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livesunique · 1 month

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Hever Castle, Hever, Kent, United Kingdom

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mikelogan · 9 months

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THE PRINCESS DIARIES + THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2: ROYAL ENGAGEMENT

It happens all the time.

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dailydccomics · 11 months

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the DC Universe by Mikel Janín

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thepastisalreadywritten · 8 months

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By Leslie Patrick

1 August 2023

Anne Boleyn (c. 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536), King Henry VIII's second queen, is often portrayed as a seductress and ultimately the woman responsible for changing the face of religion in England.

In reality, she was a fiercely intelligent and pious woman dedicated to education and religious reform.

But after her arrest and execution on false charges of adultery and incest in May 1536, Henry VIII was determined to forget her memory.

Her royal emblems were removed from palace walls, her sparkling jewels tucked away in dark coffers, and her precious books disappeared from the pages of time.

One of Boleyn’s books that has reappeared is the Book of Hours, a stunning prayer book, printed around 1527 with devotional texts designed to be read throughout the day, features hand-painted woodcuts — as well as a rare example of the queen’s own writing.

In the margins of one of the beautifully decorated pages, she penned a rhyming couplet followed by her signature:

“Remember me when you do pray, that hope doth lead from day to day, Anne Boleyn.”

The book vanished with Boleyn’s execution in 1536, then resurfaced around 1903 when it was acquired by the American millionaire William Waldorf Astor (31 March 1848 – 18 October 1919) after he purchased Hever Castle, Anne Boleyn’s childhood home in the English countryside.

The hiding place of the disgraced queen’s devotional tome had been a mystery for centuries, until recent research by a university student uncovered hidden signatures that helped trace its path through history.

The discovery

The book’s whereabouts in the 367 years between Boleyn’s death and its reemergence remained puzzling until 2020 when Kate McCaffrey, then a graduate student at the University of Kent working on her master’s thesis about Anne Boleyn’s Book of Hours, found something unexpected in the margins of the book.

“I noticed what appeared to be smudges to the naked eye,” recalls McCaffrey, assistant curator at Hever Castle since 2021.

Intrigued, she borrowed an industrial-strength ultraviolet light and set it up in the darkest room of Hever Castle.

Ultraviolet light is often used to examine historical documents because ink absorbs the ultraviolet wavelength, causing it to appear darker against the page when exposed.

“The words just came through. It was incredible to see them underneath the light, they were completely illuminated,” the curator recalls.

McCaffrey’s theory is that the words were erased during the late Victorian era when it was popular to cleanse marginalia from books or manuscripts.

But thanks to her extraordinary detective work, these erased words turned out to be the key that unlocked the tale of the book’s secret journey from certain destruction at the royal court to safety in the hands of a dedicated group of Boleyn’s supporters.

The guardians

Indeed, various pages throughout the text reveal the names and notations of a string of Kentish women — Elizabeth Hill, Elizabeth Shirley, Mary Cheke, Philippa Gage, and Mary West — who banded together to safeguard Anne's precious book and keep her memory alive.

While it’s unclear how the book was initially passed to these women, Anne Boleyn expert Natalie Grueninger suggests it was gifted by Anne to a woman named Elizabeth Hill.

Elizabeth grew up near Hever Castle, and her husband, Richard Hill, was sergeant of the King’s Cellar at Henry VIII’s court.

There are records of the Hill’s playing cards with the king, and there may have been a friendship between Elizabeth and the queen that prompted Boleyn to pass her prayer book on before her execution.

“This extended Kentish family kept the book safe following Anne’s demise, which was an incredibly brave and bold act considering it could have been considered treasonous,” says Grueninger, podcaster and author of the book The Final Year of Anne Boleyn.

Anne’s Book of Hours was passed between mothers, daughters, sisters, and nieces until the late sixteenth century, when the last name makes its appearance in its margins.

“This story is an example of the women in the family prioritizing loyalty, friendship, fidelity, and a personal connection to Anne,” says McCaffrey.

“The fact that the women have kept it safe is a really beautiful story of solidarity, community, and bravery.”

The book, currently on display at Hever Castle, is a touchstone of the enigma that was Anne Boleyn.

Castle historian and assistant curator Owen Emmerson points out that the book contains Anne’s DNA on the pages from where she touched and kissed it during her daily devotions.

“This was a really beloved possession of hers,” says Emmerson.

“Because of what happened to Anne Boleyn, we don’t have a vast amount of information in Anne’s own words. But the physical remnants of her use of the book, and the construction of that beautiful little couplet, have her identity in them.”

While Anne’s Book of Hours has finally found its way home, the research into this intriguing historical mystery is not yet over.

McCaffrey continues to chart the book’s provenance through the centuries to find out where it was hiding all this time.

The discovery of the inscriptions illuminates the book’s furtive journey, providing us with a glimpse into the controversy, loyalty, and fascination that Anne Boleyn has engendered for the past 500 years.

#Anne Boleyn #King Henry VIII #Book of Hours #William Waldorf Astor #Hever Castle #Kate McCaffrey #University of Kent #ultraviolet light #Natalie Grueninger #Owen Emmerson #Elizabeth Hill #Elizabeth Shirley #Mary Cheke #Philippa Gage #Mary West #The Tudors #House of Tudor #British Royal Family

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thiziri · 16 days

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Princess Anne, Sir Tim Laurence, Prince Edward, Countess Sophie and Prince Michael attend the Men's Team Pursuit Track Cycling Finals, on Day 08 of the London 2012 Olympic Games, on 03 August 2012.

#LOOK AT HER #SHE'S SUCH A DORK #😂😂😂#i love her sm #princess anne #princess royal #tim laurence #timothy laurence #prince edward #duchess of edinburgh #prince michael of kent #brf #british royal family #my gifs

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aimeedaisies · 4 months

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Aimee’s 2023 royal family engagement count: The final results!

Disclaimer; everyone’s counts will be different, people have different rules to their method of counting the Court Circular. It isn’t a definitive count and is done just for fun 💗

The court circular doesn’t record any work behind the scenes, only public engagements, official meetings and luncheons/dinners. It’s more a gauge of their public facing roles.

👑 Princess Anne 👑

Once again Princess Anne tops the chart as the hardest working royal, completing 467 engagements.

She has done 393 engagements in the UK.

She travelled to 10 different countries this year and did 74 engagements there. 🇨🇾🇪🇪🇳🇿🇦🇺🇫🇷🇨🇦🇩🇪🇯🇪🇮🇳🇬🇮

Dubbed by some as the unofficial Queen of Scots she did 62 in Scotland.

King Charles III

In the first year of his reign King Charles did a grand total of 463 engagements

In the UK he did 386 engagements.

He travelled to 5 different countries where he completed 76 engagements and did 3 full royal tours in Germany, France and Kenya. He also hosted a state visit for South Korea at Buckingham Palace. 🇩🇪🇷🇴🇫🇷🇰🇪🇦🇪

What is also worth mentioning is that he has Red Boxes that he has to go through every single day, except Christmas Day and Easter Sunday as well as a lot of work behind the scenes.

Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh

This year, on his 59th birthday, Prince Edward became the Duke of Edinburgh, taking the title of his father. With this he increased his work with the Duke of Edinburgh award and travelling to visit international sections of the award. Prince Edward also visited a lot of theatre related organisations and youth centres and charities.

He completed 294 this year and visited 13 countries on solo tours and with his wife. 🇹🇨🇧🇸🇺🇸🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇿🇮🇪🇹🇷🇧🇭🇸🇬🇳🇿🇦🇺🇮🇩

Sophie, The Duchess of Edinburgh

In 2023 Sophie carried on her hard work in areas like women’s rights in disadvantaged areas, avoidable blindness, hygiene and agriculture.

She completed 226 this year in the UK and the commonwealth and visited 10 countries on solo tours and with her husband. 🇳🇱🇹🇨🇧🇸🇮🇶🇮🇹🇪🇹🇨🇦🇨🇴🇨🇭

Prince Richard, The Duke of Gloucester

The Duke of Gloucester has this year completed 208 engagements in the UK.

He continued his long lasting work in heritage, architecture, the St John’s Ambulance and military organisations.

Hopefully next year we will see him do some overseas engagements. 🕯️

Queen Camilla

In the year of her Coronation, Queen Camilla carried out 198 engagements.

She visited Germany, France and Kenya where she did 42 engagements whilst on official tours. 🇩🇪🇫🇷🇰🇪

She focused a lot of her engagements this year on sectors close to her heart like women’s & children’s charities, osteoporosis care and animal welfare.

Prince William, The Prince of Wales

The Prince of Wales this year carried out engagements in the UK and the Commonwealth in areas like mental health, homelessness and conservation. In 2023 he did 183 engagements.

Prince William travelled to 4 countries where he did 32 engagements related to Earthshot in USA and Singapore, visiting Ukrainian troops in Poland, attending the Jordanian royal wedding in June and finally travelling to Kuwait to give his condolences to to The Emir of Kuwait following the death of The Emir Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. 🇵🇱🇺🇸🇯🇴🇸🇬🇰🇼

Catherine, The Princess of Wales

The Princess of Wales carried out 134 engagements throughout 2023. Catherine continued her work in her Early Years foundation and childhood development.

She visited France for two, one off engagements for the rugby World Cup in France and to Jordan for Crown Prince Hussein and Princess Rajwa’s wedding in June. 🇫🇷🇯🇴

Hopefully we will see her and the Prince of Wales go on a couple of overseas tours next year now that their children are older.

Birgitte, The Duchess of Gloucester

The Duchess of Gloucester has this year completed 127 engagements in the UK. She continued her long lasting work in sports, the arts (Opera, Ballet, Acting etc…) and accompanying her husband to official engagements.

Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence

Although not an official working royal, Sir Tim often attends as a great support to his wife’s engagements as well as having his own non-royal patronages and interests. It was recently announced that he would become chair of the Science Museum group and is the patron of a number of heritage organisations.

He accompanied his wife to a total of 92, represented her 4 times and accompanied her to 27 engagements abroad in 5 countries. 🇪🇪🇳🇿🇦🇺🇫🇷🇬🇮

(Operation working royal Tim) 👏

Prince Edward, The Duke of Kent.

Despite being 88, Prince Edward, the late Queens cousin, has carried out 75 engagements even with his ailing mobility.

He continued his valued hard work with organisations like the RNLI, the Royal Scots Guards and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which he recently passed on the presidency to the Princess Royal.

Princess Alexandra of Kent

Although she is practically retired now, we have seen Princess Alexandra attend four official engagements in 2023. Firstly she attended a Reception for British East and South-East Asian Communities, secondly to present medals to members of The Royal Lancers, thirdly she attended the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla and lastly she visited the Royal Chelsea Flower Show.

This year the British Royal Family completed a grand total of 2476 in the UK and 29 different countries across the world.

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See below for engagements from the past decade and the types of engagements carried out in 2023

#thank you for following me on this journey #i might carry on in 2024 #time will tell #king charles iii #queen camilla #william prince of wales #catherine princess of wales #prince edward duke of edinburgh #sophie duchess of edinburgh #princess anne #princess royal #tim laurence #timothy laurence #prince richard duke of gloucester #birgitte duchess of gloucester #prince edward duke of kent #princess alexandra of kent #2023 engagement count

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princessanneftw · 2 months

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Princess Anne, Sir Tim Laurence and Queen Camilla attending the Thanksgiving Service for King Constantine of Greece at St George's Chapel on 27 February 2024

#princess anne #princess royal #tim laurence #timothy laurence #queen camilla #king constantine ii #british royal family #brf #anne does stuff #greek royal family #duke of gloucester #princess beatrice #edo mapelli mozzi #duke of kent

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rarepears · 5 months

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I got a plotbunny for you @arkhammaid: Sung Jinwoo and Lex Luthor one Connor Kent Luthor-Sung.

#solo leveling #solo leveling ideas #sung jinwoo #lex luthor #connor kent #kon el kent #superboy #dc universe #sung jinwoo and lex luthor coparent connor kent AU #time to sit back and watch the fireworks coming out of anne's head now

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grandmaster-anne · 1 year

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Christmas 2022 & New Year 2023 To mark the 100th anniversary of Good Housekeeping, The Queen Consort, The Princess of Wales, The Princess Royal, The Countess of Wessex, The Duchess of Gloucester and Princess Alexandra have all contributed to a special issue highlighting some of the important causes they support. Featuring on the cover of this month’s Good Housekeeping, The Queen Consort discusses the work of the domestic abuse charity SafeLives to raise awareness of their important work. For many years, Her Majesty has highlighted the work of domestic abuse charities and the work they do to support victims and survivors, both in the UK and overseas, with the aim of breaking the taboo around the subject. Also featuring in the issue: 📍 The Princess of Wales on why Family Action is close to her heart 📍 The Princess Royal shares why she’s raising awareness for the Carers Trust 📍 The Countess of Wessex highlights the work of the NSPCC and Childline 📍 The Duchess of Gloucester reflects on the work of Missing People 📍 Princess Alexandra talks about her work for the Alzheimer's Society

#here ya go #queen camilla #princess anne #princess royal #princess of wales #countess of wessex #duchess of gloucester #princess alexandra of kent #good housekeeping #article #interview

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"Members of the Royal family salute as the coffin of Britain's Queen Mother, arrives at London's Westminster Hall, Friday April 5, 2002. They are, front row from left: Prince Andrew, Prince Charles, Prince Philip, Princess Anne...

(L to R) Prince Andrew, Prince Charles, Prince Philip, Princess Anne, Prince Edward, Viscount Linley, Prince William, Prince Harry, Peter Phillips, Daniel Chatto, Prince Edward Duke of Kent, Prince Richard, Prince Michael, Commodore Timothy Laurence.

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wardrobeoftime · 10 months

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Blood, Sex & Royalty + Costumes

Anne Boleyn’s white & red wedding dress in Season 01, Episode 02.

// requested by @garnetbutterflysblog

#Blood Sex and Royalty #Anne Boleyn #period drama #perioddramaedit #costume drama #costumes #costumesource #1500s #16th century #white #red #wedding dress #Dover #Kent #England #Britain #Europe #requests

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rotzaprachim · 1 year

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a minyan of favourite characters who i know, deeply and truly, are jews

#we were all at sinai. i was at all of their bnei mitzvot #this was judged due to a super scientific criteria or either canon jewish actors or pure and simple VIBES #WHO WOULD BE ON ZOOM SEDER WHO #cassian andor #anne perkins #sophie devereaux #nina zenik #alec hardison #zoya nazyanelsky #roy kent #wednesday adams #garcia flynn #leia organa

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theroyalsandi · 10 months

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Female members of the British Royal Family attend day two of Royal Ascot 2023 at Ascot Racecourse in Ascot, England | June 21, 2023

#royaltyedit #theroyalsandi #queen camilla #duchess of edinburgh #princess royal #zara tindall #zenouska mowatt #princess michael of kent #camilla shand #duchess sophie #sophie rhys jones #princess anne #zara philips #british royal family #my edit

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princesscatherinemiddleton · 10 months

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The Working Royals of the British Royal Family: A Series

A working royal is a member of the Royal Family who represents the King at official engagements. At the moment, there are eleven working members of the royal family. Of those, seven are over the age of 70 and two are close to 90.

#mine #royaltyedit #wr #charles #camilla #will #kate #anne #tim #sophie #edward #dog #d of g #duke of kent #princess alexandra

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trapezequeen · 10 days

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Carwheeler + Superman/Lois Lane Aesthetic

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thiziri · 1 year

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Princess Anne and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence alongside other members of the Royal Family curtsying/bowing to King Charles III on the day of his coronation at Westminster Abbey, on 06 May 2023.

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