton by saying: are you sure Charles was educated at the palace? I have read that he attended different schools.
Other gaffes in the CNN special: claiming William and Catherine broke tradition by not going to Balmoral for their honeymoon. Charles and Diana's first nights were at Broadlands (where the Queen and Philip spent the first part of their honeymoon), and then they boarded the royal yacht, Britannia, and cruised. They returned homed and traveled to join the Queen and others at Balmoral.
There are a number of very good royal experts on both sides of the Pond, not all are known names or authors of "popular" books. When Diana died, I spent nearly every day at CNN or NBC, even flown up to NYC to be on Dateline.
The Canadian media is blessed with Carolyn Harris, who recently earned a Ph.D in history. She is becoming a media maven north of the border. She knows the value of researching topics before going on the air. She has the right stuff.
http://www.royalhistorian.com/
Other recent major faux pas that kept on giving. The nonsense about the royal easel tradition. No, the tradition is putting a note on the railings of gates at Buckingham Palace or Clarence House (where Anne was born). The easel was brought out the day after William was born. This time, the palace eschewed tradition, skipped the note on railings, and just used the Easel. Sad. British media from the Daily Telegraph to Hello magazine fell for the this is the first ever, ever royal who would be a prince or princess of Cambridge. British royal history did not begin in 1981, as many appear to assume.
Baby Cambridge is the first Prince of Cambridge since May 1819, when the Duchess of Cambridge (Princess Augusta of Hesse) gave birth to Prince George of Cambridge on March 26th. He was the second duke of Cambridge, succeeding his father in 1850. He died in 1904. He was a first cousin of Queen Victoria. He had two younger sisters, Princess Augusta and Princess Mary Adelaide.
The new baby is a direct descendant of the Duke of Cambridge. Mary Adelaide, the first People's Princess, married the Duke of Teck. Their daughter, Mary, married King George V, Their second son, Bertie, became King George VI, and his daughter is Queen Elizabeth II. She has a son named Charles who has a son, William, who just became the father of a son.
This leads me to USlessWeekly. which reported about a week ago that William had a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Sandringham a few weeks ago, a formal meeting. Only problem, the Queen was at Edinburgh for official duties when this meeting took place. After I -- and a few others -- told the USWeekly reporter the truth, the story was changed to William meeting with Philip at Sandringham. None of us said it was Philip. I said a meeting would have been impossible. The story was completely fabricated.
Also impossible. The 92-year-old Duke of Edinburgh has been recovering from surgery at Windsor Castle. It was noted yesterday that he is now well enough to accompany the Queen at Balmoral.
ABC's 20/20 special on the royal baby was shown on Tuesday night. I give it 0.0. Apart from the commentary from Ingrid Seward and Victoria Arbiter, whose father, Dickie, once served as the Queen's press spokesman, the show fell flat rather quickly. Lots of gaffes, but most disappointing was Barbara Walters who repeated the nonsense that Prince William was the first heir to attend school. How could Barbara Walter, whose career took off in the 1960s, not know that the Prince of Wales was the first British heir to be sent to school. The Palace certainly never hid the information..
Here is an excerpt from an interview with the Prince of Wales in 1985, where he talks to Barbara about his education and mentions Gordonstoun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWBgBLomY0g
Monday, July 22, 2013
Message from President Obama
"Michelle and I are so pleased to congratulate The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the joyous occasion of the birth of their first child. We wish them all the happiness and blessings parenthood brings.
"The child enters the world at a time of promise and opportunity for our two nations. Given the special relationship between us, the American people are pleased to join with the people of the United Kingdom as they celebrate the birth of the young prince
"The child enters the world at a time of promise and opportunity for our two nations. Given the special relationship between us, the American people are pleased to join with the people of the United Kingdom as they celebrate the birth of the young prince
The official announcement
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 4.24pm.
The baby weighs 8lbs 6oz.
The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth.
The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news.
Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well and will remain in hospital overnight.
Notes to editors
1. The medical staff present were Mr Marcus Setchell, Surgeon-Gynaecologist, Mr Guy Thorpe-Beeston, Obstetrician and Dr Sunit Godambe, Consultant Neonatologist at St. Mary’s Hospital.
2. The names of the baby will be announced in due course
3. The baby is third in the line of succession after His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge. He is styled His Royal Highness Prince [name] of Cambridge.
4. A formal notice of the birth will be posted on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace
The baby weighs 8lbs 6oz.
The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth.
The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news.
Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well and will remain in hospital overnight.
Notes to editors
1. The medical staff present were Mr Marcus Setchell, Surgeon-Gynaecologist, Mr Guy Thorpe-Beeston, Obstetrician and Dr Sunit Godambe, Consultant Neonatologist at St. Mary’s Hospital.
2. The names of the baby will be announced in due course
3. The baby is third in the line of succession after His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge. He is styled His Royal Highness Prince [name] of Cambridge.
4. A formal notice of the birth will be posted on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace
A boy!!
The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a son at 4:30 p.m. (11:30). Baby weighed 8lbs 6 ozs. Name will be released in due course.
I have been without Internet nearly all day ....
So much for Margaret ... still thinking a Scots regnal name, but George is a strong possibility.
The Duke of Cambridge, who will spend the night with his wife and infant son at the hospital, released a statement: "We could not be happier."
The Prince of Wales said this evening:
“Both my wife and I are overjoyed at the arrival of my first grandchild. It is an incredibly special moment for William and Catherine and we are so thrilled for them on the birth of their baby boy.
Grandparenthood is a unique moment in anyone’s life, as countless kind people have told me in recent months, so I am enormously proud and happy to be a grandfather for the first time and we are eagerly looking forward to seeing the baby in the near future.”
I have been without Internet nearly all day ....
So much for Margaret ... still thinking a Scots regnal name, but George is a strong possibility.
The Duke of Cambridge, who will spend the night with his wife and infant son at the hospital, released a statement: "We could not be happier."
The Prince of Wales said this evening:
“Both my wife and I are overjoyed at the arrival of my first grandchild. It is an incredibly special moment for William and Catherine and we are so thrilled for them on the birth of their baby boy.
Grandparenthood is a unique moment in anyone’s life, as countless kind people have told me in recent months, so I am enormously proud and happy to be a grandfather for the first time and we are eagerly looking forward to seeing the baby in the near future.”
Comparison of the two announcements
The first two photos show the easel, which was placed behind the gate after William's birth ... and after the official announcement was placed on the railing of the Buckingham Palace gate. The difference is obvious.
Royal Baby update
You can follow who is coming and in out (no one we know at present) at the Lindo Wing.
http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/royal-baby/
10:54 am. (3:54 p.m.) No news yet. The Duchess of Cambridge's labor is "proceeding normally."
http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/royal-baby/
10:54 am. (3:54 p.m.) No news yet. The Duchess of Cambridge's labor is "proceeding normally."
The Duchess of Cambridge is in labor
It's official: the Duchess of Cambridge was admitted to the Lindo Wing at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington at 6:00 a.m., this morning.
The new prince or princess will be 3rd in line to the throne. This will be the first time since 1894 with a sovereign and three direct heirs.
The new prince or princess will be 3rd in line to the throne. This will be the first time since 1894 with a sovereign and three direct heirs.
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| taken after the Christening of HH Prince Edward of York, great-grandson of Queen Victoria. The christening took place at White Lodge, Richmond Park on July 16, 1894. The future Edward VIII was born on June 23, 1894 at White Lodge, the home of his maternal grandparents, the Duke and Duchess of Teck. On May 28, 1898, Queen Victoria issued a Letters Patent extending the HRH to the children of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales. |
Friday, July 19, 2013
Lord Carisbrooke marries
July 19, 1917
The Marquess of Carisbrooke and the Lady Irene Denison, daughter of the Earl of Londesborough, were married today at the Chapel of St. James's Palace, reports the New York Times.
King George V, Queen Mary, and other members of the British royal family attended the ceremony. Lord Carisbrooke is the eldest son of Princess Beatrice, the youngest daughter of the late Queen Victoria. His sister, Ena, is the wife of King Alfonso XIII of Spain.
Only two days ago, Lord Carisbrooke was HH Prince Alexander of Battenberg, but was created Marquess of Carisbrooke after George V abolished German titles, and established the house of Windsor.
King George and Queen Mary were accompanied by their daughter, Princess Mary. Queen Alexandra was accompanied by her daughters, the Princess Royal and Princess Victoria, and her granddaughter, Princess Maud.
Other royal guests included the Duke of Connaught, King Manoel of Portugal, Prince Napoleon and Princess Clementine, Princess Christian and Princess Helena Victoria, Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught, Princess Patricia, the Duchess of Albany, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Princess Marie Louise, the Marquess and Marchioness of Milford Haven and the Lady Louise Mountbatten, the Countess Torby, the Earl and Countess of Medina and Countess Zia Torby.
According to the Times, the chapel was "beautifully decorated with a group of palms, variegated maples and ferns with lilies and other white flowers."
The bride was given away by her father. She wore a "draped princess gown of white satin, over which was Brussels lace which gained a prize at the Exhibition of 1851, and was bought by the bride's great-grandfather, the Duke of Beaufort."
Lady Irene's mother and grandmother also wore the lace at their weddings. The gown's train was lined with blue and made of "pompadour brocade in a design of lotus flowers in blue and silver, bordered with white satin on each side."
Lady Irene did not have any bridesmaids, and due to the "absence of Lord Leopold Mountbatten," the groom's younger brother, Captain Sitwell, Grenadier Guards, was best man.
The opening part of the service was performed by Canon Clement Smith, who baptized the bridegroom, while the officiant for the marriage rite was the Archbishop of Canterbury. Canon Edgar Sheppard also took part in the wedding ceremony.
After the wedding, the newlyweds and members of the royal family were driven to 7 Chesterfield Gardens, where the registrar was signed.
There was no reception, and Lord and Lady Carisbrooke left to spend their honeymoon at Polesden Lacey, lent to them by the Hon. Mrs. Greville.
The engagement between Lord Carisbrooke and Lady Irene was announced in May.
Horsewhipped royals
July 19, 1919
Three members of the Princely family of Isenburg-Birstein"were horsewhipped recently by an angry carter." The carter's horses were spooked by the Isenburgs' automobile.
The New York Times reports that that Prince Alfons, Princess Antoinette and Prince Viktor were "motoring to Altenburg," where they were to meet with the Duke of Altenburg. En route, they "encountered a farmer with a load of wood."
His horse "shied before the automobile," and upset the cart, as the wood fell into a ditch. He used his whip to lash out at the princess and princes, taking out his whip, "leaving angry weals on the faces of all three."
The man now faces charges at Gera for his "misdeed." A century ago, he could have been charged with treason.
The three are children of the late Karl, Prince of Isenburg-Birstein and his wife, Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.
Three members of the Princely family of Isenburg-Birstein"were horsewhipped recently by an angry carter." The carter's horses were spooked by the Isenburgs' automobile.
The New York Times reports that that Prince Alfons, Princess Antoinette and Prince Viktor were "motoring to Altenburg," where they were to meet with the Duke of Altenburg. En route, they "encountered a farmer with a load of wood."
His horse "shied before the automobile," and upset the cart, as the wood fell into a ditch. He used his whip to lash out at the princess and princes, taking out his whip, "leaving angry weals on the faces of all three."
The man now faces charges at Gera for his "misdeed." A century ago, he could have been charged with treason.
The three are children of the late Karl, Prince of Isenburg-Birstein and his wife, Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.
Royal Baby Update:
11:03 a.m. According to reliable sources, the police presence at The Manor, on Pease Hill Road, in Bucklebury, has dissipated. At about 3:15 p.m.(in the UK), the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge left Bucklebury with a police escort. They are apparently en route to London.
This does not mean they are en route to St. Mary's. They could be returning to Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace, which is a lot closer to the hospital than the Middleton's family manse.
At this time, there are no reports of increased police activity outside the Lindo Wing. There are a lot of press outside the hospital, and several live streams showing the door. Once Catherine is inside the hospital, there will be at least one policeman outside the door ... the one who will be accepting the teddy bears and flowers!
I will try to post updates here. Also follow me at twitter @royalmusing.
11:15 a.m. (East Coast). A car with a police escort would have arrived in London. No reports of increased security at hospital. No verification, but the Duke and Duchess could have headed directly to Nottingham Cottage.
11:33 Palace officials refuse to CONFIRM OR DENY that the Duke and Duchess have left Bucklebury and returned to London.
1:40 /6:40 p.m. Absolutely nothing to report.
3:00 / 8:00 pm There are reports that the police have returned to Middleton home at Bucklebury.
It is now close to 10 pm in the UK. There is nothing to report apart from a dog getting his head stuck in a gate at the Middletons' home.
Perhaps Lupo cannot take anymore
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/10191968/Firefighters-rush-to-rescue-pet-dog-at-Duchess-of-Cambridges-home.html
This does not mean they are en route to St. Mary's. They could be returning to Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace, which is a lot closer to the hospital than the Middleton's family manse.
At this time, there are no reports of increased police activity outside the Lindo Wing. There are a lot of press outside the hospital, and several live streams showing the door. Once Catherine is inside the hospital, there will be at least one policeman outside the door ... the one who will be accepting the teddy bears and flowers!
I will try to post updates here. Also follow me at twitter @royalmusing.
11:15 a.m. (East Coast). A car with a police escort would have arrived in London. No reports of increased security at hospital. No verification, but the Duke and Duchess could have headed directly to Nottingham Cottage.
11:33 Palace officials refuse to CONFIRM OR DENY that the Duke and Duchess have left Bucklebury and returned to London.
1:40 /6:40 p.m. Absolutely nothing to report.
3:00 / 8:00 pm There are reports that the police have returned to Middleton home at Bucklebury.
It is now close to 10 pm in the UK. There is nothing to report apart from a dog getting his head stuck in a gate at the Middletons' home.
Perhaps Lupo cannot take anymore
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/10191968/Firefighters-rush-to-rescue-pet-dog-at-Duchess-of-Cambridges-home.html
Thursday, July 18, 2013
You wonder what they are thinking
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| Marlene A Eilers Koenig |
The lovely Princess Nicholas of Greece
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| Marlene A. Eilers Koenig |
This portrait was done in 1910, and released as a postcard.
Has Ferdinand fled
July 19, 1913
There are reports from London that King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has fled his country. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that an "exceptionally well-informed source" states that the King is "in flight." Similar reports are coming out of Paris, stating that the king made "a hurried flight with Crown Prince Boris."
These reports, however, have not been confirmed. The Bulgarian Legation in Brussels "discredits" the reports.
But a Vienna dispatch states that Queen Eleonore has "arrived unexpectedly at Ernstbrunn," a castle in Lower Austria, which is owned by her nephew, the Prince of Reuss.
This report also has been denied.
There are reports from London that King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has fled his country. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that an "exceptionally well-informed source" states that the King is "in flight." Similar reports are coming out of Paris, stating that the king made "a hurried flight with Crown Prince Boris."
These reports, however, have not been confirmed. The Bulgarian Legation in Brussels "discredits" the reports.
But a Vienna dispatch states that Queen Eleonore has "arrived unexpectedly at Ernstbrunn," a castle in Lower Austria, which is owned by her nephew, the Prince of Reuss.
This report also has been denied.
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