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For too long history has relied on bigotry over facts to create a heroic narrative of Great (straight white) Men. Victorian historians deliberately ghosted the leading #lgbtqia #women & non-Anglo Saxon #black #torchbearers from the pages of British History & up until now nothing substantial has been done to redress this prejudice! It’s time to breath life into the ghosted LGBTQIA non-Anglo Saxon & women of #history ! It’s time to flamboyantly celebrate #queerhistory #blackhistory & #womenshistory 🌈Let’s Start saluting “the originals”The #eccentrics #dandies #dandizettes 1603-1642 who led us out of the #medieval & into the Modern Age 👑Let’s rejoice in all who refuse to conform to stereotypes & dare To cut a line of their own 💜🏳️‍🌈 #lgbtqiahistory ⚜️#newera #change #oscarwilde #queenhenriettamarie #endracism #endbigotry #crown #tiara by @velveteccentric @highfashionhockey @daniellismore (at Mayfair, W1 London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD1kHN6g-hi/?igshid=f4japhw588gf

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@thewolseley still delivers the #grace & traditional comforts that #mayfair has been famous for since 1630 when dashing #Footmen ferried women & men (gallants) around the Salons & dining rooms of Mayfair which thanks to our liberal & scientific #KingCharlesI & his Eccentric Queen Henrietta-Marie whom #oscarwilde described as “the finest & most loyal & brave woman of history” ... During Wyld’s years in Reading Gaol he wrote #poetry to her - recognising in the Medici Queen the qualities he needed to survive the brutality & unjustness of his sentence. #QueenHenriettaMarie Went to great lengths to wear her full queenly regalia during the #CivilWar even on the #battlefield ! She sailed back & forth on rough seas to Europe to bring back Weapons from her nephew The Sun King in #Versailles for her husband & his #Cavaliers - most of King CharlesI supporters were #poets #artists #musicians actors & #artisans & many were LGBTQ ! - As #puritan forces fired cannons at her ship, she stood at the helm in all her finery as canon balls wizzed passed her & the boat was tossed about by storms . She rallied the men on board to keep rowing “Fear not for God Will not allow them to hit a ship with the Queen at the helm.” Her stoicism rallied the men & even when giving birth to her daughter, #PrincessHenrietta on The battlefield itself in 1644 - she always looked& behaved with queenly #grace & #splendour ⚜️I have learned in my own battle with this #braintumour that my finery can serve as my armour as i face the slings & arrows of life’s misfortune & other peoples #judgement - with @cordelia.oconnell the finest Jewel in my #crown (at The Wolseley) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzla_WBAMsG/?igshid=sbgln7cpbomm

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Oliver Rothschild you never take a bad photograph or dull conversation. Having known you for 15 years I can say with utter certainty that I've never experienced a moment of boredom in your company. I forgot to invite you both to attend #poetry at #homehouse next Monday 27 Feb where I'm performing a poetic duet with #robindutt & a solo piece of my own celebrating our great queen #mariedemedici the mother of opera who lived in #stjames'sPalace from 1636-1641 She was the inspiration for her daughter #queenhenriettamarie commissioning her architectural #protege to create #coventgarden so #Londoners of the 1640's could experience the glory of #opera & #theatre in a #palazzo setting which was the beginnings of London as a modern city beyond the walls of the crowded #medieval #CityofLondon huddled behind the #Roman walls. In the long history of #mayfaireccentrics #mariedemedici is perhaps our luminary star. Her life was painted one of her protégés #Rubens & letters to Queen Marie De Medici from #artimesiagentileschi expose her as a bold feminist of enormous heart & generosity. She died penniless in Ruben's garret whilst he was away & though given a paupers grave artist's of Europe held memorial services throughout Europe. The greatest memorial service though was held in St James's by London artists and written about by #sirpeterLely (at The National Liberal Club)

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Keeping my #carbonfootprint low as I head from @royalacademyarts out to @fortnums to buy my #lapsangtea & #turkishdelight - Im hoping to popularise #sedanchairs for short jaunts as another string in the #mayfair #publictransport bow just as in 1625 following the arrival of our #eccentric #fashionmavin & #icon of #oscarwilde - #QueenHenriettaMarie arrival at #Stjames’sPalace in a #Sedanchair - For within a year #KingCharlesI added 125 Sedan-chair’s to the #HansomCarriages to bolster #London’s #publictransport system & opened up all the #RoyalParks for the free use of the public which sparked other trends such as #picnicsinthepark #Croquet & #spaniels - & other dogs - as beloved companions, rather than mere feet-warmers or sporting aides ...#sedanchairs to the rescue! @muirvidler @velveteccentric @hermes @blushbashfuluk @mayfair.times (at Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon at Fortnum & Mason) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2usTbegVaB/?igshid=vqeaswznsn5v

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With @daniellismore #speakerscorner redressing the lies of History & Praising #OscarWildes #Idol #QueenHenriettaMarie (Queen Henry) 1609-1669 #Eccentric wife of our greatest #kingCharlesI who presided over Britain’s #Halcyon Decade - the 1630s - over a decade of #cultural richness & prosperity. His #courage in defending #lgbtq by refusing #Puritan #Parliamentary demands to send #crossdresser effeminate men & masculine women to the #gallows & close #theatres & #taverns eventually resulted in the #civilwar with the #Puritan fanatics in 1642 & the #genocides of #Irish & #LGBTQs . Queen Henrietta-Marie & King CharlesI remain THE GREATEST #lovestory of #history & their passion for one another was bound by their shared hatred of #bigotry & #brutality of #Puritan fanatics remains the stuff of #legend - Though the majority supported the kings cause for #liberty Parliament controlled the heavily armed army ⚜️the #Cavaliers were #lgbtq🌈 & dandies riding into battle in flamboyant #fashions their #lovelocks flowing & their weapons were #quills #poems & #songs #OscarWilde wrote #poems to #QueenHenry admiring her bravery & loyalty. She gave birth on the battlefield b4 seeking refuge with her children & ladies in #Versailles with her brother’s 6 year old son - King Louis VIV in Versailles ☔️ (at Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park-London) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2uAQdcg0w3/?igshid=1ctj7f4eoxv77

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Sometimes we are powerless & our only recourse is to distract ourselves with the virtues of beauty laughter & the arts. During #oscarwilde years in Reading Gaol he found comfort & inspiration in the bravery loyalty & kindness in our Most Eccentric queen Henrietta-Marie whom Oscar Wilde’s immortalised in #Poetry recognising in the Medici Queen the qualities he needed to survive the brutality & unjustness of his sentence. #QueenHenriettaMarie Went to great lengths to wear her full queenly regalia during the #CivilWar even on the #battlefield ! She sailed back & forth on rough seas to Europe to bring back Weapons from her nephew The Sun King in #Versailles for her husband & his #Cavaliers - remembering that most of King CharlesI supporters were #poets #artists #musicians actors & #artisans & many were LGBTQ soldiers devoted to the king who celebrated rather than judged their bravery In cutting a line of their own in the way they dressed ! - As #puritan forces fired cannons at her ship, she stood at the helm in all her royal finery. Canon balls wizzed passed her & the boat was tossed about by storms but she rallied the men on board to keep rowing “Fear not for God Will not allow them to hit a ship with the Queen at the helm.” Her stoicism rallied the men & even even when giving birth to her daughter, #PrincessHenrietta on The battlefield itself in 1644 - she wore her finest gown! She always looked& behaved with queenly #grace & #splendour ⚜️I have learned in my own battle with this #braintumour that my ancestral finery & #jewellery & @velveteccentric #collars can serve as my armour as i face the slings & arrows of life’s misfortune & other peoples #judgement @highfashionhockey @muirvidler (at Mayfair) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzlccOZgtbf/?igshid=zef7232n4nwt

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#champagesaucers were designed in 1633 by #sirkenelmdigby at the same time as the #champagnebottle - the #ciderflute Was designed later in 1660’s for the KingCharlesIIs #cider during the #miniiceage of the #restoration which hit #champagne & wine stocks for the French reducing all to a special cider which mimicked the flavour of #champagne & was drunk from the cider flute ⚜️ Upon creating the second fermentation with the addition of a #walnut of #sugar #sirkenelmDigby arrived at SaintJamesesPalace present it to #QueenHenriettaMarie - she was entertaining her retinue of #artisans #artists & admirers including #SirHenryJermyn who reportedly drank #Digbys #Champagne from the queen’s jewel encrusted #highheel creating both a #scandal & a fad across Europe for #drinkingchampagne from shoes. Over a century later In #RegencyMayfair The #Eccentric #LordByron was famed for drinking champagne from his ancestor’s boot from the 1600’s 🎩⚜️🥂🍾⚜️ (at Fortnum & Mason) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpIbjHpnf6V/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=elo9joijv16d

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#champagesaucers were designed in 1633 by #sirkenelmdigby at the same time as the #champagnebottle - the #ciderflute Was designed later in 1660’s for the KingCharlesIIs #cider during the #miniiceage of the #restoration which hit #champagne & wine stocks for the French reducing all to a special cider which mimicked the flavour of #champagne & was drunk from the cider flute ⚜️ Upon creating the second fermentation with the addition of a #walnut of #sugar #sirkenelmDigby arrived at SaintJamesesPalace present it to #QueenHenriettaMarie - she was entertaining her retinue of #artisans #artists & admirers including #SirHenryJermyn who reportedly drank #Digbys #Champagne from the queen’s jewel encrusted #highheel creating both a #scandal & a fad across Europe for #drinkingchampagne from shoes. Over a century later In #RegencyMayfair The #Eccentric #LordByron was famed for drinking champagne from his ancestor’s boot from the 1600’s 🎩⚜️🥂🍾⚜️ (at Fortnum & Mason) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpIZL3hn8US/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8p878uyteewg

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Before #Versailles there were The Eccentrics- The movement of #subversivestyle & #thinkers #artists #dandies & #cavaliers who cut a line of their own in their #fashions their ideas & the application of the talents. Free of gender faith or class boundaries they were the worlds first #Eccentrics & while the word #eccentric like the world #science did not exist the first Eccentrics created such a sensation that the #Puritans waged war upon them & the #StJames’s Court of #King CharlesI & his magnificent #Medici wife #QueenHenriettaMarie who popularised #highheelshoes shoes & the use of said jewel encrusted heels for the consumption of champagne! King Charles was the grandson of Mary Queen of Scots & Queen Henrietta-Marie the daughter of the great King Henry IV first of the Bourban kings & Marie de Medici the mother of opera who created the tradition of hosting #salons in which the #eccentric’s assembled to share their #subversive ideas ⚜️💜⚜️www.eccentricssalons.com (at Mayfair)