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Post by Auroranorth on Nov 15, 2019 0:19:55 GMT -4
Mary was known for visiting friends and "collecting" things she liked, I believe.
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Post by ladytrentham on Nov 15, 2019 2:10:02 GMT -4
I just got back from seeing the Downton Abbey movie in the theater. A minor subplot reminded me a tidbit of royal gossip I know. King George and Queen Mary visited America (in the '20s, as I recall the story) and were the guests of Clarence Mackay, the fabulously wealthy heir to the owner of the Comstock Lode, at his house on Long Island. When they left it was discovered that a 16th c suit of armor, made for a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I, was missing its left gauntlet. Rather than raise a scandal Mackay found another gauntlet from the same workshop, bought it, and replaced the missing gauntlet. The armor is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. If you look closely you can see that the left gauntlet has a decoration of roses and thistles while the rest of the armor is decorated with roses and fleurs de lis. The curator who told me the story said the general assumption is that Queen Mary "collected" it. Makes a good story, but George & Mary were never here. The first to visit the US were George VI & Elizabeth. Pick, pick, pick. |
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Post by Carolinian on Nov 15, 2019 14:39:06 GMT -4
Ah, thanks. Now I'm puzzled why the gauntlet is mismatched.
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Post by Auroranorth on Jan 26, 2020 0:27:59 GMT -4
I've been trying to watch Netflix's The Last Czar. Historically, it's shaky, there's repeated soft porn of Nicholas and Alexandra getting it on, the dialogue is terrible, and overall, I wouldn't bother.
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Post by ladytrentham on Jan 26, 2020 4:07:43 GMT -4
I hear you. I got through it by having it on in the background. By the end I was actively rooting for the revolutionaries.
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Post by Auroranorth on Jan 26, 2020 10:42:37 GMT -4
I made it through two episodes on skim, and quit. It's SO bad. It's like Showgirls level of bad.
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Post by Smilla on Jan 27, 2020 3:22:29 GMT -4
Thanks for the warnings, Greecies. I find the Romanov's story fascinating and don't think I would enjoy seeing it mangled.
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Post by ladytrentham on Jan 27, 2020 17:05:47 GMT -4
The Dr. Lucy Worsley series on the Romanovs is great, even if it does cram 500 years of history into 3 1-hour episodes.
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Post by chonies on Mar 10, 2020 20:23:47 GMT -4
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Post by Lwaxana on Mar 11, 2020 21:41:04 GMT -4
I'm really starting to wonder if TQ will still be with us after this outbreak is over. Charles is up in years as well and also seems to have some blood pressure issues.
It would be a real shame to go out that way after everything she's lived through. I'd rather God/Fate take her.
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