#ch: anne

[warwickroyals]

Sunderland's Royal Jewel Vault (12/∞) ♛

↬ Queen Matilda Mary's Pearl Fringe Tiara

Out of all the tiaras in Sunderland's royal jewelry box, Queen Matilda's Pearl Fringe is perhaps the most remarkable. The tiara, which Queen Irene once called a wall of diamonds, is instantly recognizable due to its classic design with an intriguing twist. In 1908, the Prince and Princess of Danforth celebrated their silver wedding anniversary. The occasion was a great excuse for lavish celebrations and, more importantly, for Sunderland's courtiers to curry favour with extravagant gifts. Predictably, this turned gift-giving into a fierce competition between aristocratic families, who vied for the most expensive gift. To produce a magnificent gift, a group of prominent women formed an uneasy alliance. The three women included: the Marchioness of Bathurst (wife of the current Conservative prime minister), the Countess of Bloor and the Countess Farnsworth (the paternal great-aunt of the future Tatiana, Princess of Danforth). Pooling their combined wealth, the women were able to afford a major piece of jewelry for the princess. They quarrelled throughout the process, notably over the tiara's design and who would present the gift at Chester Palace, but the princess herself was impressed with their effort. The resulting tiara was a spectacular fringe tiara of white and yellow gold set with diamonds. Much to Matilda's delight, the tiara bore similarities to Queen Caroline's Fringe Tiara, a favourite of her estranged mother-in-law Queen Alexandra. The tiara featured sixty brilliant-set graduated bars and drop pearl toppers which cloud easily removed. Futuring over 400 diamonds, it cost around $7,480. Princess Matilda took an instant liking to the tiara, choosing to debut it at the wedding of her eldest surviving son, the Duke of Woodbine to Lady Anne Sunningdale, in 1913. At the wedding, the tiara generated interest from the press and public, who marvelled at the tiara's dazzling beauty. When Matilda Mary became queen in 1921, it continued to maintain the title of her most recognizable tiara. When Matilda Mary died in 1945, it was inherited by her daughter-in-law Anne. Despite having not one but two other fringe tiaras, wore the tiara consistently throughout her husband's reign. Posing in it for multiple portraits. Queen Anne died in 1973, and along with most of her personal jewels, she bequeathed the tiara to her granddaughter-in-law, Queen Irene. The piece quickly became a central part of Irene’s jewelry collection, being worn frequently throughout Irene and Louis's first European tour in 1973-4 where the press once again gawked at the tiara's enthralling row of diamonds. It is one of the few tiaras Irene has worn consistently throughout her tenure as queen, having appeared during foreign tours, at royal premieres, and at state banquets across the world.

[crownsofesha]

BOLD THE FACTS

The Rules are simple! Tag people and name a character you want to know more about! If you want to let the person you tagged decide who to showcase, then don’t name a character and they can pick somebody. Easy! The person who is tagged will then bold the remarks below which apply to their character &, if they want to, include a picture with their reply!

[ PERSONAL ]

$ Financial: wealthy / moderate / poor / in poverty

✚ Medical: fit / moderate / sickly / disabled / disadvantaged / non applicable

✪ Class or Caste: upper / middle / working / unsure / other

✔ Education: qualified / unqualified / studying / other

✖ Criminal Record: yes, for major crimes / yes, for minor crimes/ no/ has committed crimes, but not caught yet / yes, but charges were dismissed

[ FAMILY ]

◒ Children: had a child or children (is currently pregnant) / has no children / wants children

◑ Relationship with Family: close with sibling(s) / not close with sibling(s) / has no siblings / sibling(s) is deceased

◔ Affiliation: orphaned / adopted / disowned / raised by birth parents/ not applicable

[ TRAITS + TENDENCIES ]

♦ extroverted / introverted / in between

♦ disorganized /organized / in between

♦ close minded / open-minded / in between

♦ calm / anxious / in between

♦ disagreeable / agreeable / in between

♦ cautious /reckless / in between

♦ patient / impatient / in between

♦ outspoken / reserved / in between

♦leader / follower / in between

♦ empathetic / vicious bastard /in between

♦ optimistic / pessimistic / in between

♦ traditional /modern / in between

♦ hard-working / lazy /in between

♦ cultured /uncultured / in between /unknown

♦ loyal / disloyal / unknown

♦ faithful / unfaithful / unknown

[ BELIEFS ]

★ Faith: monotheist / polytheist / atheist / agnostic

☆ Belief in Ghosts or Spirits: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care

✮ Belief in an Afterlife: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care

✯ Belief in Reincarnation: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care

❃ Belief in Aliens: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care

✧ Religious: orthodox / liberal / in between /not religious

❀ Philosophical: yes / no

[ SEXUALITY & ROMANTIC INCLINATION ]

❤ Sexuality: heterosexual / homosexual / bisexual / asexual / pansexual

❥ Sex: sex repulsed / sex neutral / sex favorable / naive and clueless

♥ Romance: romance repulsed / romance neutral / romance favorable / naive and clueless / romance suspicious

❣ Sexually: adventurous / experienced / naive / inexperienced / curious

⚧ Potential Sexual Partners: men / women / other / none /all

⚧ Potential Romantic Partners: men / women / other / none / all

[ ABILITIES ]

☠ Combat Skills: excellent / good /moderate / poor / none

≡ Literacy Skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

✍ Artistic Skills: excellent / good / moderate /poor / none

✂ Technical Skills: excellent / good / moderate /poor / none

[ HABITS ]

☕ Drinking Alcohol: never / special occasions / sometimes / frequently/ Alcoholic

☁ Smoking: tried it / trying to quit / quit / never / rarely / sometimes / frequently / Chain-smoker

✿ Recreational Drugs: tried it / never / special occasions / sometimes / frequently / addict

✌ Medicinal Drugs: never (needs it though) / no longer needs medication / some medication needed / frequently / to excess

☻ Unhealthy Food: never / special occasions / sometimes / frequently / binge eater

$ Splurge Spending: never / sometimes / frequently / shopaholic

♣ Gambling: never / rarely / sometimes / frequently / compulsive gambler

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I got tagged by @trentonsimblr, thank you for the tag :D

I am tagging @simabloom @theroyalthornoliachronicles @armoricaroyalty @trhor, can be able character you want. Feel free to ignore this if you don't want to do it :)

[felicitykings]

I enjoy babies in moderation, Mrs Hammond, but twins three times in succession is too much. I simply couldn't live here if I hadn't any imagination.

[rvstyartstar]

Wassup pals

🍉accounts to donate to if you can to help a family in gaza:(@abduallhalanqar @ayaalanqarsblog @odayalanqar @amlanqar @emanfamily )

[cash-legacy]

SOGUE MAGAZINE, WINTER 2024

The Blood of the Innocent: Judith Ward's Dirty Little Secret

(For the Occultify a Sim challenge in the Occult Simblr Discord)

Nobody will forget the feeling of seeing their childhood favorite movie star twenty years later. The nostalgia of seeing their face, the weird awareness of your own mortality as you take in the new wrinkles and lines. Did she have those kids when she filmed that movie? Were they really that young? I'm older than he was when he filmed that one show... But one Del Sol face has yet to bear the scars of time - the ever-iconic Judith Ward. In our interview, Ward told me exactly how she's stayed just so young and lovely: consensual Vampirism.

Want more? Read the rest of the article below the cut!

This announcement comes at a complicated time for Simerica, as anti-Occult sentiments have spread across the nation like wildfire, and public opinion has shifted away from their support. Vampires especially, known for their "inborn" violent tendencies towards ordinary Sims, face a great deal of discrimination in many regions. Some Sims view this as a safety measure, a means of keeping natural killers away from their families. Recent legislation has attempted to make this a national issue, as opposed to a region-specific one, as proposed by senators Victor Feng and Anne Thorne, of San Myshuno and Copperdale respectively. Others sympathize with the Occult cause. Feng and Thorne's bill failed to get the required majority, but it was close. Many Sims on both sides of the political spectrum felt that the vote should have swung one way or another, and celebrities across Simerica have taken to speaking their piece. Judith Ward's, however, may be the most personal - and impactful - of them all. We conducted our interview at Ward's Del Sol house:

WHY NOW? "Now is precisely the right time to speak up about these things. Sims across the nation are wondering what to believe, and who to trust. And they know they can trust me. If being open about what I am convinces even a single Sim to join the cause and protect my people, it will have been worth all the backlash I expect to face." YOU CALLED IT CONSENSUAL VAMPIRISM. EXPLAIN THAT? "It's true that untrained or under-educated Vampires can cause massive harm to populations, especially in small towns. But the solution to that problem isn't punishing them, or stripping them of their resources. We've seen what happens when you do that. It's why we've had this moment of tension in the first place. But when provided the resources needed to survive harmlessly, Vampires are no more dangerous than any other Sim." BUT... "CONSENSUAL?" "I keep a few Sims in my employ. Times are tough, and I pay handsomely. It's in cooperation with a private medical practice, they're thoroughly informed beforehand, and it's all quite sterile and ethical, don't you worry." TELL ME ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH VAMPIRISM. "I admit, when I first signed up for it, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. It was frightening. The transformation can be quite painful, particularly in the first few days. I've had some issues with work, too. I have to film daylight scenes in short bursts, or on soundstages. I've lost more than a few roles because of it. But I've got it easy, all things considered. My heart really goes out to all those who don't have such flexibility in their careers."

It's hard to say for certain where Occult politics will lead. Polling is wildly polarized across and within regions, and extremism on both sides is rampant. More and more prominent social figures are taking stances, and Judith Ward certainly won't be the last. Only time will tell which way the political compass will turn. See you next time, LINCOLN BROADSHEET

CelebCrave: Sogue Journalist Fired After Political Tantrum!

"They wildly misrepresented me," complained former Sogue interviewer Lincoln Broadsheet, in a recent Social Bunny post. "I didn't approve the cover or the title... It's incredibly hurtful to see such a prominent magazine ignore my intentions as a writer like this... And they fired me over it. Writers like me get fired for trying to provide the truth, instead of writing for clicks." Read the full Social Bunny thread here: Lincoln Broadsheet @ LBWrites replying to @[...] They wildly misrepresented me and Judith. It was a huge lapse in judgment from Sogue, and their decision to fire me when I protested was irresponsible. 1/8 Lincoln Broadsheet @ LBWrites I didn't approve the cover or the title. My articles are always unbiased, especially when they're about such decisive subjects. It's incredibly hurtful to see such a prominent magazine ignore my intentions as a writer like this. 2/8 Lincoln Broadsheet @ LBWrites I couldn't sit by without speaking out, and they fired me over it. It hurts to see how many Sims don't care about misinformation and biased reporting. These issues are rampant, and writers like me get fired for trying to provide the truth, instead of writing for clicks. 3/8 [...]

[the-tvdors]

ANNE BOLEYN moments with PRINCESS ELIZABETH

THE TUDORS (2007-2010) | S02

requested by Anon

[princessnelrita]

wedding gowns in period dramas [2/?]

natalie portman as anne boleyn in the other boleyn girl (2008) phoebe dynevor as daphne bridgerton in bridgerton (2020-) jenna coleman as queen victoria in victoria (2016-2019) kirsten dunst as marie antoinette in marie antoinette (2006)

[coffee-at-annies]

This was the 800th core game

[kellmareshgf]

can the killer in me, tame the fire in you, or is there nothing left to do for us?

interview with the vampire season 2 episode 4 // killer, phoebe bridgers

[seeinganewlight]

make me choose (send me two things and i'll make an edit/gif set)

@notebookmusical asked tiernANNE or megANNE

[warwickroyals]

Sunderland's Royal Jewel Vault (13/∞) ♛

↬ Queen Anne's Hanover Turquoise Tiara

Queen Anne, the grandmother of King Louis V, had an intriguing background. While being born into Sunderlandian aristocracy, she was also a descendant of King George III of the United Kingdom through her mother, a princess in both the United Kingdom and Germany, Marie of Hanover. It was through her mother that Anne inherited a good chunk of her jewelry, including a parure of turquoise and diamonds. The parure included a necklace, a pair of earrings, and several brooches, they were all given to Anne upon her marriage to George, Duke of Woobine in 1913. Anne was photographed wearing the set in her first official portrait as Princess of Danforth. Decades later, the now Queen Anne passed on the parure to the next Princess of Danforth, Ruby. During her brief stint as Queen-in-waiting, Ruby wore the tiara frequently, often pairing it with the parure's necklace and brooches. Ruby, known privately to be very shy, preferred the opaqueness of turquoise over the eye-catching glitz of other coloured gemstones including, ironically, rubies. Following her husband's assassination, Ruby continued to carry out duties in service of her brother-in-law and later nephew as the Princess Dowager. The parure continued to be worn throughout the 20th century. When Ruby died in 2006, a great number of her jewels were auctioned, but this turquoise parure has been unaccounted for decades. There’s been much speculation about its whereabouts. The most popular theory is that the tiara was returned to the royal vault upon its owner's passing. Hopefully someday it will be dusted off and worn once again by a new generation of royal women.

[crownsofesha]

Sims Say the Darnest Thing: When you get this, list five of your characters and their best quotes so far. Then pass it on to five other storytelling simblrs.

Many so interesting lines, but a lot of them haven't been posted just yet. Sooo enjoy these totally not important lines (and one line that hasn't been featured in a post just yet)

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“You know I never wanted to marry Philippe, our daughter is just a reminder of that”

“I have you, don’t I”

“I’m worried for you sweetheart. I don’t like seeing you like this, ever since we saw you father…”

“Literally stop talking to me.”

“I just…wish they were here, with me…with us”

[felicitykings]

Anne! Oh, God, Anne!

THE WHITE QUEEN (2013) ↳ 1.07 Poison and Malmsey Wine

[rvstyartstar]

"but i thought you said you shipped-"

My honest reaction:

and they swap back anytime they want.

[s4f3r]

because it's easier to say i hate you than you hurt me

[the-tvdors]

ANNE BOLEYN with PRINCESS ELIZABETH

THE TUDORS | S02E4 "The Act of Succession"

requested by anon.