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"On 3 June 1865 the Princess gave birth to her second son, Prince George. The baby arrived a month early, although his uncle, Prince Alfred, had doubts on this point. ‘Pray tell me, it was just at the right time, was it not?’ he demanded of his brother. ‘Mamma and everybody fancied it should only be in July but you told me to expect it just when it did happen. I am sure you said it was later on purpose.

Whatever may be the truth about this baby’s timing it is a fact that the Queen, who conceived it her duty to attend the confinements of her daughters and daughters-in-law, never succeeded in being present at the birth of any of the Princess of Wales’s children, because they had an inconvenient habit of arriving long before she had been led to expect them. ‘It seems that it is not to be that I am to be present at the birth of your children, which I am very sorry for,’ she wrote rather plaintively to her son Bertie"

Excerpt from Queen Alexandra by Georgina Battiscombe

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Deidre Hall Vs. Phyllis Logan

Propaganda

Deidre Hall - (Electra Woman & Dyna Girl, Days of Our Lives) - No text propaganda

Phyllis Logan - (Lovejoy, Play for Today, And a Nightingale Sang) - Phyllis Logan starred in a number of TV plays on British TV in the 1980s and 1990s but her best known lead role from the era was as Lady Jane Felsham, opposite Ian McShane as Lovejoy an antiques dealer. Her performance in the TV film And a Nightingale Sang as Helen was poignant and moving but Phyllis herself was radiant. Just look those blue eyes and captivating smile!

Master Poll List of the Hot Vintage TV Ladies Bracket

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Phyllis Logan:

#phyllis logan #always #she's amazing

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“What did King Lear say?”

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Princess Anne preparing to lead the funeral procession behind Prince Philip’s coffin at Windsor Castle on 17 April 2021

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Princess Anne making Paul Hollywood Member of the Order of the British Empire at an Investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on 17 April 2024

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Downton Abbey | The Downton Staff Impresses the King and Queen

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Downton Abbey (2019) - Welcome to Downton Abbey Scene (2/10) | Movieclips

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1979

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1920

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X-rays of the hands of King George V and Queen Mary, 1896 The X-ray or 'new' photography caused a sensation when it was discovered by German scientist Professor Roentgen in 1895. In 1895, as Professor of Physics at the University of Wurzburg, Roentgen was experimenting with a Crookes' radiometer (cathode ray tubes), invented in 1875. He noticed that when cathode rays struck the end of a discharge tube, rays of a new kind were emitted, capable of penetrating matter. Roentgen was awarded the first Nobel Prize for physics in 1901. The X-rays here are of the hands of the Duke of York and his Duchess, later King George V and Queen Mary

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'I can never sufficiently express my deep gratitude to you, darling May, for the way you have helped and stood by me in these difficult times. This is not sentimental rubbish, but what I really feel.'

George to May on the 20th anniversary of his accession to throne

The Power Couple 💞

"Love is an action word"

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Watercolour by Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, signed “May July 25th 1885.”

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Queen Mary wearing the Cambridge Emeralds and the Delhi Durbar Tiara. 

From Her Majesty’s Jewel Vault: The Cambridge Emeralds and the Delhi Durbar Parure 

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George and Mary visit the Shakespeare's England exhibition at Earl's Court, London, 20 july 1912. The queen is amused by a man posing in the stocks

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Ghosts (CBS) | 2.15 - “A Date to Remember”