#Elizabeth Edmonds

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Scrubbers, Mai Zetterling (1982)

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Scrubbers (1982)

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Fate Grand Order material VII [Digital]part 12 FINAL

[thepastisalreadywritten]

The day Princess Anne was almost kidnapped on The Mall — 50 years on

On this day 50 years ago, 23-year-old Princess Anne found herself fighting off a gunman as her bodyguard and driver lay wounded beside her. Emma Loffhagen takes a deep dive into the disturbing day one of the most senior royals was almost kidnapped.

By Emma Loffhagen

20 March 2024

“Your daughter has been kidnapped. The following are conditions to be fulfilled for release.”

In March 1974, Ian Ball used a rented typewriter to haphazardly type a letter intended for the then-head of state, Queen Elizabeth II.

Ball, 26, a funeral home worker, demanded £3 million — to be paid in £5 notes — in exchange for the return of the Queen’s daughter, Princess Anne.

After becoming fixated with the 23-year-old princess, he spent two years hatching an elaborate plan to kidnap her.

Today, March 20, marks the 50th anniversary of Ball’s kidnap attempt — one of the most bizarre and disturbing episodes in British royal history.

A “loner,” Ball had been inspired to hatch his elaborate kidnap plot by the novel Day of the Jackal.

He wanted to follow in the footsteps of the book’s hero, the contracted assassin the Jackal.

“He was a very strange man,” Ball’s neighbour later said. “The only time he ever went out was when he went down to the launderette or went out for some food.”

It was thought that he had developed a “fixation” on the royal, whipped up by the widespread and lavish coverage of her wedding to Captain Mark Phillips the previous year.

As part of his plan, Ball had moved from his run-down flat in Bayswater to a lush rented house in Fleet, Hampshire.

It was only a few miles from Sandhurst, where Anne lived with her then-husband Phillips.

After a quick phone call to the Buckingham Palace press office, Ball knew which engagements and events Anne attended each week.

He rented a car under the alias John Williams, stocking the boot with Valium tranquilisers and two pairs of handcuffs.

On the evening of 20 March 1974, Anne was travelling back to Buckingham Palace in an Austin Princess limousine.

She had attended a screening of Riding Towards Freedom, a documentary by the charity Riding for the Disabled.

Captain Phillips, her bodyguard James Beaton, and her lady-in-waiting Rowena Jane Brassey, were also in the car driven by royal chauffeur Alexander Callender.

At around 8pm, as the group drove up The Mall, a white Ford Escort swerved in front of the limousine, forcing Callender to stop.

Then a 31-year-old inspector, Beaton, who had been Anne’s bodyguard for a year, got out to investigate.

“I thought it was somebody who wanted to be a pain in the neck,” he later said. “There was no hint of what was to happen.”

Suddenly, a bearded man with light red hair jumped out of the vehicle and pulled out two handguns, smashing the passenger window with the butt of one.

Beaton had not even had the chance to pull out his weapon when he was shot in the shoulder.

He then attempted to fire back at Ball — but missed. Upon a second attempt, his gun — a Walther PPK — jammed.

Ball turned to the passenger door behind the driver’s seat and started shaking it. Anne was sat on the other side. “Open, or I’ll shoot!” he shouted.

As the princess and Captain Phillips desperately tried to hold the door closed, Anne’s lady-in-waiting crawled out of the door on the passenger side.

Beaton got back in the car, placing himself between the couple and their assailant.

Ball shot into the car, and Beaton’s hand deflected the bullet.

He shot the bodyguard a third time, hitting Beaton in the abdomen and causing him to fall from the vehicle.

“I felt tired and very drunk, although I hadn’t been drinking,” Beaton later told police. “I just wanted to lie down.”

Callender stepped out to confront the gunman, but Ball shot him in the chest and he fell back into the car.

Pulling the door open, Ball grabbed Anne’s forearm as her husband held on to her waist.

“Please, come out,” Ball reportedly told the princess. “You’ve got to come.”

As the pair struggled over Anne, her dress ripped, splitting down the back, which she later recalled prompted her to “lose her rag.”

But, rather than panic, she had what she described as a “very irritating conversation” with her potential kidnapper.

Unbelievably calm despite the commotion, Anne famously replied: “Not bloody likely!”

In an interview with the late television presenter Michael Parkinson, she recalled:

“He [the gunman] opened the door and we had a discussion about where — or where not — we were going to go.

“I said I didn’t think I wanted to go. I was scrupulously polite because I thought it would be silly to be too rude at that stage.”

A nearby tabloid journalist, Brian McConnell, arrived on the scene.

Recognising the limo’s insignia, he realised the commotion must have involved a royal family member.

“Don’t be silly, old boy,” he told Ball. “Put the gun down.”

Ball responded by shooting him too and McConnell collapsed bleeding onto the road.

A man named Ronnie Russell drove past at this point.

He was on his way home to Strood, Kent, from working as an area manager for a cleaning company in London.

In a stroke of incredible luck, Russell happened to be a former boxer. He had cut his cloth at the Repton Club in east London, an infamous venue sponsored by the notorious Kray twins.

Jumping out of the car, Russell punched Ball twice in the head before leading Anne and her lady-in-waiting away from the attacker.

He later explained that he “did not like bullies,” which prompted his decision to intervene.

Despite being injured, Ball still shot the first police officer to arrive on the scene, Constable Michael Hills, 22, before running off.

Detective Constable Peter Edmonds, who answered Constable Hills’ radio request for backup, chased Ball down The Mall and through St James’s Park before tackling him on the ground.

At Ball’s Old Bailey trial in May 1974, more details came to light about the plot.

Ball kept his head lowered for most of the proceedings, only uttering the word “guilty” to confirm the charges of attempted murder and kidnapping.

In his pocket, detectives had discovered the kidnap note addressed to the Queen, which demanded the £3 million ransom (the equivalent of £26 million today), a free pardon, and a plane to fly him to Switzerland.

He had planned to take the princess to a central London property he had rented under an alias.

In a police interview, Ball also said he believed Anne would be an easy target after ascertaining her whereabouts by phoning the Buckingham Palace press office.

“I had thought about it for years,” he said. “She would have been the easiest. I have seen her riding with her husband.”

Ball also showed no remorse for having shot three men on the night of the attempted kidnap.

“They were getting in my way so I had to shoot them,” he said. “Well, the police, that's their job. They expect to be shot. I took a chance of getting shot so why shouldn't they?”

He added: “I suppose I’ll be locked up for the rest of my life. I am only sorry I frightened Princess Anne. There is one good thing coming out of this: you will have to improve on her protection.”

Ball was diagnosed with schizophrenia following the trial and sentenced to a mental health facility under the Mental Health Act, “without limit or time."

He remains in the Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire to this day.

The facility has been home to a series of notorious criminals, including serial killer Peter Sutcliffe and London gangster Ronnie Kray.

Immediately after the attack, the royals ceased having only one protection officer.

When Anne visited Beaton in hospital, “she turned up with two policemen,” her bodyguard said. “From then on, that’s what it was.”

“I had nothing…There was no back-up vehicle,” Beaton told The Times separately.

“The training was non-existent; but then again, [we thought] nothing was going to happen. They are highly specialised now, highly trained.”

Beaton continued to work for Anne for another five years — before the Queen employed him.

After Beaton’s weapon jammed, the type of guns used by bodyguards were also changed: “The Walthers were got rid of overnight.”

Beaton was honoured for his bravery, receiving the George Cross — the UK’s highest civilian honour for gallantry.

Russell also received the honour. In a 2006 interview, Russell recalled what Queen Elizabeth said as she presented his George Medal:

“The medal is from the Queen of England, the thank you is from Anne’s mother.”

[cyclist-of-guilt]

I can't believe Albert's journal and absolute shit he's saying there is real lmao

[nordleuchten]

I regret your disappointment in regard to your letter from Miss Below [?] but I have sustained a greater loss – Oscar Lafayette wrote to me immediately after the death of his father, my faithful friend & brother, giving me all the particulay of that event.

Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, to Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, August 4, 1851

Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis to Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, 1824 October, A-569.104, Box: 3, Folder: 1824.10.00. Elizabeth Bordley Gibson collection, A-569. Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. Accessed June 28, 2023.

This is a heartfelt message from a woman, who just learned of her friend’s death, a man she described as her “faithful friend & brother”. But the following passage and indeed the date of the letter reveal a maybe even more painful component. Georges, Marquis de La Fayette died on November 29, 1849, and Eleanor wrote this letter in August of 1851 – almost three years later. She writes:

I have never received it, nor can it be recovered. & Edmond could not come to see me as he wished to do. He was some days with my children in [illegible] – they were charmed with him – In heart & mind, he resembles entirely his Grandfather & father, in features, a handsome resemblance of his Father. I regret much not seeing him.

This letter, this very important letter, seems to have been lost in the mail. But what this letter also tells us, that Edmond, Georges’ son and La Fayette’s grandson, must have been in America at one point – definitely worth looking into.

On a closing note, I find it quite heartwarming to see how similar in character and looks the La Fayette men appeared, close enough that it was noted by people like Eleanor and her children.

[whatithinkaboutdarkshadows]

Episode 603: Almost on the point of believing it

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Edmond Simpson 'Peyton's Place' (Peyton-Joey L) (11-23)

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(dark shadows ep. 39 + moby-dick, ch. 36)

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UN[BOX]ED, a short dance film about the stigma of dyslexia

[yourbespokeartisanalapocalypse]

I've just acquired a copy of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's verse novel Aurora Leigh which I am very excited to start reading but can I just take a moment to draw attention to this arresting cover image.

It's a photograph of the French dancer Cléo de Mérode taken by Léopold-Émile Reutlinger, a German-Jewish photographer who took some truly exquisite images. It's also highly anachronistic since neither model or photographer were even born when Aurora Leigh was published in 1856 (naughty Oxford University Press!) but every time I see it lying around the house I'm drawn to it. So a good cover in that sense I think!

Some more photographs by Reutlinger:

French Soprano Aino Ackté

French actress Geneviève Lantelme

Poet and dramatist Edmond Rostand (the guy who wrote Cyrano de Bergerac)

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9 maggio … ricordiamo …

9 maggio … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2023: Joaquin Romaguera, Joaquin Fidel Romaguera, attore e tenore statunitense. Artista di lunga data con la New York City Opera dagli anni ’60 agli anni ’80. Romaguera ha iniziato la sua carriera all’età di 18 anni. Il compagno di vita di Romaguera è stato il parrucchiere di Broadway Robert W. Cybula.  (n. 1932) 2020: Geno Silva, attore statunitense.  (n. 1948) 2020: Antonio Palazzi, gastronomo…

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Character Name Ideas that Start With the Letter E

-> feel free to comment suggestions, I'll do my best to add them to the list.

Male:

Evander

Edmond

Edward

Emile

Elliot

Edouard

Elijah

Easton

Elias

Ezra

Ezekiel

Emiliano

Eugene

Earl

Everett

Ethan

Eli

Emmett

Eldrick

Enoch

Evan

Eduardo

Eric

Edison

Elliot

Female:

Eve

Evadine

Elodie

Eleanor

Evangeline

Emma

Emily

Erica

Elizabeth

Eliza

Ellie

Eva

Ella

Evelyn

Eliana

Edith

Eartha

Eloise

Elsie

Evie

Esme

Earlene

Emory

Esther

Everleigh

Eliza

Emersyn

Esmeralda

Gender-Neutral:

Espen

Ender

Elio

Eos

Everest

Emric

Ephraim

Eden

Erin

Evan

Emerson

Elian

Ember

Elliot

Essence

Emeri

Evren

Echo

Eris

Eowyn

Eddy

Elon

Enid

Era

[the-moral-of-the-rose]

If anybody wanted to write a crossover between L.M. Montgomery's books, here is a little help with the ages of the characters (@no-where-near-hero maybe it will be a tiny help for your fanfic):

Anne Shirley - born on 5th of March 1865

Gilbert Blythe - born in 1862 or 1863

James Matthew "Jem" Blythe - born in July 1893

Walter Cuthbert Blythe - born in 1894

Anne "Nan" and Diana "Di" Blythe - born in 1896

Shirley Blythe - born in 1888*

Bertha Marilla "Rilla" Blythe - born in 1900*

Gerald "Jerry" Meredith - born 1894

Faith Meredith - born 1895

Una Meredith - born 1896

Thomas Carlyle "Carl" Meredith - born 1897

Jims Anderson - born in August of 1914

Emily Byrd Starr - born on 19th of May 1888

Ilse Burnley - born in 1888 (probably)

Perry Miller - born in 1887

Frederick "Teddy" Kent - 1887 or 1888

Dean Priest - born in 1865

Patricia "Pat" Gardiner - born in 1913

Rachel "Rue" Gardiner - born in 1919

Winnifred "Winnie" Gardiner - born in 1910

Sidney "Sid" Gardiner - born in 1912

Joseph"Joe" Gardiner - born in 1908

Hilary Gordon - born in 1911

Elizabeth "Bets" Wilcox - born in 1913

David Kirk - born around 1893

Jane Stuart - born in May 1918 or 1919

Valancy Stirling* - born 1883**

Barney Snaith - born 1877**

Cecilia "Cissy" - born 1886**

Olive Stirling - born 1884**

Gay Penhallow - born in 1904***

Nan Penhallow - born in 1904***

Roger Dark - born in 1890***

Donna Dark - born between 1894 and 1896***

Virginia Powell - born between 1894 and 1896***

Peter Penhallow - born between 1888 and 1890***

Margaret Penhallow - born 1872***

Brian Dark - born 1916***

Hugh Dark - born in 1887***

Joscelyn Penhallow: born between 1889-1892***

*In both Anne of Ingleside and Rainbow Valley Shirley is two years older than Rilla. But in Rilla of Ingleside, he turns eighteen few months before Rilla... it is pure chaos. Rilla was supposed to be nearly fourteen, according to the RV, in 1914, but she is nearly fifteen in RoI. So I apologize, but I had a lot of trouble here...

**The Blue Castle is the most difficult to place in time. It is set several years before it was published, and in my own opinion: before Tangled Web and Pat of Silver Bush. Why? Because of this reference: "This was before the day of bobs and was regarded as a wild, unheard-of proceeding—unless you had typhoid." (The Blue Castle). Bobs were already "in fashion" at the beginning of Pat of Silver Bush (so, in 1919, when Pat was six years old: it was said that Winnie wanted to have her hair bobbed) and in Tangled Web (which is set in 1922). Yet, the cars, motorboats and movie theaters were a rather common occurence in The Blue Castle's times. But... there might be an explanation. Valancy doesn't live on PEI, which might have been a little "behind" the rest of Canada, as far as modern technology went. It is my own personal opinion, but I think that it might be set just before the war, at the same time as the end Emily's Quest. I know that the clothes seem more "modern" in TBC, but Emily wore "a little sport suit" and dress that was described as followed "there was so little of it". Teddy and Perry both had cars, as sone of Ilse's cousins. I would say that the Blue Castle book might be set around 1912-1913. Still, the timeline is extremely elusive. Please, let me know, dear Blue Castle Book Club's members, what is your opinion? I think I have read some amazing discussion about TBC's timeline a long time ago, but if I remember correctly, everyone was certain that this novel was set post WWI (me included, until this very moment when I tried to place Pat and Tangled Web and remembered the "bob" quote). So I choose 1912 as the beginning of TBC, when Valancy was twenty-nine.

*** the ages of characters in Tangled Web:

"They were first cousins, who were born the same day and married the same day,--Donna to her own second cousin, Barry Dark, and Virginia to Edmond Powell--two weeks before they had left for Valcartier. Edmond Powell had died of pneumonia in the training camp, but Barry Dark had his crowded hour of glorious life somewhere in France." (Tangled Web).

"Virginia Powell, whose husband had been dead eight years and who was young and tolerably beautiful" (Tangled Web).

"Valcartier, Quebec was the primary training base for the First Canadian Contingent in 1914."

- from: https://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/history/going-to-war/canada-enters-the-war/training-at-valcartier/

So, from this I assumed that Virginia's husband died in 1914 (so Tangled Web is set in 1922-23). Gay is 18 at the beginning, so she would be born in 1904. If Donna and Virginia were 18-20 when they got married, they would be 26-28 (so still "young"). at the beginning. Peter was 14 when Donna was 8, so he'd be 32-34 at the beginning of the book (same age or a bit older than Roger). Hugh was 35 at the beginning. I guess Joscelyn was a bit younger- most of LMM's heroines are at least two years younger than their love interest. I'd say she might have been 20-23 when she got married, so she'd be around 30-33 at the beginning of the book. I would say Brian is about six years old - he doesn't seem to attend school yet, but is big enough to be sent to the harbour. Margaret Penhallow was about fifty at the beginning of the book.

So sorry that this post was rather long, but it was a great fun to write (even if it took me A LOT of time). Thank you for reading. Please, let me know if you agree. Any feedback will be very welcome!

[andreabaideas]

Headcanons for the DJATS characters middle names? I wish we'd gotten them, and not just Eddie's (Side note: Demetrius seems like a very out there middle name for him, I feel like he's probably embarrassed of it.)

Cool ask!!!

Yeah, I have them... I got to say that Demetrius sounds less typical than Edward, so at least Its original. I dont mind It XD I'll follow the show, cause It kinda inspires more ethnicity wise.

Well , lets start!

Eddie keeps his names the way they are so

"Edward Demetrius Roundtree"

Let's go with Camila :

I dont know how It goes on in all Argentina, but the female argentinians that I know that lives in Spain they usually have Only one name, or if they have two, then the second one Its either María or Isabel, so as i think Isabel sounds better combined with Camila, then It IS :

"Camila Isabel (née Álvarez) Dunne"

Lets continúe with Billy , Its easier for me , I kinda want It to sound Celtic so instead of the obvious Adam I went for Aidan, just cause I like the sound better. Also I was kinda tempted to name him Sam Finn or even Edmond ( nod to Sam Claflin and some of Its roles like Finnick or Edmond Dantes ) but I contained my weirdness XD

" William Aidan Dunne" (my prefered one)

Alts: William Finn Dunne / William Sam Dunne / William Edmond Dunne (This one actually sounds super cool too!!)

Continuing with Graham , he gets another one just cause I like the sound XD.

"Graham Cillian Dunne"

Warren won't have two, he doesnt need it, and he prefers It that way :

"Warren Rojas"

Karen gets something very posh like flowery or regal, as a British posh girl like :

Karen Marigold Sirko / Karen Euphemia Sirko / Karen Candance Sirko (then Candy Floss would make sense). Karen Marie Sirko Its the most possible. My prefered one Its the Candance one, to mod at Candy Floss.

"Karen Candance Sirko"

Lisa comes from Elizabeth, all the elizabeths i've known were Maries as second name so yup.

" Elizabeth Marie nee Crowne Rojas "

Rod comes from Roderick, which IS long enough. Roderick Reyes

Teddy can be from Edward or from Theodore so as i dont remember how It was in the book...XD

Theodore Edward Price

Bernie comes from Bernadette Mae Jackson (i'm giving her Simone's surname as they are married and I love them your honor)

Simone gets a cool one "Simone Dido Jackson"

Julia gets Julia Wilhelmina Dunne to honor her dad William/Billy. In some families It IS common to give the first kid the fathers name as the second name, instead of as the first one, which IS cool. New name + dad name Its better in my opinión, new identify plus tradition and everyone Its Happy. So Wilhelmina Its the female of William , can be shortened as Billie or Willow too, so Its cool!!

And last but not least : Margaret Jones as in the show, or Daisy as in the book. Logically It would be Margaret Marie Jones, but i'm not logical, It bores me soo...XD I Heard once Daisy Margaret (twice the same flower) too repetitive! , also Margaret Lily sound cool too! Daisy's Mom Its french, and her father was a painter...fancy painters name their kids more Margaret than Daisy, I liked that change in the show so...Also they get names like Isabella , Francesca or Florence (i've know like 5 British Girls named Iiked that with artistic parents XD) Florence would be too much like Florence Welch and Stevie too obvious from Stevie Nicks XD

Isabella, Lillian or Francesca works,I prefer Francesca, I already have a main character called Isabella (Twilight ) and also Lily Evans from Harry Potter, so as i want to write a ultra crazy crossover, those two can't be XD

So you have my 3 óptions Francesca Margaret Jones /Margaret Francesca Jones or Margaret Lillian Jones.

My fave one Its :

"Francesca Margaret Jones"

Looong but cool!!

Thanks !! ☺️👋

[just-an-emily-existing]

~The Children of Steam and Diesel~

❤️✨Jewel, Coby and Cody, The Children of Emily and Douglas✨❤️

🧡✨Elizabeth, The Daughter of Oliver and Toad✨

💛✨Eillot, The Son of Edward and James✨💛

💚✨Axel, The Son of Duck and Diesel✨💚

💙✨Flynn and Sasha, The Children of Thomas and Percy✨💙

💜✨Coraline, The Daughter of Lady and D10✨💜

🩷✨Claire, The Daughter of Paxton and Timothy✨🩷

❤️✨Liam, The Son of Rosie and Mavis✨❤️

🧡✨Bella, The Daughter of Isabel and Jessica✨🧡

💛✨Alaina, The Daughter of Oswald and Dulcie✨💛

💚✨Levi, The Son of Salty and Porter✨💚

💙✨Sebastian, The Son of Daisy and Spencer✨💙

💜✨Nova, Max and Noah, The Children of Toby and Henrietta✨💜

🩷✨William, The Son of Rebecca and The Flying Scotsman✨🩷

❤️✨Maria, The Daughter of Henry and Hiro✨❤️

🧡✨Patton and Piper, The Children of Sir Handel and Peter Sam✨🧡

💛✨Gerald, The Son of Fiona and Gordon✨💛

💚✨Payton, The Child of Rusty and Stepney✨💚

💙✨Charlie, The Daughter of Charlie and Charlie✨💙

💜✨Edmond, The Son of Emily and Molly✨💜

🩷✨Ava, The Daughter of Duncan and Madge✨🩷

❤️✨Belle, The Daughter of Donald and Gazelle✨❤️

🧡✨Charlotte, The Daughter of Wendy and BoCo✨🧡

💛✨Elijah, The Son of Edalyn and Dane✨💛

💚✨Alice, The Daughter of Hawin and Bella✨💚

💙✨Tyler, The Son of Skarloey and Rheneas✨💙