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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2013 0:08:09 GMT -5
Good morning to you all! I trust that all is well with all of you. I commend the Tudor Court Season on BBC Two (television) to everyone reading ' The Third'. BBC Two (television) - The Tudor Court SeasonLast night, we were particularly intrigued by the last days of Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn is one of the most famous and controversial women in British history. In 1536, she became the first queen in Britain's history to be executed. The brutal speed of her downfall, and the astonishing nature of the charges against her - treason, adultery, even incest - makes her story shocking even to this day.  Yet whilst we know how Anne died, the story of why she had to go and who authored her violent end has been the subject of fiery debate across six centuries. In a radical new approach to televised history, a stellar cast of writers and historians, including Hilary Mantel, David Starkey, Philippa Gregory and others, battle out the story of her last days and give their own unique interpretations of her destruction. BBC Two (television) - The Last Days of Anne BoleynIn terms of housing, Anne Boleyn is closely associated with Hever Castle in Kent, Sydney Grew. Hever CastleAs for the court of Queen Elizabeth II in 2013, the present Queen prefers Windsor Castle.  The Royal Residences - Windsor CastleSo what is the future of the House of Windsor, Sydney Grew? |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2013 0:32:01 GMT -5
There is something not quite right about the two grand-children. They do not speak the King's English, and they mix with commoners.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2013 2:20:11 GMT -5
Yes, but the Queen's (and King's) English is changing all the time, Sydney Grew. Compare how the Queen spoke in the first televised Christmas Broadcast in 1957 with how she speaks today! YouTube - The Christmas Broadcast, 1957As for Princes William and Harry, they do indeed mix with commoners, Sydney Grew, although is this necessarily a bad thing?  |
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Post by neilmcgowan on May 24, 2013 3:14:13 GMT -5
In a radical new approach to televised history, a stellar cast of writers and historians, including Hilary Mantel, David Starkey, Philippa Gregory and others, Anything involving Starkey is guaranteed to the trash from the outset, unfortunately. It certainly is a "radical new approach". It's called 'revisionism'.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2013 3:27:18 GMT -5
. . . As for Princes William and Harry, they do indeed mix with commoners, Sydney Grew, although is this necessarily a bad thing? Harold if you please! And to the extent that they do consort they are not reigning over us is that not so? |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2013 3:37:32 GMT -5
To be honest, Neil, I find David Starkey rather amusing. If I may nevertheless address your question directly, Sydney Grew: . . . As for Princes William and Harry, they do indeed mix with commoners, Sydney Grew, although is this necessarily a bad thing? Harold if you please! And to the extent that they do consort they are not reigning over us is that not so? I think that the Royal Family is different from mere commoners, or plebs like kleines c, Sydney Grew. I remember walking home after work along the Mall many years ago, and the whole Royal Family came down the Mall in a carriage, including the late Queen Mother and Princess Diana. For some reason, there was absolutely no security around them, and St James's Park was pretty deserted, too. So I waved at them all, and they all waved back at kleines c. Perhaps this is how they reign, Sydney Grew? Anyway, according to Wikipedia, Prince Henry of Wales (Henry Charles Albert David, born 15 September 1984), commonly known as Prince Harry, is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales. He is the fourth grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Therefore, he stands third in the line of succession to the thrones of sixteen independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms, and to the governorship of the Church of England, preceded by his father and by his elder brother, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.  Wikipedia - Prince Harry of Wales |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2013 4:45:49 GMT -5
Thank you kleines c I stand corrected. I remember walking home after work along the Mall many years ago, and the whole Royal Family came down the Mall in a carriage, including the late Queen Mother and Princess Diana. For some reason, there was absolutely no security around them, and St James's Park was pretty deserted, too. So I waved at them all, and they all waved back at kleines c. No doubt they discussed the episode over breakfast the next morning. |
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Post by neilmcgowan on May 24, 2013 5:11:16 GMT -5
To be honest, Neil, I find David Starkey rather amusing. If I may nevertheless address your question directly, Sydney Grew: I find him loathsome. |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2013 5:36:26 GMT -5
I may well be loathsome too, Neil.  Wikipedia - David StarkeyIf I may nevertheless address your final comment directly, Sydney Grew: " ... No doubt they discussed the episode over breakfast the next morning." The Duke of Edinburgh: Who was that idiot waving at us along the Mall yesterday evening? The Queen: I don't know! I have never seen him before! Prince Charles: Isn't he kleines c, and doesn't he do some charity work with young people in London? The Duke of Edinburgh: Yes, that's the scoundrel! He is forever taking young Londoners on expeditions, and then asking me to give them gold medals! The cheek of it! The Queen Mother: What, Philip? Like wars? Prince Charles: If kleines c is involved, Granny, there is almost bound to be a big bust up! At least he listens to Radio 3. The Duke of Edinburgh: You should see him dance, Charles. He always starts a riot!  BBC - Prom 4: Les Siècles – The Rite of Spring |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2013 1:15:24 GMT -5
Good morning to you all, once again! I trust that all is well with all of you this flaming June. Last night, we were further intrigued by the most dangerous man in Tudor England.  Melvyn Bragg explores the dramatic story of William Tyndale and his mission to translate the Bible into English. Melvyn reveals the story of a man whose life and legacy have been hidden from history but whose impact on Christianity in Britain and on the English language endures today. His radical translation of the Bible into English made him a profound threat to the authority of the church and state, and set him on a fateful collision course with Henry VIII's heretic hunters and those of the pope. BBC Two (television) - The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor EnglandAs it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Bible Gateway - Romans 8:36-39 (King James Version) |
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Post by neilmcgowan on Jun 17, 2013 4:28:50 GMT -5
As if it were even necessary, the BBC have provided a reminder that its historical tv series "are not actually history". www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22887110A so-called 'expert' tells us that Field-Marshall Douglas Haig was "not a callous man". So, another pack of lies, then. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2013 8:03:51 GMT -5
His story may not be her story, Neil McGowan, let alone your story! History does tend to repeat itself, but often in subtly different ways. Just as things tend to change far more quickly than one might think, things also tend to change far more slowly than one might think. Innovation and inertia tend to be exemplified in any specific historical situation, I see no reason to think differently about the future, Neil, so for good or ill, we shall always find what happens next and/or last somewhat surprising!  BBC One (television) - The White Queen |
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Post by neilmcgowan on Jun 17, 2013 8:18:25 GMT -5
"History is not what you thought. History is what you can remember."
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