Historian, NHS employee, @odnb contributor. Currently writing a biography of King Leopold I of the Belgians. Beautiful Surrey.
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Christopher Guyver retweeted
Any experts in 18th century handwriting around?
I'm wondering what the words here in red are. The text seems to read "the house wherein [?] [?] the Cooper now dwelleth".
I think Sean Connery was probably quite a difficult man but he was very kind to have agreed to be Roger Moore's warm-up act as Bond.
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Christopher Guyver retweeted
This is a portrait of her sister Josepha, not Marie Antoinette. The correct identification (done a few years ago) is unfortunately not widely publicized.
233 years ago today, Marie Antoinette was guillotined.
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The image shows Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (Marie Antoinette's sister), not Marie Antoinette.
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how everyone cheered
16 October 1834
Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground.
#History #HistoryMatters
Kaiser Wilhelm II was half English, which is to say he was half-German. Did Empress Vicky speak German with an English accent? Or a Coburger accent?
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The comte de Chambord never wore uniform in exile, certainly as an adult. (And he was spared colourization.)
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859–1941) is pictured with his grandsons, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940) and Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1907–1994), members of the House of Hohenzollern, which ruled Prussia and the German Empire.
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Do film stars get divorced more often than other people? (=other people, i.e. the rest of the human race)
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he has inherited Leopold I's didacticism
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🇧🇪🇰🇿 Belgian State Visit to Kazachstan
💬 “My name Philippe means friend of horses [in Greek],” King Philippe says while visiting a country club in #Almaty, #Kazakhstan today.
🐴 The horses also show great interest in him and Queen Mathilde. They try to pet them a few times.
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but William the Conqueror was a Hanoverian usurper
Do people not know that Harold Godwinson was a largely Danish usurper without a shred of legitimacy save an elite election in circumstances without precedent, whose family (quite probably including himself) were deeply involved in the murder of an English prince, or not care?
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Christopher Guyver retweeted
Bringing style, wit and charisma to the role of Bond.
Remembering Sir Roger Moore on what would have been his 99th birthday.
Christopher Guyver retweeted
Remembering the wonderful English actor Roger Moore who was born on this day in 1927. He played James Bond in 7 films and died in 2017. #RogerMoore #TheSpyWhoLovedMe #TheSaint #Maverick #ThePersuaders #Ivanhoe #Crossplot #ShoutAtTheDevil #TheSeaWolves #TheWildGeese
having a conversation while standing in a doorway, thus blocking other people. (I must do this myself.)
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