#queens dresser

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King Charles ‘strikes deal’ with Angela Kelly

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II sits next to Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and Caroline Rush, Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council, and royal dressmaker Angela Kelly as they view Richard Quinn's runway show before presenting him with the inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design as she visits London Fashion Week, in London, Britain February 20, 2018.

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A source told the Mail that the agreement was eseentially a “gagging order,” preventing Kelly from using the words “king” and “palace” for commercial purposes.

Kelly was expected to write a third book about her royal role, but the Mail says the agreement may imping on, if not outright, torpedo that. Charles, the paper says, wanted to both honor his late mother’s wishes by providing Kelly with a home, while stopping the leak of any more royal dish.

Angela Kelly 'is made to sign gagging order': Late Queen's dresser and confidante is banned from sharing Royal secrets by King Charles in exchange for a new grace-and-favour home in the North, sources say - after she was forced out of the Windsor estate

It is understood that a Palace aide has presented Angela Kelly with an NDA

This would make it difficult to share Royal secrets for future earnings

Ms Kelly has already published two books about her previous Royal role

Published: 12:35 EDT, 20 May 2023 | Updated: 19:00 EDT, 20 May 2023

The King has struck a deal with the late Queen's dresser banning her from sharing Royal secrets in exchange for a new life in the North.

Angela Kelly, one of the late Queen's closest confidantes, has been allowed to choose a new grace-and-favour home after being forced to move out of the Windsor estate.

But The Mail on Sunday understands that a senior Palace aide acting for the King presented Ms Kelly with a new NDA – non disclosure agreement – to sign as part of the deal.

A well-placed source dubbed the agreement a 'gagging order' that would make future earnings based on public revelations about the Royal family difficult. Under the terms of the agreement, Ms Kelly is prevented from using the words 'King' and 'Palace' for commercial purposes.

With the Queen's blessing, Ms Kelly, has already published two books about her Royal role. It is understood she also had the Queen's permission to write a third but the new agreement is certain to impinge on that – if not scupper it.

Ms Kelly, 65, helps move her belongings to a removal van in Windsor England

It is understood that the King felt that an updated version of Ms Kelly's second book, The Other Side Of The Coin: The Queen, The Dresser And The Wardrobe strayed 'too far' into revealing intimate details about the Royal Family.  

In the reprint, published last year, Ms Kelly described the Queen's behaviour after Prince Philip's funeral, revealing: 'I helped her off with her coat and hat and no words were spoken. The Queen then walked to her sitting room, closed the door behind her, and she was alone with her own thoughts.'

Now the King is understood to have made a move to honour his late mother's wishes by providing a home for Ms Kelly while simultaneously protecting her legacy by banning the release of further details. The Mail on Sunday first revealed in April that Ms Kelly, 65, had been gifted a house for life by the King after being forced to move out of the Windsor estate following the Queen's death.

Last week, Ms Kelly was pictured moving her belongings out of her Grade II-listed grace-and-favour cottage in Berkshire. 

The Liverpool-born dresser, who was awarded the Royal Victoria Order in 2012, told friends on Instagram that she was moving north, saying: 'Getting ready to say goodbye. I am moving at last to my new home, which I will be able to call My Home at last.'

'I'm moving to the Peak District just further on than Sheffield so not too far away from the family... Looking forward to my New Adventures.'

We can now reveal that the deal was orchestrated by the Palace in accordance with the King's wishes that the family would not be hit by any embarrassing revelations.

While Ms Kelly was a firm favourite of the late Queen, she was not loved by all courtiers. Palace staff nicknamed her AK47 – after her initials and the assault rifle – on account of her relentless work ethic combined with a notorious temper.

The King has struck a deal with the late Queen's dresser banning her from sharing Royal secrets in exchange for a home

Ms Kelly received the Royal Victoria Order Investitures at Buckingham Palace, in 2012

When the Queen died last September, she was made redundant from her role as Camilla was used to working with Jacqui Meakin, the Queen Mother's former dresser.

 Without the patronage of the Queen, Ms Kelly was told that she must leave her Windsor home and friends feared she would become another victim of the King's 'property merry-go-round'. Some even accused him of being 'ruthless with all the wrong people'.

Ms Kelly seemed to stoke the notion that she was not universally popular. On Instagram last week, Ms Kelly posted: 'I am too old to worry about who likes me and who dislikes me!' She famously fell out with Prince Harry by allegedly making it difficult for Meghan to choose one of the Royal tiaras to wear on her wedding day.

[justdavina]

Francisca Thompson is a drag performer and one of the contestants of the first season of The Switch Drag Race.

[angelx1992]

[clairedaring]

BB TRẦN performing 'LET ME FEEL YOUR LOVE TONIGHT' @ Call Me By Fire Viet Nam S1

[slack-wise]

Demi Moore dressed as Gomez Addams

[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

started the day with one mirror on my front porch and a vague plan to repot some plants and i am ending the day with a different mirror on the front porch

[portrait-paintings]

Anne (Killigrew) Kirke

Artist: Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)

Date: c. 1637

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA, United States

Anne Killigrew

Anne Killigrew, the eldest of seven daughters among twelve children of Sir Robert (1579-1633) and Lady Mary (Woodhouse) Killigrew, was baptized on September 7, 1607 at Hanworth, Middlesex. Her father took interest in his daughters' educations, and raised them in a stimulating intellectual environment, with the poets John Donne (1572-1631) and Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687), the musician and painter Nicholas Lanier (1588-1666), and the philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) figuring among the family's intimates. She descended from a long line of royalists and courtiers, and it was reportedly Charles I (1600-49) who orchestrated her match with George Kirke, a Groom to the Royal Bedchamber whose service to Charles pre-dated his accession to the throne in 1625.

Portrait Description

This portrait was almost certainly painted to commemorate Anne Kirke's appointment in 1637 as Dresser to Queen Henrietta Maria. She is depicted wearing a golden silk dress, decorated with a swath of brown gauze across the torso, and iridiscent pearls that reflect the burnished highlights of the silk. With a pointed finger, Anne directs our attention to a leaping dog, a butterfly, and a flowering rosebush. These symbols of fidelity, willingness to serve, and pain endured for pleasure, may refer to her happy marriage and achievements at court.

[yvonnepamela]

It's all about the pose.

[queen-scribbles]

I... hear The Mouse in my room again >.>

[suzetonic]

If you're gonna fight for trans people's basic human rights, you're gonna have to also get comfortable with gender-nonconforming cis men. We'll never get rid of gender-essentialist bullshit if you still insist that some things are strictly for women and other things are strictly for men, even if you do include trans people in that rhetoric.

[crazycatgirl420]

My room has become cat Hangout central. Honestly it's a miracle since Coco and Xena usually play fight like chaos beasts. Jackie was chased out by Xena for trying to pick a fight so no picture of her this time.

[crowwolf8]

September from KINGS on wattpad

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Dorothy Lamour

[tottallynotanalien]

Guess who’s going to Rocky Horror broadway!! Hope there isn’t any public shooting dot riots because ✨ a m e r i c a ✨

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Rae Bourbon - You're Stepping On My Eyelashes! by Midnight Believer Via Flickr: Front cover of the mid 1950's LP record album, "You're Stepping On My Eyelashes!" by the legendary female impersonator, Rae Bourbon (1892-1971), that was released on his own private record label "UTC (Under the Counter) Records." Bourbon peddled this and his other records from the trunk of his car at his night club performances. Front cover of the mid 1950's LP record album, "Let Me Tell You About My Operation" by the legendary female impersonator, Rae Bourbon (1892-1971), that was released on his own private record label "UTC (Under the Counter) Records." Bourbon peddled this and his other records from the trunk of his car at his night club performances. Here is a track from his 1950's album "Ladies of Burlesque" also released on UTC Records called "Forty-Five": www.youtube.com/watch?v=reuYPMdVqJU Ray Bourbon was born in 1892 in Texas but often gave different dates for his birth to make himself younger. At times he claimed his birth name was Hal Wadell and at others, he claimed it was Ramón Ícarez. During his life, Bourbon stated that he was the illegitimate son of a Texas Congressman and that he was the last of the French royal family, the “Habsburg Bourbons,” his mother having given birth to him shortly after immigrating to the United States. These claims were probably made to bolster his career and to generate interest. In reality, Bourbon was the son of Frank T. and Elizabeth Wadell. Mr. Wadell was a successful rancher and oil man in El Paso, Texas. The young Bourbon was raised on the family ranch where he developed a life long love of animals and became a skilled horseman. According to Bourbon, his family sent him to Europe in the early 1900’s to attend a private school in London, England. It was in London that he said he developed his passion for the stage and acting. Bourbon claimed that during his stay in London, he befriended Charlie Chaplin and that Chaplin gave him valuable training in the art of comedic acting. Bourbon returned to the family ranch in El Paso in the early 1910’s as the Mexican Revolution was raging on both sides of the Mexican border. Bourbon claimed his parents were close personal friends with the Mexican revolutionary, Pancho Villa, and that Villa was a frequent guest at their ranch house. Bourbon stated that he secretly transported weapons for Villa while in drag using the moniker of “La Señora Diablo.” Bourbon’s detailed knowledge of Villa’s revolutionary inner workings brought him to the attention of academic researchers in the 1960’s. Bourbon was married during the mid 1910’s and fathered a son in 1918. The information regarding this marriage is scant… In the early 1920’s, Bourbon traveled to Hollywood where he found work as a stand-in and stuntman (he stood in and performed stunts for both actors and actresses). He made small appearances in numerous films starring legendary performers such as Rudolph Valentino, Hopalong Cassiday, and Gloria Swanson, to name a few. In the early 1930’s as the silent film era was drawing to a close, Bourbon launched an unsuccessful stage career. Realizing the stage was taking him no where, Bourbon began performing in drag in small clubs and other similar venues in Los Angeles, California, Chicago, and New York. However, the clubs he performed in were often raided by the police and performers appearing in drag were arrested and jailed for public indecency. In 1931, a local El Paso, Texas newspaper reported that Bourbon had inherited 1.5 million dollars from his late father’s estate. Bourbon told the paper that he was planning on travelling the world and launching a writing career. During this time, he penned a novel, “Hookers,” that detailed the seedy underworld of El Paso. According to Bourbon, he traveled across Europe, Africa, and Asia and performed his drag act in hundreds of clubs and theaters. He claimed that he opened a nightclub in London and that he befriended the legendary Josephine Baker. After years of lavishing spending during the 1930’s, Bourbon went bankrupt. He resorted to traveling across the country driving an old car and pulling a trailer. He traveled with his many pets whom he lovingly referred to as his “children.” He took his pets with him everywhere he went. Bourbon went from town to town and city to city wherever he could find work. His performances frequently came under the scrutiny of the police and he was often arrested for dressing as a woman. Bourbon’s harassment by the police eventually became so intense that he was once arrested in Miami for dressing like a man… During the late 1940’s, Bourbon appeared in a number of films starring the legendary Mae West and was given critical acclaim for his comedic performances; however, by the early 1950’s, his career opportunities were waning. He formed his own private record label, “UTC (Under the Counter) Records,” in the 1950’s and peddled recordings of his performances from the trunk of his car at his club appearances. In the mid 1950’s, Bourbon claimed to have undergone a sex change operation in Mexico with the hopes this would reignite interest in his floundering career. He began billing himself as “Rae Bourbon” instead of “Ray Bourbon” at this time to reflect his “change.” This publicity stunt did little for his career other than to generate interest from a few curiosity seekers. His album “Let Me Tell You About My Operation,” went into detail about his supposed sex change operation that he later admitted as being a cancer operation. In 1961, Bourbon approached the FBI with information he had regarding two Soviet defectors who attended a private party held in Washington, DC by a high ranking Pentagon employee. These defectors apparently attempted to collect classified information from inebriated officials attending the party. The FBI interviewed Bourbon at length and believed the account he provided; however, Bourbon became reluctant about speaking further with them after claiming his passport was stolen and that he had been shot at by an unknown assailant in Detroit, Michigan. By 1967, Bourbon was performing exclusively at a club called “The Jewell Box” in Kansas City, Kansas while constantly on the look out for other gigs. In September 1967, he was invited to perform in a club in Juarez, Mexico. Bourbon eagerly loaded his car with all of his earthly possessions, hitched his trailer with his more than 70 dogs and cats, and hit the road for Juarez. Along the way, Bourbon’s car engine caught on fire along the road. Passing motorists stopped and helped him unhitch the trailer and save the animals, but he lost all of his possessions. A generous friend loaned him enough money to buy another used car, but this car also broke down along the road in Big Springs, Texas. Bourbon managed to find a local animal shelter owned by a man named A.D. Blount that agreed to board Bourbon’s pets until he was able to return and pick them up. He eventually made it to Juarez and saved enough money to return to Big Springs to get his beloved pets. Bourbon began the long drive to Big Springs to get his pets. He stopped along the road and called Blount to let him know he was on his way. Blount told him not to bother coming any further because he had sold all of Bourbon’s animals to a chemical testing laboratory because he had not paid his bill to the animal shelter. Bourbon was overcome with extreme grief and returned to the small apartment he had been staying in while performing in Juarez. Upon entering the apartment, he was attacked and shot by an unidentified home intruder. After recovering from his injuries, Bourbon purchased a hand gun for his own protection and began an intense search and campaign to get his pets back. He wrote letters and made phone calls to newspapers, local politicians, and to the governor of Texas. Despite his efforts, Bourbon made no progress in getting his pets back. In Desperation, Bourbon summoned two young men who had worked with him in his drag performances. He asked the two men to locate A.D. Blount and “rough him up” in order to find out where his pets were. Bourbon gave the men 30 dollars and the hand gun he had purchased earlier. He later wired them 50 more dollars while on their road trip. When the two young men found Blount, they shot and killed him but failed to find out where Bourbon’s pets were. Bourbon was arrested, along with the two young men, for the murder of A.D. Blount. In early 1970, he was found guilty of being an accomplice to Blount’s murder and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. At one point during his incarceration, the elderly Bourbon had an opportunity to escape by simply walking out of the facility where he was being held. After being gone for less than two hours, he slowly walked back into the facility and sadly stated to the guards on duty, “I don’t have anywhere to go.” Ray Bourbon died in prison of a heart attack on July 19, 1971. Such was the end of one of the most colorful characters of the 20th century….

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