#Baroness Christine von Reibnitz

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BORN ON THIS DAY:

Prince Michael of Kent (Michael George Charles Franklin; born 4 July 1942) is a member of the British royal family who is 52nd in line to the British throne as of June 2024.

The younger son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, he is a grandson of George V, nephew of Edward VIII and George VI, and first cousin of Elizabeth II.

Michael's mother was also a first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Elizabeth II, making him both a second cousin and first cousin once removed to Charles III.

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Prince Michael of Kent and Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz at The British Embassy in Vienna, Austria following their civil marriage at the Town Hall. 30 June 1978.

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Prince Michael of Kent

Physique: Average Build Height: 6′ 0″

Prince Michael of Kent, GCVO, KStJ, CD (Michael George Charles Franklin; born 4 July 1942 -) is a member of the British royal family, who is 52nd in the line of succession to the British throne as of May 2023. Queen Elizabeth II and Michael were first cousins through their fathers, King George VI, and Prince George, Duke of Kent. He announced his retirement from public life in June 2022 as he approached his 80th birthday.

Prince Michael would occasionally represent Queen Elizabeth II at some functions in Commonwealth realms outside the United Kingdom during her reign. Otherwise, he manages his own consultancy business and undertakes various commercial work around the world. He has also presented some television documentaries on the royal families of Europe.

In 1978 he married Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz and together have two children. He is a qualified Russian interpreter and also speaks fluent French as well as having a "working knowledge" of German and Italian. OK, I guess it's official. I'm a royalty fucker. I have yet to see a member of the British royal family that I wouldn't fuck. Wait… I wouldn't fuck his brother, Prince Edward. That’s the line.

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I'm reading "The Vanity Fair Diaries" by Tina Brown and came across this tidbit:

Monday May 26, 1986

"We had lunch with the preposterous Princess Michael of Kent, who looked about fifteen hands high in an orange silk wrap dress. She has developed a mad, false laugh and a new Lady Bracknell voice for dealing with inferiors. "Row-eena," she gushed at the cowed debutante she totes around as her "lady in waiting." "where is the Dom Perignon? It was sitting outside but those fooooools have taken it away! Find it!" (Mad false laugh.) "Isn't the service quite diabolical? Do shut the kitchen door, Rowena. I hate to stare into a kitchen!"

From The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brown, p. 199

Princess Michael of Kent, nee' Baroness Marie-Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz, would have been 41 at the time of this lunch. She was born in the German-occupied Sudetenland in what is now the Czech Republic. Her father, Baron Günther Hubertus von Reibnitz, was a descendant of the ancient Reibnitz family, Silesian landowners, who trace their ancestry back to 1288. He was a Nazi party member and a SS calvary officer during WWII.

Princess Michael's mother was Countess Maria Anna Carolina Franziska Walburga Bernadette Szapary von Muraszombath, Szechysziget und Szapar.  The House of Szapáry is an old and important Hungarian noble family. Members of this family held the title of Imperial Count granted to them on 28 December 1722 by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor.

Princess Michael's parents divorced n 1948 and she with her mother and eldest brother moved to Rose Bay, Australia. In the early 1960s, she lived with her father on his farm in Mozambique.  She then went from Vienna to London to study History of Fine and Decorative Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum.  

She first married an English banker in 1971, but divorced in 1977. Once month after her marriage was annulled by the Pope, she married Prince Michael of Kent, Queen Elizabeth II's first cousin. She has said that Lord Mountbatten played matchmaker.

The lady-in-waiting mentioned in the excerpt is The Hon. Rowena Hawke Leatham Sanders, daughter of the 9th Baron Hawke of Towton.

The Baron of Towton peerage title was created on 20 May 1776 for the admiral Sir Edward Hawke (of Scarthingwell Hall in the parish of Towton), responsible for a blockade of all French merchant shipping and the grounding of six French ships, and scattering of the rest, at the Battle of Quiberon Bay.  

Rowena Hawke's sister, Annabel, pictured above.

Rowena's father, Bladen Wilmer Hawke, 9th Baron of Towton, above. He served as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords from 1953 to 1957 in the Conservative administrations of Churchill, Eden and MacMillan.  

Another of Rowena's sisters, Lavinia, married Nicholas MacLean-Bristol. She became a Justice of the Peace and lives in 15th century Old Breachacha Castle on the Isle of Coll in Scotland. This tower fortress was the stronghold of the MacLean clan. The Isle of Coll was granted to the MacLeans in 1431. There is also a new "castle" on this island, built in 1750, which is available to rent for just £1500 for a party of two for one week.

Rowena lives at Hankerton Priory, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, and borrowed a page from her sister's notebook, as her home is also available as an Air BNB rental - hosted by Rowena! Perhaps she will tell you stories about her days with Princess Michael if you stay with her?

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✵ June 30, 1978 ✵

Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz & Prince Michael of Kent

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Princess Anne and Lord Mountbatten speaking to Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz on the day of her wedding to Prince Michael of Kent in Vienna, Austria on 20 June 1978

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Today is 115 years since the birth of HRH Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark Duchess of Kent 13–12–1906

Princess Marina was born on 13 December 1906 in Athens, Greece, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, George I of Greece.She was the third and youngest daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and his wife Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia.

In my opinion she was the most beautiful and stile full member of the Greek Royal dynasty ever

Her father was the third son of George I of Greece and Queen Olga, while her mother was the only daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. Her father was a grandson of Christian IX of Denmark, while her mother was a granddaughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia.

Princess Marina had two elder sisters, Princess Olga and Princess Elizabeth. Princess Olga married Prince Paul of Yugoslavia in 1923. After the assassination of his cousin, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Paul served as Prince Regent of Yugoslavia from 1934 to 1941. Princess Elizabeth married Carl Theodor, Count of Toeerring-Jettenbach in 1934.One of their paternal uncles was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, the father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (making Marina and her sisters Philip's first cousins)

Marina spent her early years in Greece, and lived with her parents and paternal grandparents at Tatoi Palace. Along with her sisters, she was raised to be devout and religious, which was encouraged by her grandmother, Queen Olga of Greece.Marina's family travelled outside of Greece often, especially during the summer months. Her first recorded visit to Britain was in 1910 after the death of her godfather, Edward VII. She officially met her other godmother and future mother-in-law, Queen Mary, who treated Marina and her sisters like her own children.

The Greek royal family was forced into exile when Marina was 11, following the overthrow of the Greek monarchy.They later moved to Paris, while the Princess stayed with her extended family throughout Europe.

In 1932, Princess Marina and Prince George (later the Duke of Kent), a second cousin through Christian IX of Denmark, met in London.Their betrothal was announced in August 1934.Prince George was created Duke of Kent on 9 October 1934.On 29 November 1934, they married at Westminster Abbey, London.The wedding was a grand affair, as it had been more than ten years since the last royal wedding with Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. The wedding of Prince George and Princess Marina was the first royal wedding ceremony to be broadcast by wireless, and with the use of other technology, such as microphones.

The wedding was followed by a Greek ceremony in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace, which was converted into an Orthodox chapel for the ceremony.The wedding was the most recent occasion on which a foreign-born princess married into the British Royal Family

The couple had three children:

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (9 October 1935): he married Katharine Worsley on 8 June 1961. They have three children.

Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (25 December 1936): she married the Hon. Angus Ogilvy, son of David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie and Lady Alexandra Coke, on 24 April 1963. They had two children.

Prince Michael of Kent (4 July 1942): he married Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz and got two children.

HRH dyed from a brain tumour at Kensington Palace at 11.40 am on 27 August 1968, aged 61.Funeral service for the Princess was held at the St. George's Chapel on 30 August.

She was buried in the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore.Her funeral was the final royal ceremony attended by her brother-in-law, the former Edward VIII.

Σήμερα συμπληρώνονται 115 χρόνια από τη γέννηση Της ΑΒΥ Πριγκίπισσας Μαρίνας της Ελλάδας και Δανιας Δούκισσας του Κεντ στις 13–12–1906

Η πριγκίπισσα Μαρίνα γεννήθηκε στις 13 Δεκεμβρίου 1906 στην Αθήνα, Ελλάδα, κατά τη διάρκεια της βασιλείας του παππού της, Γεωργίου Α΄ της Ελλάδας. Ήταν η τρίτη και νεότερη κόρη του πρίγκιπα Νικολάου της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας, και της συζύγου του της Μεγάλης Δούκισσας Έλενας Βλαντιμίροβνα της Ρωσίας. .

Κατά τη γνώμη μου ήταν το πιο όμορφο και στιλάτο πλήρες μέλος της Ελληνικής Βασιλικής δυναστείας .

Ο πατέρας της ήταν ο τρίτος γιος του Γεωργίου Α' της Ελλάδας και της βασίλισσας Όλγας, ενώ η μητέρα της ήταν η μοναχοκόρη του Μεγάλου Δούκα Βλαντιμίρ Αλεξάντροβιτς και της Μεγάλης Δούκισσας Μαρίας Παβλόβνα πρεσβύτερης της Ρωσίας. Ο πατέρας της ήταν εγγονός του Χριστιανού Θ' της Δανίας, ενώ η μητέρα της ήταν εγγονή του αυτοκράτορα Αλέξανδρου Β' της Ρωσίας.

Η πριγκίπισσα Μαρίνα είχε δύο μεγαλύτερες αδερφές, την πριγκίπισσα Όλγα και την πριγκίπισσα Ελισάβετ. Η Πριγκίπισσα Όλγα παντρεύτηκε τον Πρίγκιπα Παύλο της Γιουγκοσλαβίας το 1923. Μετά τη δολοφονία του ξαδέλφου του, Αλέξανδρου Α' της Γιουγκοσλαβίας, ο Παύλος υπηρέτησε ως Πρίγκιπας Αντιβασιλέας της Γιουγκοσλαβίας από το 1934 έως το 1941. Η Πριγκίπισσα Ελισάβετ παντρεύτηκε τον Καρολο Θεόδωρο , κόμη του Toeerring-Jettenbach. θείοι από τον πατέρα τους ήταν ο πρίγκιπας Ανδρέας της Ελλάδας και της Δανίας, πατέρας του πρίγκιπα Φιλίππου, δούκα του Εδιμβούργου (κάνοντας τη Μαρίνα και τις αδερφές της τα πρώτα ξαδέλφια του Φίλιππου)

Η Μαρίνα πέρασε τα πρώτα της χρόνια στην Ελλάδα και έζησε με τους γονείς και τον παππού και τη γιαγιά της στο Παλάτι του Τατοΐου . Μαζί με τις αδερφές της, ανατράφηκε να είναι ευσεβής και θρησκευόμενη, κάτι που ενθάρρυνε η γιαγιά της, η βασίλισσα Όλγα της Ελλάδας. Η οικογένεια της Μαρίνας ταξίδευε συχνά εκτός Ελλάδας, ειδικά τους καλοκαιρινούς μήνες. Η πρώτη της καταγεγραμμένη επίσκεψη στη Βρετανία ήταν το 1910 μετά τον θάνατο του νονού της, Εδουάρδου Ζ'. Γνώρισε επίσημα την άλλη νονά και μέλλουσα πεθερά της, τη Βασίλισσα Μαίρη, η οποία αντιμετώπιζε τη Μαρίνα και τις αδερφές της σαν δικά της παιδιά.

Η ελληνική βασιλική οικογένεια αναγκάστηκε να εξοριστεί όταν η Μαρίνα ήταν 11 ετών, μετά την ανατροπή της ελληνικής μοναρχίας. Αργότερα μετακόμισαν στο Παρίσι, ενώ η πριγκίπισσα έμεινε με την ευρύτερη οικογένειά της σε όλη την Ευρώπη.

Το 1932, η πριγκίπισσα Μαρίνα και ο πρίγκιπας Γεώργιος (αργότερα ο δούκας του Κεντ), δεύτερος ξάδερφος του Χριστιανού Θ' της Δανίας, συναντήθηκαν στο Λονδίνο. Ο αρραβώνας τους ανακοινώθηκε τον Αύγουστο του 1934. Ο Πρίγκιπας Γεωργιος έγινε Δούκας του Κεντ στις 9 Οκτωβρίου 1934. Στις Στις 29 Νοεμβρίου 1934, παντρεύτηκαν στο Αβαείο του Γουέστμινστερ του Λονδίνου. Ο γάμος ήταν μια μεγαλειώδης υπόθεση, καθώς είχαν περάσει περισσότερα από δέκα χρόνια από τον τελευταίο βασιλικό γάμο με τον πρίγκιπα Άλμπερτ, δούκα της Υόρκης, και τη λαίδη Ελίζαμπεθ Μπόουες-Λυών. Ο γάμος του πρίγκιπα Γεωργίου και της πριγκίπισσας Μαρίνας ήταν η πρώτη βασιλική γαμήλια τελετή που μεταδόθηκε ασύρματα και με τη χρήση άλλης τεχνολογίας, όπως τα μικρόφωνα.

Μετά τον γάμο ακολούθησε η ελληνική ορθόδοξος τελετή στο ιδιωτικό παρεκκλήσι στα Ανάκτορα του Μπάκιγχαμ, το οποίο μετατράπηκε σε ορθόδοξο παρεκκλήσι για την τελετή. Ο γάμος ήταν η πιο πρόσφατη περίσταση κατά την οποία μια ξένη πριγκίπισσα παντρεύτηκε τη βρετανική βασιλική οικογένεια

Το ζευγάρι είχε τρία παιδιά:

Πρίγκιπας Εδουάρδος, Δούκας του Κεντ (9 Οκτωβρίου 1935): παντρεύτηκε την Katharine Worsley στις 8 Ιουνίου 1961. Έχουν τρία παιδιά.

Πριγκίπισσα Αλεξάνδρα , The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (25 Δεκεμβρίου 1936): παντρεύτηκε τον Hon. Angus Ogilvy, γιος του David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie και της Lady Alexandra Coke, στις 24 Απριλίου 1963. Απέκτησαν δύο παιδιά.

Πρίγκιπας Μιχαήλ του Κεντ (4 Ιουλίου 1942): παντρεύτηκε τη βαρόνη Marie Christine von Reibnitz και απέκτησε δύο παιδιά.

Ο θάνατός Της ΑΒΥ προήλθε από όγκο στον εγκέφαλο στο Παλάτι του Κένσινγκτον στις 11.40 π.μ. στις 27 Αυγούστου 1968, σε ηλικία 61 ετών. Η κηδεία για την Πριγκίπισσα πραγματοποιήθηκε στο παρεκκλήσι του Αγίου Γεωργίου στις 30 Αυγούστου.Τάφηκε στο Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore. Η κηδεία της ήταν η τελευταία βασιλική τελετή στην οποία παρευρέθηκε κουνιάδος της ο πρώην ΕδουάρδοςΗ’

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On 30 June 1978, Prince Michael of Kent, the younger brother the Duke of Kent, wed Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz. ... Prince Michael of Kent and Marie-Christine von Reibnitz married in a civil ceremony at Vienna's Rathaus (City Hall) in Austria.

Michael is the paternal first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, and Marie Christine is of German, Austrian and Hungarian noble descent. She is the only daughter of Silesian nobleman Baron Gunther von Reibnitz and his Austro-Hungarian wife, Countess Maria Szapáry de Muraszombath.

The marriage made headlines at the time because Marie Christine von Reibnitz was not only a Roman Catholic but also a divorcée. Marie Christine was previously married to banker Thomas Troubridge, and the two separated in 1973 and divorced in 1977. The marriage was annulled by the Roman Catholic Church a year later and just two weeks before she married Prince Michael.

Michael proposed to Marie Christine with a two-stone sapphire-and-diamond ring with a very personal touch. It was made from gems that belonged to his late mother, Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (who was born a princess of Greece and Denmark).

Prince Michael of Kent and Marie-Christine von Reibnitz married in a civil ceremony at Vienna’s Rathaus (City Hall) in Austria. However, royal representation was limited. The groom’s brother, the Duke of Kent, and his sister, Princess Alexandra, attended as did Princess Anne and Lord Mountbatten. The couple later received a blessing of their marriage in a Roman Catholic ceremony on 29 June 1983 at the Archbishop’s House in London.

For the reception held after the wedding, Marie Christine wore the City of London Fringe Tiara and a 70s style dress. Upon marriage, she was accorded the style and title of Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent, the female equivalent of her husband’s title.

Under the Act of Settlement 1701, a bill passed by Parliament ensuring that only Protestants could ascend to the throne, Michael forfeited his place in line of succession to marry a Roman Catholic. However, the Prince was later reinstated after the Succession to the Crown Act 2013. This bill altered the laws of succession to the throne and famously ensured that the eldest child, regardless of sex, precedes his or her younger brothers and sisters.

Prince and Princess of Michael of Kent’s children are members of the Church of England and have been in the line of succession since birth. Lord Frederick Windsor was born 6 April 1979 at St Mary’s Hospital in London; his sister, Lady Gabriella Kingston, was born at the same hospital on 23 April 1981.

Lady Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Kingston (née Windsor; born 23 April 1981) is an English freelance writer and a member of the British royal family. She is the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. She is 55th in the line of succession to the British throne.

Lord Frederick Michael George David Louis Windsor (born 6 April 1979) is a British financial analyst, and the only son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. He is married to British actress Sophie Winkleman. He is currently 52nd in the line of succession to the British throne. He is president of Soldier On!, a charity for the professional development of vulnerable and disadvantaged people.

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Prince & Princess Michael of Kent. . . Prince Michael of Kent born 4 July 1942) is a member of the British royal family. He is a paternal first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, being a grandson of King George V & Queen Mary. He is currently 48th in the line of succession to the British throne, but at the time of his birth was seventh in the line of succession. . Princess Michael of Kent, born Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz; on 15 January 1945) is of German, Austrian & Hungarian descent. . Did you know? . Princess Michael was an interior designer before becoming an author; she has written several books on European royalty. Among her books are; The Serpent and the Moon: Two Rivals for the Love of a Renaissance King, Crowned in a Far Country: Portraits of Eight Royal Brides and Cupid, the King: Five Royal Paramours & Quicksilver: A Novel (Anjou Trilogy 3) . . . #royalfamily #royal #royalty #windsorcastle #buckinghampalace #kensingtonpalace #britishroyalfamily #royals #hermajesty #britishroyalty #princecharles #britishroyals #crown #britishmonarchy #QueenElizabethII #godsavethequeen #windsor #princeharry #Princessmichael #RoyalHistory #princewilliam #PrinceMichael #duchessofcambridge #thequeen #royalnews #queenelizabeth #Westminster . . Follow Our other accounts @Royalshopuk @Queenelizabethiiuk @Londonhistoryuk (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1RIjONgOLm/?igshid=19kvwq1k59xwu

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On 30 June 1978, Prince Michael was married, at a civil ceremony, at the Rathaus, Vienna, Austria, to Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz, the only daughter of the Silesian nobleman Baron Gunther von Reibnitz and of his Austro-Hungarian wife, Countess Maria Szapáry de Muraszombath.

After receiving Pope John Paul II's permission, the couple later received a blessing of their marriage in a Roman Catholic ceremony on 29 June 1983 at Archbishop's House, London. 

At the time of the marriage, Marie Christine von Reibnitz was not only a Roman Catholic, but also a divorcée. She had previously been married to the banker Thomas Troubridge; they separated in 1973, divorced in 1977, and had their marriage annulled by the Roman Catholic Church a year later, two months before her marriage to Prince Michael. 

Under the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701, Prince Michael forfeited his place in the line of succession to the throne through his marriage to a Roman Catholic. He was reinstated to the line of succession on 26 March 2015 with the coming into force of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, and is 48th in line to the throne as of June 2018. 

Prince and Princess Michael of Kent have two children, both of whom were brought up as members of the Church of England, and have therefore been in the line of succession to the throne since birth:

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H.R.H. Princess Michael of Kent, née Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz

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Name: Marie Christine

Title: Princess Michael of Kent, Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz

Place in the Line of Succession: NA

Relation to the Queen: First cousin-in-law

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Princess Michael of Kent's colourful two-stone sapphire and diamond engagement ring

Princess Michael of Kent’s colourful two-stone sapphire and diamond engagement ring

Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz was born in 1945 in what is now the Czech Republic. Her parents were part of the Catholic Reibnitz family, who can trace their noble ancestry back to 1288. In 1946 the royal moved to Australia after her parents divorced. By the time she was old enough to attend university, Marie-Christine moved to London to study History of Fine and Decorative Art, at the…

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✵ June 30, 1978 ✵

Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz & Prince Michael of Kent

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Prince Michael of Kent, GCVO, CD (Michael George Charles Franklin; born 4 July 1942) is a member of the British royal family, younger brother of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. He is a paternal first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, being a grandson of King George V and Queen Mary. Through his mother, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, he is also a first cousin once removed of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His is 48th on the British throne Succession line . - Princess Michael of Kent (born Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz; 15 January 1945) is a member of the British royal family of German, Austrian, and Hungarian noble descent. She is married to Prince Michael of Kent, a grandson of King George V. Princess Michael was an interior designer before becoming an author; she has written several books on European royalty. She does lecture tours as well as supporting her husband in his public duties. Prince and Princess Michael of Kent have two children: Lord Frederick Windsor, born 6 April 1979 at St Mary's Hospital, London. He married Sophie Winkleman on 12 September 2009 and they have two daughters: Maud (born 15 August 2013) and Isabella (born 16 January 2016). Lady Gabriella Kingston, born 23 April 1981 at St Mary's Hospital, London. She married Thomas Kingston on 18 May 2019. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHYNSr-HVY9/?igshid=1uksgzexcc3uj