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princess-unipeg · 2 years ago
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A modern team of Therapists who should be recruited to help the kid protagonists of today.
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heavenlyhoundoom · 1 year ago
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Cartoon death note.
If I was given a special death note where I can kill any cartoon and videogame character here are the characters I would kill and how they would die.
Mr.Burns: Beaten to death by revolutionaries.(He's fucked over so many people, who wouldn't want to kill him?)
Mr.Krabs: Crushed by giant safe.(Money is the only thing he truly cares about, so why not kill him with the only thing he cares about.)
Pastry Pete: Strangled by a woman.(He's a mysoganist, so he should be killed by the thing he hates.)
Crimson from helluva boss: Drowned in a lake. (Drowning is his favorite way to kill his victims, so let's see how he likes it.)
Stella from helluva boss: Shot by an imp.(She tried to get her husband shot after he cheated on her (which she deserved for abusing him for fun) and she racist towards imps, so let the punishment fit the crime.)
Glenn Quagmire: Tuberculosis. (He used to grape women, so the most fitting death would be from an std.)
Stan Smith: Dysentery. (With all the terrible shit he did he doesn't deserve a dignified death.)
And Coach from animal crossing: Stung to death by wasps.(Getting stung by wasps is a well-known thing in animal crossing.)
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eeclare · 2 years ago
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I AM SO MAD about people always shitting on adult animation series. Like literally SHUT UP about how adult animations have “zero representation” and “lack diversity” when there are SO MANY adult animated series that have all the things you���re looking for
Like bro just do some research and look harder
Obviously my bias is Bob’s Burgers so let’s start with that as an example: SO MUCH diversity (body types, implied neurodivergence, etc) and representation in this show and the fan base is so minimal?? Like what??
Not to mention Tuca and Bertie, Futurama, Bojack Horseman, etc etc etc
(Inside Job, Disenchantment, THE GREAT NORTH, The Midnight Gospel, Human Resources, and sooooo many more)
Everyone is CONSTANTLY complaining about the lack of good adult animated shows but then never give most of these ones the time of day. I genuinely don’t get it! If you’re so mad about how crass and bigoted all the mainstream shows are, why are you still watching them? There are so many amazing adult animated series that are so diverse and representative of so many different communities more and half of them get canceled because all the internet talks about are the big TV shows like Family Guy, South Park, The Simpsons, etc (not dissing anyone who likes these shows btw, I am an occasional watcher myself)
How about we stop complaining about the lack of diversity in adult animation and actually watch the shows that are giving us what we want?
I’m not at all saying that all these that I mentioned are without flaws. They all have them! But what I AM saying is that maybe we should stop letting networks cancel the shows with what we are asking for because they aren’t getting any traction.
Let’s not insult an ENTIRE GENRE of television series just because the mainstream ones aren’t necessarily what we want anymore.
And let’s talk about the animation styles. STOP TALKING ABOUT HOW UGLY THEY ARE. Yeah, I get it, they’re not always the prettiest but the diversity of body types and races in shows like Bob’s Burgers etc is amazing. Like holy crap it frustrates me when people file down all the good aspects of TV shows just because they sometimes have weird animations. Like please, remember that art in and of itself is diverse and there are so many talented people that are putting so much work into creating these literal masterpieces
The point I’m trying to make is, maybe stop giving shows like Big Mouth so much attention (even if it’s negative) and watch the ones that are literally giving you what you want. Like guys, stop letting networks cancel great series just because you prefer to complain about the “bad things” and refuse to acknowledge the good ones
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renthony · 2 years ago
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Some recs for adult animation I enjoy:
People always seem to think I only watch kids' shows, so here's a list of animated television shows I adore, that were all made with adults in mind:
King of the Hill - Genuinely didn't think I'd like it, but I actually really love it? I expected something that was basically just The Simpsons or Family Guy, but got a surprising amount of emotional depth from the main cast. Bobby Hill is my son boy.
Futurama - I am legally obligated to list Futurama. I have watched the entire series so many fucking times. I'm going to watch the reboot and we all know it.
Disenchantment - It's more than just "Futurama medieval fantasy" but tonally, they are pretty similar. I enjoy it immensely. Bean is a #bicon, and that's fucking canon <3
Samurai Jack - The original show aired as a kids' show, but the revival apparently put it into the adult category. I haven't gotten that far yet, but holy shit, it's so good so far. Even the "kids' show" part is pretty mature, imho.
Bob's Burgers - I fucking love Bob's Burgers. I need to catch up on the more recent seasons. A sitcom that DOESN'T have parents who clearly hate each other? Whaaaat?
Harley Quinn - I'm not caught up, and there are aspects I have critiques of, but overall, it's been fun as fuck. I LOVE this interpretation of Ivy so fucking much.
Metalocalypse - My dad's a metal musician, so this was on in my house all the time when I was a teenager. I haven't watched it in *years* but I still reference the early seasons in conversation constantly. The Duncan Hills will wake you, motherfuckers.
Big Mouth/Human Resources - They are better than you think they are, and the "ugly style" reminds me of classic Klasky-Csupo. Compare it to Rugrats and tell me it doesn't have similar caricature styles. Story-wise, it nails the exact blend of panicked awkwardness I felt as a disaster tween, it has SO MANY queer characters. They dramatically improved on their more problematic aspects after getting called on it in seasons 1 and 2. And Human Resources made me sob like a little baby in the episode with Kieth from Grief.
BoJack Horseman - Starts off as a goofy gross-out humor sitcom but very quickly becomes a serious drama. Incredibly heavy and dark, but holy shit the catharsis. Delves into a lot of musings about morality, celebrity culture and Hollywood, generational trauma, and the perpetuation of cycles.
Tuca & Bertie - Goofy slice-of-life about characters navigating their 30s. Lots of musings about family, trauma, sexual abuse, queer dating in your 30s, friendship, and trying to survive it all. I relate so fucking much to the main cast.
Magical Girl Friendship Squad - It's a magical girl cartoon about milennials. Their magical girl weapons are birth control pills and a bong. It's fucking amazing. I'm really sad nobody else seems to have heard of it. :(
Little Demon - Sitcom about the Devil's daughter. Unsure if it's going to get a season 2, since it's about to get taken completely off of Hulu. Still worth watching if you can, because it's so fucking good. Centers on a teenage girl navigating Being A Teenage Girl while also dealing with her dad being the Devil and her mom being a traumatized mess who's figuring her own shit out.
Q-Force - The advertising did this show so fucking dirty. It was genuinely fucking funny, and it was clearly made with love. This isn't straight people making fun of us, this is queer people making queer comedy. Watch it.
Arcane - Arcane's politics are all over the place and I am in my "Silco Was Right" corner, which is right next to the "Magneto Was Right" clubhouse. But goddamn, the animation is gorgeous and the story is intense.
The Legend of Vox Machina - I haven't watched Critical Role, so I can say with confidence that this show is fucking amazing even if you have zero interest in the original gameplay streams. Fantasy animation for grownups, where they can show blood and titties, my beloved. <3
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chaifootsteps · 5 months ago
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Chai, what are your favorite songs from cartoons? (No intros)
This, because when I was a kid I thought it was one of the saddest goddamn things I'd ever heard.
This one, this one, and that one, all from South Park.
The entirety of Oh, Streetcar! from Simpsons. I remembering being disappointed it wasn't a real musical and I still am. Oh, also this one.
The Taurnado's Song.
These from BoJack.
The bluebird lullaby from Tuca and Bertie.
The Carne Beat from Invader Zim.
Art of the Dress. I love you, Rarity, all your friends suck...also the theme to my first grown up writing job back in college.
Be Wherever You Are
Everything Stays and Change Your Mind. Rebecca Sugar has such a soothing voice.
Love Like You, because you never said anything about end credits.
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saintmeghanmarkle · 9 months ago
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Meghan Markle and Wallis Simpson both narcissistic with weak husbands author suggests. Sally Bedell Smith says the Dukes of Sussex and Windsor were both weak men drawn to domineering wives by u/ElectricalAd9212
Meghan Markle and Wallis Simpson both narcissistic with weak husbands, author suggests. Sally Bedell Smith says the Dukes of Sussex and Windsor were both weak men drawn to domineering wives Its good that the word 'Narcissist' is corrrectly being applied to her.Next it needs to be the word 'sociopath' that becomes synonymous with her name.from the Telegraph​( link)​+++++The Duchess of Sussex has the same “narcissistic and controlling” quality as Wallis Simpson and married a similarly “weak” man, a biographer of the Royal family has claimed.Sally Bedell Smith said there were clear parallels between the Sussexes and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, with both relationships ruled by “domineering” wives.Bedell Smith, an American, is the author of a biography of George VI, the Duke of Windsor’s brother, and his wife, the late Queen Mother.Speaking at the Oxford Literary Festival, Bedell Smith said that the breakdown of relations between Princes Harry and William had echoes of the difficult relationship that the king, known as Bertie, had with his errant brother.“There are similarities. The Duke of Windsor did a lot of harmful things,” Bedell Smith said.“It’s different – Harry was never going to be king – but I think there are similar feelings of betrayal that have resulted in William, in particular, being furious with his brother, and with good reason.“They had a difficult childhood but there was a period of time, as was the case with Bertie and David, when they were very close.“And an American woman, in each case, came into the picture and changed the dynamic of the whole thing.”Bedell Smith, who is American, went on: “In some respects, Meghan and the Duchess of Windsor have similar qualities: very narcissistic, very controlling, very dominating. And if you read [the Duke of Windsor’s] letters, you can see how weak he was and how much he needed a domineering woman, and it feels as if Harry is somewhat the same way.”She said that the Duke of Windsor threw the monarchy into turmoil over his “obsession” with Wallis Simpson but the abdication “delivered Britain from an irresponsible king” and replaced Edward with a king known for his diligence and decency.Bedell Smith’s book, George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage that Saved the Monarchy, follows her biographies of the King (when he was the Prince of Wales), Elizabeth II and Diana, Princess of Wales.​ post link: https://ift.tt/aZmlVS0 author: ElectricalAd9212 submitted: March 17, 2024 at 10:31PM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.
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THE LIST IS COMPLETE!
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(Only for non-anime contestants. I will have a third party chose the anime contestants at random because there are too many. Sorry for any disappointment submitters!)
In NO PARTICULAR ORDER
The AMPGB Contestants are:
Luz Noceda - The Owl House
Adora - She-Ra and the Princess of Power
Bloom - Winx Club
Twilight Sparkle - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Anne Boonchuy - Amphibia
Juniper Lee - The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
Lunella Lafayette - Moon GIrl and the Devil Dinosaur
Ruby Rose - RWBY
Tulip Olsen - Infinity Train (S1)
Lake - Infinity Train(S2)
Aja Tarron - 3Below
Bee - Bee and Puppycat
Tuca - Tuca and Bertie
Bertie - Tuca and Bertie
Blossom - PowerPuff Girls
Carmen Sandiego - Carmen Sandiego
Carol - Carol and the End of the World
Clawdeen Wolf - Monster High (G3)
Cybersix - Cybersix
Draculaura - Monster High (G2)
ENA - ENA
Fionna - Fionna and Cake
Frankie Stein - Monster High (G1)
Grace Monroe - Infinity Train (S3)
Raven Queen - Ever After High
Harriet M. Welsch - Harriet the Spy
Iris - LoliRock
Jane - Jane and the Dragon
Jenny Wakeman (XJ-9) - My Life as a Teenage Robot
Mandy - The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
Marinette Dupain-Cheng (Ladybug) - Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noit
Maya - Maya and the Three
Miko Kubota - Glitch Techs
Pomni - The Amazing Digital Circus
Rapunzel - Tangled: The Animated Series
Sharon Spitz - Brace Face
Star Butterfly - Star vs the Forces of Evil
Will Vandom - W.I.T.C.H.
Hilda - Hilda
Strawberry Shortcake - Strawberry Shortcake (2003)
Kim Possible - Kim Possible
Bluey - Bluey
Penny Proud - The Proud Family
Korra - The Legend of Korra
Princess Sofia - Sofia the First
Kipo - Kipo and the Age of the Wonderbeasts
Sabrina Spellman - Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Animated Series
Barbie Roberts - Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse
Molly McGee - The Ghost and Molly McGee
Maisy Mouse - Maisy
Dora - Dora the Explorer
Angelina Jeanette Mouseling - Angelina Ballerina
Ruby - Max and Ruby
Madeline - Madeline
Princess Tiabeanie Mariabeanie de la Rochambeau Grunkwitz (Bean) - Disenchantment
Blue - Blue’s Clues
Ms. Valerie Frizzle - The Magic School Bus
Cleopatra - Cleopatra in Space
Doc McStuffins - Doc McStuffins
Unikitty - Unikitty!
Eliza Thornberry - The Wild Thornberrys
Samantha Simpson - Totally Spies
Reggie - Twelve Forever
Zuri Love - Young Love
The brackets will be posted within the week!
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the-ravenclaw-werewolf · 1 year ago
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Those movies sound like good choices, though I have not watched around half of them (though I guess the Wolf guy would have taken the place of Legoshi, wouldn't it?). Other films that are good candidates, in my opinion, would be Balto, Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, Early Man, Over the Hedge, Quest for Camelot (would be funny if Garrett was summoned) and Ferngully: The Last Rainforest.
What about Animated Series? Though best not to get into the ones that are way too long to end (like South Park, Simpsons, Family Guy, etc).
I few I would pick would be...
Archer (Sterling Archer)
Owl House (Luz obviously)
Little Witch Academia (Diana, but cheating a little because it's an anime, but their interactions could resemble the ones between their relationships with Amity and Akko respectively)
Gargoyles (either Goliath, David Xanatos, or Elisa Mana)
Phineas and Ferb (Heinz Doofenshmirtz)
Star Vs the Forces of Evil (Marco)
American Dragon: Jake Long (Jake Long)
Danny Phantom (Danny Fenton)
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Either Catra or Adora)
and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (Either Adam or Krass'tine)
I like the list you started, so here’s what I have:
(And I just realized that most of the characters will be even more traumatized by the adult shows I have here.)
Owl House (Luz)
Gargoyles (Goliath)
Phineas and Ferb (Doofenshmirtz)
Star Vs the Forces of Evil (Star or Marco)
American Dragon (Jake)
Amphibia (Anne)
Gravity Falls (Dipper or Stan)
The Proud Family (Penny)
Milo Murphy’s Law (Milo)
Kim Possible (Kim or Ron)
Danny Phantom (Danny)
Hey Arnold (Helga)
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Leo)
The Mighty B (Bessie)
My Life as a Teenage Robot (Jenny)
Fairly Odd Parents (Timmy) (And only up to season 5)
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius (Jimmy)
As Told by Ginger (Ginger or Courtney)
Invader Zim (Dib or Zim)
Spongebob Squarepants (Spongebob) (And only up to season 3 and the movie)
Infinity Train (Tulip or Grace)
Steven Universe (Steven or Garnet)
The Powerpuff Girls (1998) (Blossom or Professor Utonium)
Ed, Edd, n Eddy (Ed)
Courage the Cowardly Dog (Courage)
Samurai Jack (Jack)
Teen Titans (Robin or Raven)
Code Name: Kids Next Door (Nigel)
Ben 10 (Ben)
We Bare Bears (Ice)
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (She-Ra or Catra)
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (Adam)
Clone High (Joan or JFK)
The Boondocks (Huey)
Arcane (Jinx)
The Oblongs (Creepy Susie)
Inside Job (Reagan or Brett)
Tuca and Bertie (Tuca or Bertie)
Futurama (Philip)
Primal (Spear)
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missmarymaywindsor · 1 year ago
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among her daughters-in-law alice duchess of gloucester, queen mother aka duchess of york, princess marina duchess of kent.
with whom she had the best relationship?
i know she disliked simposon duchess of windsor
Hi @abigaaal !
You are certainly correct! I think we can all agree without a shred of doubt that QM did NOT like Wallis Simpson!
As for the rest of her daughters-in-law I do believe she liked and got on well with all of them. I know Elizabeth and Alice referred to QM as ‘darling Mama’ though I have not seen Marinas letters, and I think referring to your mother-in-law as ‘mama’ in such high society circles was fairly common. I know Princess Mary also referred to her own M-I-L in such fashion, as did QM with Queen Alexandra.
From what I have read, my opinion is that Alice of Gloucester was her favourite, followed by Elizabeth then Marina - however I think the margin between all of them was very small. She had things in common with all them though I think she found Alice the most down-to-earth.
She had certainly known Elizabeth the longest as she married Bertie in 1923, and Alice and Marina didn’t appear on the scene until the early to mid 1930s respectively. Elizabeth as I understand it was the undisputed favourite of George V, though this may be because he died so early into the marriages of his two younger sons. Though in the days Bertie was proposing to Elizabeth (3 times!! so yes I do mean days - if not months and years) QM as I understand was very very keen for Elizabeth to say yes as she thought she’d be a fantastic match for Bertie. And much later on she knew undoubtedly that Elizabeth would be a wonderful Queen.
We know Alice and QM were close only I think because of the memoir written by Alice (which is FABULOUS btw - if you haven’t read it I would absolutely recommend it). Marina however doesn’t have the luxury of being as well written about unlike her sisters-in-law, with one being a Queen of England and the other as I’ve mentioned writing her own story, though by all means Alice was still discreet. So when it comes to Marina I’m afraid we know a little less about her relationship with QM. I also have to confess I’m not much of an expert when it comes to Marina, if anyone else has any light to shed on it please do comment!
Ultimately, I think she liked each D-I-L for who they were and how happy they made her sons (and of course they were of the appropriate marrying variety unlike Simpson).
Hope this helps! ♥️
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cosmiischillin · 7 months ago
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You say that Twilight Town's humor is similar to that of The Simpsons and Bob Burgers, so how is ENAF's humor?
It’s the same as Twilight Town too but it also adds some more animatronic based tongue-in-cheek humor (think Robots and a dash of futurama). I say that both au sort of balance each other out with its style of humor T hough Twilight Town is a bit darker (probably the hazbin vibes but not as vulgar as it)
I am a fan of the more vulgar (mostly just South Park, Tuca and Bertie, and Close Enough) media but it isn’t something I want to write personally. Sure these are more targeted towards teens and young adults but that doesn’t mean I should just throw in cursing and hyper mature themes. It feels shallow and soulless without some actual story.
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for-valour · 1 year ago
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Is it true that the rumors that say, it was the queen mother who influenced Bertie so that Simpson would not get the HRH title??
and I honestly fully support the queen mother :)
Thanks for your message! From everything I have personally read (other folks in the fandom might have read differently to me - please comment if so!), it seems most likely that multiple members of the Royal Household collectively played a part in denying Wallis Simpson the HRH title. What I don't know is who had the *most* influence!
In 1939, a letter written by David (I should probably write Edward but I prefer using his informal/family name, just as Albert is always 'Bertie'!) to Lord Beaverbrook complains about a newspaper article that was written about himself and Simpson. He writes, '...the matter of withholding the title of Royal Highness from the Duchess is an insult which I as her husband and a member of the Royal Family have always resented far more deeply than she has...'
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He then continues: '...whatever may be the behaviour of Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth towards the Duchess, it would in no way affect any plans we might make for going to England.' This could suggest that both Queen Mary and The Queen Mother had jointly decided Simpson not worthy of the title and so helped push the the matter further with King George VI. Bertie then also further discussed the HRH situation with the prime minister at the time, Stanley Baldwin, and between them they agreed that the best way to go about the issue was to first deny David of his royal rank, but then to 'reinstate' it with new restrictions (which I presume also meant the ability to restrict the use of HRH to Simpson). However, I believe that even Bertie himself was unsure --or misinformed-- about the complexities of how titles, peerages, etc, were supposed to be acquired through the royal lineage... and so the denial of Wallis' title was considered, in some circles, to be incredibly discriminatory regardless of the reasons why it happened.
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In any case, David did eventually vow never to return to the UK if his wife was denied her title, and they stuck to their word and lived in exile for the rest of their lives.
Hope this helps --sort of!-- answer your question! And apologies for taking ages to reply - I'm very very slowly trying to go through a BIG pile of asks!
P.S. Totally by chance I seem to have posted this on the 86th anniversary of David & Wallis’ wedding day 😆
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Sources: Traitor King by Andrew Lownie, Royal Central and The Daily Express archives. Photo Credits: Shutterstock, Getty, National Portrait Gallery.
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georgefairbrother · 2 years ago
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A little over 40 years after the Abdication Crisis that had peaked in December of 1936, Thames Television, holder of the weekday independent TV franchise for London and the Home Counties, commissioned a dramatisation based on the exhaustive Wolfson History Prize winning biography of Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson.
There was great care taken in terms of casting, production design, and location filming that included Fort Belvedere where many of the real events unfolded. Edward and Mrs Simpson seemed to be as close as you could possibly get to 1930s culture, fashion and upper-class society without a time machine. Written for television by Simon Raven and directed by pioneering British-Asian director Waris Hussein, the series was rewarded with an Emmy and multiple BAFTAs.
In retrospect, it appears to be as faithful to real events as a drama could be, including verbatim conversations and parliamentary statements. Edward VIII, formerly the Prince of Wales known as David, then finally the Duke of Windsor, was played by Edward Fox, and Wallis Simpson by Cynthia Harris. Other key castings included Nigel Hawthorne, yet to find stardom as Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes Minister / Prime Minister, as the King’s friend and advisor Walter Monckton, David Waller as Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin (He reprised this role in 1988 for another adaptation, The Woman He Loved, starring Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour and Olivia de Havilland), Peggy Ashcroft as Queen Mary, Marius Goring as King George V, and Wensley Pithey as a totally convincing Winston Churchill. Versatile British-Australian actor Ed Deveraux played Tory press baron Lord Beaverbrook, a role he later reprised in The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (BBC 1981).
Other notable players included Andrew Ray (Duke of York / George VI), Charles Keating (Ernest Simpson), Patrick Troughton (Clement Attlee), Patricia Hodge (Lady Diana Cooper), Maurice Denham (Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury), Cherie Lunghi (Thelma Furness) and Hugh Fraser (Anthony Eden).
The Duke of Windsor died in 1972, but the Duchess of Windsor, formerly Mrs Simpson, was still alive when the programme was conceived and broadcast. (She died in 1986). She was not best pleased, citing invasion of privacy, and lobbied to have the production stopped. Her opposition was reported in The Sun, and perhaps might have been more newsworthy if not for another significant event in August 1977.
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The series ended with the marriage of the Duke and now Duchess of Windsor, some months after the Abdication.
The BFI Screen-Online review stated;
"…The series also carefully juxtaposes Edward’s frequent, and popular, visits to depressed areas with his opulent and carefree private life, and doesn’t shy from showing his admiration for Mussolini in a pair of brief but pointed exchanges with Anthony Eden…Edward Fox gives a fine and charismatic performance as the King, ably suggesting the contradictory impulses that ruled the man. Wallis Simpson, however, is presented rather less sympathetically. In an occasionally heavy-handed performance, Cynthia Harris plays her as a cool and conniving gold-digger, albeit a sometimes naïve and even disarmingly foolish one…"
The portrayal of Edward VIII was a little more sympathetic than in some later productions, including Bertie and Elizabeth (2002). Edward and Mrs Simpson did tend to gloss over the King’s fascist sympathies, although it was at least alluded to as mentioned in the BFI review. Perhaps, in fairness, these along with some alleged shady financial dealings, meddling in Britain’s foreign policy and the cosy relationship with Hitler, didn’t really become apparent until the period after the series ended. Wensley Pithey’s Winston Churchill was accurately shown as a strong and sincere personal friend and advocate for the King and Wallis Simpson, in public and private, to the annoyance of the Baldwin government, but this relationship later soured when Churchill was wartime Prime Minister, over the Duke of Windsor’s behaviour.
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cartoonmadness · 8 months ago
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Multifandom sideblock for my fav comics / games / animated series / movies / short films / other stuff
My art blog is @peikonlainen
Movies
the Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Alice in Wonderland (Disney)
Alladin
Akira
Barbie
Beauty and the beast
Bee movie
Book of life
Boy and the beast
the Boxtrolls
Captain Underpants movie
Catnapped
Cicken Run
Coraline
Craig before the creek
the Dark crystal
Disney movies
Ernest and Celestine
Ethel and Ernest
Flight of dragons
a Goody movie
the Great mouse detective
Gremlins and Gremlins 2
Hellraiser
Hercules (Disney)
Hoodwinked
Hotel transylvania
Kubo and the two strings
Kung fu Panda, 2 and 3
the Labyrinth
Land before time
the Last Unicorn
Lego movies
the Lion King
Madagascar
Mary and Max
Mary Poppins
Megamind
the Midnight gospel
Missing Link
Monsters VS Aliens
the Muppets
Muppets movies
the Never ending story
One 100 and 1 dalmatians
Osmosis Joe
Paprika
Paranorman
Penguins of Madagascar
Ponyo
Porco Rosso
Puss in Boots and the last wish
the Prince of Egypt
the Rescuers
Return to oz
Rise of the guardians
the Road to El Dorado
Robin Hood (Disney)
Rock and rule
Rölli
Scooby-Doo animated movies
Secret of Nimh
Shrek, 2 and 4
Sinbad, legend of the seven seas
Spirit, staliom of the Cimarron
Studio Ghibli movies
Tekkonkinkreet
TMNT Mutant Mayhem
Toy story, 2 and 3
Treasure planet
Tree of Palme
Trolls movies
Turbo
Up
Wallace and Gromit
the Wizard of Oz
Wolf Children
Cartoons / Show / Anime
Adventure Time
Alfred J. Kwak
the Amazing wold of Gumball
Amphibia
Angelic Layer
Apple and Onion
As told by Ginger
Avatar the last airbender
Batman the animated series
Bluey
Bob's burgers
Bojack Horseman
Care bears
Centaurworld
Clone high
Count Duckula
Craig of the creek
Cyborg 009
the Dark crystal age of resistance
Darkwing Duck
Digimon 01 and 02
Ducktales (2017)
Evil con carne
Fiona and Cake
Fraiser
Futurama
Gargoyles
the Gilmore girls
Golden girls
Gravity Falls
Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
Hazbin hotel
Helluva boss
Infinity train
Jellytown!
Kaiba
Kid Cosmic
Kim Possible
Kipo
the Legend of Korra
Looney tunes
Mao Mao heroes of pure heart
Masters of the Universe 2002
Maya and the tree
Moomins
Moon girl and devil dinosaur
the Muppet show
Murder she wrote
My little pony (g1, friendship is magic and choose your tales)
Oggy and the cockroaches
Olivia
the Owl house
Ping Pong animated series
Pokemon
Reboot
Regular show
ROTTMNT
Sesame street
She-ra
Sherlock Hound
the Simpsons
Smiling friends
Spiderman
Spongebob
Tuca and Bertie
TMNT 80s/90s
TMNT 2003
Transformers (80s)
Transformers prime
Twelve forever
Unicorn - Warriors eternal
the Venture bros
Wander over Yander
Winx
Indie animations
the Amazing digital circus
Bigtop burger
Chikn Nuggit
the Devil and Daniel Mouse
Don't hug me I'm scared
Lackadaisy
Metal Family
Monkey Wrench
Soviet Union animations
Shred force
Spooky month
Wallace and Gromit
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II
By Steve Dougherty and Larry Sutton | Published 17 September 2022
Time Magazine International Edition
QUEEN ELIZABETH II WAS THE WORLD’S LONGEST-serving head of state when she died at 96 on Sept. 8. She had led her subjects for more than seven decades—an extraordinary reign that began in 1952, and spanned 15 British Prime Ministers and 14 U.S. Presidents. She inherited the throne of a country almost broken by the legacy of war, and remained upon it through a time of epochal change for both the U.K. and the world.
When Elizabeth took the throne, the U.K. was the seat of an empire that straddled the globe. Today, Britain is a smaller player on the world’s stage, but she remained the sovereign leader of 15 nations—including Australia, Canada, and New Zealand—and head of a Commonwealth of more than 50 nations. She traveled the globe as an ambassador for British achievements, acts of charity, and values. She was also devoted to upholding the “special relationship” between the U.K. and the U.S., engaging with every President from Harry Truman to Joe Biden over a period of more than 70 years. And even as the world changed in profound ways, many saw her as a steadfast rock of patriotic duty. As her grandson Prince William wrote in the preface to a 2015 biography, “I think I speak for my generation when I say that the example and continuity provided by the Queen is not only very rare among leaders but a great source of pride and reassurance … I am privileged to have the Queen as a model for a life of service to the public.”
ELIZABETH ALEXANDRA MARY WINDSOR was born by cesarean section at 2:40 a.m. on April 21, 1926. She was an heir to the throne, but third in the line of succession. Her father Prince Albert—Bertie to friends and family—was the second son of the reigning monarch, King George V. His older brother David, known by his royal appellation Edward of Wales, was first in line to the throne—but also single, childless, and already rumored to have little interest in inheriting his father’s crown.
The early life of Princess Elizabeth was chronicled with zeal both by the British press and in the former colonies. “The water was from the River Jordan,” TIME reported of the elaborate christening pageantry staged in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace. Sir Winston Churchill first met Elizabeth at Balmoral Castle in 1928, when she was 2, and proclaimed that he saw in her “an air of authority and reflectiveness astonishing in an infant.”
No one in the realm was more enamored with the young Elizabeth than its monarch, who gave her the place of honor on his lap when they rode through the streets of London in his royal stretch Daimler. “No one else except the Queen rides out so often with the King,” TIME reported. Left out of the spotlight, not ungladly, was Lilibet’s father—the self-deprecating Bertie, who once told reporters, “My chief claim to fame seems to be that I am the father of Princess Elizabeth.”
Her reign as only child ended at age 4, in 1930, with the birth of her sister, Margaret Rose, at Glamis Castle in Scotland, their mother’s ancestral home. The girls romped together on the palace grounds and royal country estates, played with their terrier puppies and corgis—Elizabeth’s lifelong favorite. They also stabled, cared for, and learned to train a royal succession of pet ponies, and shared the same nannies and governesses.
In January 1936, upon the death of Lilibet’s grandfather George V, her uncle David became King Edward VIII. Almost immediately, his eldest niece and all the royal family became prime players in a 20th century succession drama. Edward’s tumultuous 10-month reign as King ended on Dec. 10, 1936, when he scandalized the world by abdicating the throne to marry the twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Warfield Simpson. “I always told those idiots not to put me in a golden frame,” he said. Young Lilibet was only 10 when she learned she would become Queen after her father’s death.
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ELIZABETH WAS BARELY A TEENAGER when, on Sept. 3, 1939, Britain declared war on Nazi Germany. The war’s threat had already thundered throughout Europe, and soon the kingdom Elizabeth would one day rule, along with much of the rest of the world, was engulfed in war. Less than a year later, Hitler entered Paris and promised to make Britain his next conquest. Soon the Blitz—day and night Luftwaffe bombing raids that rained fire and terror over cities throughout England—was at full roar.
And so the Princess spent her teens knitting socks for British soldiers, collecting tinfoil, and rolling bandages for the war effort. She would send portions of her 5-shilling weekly allowance to emergency child-welfare funds, wear secondhand clothes, adhere to the war-rations diet dictated for all Britons, and live frugally despite being a teenage Princess and heir to the British throne.
Even as bombs fell on Buckingham Palace, the royal couple refused entreaties to abandon London and evacuate Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret to Canada. “The children won’t go without me,” said the Queen. “I won’t leave without the King. And the King will never leave.”
The King’s decision to remain in England for the duration of the war, enduring its deprivations along with his subjects, endeared him to the beleaguered nation. But it also made the likelihood that Elizabeth might suddenly be called to the throne in the event of her father’s death seem palpable.
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The future monarch began her public life with her first live BBC radio broadcast in October 1940. Displaying poise and pluck, she addressed the tens of thousands of children who were evacuated from their homes and separated from their families at the height of the Blitz. “My sister, Margaret Rose, and I feel so much for you as we know from experience what it means to be away from those we love most of all,” she said in a clear voice that offered a hint of the calm and compassion that many would come to admire.
When in 1944 she reached military age at 18, Elizabeth joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service, one of the wartime women’s units. She spent three weeks at the Mechanical Transport Training Center, where she trained as a mechanic and truck driver. The labor left her covered in grease and grime and not a little well-earned pride.
And she never partied so hard as she did a fortnight after her 19th birthday when, on May 8, 1945—Victory in Europe Day—she joined the ecstatic and rowdy street celebrations that swept London following Germany’s surrender. After standing in uniform on the balcony at Buckingham Palace to greet cheering crowds alongside the King, Queen, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill, she, her sister, a group of friends, and a few guardians linked arms and ran among the crowds that surged through the city. For two nights in a row she “walked simply miles,” she wrote in her journal, “ate, partied, bed 3 a.m.!” These were, she would say 40 years later, among “the most memorable nights of my life.”
YEARS BEFORE, ELIZABETH had visited a naval college at Dartmouth where she had been greeted by a towering 18-year-old cadet.
Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark was born on the Greek island of Corfu on June 10, 1921, nephew of King Constantine of Greece and distant relation to Britain’s Queen Victoria. As his family drifted apart he was sent, at the age of 9, to England to live with his grandmother, the widow of the great British naval commander and German Prince Louis Alexander Mountbatten. He was schooled in England, Germany, and Scotland, and became a fine young athlete—as Elizabeth would note to her governess, Crawfie, on that trip to Dartmouth: “How good he is, Crawfie. How high can he jump!”
Elizabeth corresponded with Philip throughout the war, and after its end the Prince was placed on shore duty at a naval base on England’s south coast. He often made the 100-mile trek to London in his small black MG, frequently stopping at Buckingham Palace. As the friendship grew into a romance, Elizabeth was delighted. Her father George? Not so much—at first. “His loud, boisterous laugh and his blunt, seagoing manners … irritated the gentle King,” TIME reported in 1957. Despite that chill, Elizabeth and Philip decided to marry after a short stay with her family at Balmoral Castle in the summer of 1946. The King’s lack of enthusiasm for Elizabeth’s beau—an attitude sparked, in part, by his concern over how the people of Britain would take to a foreign-born prince marrying the heiress to the throne—frustrated the Princess. “There was many a tense moment for George as Elizabeth moped about in tearful martyrdom while her mother and grandmother, the doughty old Queen Mary, fought her battle for her. At last, George decided that the young couple (she was 20, he 25) should wait six months to make sure of each other,” noted TIME.
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There were obstacles to overcome, but none insurmountable. Philip became a British citizen, and public-opinion polls showed that a majority of the nation’s populace favored his marrying the Princess. The official announcement did not come until July 9, 1947, followed by the couple’s introduction at a Buckingham Palace garden party. The wedding took place that November, on the 20th. Philip had converted from Greek Orthodoxy to Anglicanism, and Elizabeth’s father made the former member of the Greek and Danish royal families a British royal duke, the Duke of Edinburgh, to be called His Royal Highness, or simply Prince Philip.
As Elizabeth made her way to Westminster Abbey in the royal coach on her wedding day, thousands cheered from the neighboring sidewalks of London. Celebrations erupted throughout the globe, from Paris to Panama, from Shanghai to Manhattan—where thousands got out of bed at 6 a.m. to listen to the ceremony broadcast on the radio. Dignitaries—five Kings, six Queens, Prime Minister Clement Attlee, Winston Churchill—were in attendance. All of Britain celebrated, many seeing the wedding as a beacon of hope in the post–World War II recovery period.
ON FEB. 5, 1952, Princess Elizabeth went to bed in a tree hut nestled in Kenya’s Aberdare National Park and awoke the next day as the Queen of England. She was unaware of her new position, for news of the death of her father King George VI had not yet reached that outpost of the British Empire. That afternoon, at a lodge, Philip received a phone call informing him of George’s death. The Prince took his bride down to a nearby river’s edge and relayed the news. Shaken, but in full command of herself, Elizabeth returned to the lodge and began making arrangements for the long trip home.
Elizabeth arrived at London’s airport the following morning. Churchill was there to greet her, along with a small group of privy councilors—advisers to the monarchy. That night she rested; the next day she signed the oath of accession before the Privy Council, and an hour later her accession was formally proclaimed. In the months that followed, there was no hurry to arrange her formal coronation—she was already, technically, the Queen. So Elizabeth and the Palace allowed the focus to stay on King George and his 16 enormously popular years on the throne, and let the nation’s sadness ebb.
The ceremony finally took place on June 2, 1953, a day chosen in hopes of sunny spring weather. This being London, however, the nation settled for a traditional gray morning. At 11 a.m., a joyous fanfare of trumpets announced the arrival of Her Majesty. “Vivat Regina Elizabetha! Vivat! Vivat! Vivat!” shouted the Queen’s Westminster Scholars as she walked up the aisle, her long crimson train borne by six maids of honor. The Archbishop of Canterbury proceeded to ask Elizabeth if she would govern her people according to their laws and customs, execute law and justice in mercy, and maintain the laws of God. She knelt, kissed the Holy Bible before her, and swore to do so, “so help me God.” Finally, he held aloft the Imperial State Crown for all to see, then placed it on Elizabeth’s head. Cheers of “God Save the Queen” filled the abbey as trumpets blared; outside, and across the British Empire, bells pealed and cannons roared.
AS WELL AS the constitutional duties Elizabeth fulfilled as Britain’s head of state and the head of the Church of England, she spent long sections of the following decades traveling the world as her nation’s goodwill ambassador. The November after her coronation she embarked on a 45,000-mile tour of the British Commonwealth, presiding over state balls, garden parties, luncheons, banquets, and other occasions. Among her stops: Libya, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Jamaica, Uganda, and the Pacific island of Tonga. She did not return to London until May 15, 1954, almost six months after she departed.
In the fall of 1957, Elizabeth and Philip spent six days in New York City; Washington, D.C.; and parts of Virginia, where they celebrated the 350th anniversary of the founding of the first British colony in America. In Washington, they were guests of President Dwight D. Eisenhower—a friend since his days in London during World War II—for four nights at the White House. At the state dinner, Elizabeth praised Washington as “so often a focus for the aspirations of the free world.” Later, Vice President Richard Nixon hosted a luncheon at the Capitol, and Elizabeth sought to see how the average American enjoyed life, attending a college football game and stopping in a Giant supermarket.
Clearly, the travel bug had bitten. In 1961, Elizabeth visited India, and at the Ramlila Grounds near Old Delhi, a quarter of a million people came to see her speak. In the city of Jaipur, the Maharaja offered her a ride on a ceremonial elephant. Though the trip was a success for Elizabeth, it also put the Indian government on edge—it viewed such a display of colonial pageantry as undermining the country’s fledgling independence. Philip also drew negative publicity when official photos emerged of a tiger he’d killed on a hunt with the Maharaja.
In Ghana that same year, Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah told the Queen, “The wind of change blowing through Africa has become a hurricane.” (Ghana had declared independence from the British Empire in 1957, though the legacy of colonialism still hung over the country.) Tanzania would declare independence later that year, joined by Kenya in 1962 and a series of other African nations throughout the 1960s.
In 1965, Elizabeth embarked on an 11-day tour of West Germany, the first state visit by a reigning British monarch since Edward VII had paid his last call on Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1909. The trip came a full two decades after the end of World War II, amid fears of lingering resentment between the U.K. and Germany. But those fears were misplaced. The Queen and German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard said all hostility between their countries had been healed in the 20 years since the war. It ended in triumph, with crowds cheering and chanting “Elizabet, Eliz-a-bet!” as she placed a wreath on a Beethoven monument near the Bonn city hall.
BUT ALL THAT TRAVELING would put a strain on her family. That world tour following her coronation took place when Charles was 5 and Anne only 3—and the children were left behind. They did chat with their traveling mother by radiotelephone. But this would go on to be characteristic of Elizabeth, who always tended to make work her priority.
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Years later, in 1994, Prince Charles would allow his authorized biographer to disclose that the prince felt “emotionally estranged” from his parents. Close friends found the Duke’s behavior “inexplicably harsh” and called his manner toward Charles “very bullying.” His mother, the Queen, seemed “detached.” Elizabeth and Philip were reported to be hurt by this disclosure. Publicly, only Philip would comment: “We did our best.” Princess Anne exercised less restraint, defending Elizabeth from rumors that she was remote. “I simply don’t believe that there is any evidence whatsoever to suggest that she wasn’t caring,” she said in 2002. Yet even Anne might have acknowledged a warmth that was sometimes wanting on her part later in life—when a little more compassion, a little more kindness, might have been called for.
The early 1990s would bring all kinds of personal problems to the fore—most notably in 1992, which the Queen famously described in a speech as an “annus horribilis” (horrible year). This was the year when her second son, Andrew, separated from his wife Sarah; when daughter Anne divorced her husband Mark Phillips; when her son Charles and his wife Diana increasingly became a tabloid issue; and when public concern grew about the cost of the monarchy and who would pay to repair Windsor Castle, which caught fire that year.
The damage was significant. The Nov. 20 fire—on the Queen’s 45th wedding anniversary—gutted the northeast corner of the castle, parts of which were more than 900 years old. It took 250 firefighters 15 hours to bring it under control. In the end more than 100 rooms, covering an area of 1.7 acres, were damaged. When British citizens learned that they were about to foot the bill for repairs to Windsor Castle—to the tune of up to $78 million—they grumbled. Elizabeth rectified the issue by volunteering to pay income and capital gains tax from her private investments. It hurt, but not too much: Her net worth remained at about $500 million.
But these were simply matters of state. Matters of the heart caused greater grief for Elizabeth—particularly the travails of Charles and Di. Their courtship and 1981 marriage captivated the nation, if not the world. No less an authority than the Archbishop of Canterbury proclaimed, “Here is the stuff of which fairy tales are made: the Prince and Princess on their wedding day.” But infidelity would intrude on both sides, and the ability to maintain the pretense of marriage for the sake of appearances became impossible. On Aug. 24, 1992, the transcript of a phone conversation between Diana and a close friend was published in the Sun, with Diana describing life with Charles as “real torture,” and saying she had caught the Queen Mother watching her “with a strange look in her eyes.” Diana and her young sons, William and Harry, continued to reside at Kensington Palace, while Charles’ relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles was parsed by the tabloid press. The Prince and Princess of Wales officially separated on Dec. 9.
Diana’s decision to grant an interview to the BBC on Nov. 20, 1995, in which she confessed that she had been unfaithful to Charles, had upset the royal family, and Queen Elizabeth in particular. (Of course, Charles had admitted his own infidelity on a TV documentary the previous year, as Diana noted in the interview.) Within a month, the Queen wrote to both Charles and Diana, urging them to agree to an early divorce. Buckingham Palace released a statement saying Charles favored the divorce, but there was no official word from Diana. In February 1996—more than a year before Diana, her romantic partner Dodi Fayed, and driver Henri Paul died in a car crash while being pursued by the paparazzi—she finally released her own statement saying she was ready to divorce too.
It took time for Elizabeth—a woman married seven decades to the same man—to adjust to modern mores. A longtime sticking point was Charles’ future bride Camilla; the press noted that Elizabeth was not enamored of her son’s consort. A shift occurred in 2002, when, by bringing Camilla to events celebrating Elizabeth’s 50 years on the throne, Charles provided strong evidence that he was gaining ground in his campaign to officially bring Camilla into the family fold.
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Charles and Camilla got engaged around Christmas 2004, and before long the Queen issued a statement saying, “The Duke of Edinburgh and I are very happy that the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Parker Bowles are to marry.” She and Prince Philip did not attend their wedding at Windsor Guildhall on April 9, 2005, but they did attend a blessing of the couple at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle and held a reception for them at the castle.
A more festive wedding—and one more in keeping with Elizabeth’s sense of tradition—took place on April 29, 2011, when Elizabeth’s grandson William married Kate Middleton in a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey. And she remained her regal self at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s more modern wedding at Windsor Castle in 2018, which included a fiery sermon delivered by Bishop Michael Curry of Chicago, the first African American head of the Episcopal Church in the U.S.
But in a televised interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021, Harry and Meghan alleged that racism had tarnished their relationship with the Windsors. While the press hounded Meghan as they did Harry’s late mother, “no one from my family ever said anything,” Harry said.
The family was once again thrust into the spotlight when allegations surfaced about Andrew’s relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew stepped back from royal duties in late 2019, and in 2021 was served with a lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s victims, who accused Andrew of sexually abusing her when she was 17. According to the Daily Telegraph, the Queen contributed millions to her son’s legal defense, and agreed to contribute £2 million ($2.7 million) to a survivor-support charity as part of a settlement.
But family was also a source of comfort. As the Queen neared the end of her life, she doted on her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. “In a small room with close members of the family, then she is just a normal grandmother. Very relaxed,” Harry said before he and Meghan stepped back as working royals in early 2020. “She obviously takes a huge interest in what we all do.”
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EVEN AFTER SHE ENTERED her ninth decade, Elizabeth continued with her royal duties, despite her age and a rapidly changing world.
For nearly all her reign, the Queen would read a selection of the 200 to 300 letters that she received daily, as well as review official papers and documents sent her way from government ministers and her representatives in foreign countries. Until she was forced to slow down by mobility issues and bouts of ill health, she would have 10- to 20-minute audiences with ambassadors, commissioners, and other officials, and there would be her weekly visit from the British Prime Minister.
Despite growing republican movements within the Commonwealth realms, the Queen herself remained a hugely popular figure in both the U.K. and beyond. And she remained a force for good, offering messages of inspiration and optimism in even the most trying times. In one of her last annual Christmas Day messages, she urged her subjects in Britain and across the Commonwealth to draw inspiration from “ordinary people doing extraordinary things.”
To many, she embodied the steadfastness she urged in others. At Prince Philip’s funeral, held shortly after he died on April 9, 2021, after 73 years of marriage, the monarch solemnly sat alone in a pew at Windsor Castle because of coronavirus restrictions. The image became instantly iconic, and further burnished her legacy as a stoic leader through good times and bad.
The Queen has been a constant figure in most of the British public’s living memory. Difficulty moving prevented her from attending the majority of Buckingham Palace’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, as the nation in June 2022 marked her 70th year on the throne—a first for a British monarch. But community celebrations were widespread across the U.K. Some 16,000 official street parties were organized, and almost 17 million people—about 1 in 4 Brits—took part in events.
The Queen did not lead an ordinary life, but she filled it with inspiring acts of duty both public and private—whether carrying out the requirements of the state from the trappings of the throne, or giving quiet words of encouragement to a well-wisher in a crowd. She “has been a rock of stability in an era in which our country has changed so much,” said Britain’s former Prime Minister David Cameron. “And we could not be more proud of her. She has served this country with unerring grace, dignity, and decency.” —With reporting by ELOISE BARRY, KATHY EHRICH DOWD, MADELINE ROACHE, and YASMEEN SERHAN
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looking for friends/mutuals !!!🐠
hiiiii my name is ash, i’m 21, im an ace lesbian, i love to draw and im working on an animation project at the moment :D
(any pronouns)
ill be posting art stuff for sure !
things i like:
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bee and puppycat
scott pilgrim
community
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spongebob
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eddsworld <3
inside job
bojack horseman
tuca & bertie
gravity falls
steven universe
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the hunger games
studio ghibli !!!
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car seat headrest
kero kero bonito
big thief
radiohead
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mitski
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snail mail
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panic at the disco (old stuff)
HALCALI
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CRYING
haru nemari
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minecraft
fortnite 😎
undertale
deltarune
katamari damacy !!!!!!!!!!!!!
mario games
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drew gooden
danny gonzalez
SINJIN DROWNING (i ❤️ kalynn koury)
im sure ive missed a bunch of things on all the lists but im sure i put enough LOL
i also crochet (mostly tapestry) and i am a fan of crafts in general ! felting is another one of my faves
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Favorite cartoons from the '90s, 2000s, 2010s, and (if possible) 2020s?
90, Simpsons and Rocko's Modern Life.
2000s, Invader Zim.
2010s, BoJack Horseman, Tuca & Bertie, Steven Universe.
2020s, Lackadaisy and TADC.
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