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The Battle of Taillebourg, 21 July 1242 by Eugène Delacroix
#battle of taillebourg#art#eugène delacroix#middle ages#medieval#history#knights#france#louis ix#saint louis#french#europe#saintonge war#saintes#versailles#capetian#angevin#england#english#bridge#henry iii#charente#river#kingdom of france#kingdom of england#alphonse of poitiers#hugh x of lusignan#richard of cornwall#mace#king
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Royal Birthdays for today, January 5th:
Richard of Cornwall, King of the Romans, 1209
Henry IV, King of Castile and Leon, 1425
Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor, 1592
Leopold Wilhelm, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, 1614
Ileana of Romania, Archduchess of Austria, 1909
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 1921
Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, 1938
#richard of cornwall#henry iv#Shah Jahan#Archduke Leopold Wilhelm#grand duke jean#juan carlos i#Ileana of Romania#royal birthdays#long live the queue
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Rocky Cliff with Stormy Sea, Cornwall by William Trost Richards, 1902.
#classic art#painting#watercolor#william trost richards#american artist#20th century#pre-raphaelite#hudson river school#landscape#nature#seascape#sea#cliffs#cornwall#england
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On this day in History: death of Richard Plantagenet in 1272



𝐹𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠. [𝟤/𝟧]
Rɪᴄʜᴀʀᴅ ᴏғ Cᴏʀɴᴡᴀʟʟ﹐ Kɪɴɢ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ Rᴏᴍᴀɴs
𝐹𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡: 𝑆𝑎𝑚 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑅𝑖𝑐𝘩𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙.
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12 JULY 2024: William plays polo at a charity match. Kate and the children do not attend.

William confirms he will attend the Euro final on Sunday, 14 July 2024.

13 JULY 2024: Kate confirms she will attend the men's final at Wimbledon.

14 JULY 2024: Kate attends the Wimbledon men's final with Charlotte and Pippa.

William attends the Euro final with George to watch England lose to Spain.

15 JULY 2024: Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, "Kate Middleton Is Now “On Summer Break” After Wimbledon Appearance" [archive link]
Kate Middleton’s appearance at Wimbledon on Sunday delighted tennis and royal fans, but it may be some time before we see Kate in public again. According to royal sources, Prince William and Princess Kate are planning to spend most of the summer “below the radar” at their Norfolk bolthole now that Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are out of school and Kate continues her course of preventative chemotherapy. While Kensington Palace would not give details on the family’s plans for the summer, a royal source confirmed that the Wales family are now “on summer break.” Sources close to the family say that although they will not be traveling abroad this summer while Kate undergoes treatment, they are excited to visit King Charles and Queen Camilla in Scotland next month. Sunday’s appearance at Wimbledon is likely to be Kate’s last official engagement until later this year.
16 JULY 2024: Will & Kate are looking to hire a new Assistant Private Secretary that can speak "conversational Welsh." [archive link]
Although the new hire would be responsible for Prince William and Catherine's public engagements in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the future King and Queen want their new Assistant Private Secretary to specifically focus on Wales and believe it is "essential" that they speak conversational Welsh. [...] Almost two years after taking on their Wales titles, and after a testing year so far with The Princess' major abdominal surgery and cancer diagnosis, it appears Prince William and Catherine are driving forward with their plans, seeking "specific expertise on Welsh communities, affairs, government, and business". Handled by the largest executive search firm in the United Kingdom, Odgers Berndtson has posted a job advert for an Assistant Private Secretary ("APS"), Wales & UK on behalf of Kensington Palace.
18 JULY 2024: The attempted Donald Trump assassin had searched for images of Kate according to investigation.

23 JULY 2024: William announces more patronages. Kate does not announce any new patronages.

24 JULY 2024: Victoria Ward, The Telegraph, "Prince William refuses to reveal how much tax he pays." [archive link]
The Prince of Wales has chosen not to reveal how much tax he pays on the private income he receives from his vast property portfolio, marking a notable change in approach from when his father was heir to the throne. Prince William’s Duchy of Cornwall estate, the billion-pound business empire he inherited on the death of his grandmother, Elizabeth II, generated profits of £23.6 million in the last financial year. He is understood to pay income tax on the full amount, less household costs, which have also not been disclosed.
26 JULY 2024: Robert Jobson's book excerpt in The Daily Mail, "How the Queen and Charles clashed with William after he refused to stop flying his young family around Britain in his helicopter." [archive link]
One courtier explained: 'The King's relationship with both his sons has been difficult over the years. Even now he is King, with the Prince of Wales, there can be differences of opinion and tensions. Of course, they love each other, but they clash, and sometimes William needs handling with kid gloves.' Another courtier confirmed: 'You have to check first which way the wind is blowing with the prince. They don't see eye to eye on several issues, but why should they? [Prince William's] moment in the top job will come — perhaps he would do well to remember it is not yet. This is His Majesty's time.' When he loses his temper, William is a bit of a shouter — and his father tends to give as good as he gets. The difference these days is that their arguments usually blow over quite quickly. One recent source of disagreement is William's stubborn refusal to take his father's advice on safeguarding the succession. Earlier this year, the King had raised concerns with his son about the wisdom of William using his helicopter to fly his entire family around the country.
27 JULY 2024: People magazine (US), "Prince William and King Charles Clashed Over Use of Helicopter for Kate Middleton and Their Children, New Book Claims". [archive link]
According to Robert Jobson's soon-to-be-released biography, Catherine, The Princess of Wales, the King, 75, “raised concerns” with William, 42, over his helicopter use with Kate Middleton and their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, that sparked a tense disagreement between the pair. In an excerpt from Jobson’s book, per The Daily Mail, King Charles brought up his worries on the matter after coming to terms with his mortality following his cancer diagnosis, which was announced in February. The King even presented experienced pilot William with “a formal document acknowledging the risks involved and taking full responsibility for his actions” amid their dispute, the new book claims. Charles’ concerns echoed that of his late mother Queen Elizabeth, who previously requested William not fly with his family on a helicopter from Kensington Palace to his former residence of Anmer Hall in Norfolk, which is a 115-mile journey, according to Robson. [...] It is also understood that the palace has fully evaluated the risk of the family flying together, compared with implementing a policy where separate travel assets are provided for one or more members of The Prince and Princess of Wales’ family.
30 JULY 2024: The Prince's Trust announces the date for its annual Christmas Carol concert, 09 December 2024.

Hilary Rose, The Times, posts an article about William van Cutsem, friend of Prince William and recently appointed as an adviser to the Duchy of Cornwall. [archive link]
The Earthshot Prize tweets about their third annual Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit, which mentions no commitment by William to attend.

03 AUGUST 2024: Daily Mail's Natasha Livingstone

07 AUGUST 2024: Tom Sykes, The Daily Beast, "Princess Kate Will Focus on Her Kids After ‘Brush With Mortality’: Sources" [archive link]
It is thought the smaller Wales family are unlikely to travel this year to Tresco, a small island off the coast of Cornwall, where they have often spent summer holidays. However, The Daily Beast has been told that the couple are aiming to be in Balmoral either for the opening of the grouse-shooting season on Aug. 12 or shortly thereafter. William and Kate both shoot. One friend of the couple told The Daily Beast: “Kate has been exceptionally open and honest about her health. Making two appearances before the summer break, at Wimbledon and Trooping the Colour, was a clear signal that she is doing well. That is what we are hearing privately as well—it’s not over but there is lots of optimism, lots of positivity.” [...] Another source, a Buckingham Palace insider, said they understood there was no sense that Kate was expected to be back on duty for the traditionally busy period of royal engagements that kicks off in the first week of September and runs through to Christmas.
11 AUGUST 2024: William & Kate appear for less than ten seconds in a video message for Team GB with multiple celebrity appearances, after the end of the Olympics.

13 AUGUST 2024: Lucie Heath writes about the Duchy of Cornwall.

The Duchy of Cornwall’s largest single landholding is 27,300 hectares on Dartmoor, which accounts for approximately one third of the National Park. Last year the Government published an independent review of Dartmoor, which concluded the landscape was “not in a good state”. Dr Alexander Lees, a biodiversity expert at Manchester Metropolitan University, said the Duchy of Cornwall has a big part to play in turning things around at Dartmoor and other sites it owns. “As one of Britain’s biggest landowners, the Duchy of Cornwall is in a position of strength to combat the entwined biodiversity and climate crises. However, massive additional investment in conservation is needed across these landholdings,” he said. Dr Lee said: “clearly there is a need to generate income to leverage restoration and rewilding across the estate”, but added it is “questionable” that some of this income comes from a car dealership when the Duchy has promoted reduced car use through its flagship Poundbury housing estate in Dorset.
14 AUGUST 2024: Rebecca English, Daily Mail, "Why Kate's year has been tougher than anyone realises - and why she's starting to glow again." [archive link]
What most will not appreciate is that Catherine had actually been unwell for some time in the run up to her initial abdominal surgery in January (further details of which have not been made public yet by Kensington Palace). It was only after that ‘planned’ operation, of course, which left her in hospital for two weeks, that her cancer was discovered.
The Daily Beast rehashes the "exclusives" from the Daily Mail.

16 AUGUST 2024: Dan Wootton reiterates that Kate may "NEVER" return to full-time royal duties.

Tusk Trust CEO says William wants to introduce his children to Africa.

"He is very knowledgeable and passionate about conservation and the environment,” Mayhew said. ��He has a particular love for Africa. He has been incredibly supportive as our patron and proactive in supporting us. We find ourselves incredibly lucky.” Mayhew plans to meet up with Prince William in Cape Town, South Africa, when the Prince of Wales hosts the fourth annual Earthshot Prize Awards there in November. Soon enough, the Prince of Wales will want to introduce his three children — Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis — to the continent, Mayhew said. “I think it won’t be long before, you know, he will want to introduce them to Africa,” he said.
17 AUGUST 2024: Natasha Anderson, Daily Mail, reports on how Will, Kate, George, Charlotte, and Louis, spent the day at a large Nerf battle. [archive link]
The Royal family had a bit of a rumble last weekend as the Prince and Princess of Wales faced off against their children in a Nerf battle. Prince George, 11, Princes Charlotte, nine, and six-year-old Prince Louis joined in the festivities at the Gone Wild Festival at Holkham Hall, Norfolk for a high-intensity Nerf war with toy guns and smoke bombs. Excitable and 'unforgettable' Louis ran around yelling 'Nerf or nothing, let's do this!', according to Norfolk Nerf Parties boss Georgina Barron. The Princess of Wales, who has been battling cancer, even 'grabbed a Nerf gun, ran around, and played stuck in the mud with her kids', Ms Barron added, noting that hosting the family was the 'biggest honour' and 'unforgettable'. Ms Barron said the royals, who were not photographed at the event, had wanted to enjoy a 'wholesome family day like any other normal family'. Kensington Palace has been approached for comment.
19 AUGUST 2024: People magazine (US), story about who's who in the Middleton family.

The Mirror, "Kate Middleton's 'tough' side and unlikely inspiration for 'ambitious' plans" [archive link]
The Princess of Wales has rapidly ascended the Royal ranks, becoming a favourite among the Royal Family due to her sense of humour and evident respect for her role. Even during her cancer treatment, she has displayed nothing but strength and determination. Kate, once shy and reserved, has transformed into a confident, playful, and occasionally assertive figure, commanding as much public respect as King Charles or Prince William could ever wish for. This trust that the King places in his "darling daughter-in-law" reportedly leads to her frequently being asked for her opinion due to her relatability.
20 AUGUST 2024: "Princess Charlotte, Lady Louise and the Duchess of Edinburgh go on special trip" [archive link]
Princess Charlotte, Lady Louise and Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh went on a special shopping trip in London, according to a source. Charlotte has a good relationship with her great-aunt and the two royals were joined by Sophie's daughter Louise during a trip to Chelsea. The royals headed to the Peter Jones store on King's Road which is said to be one of Charlotte's favourite stores. A source told The Sun: "There is a really warm connection between Sophie and her great-niece, which is very touching."
21 AUGUST 2024: Tom Sykes, The Daily Beast, "Princes William and Harry May Only Reunite at King Charles’ Funeral: Source" [archive link]
Asked about the reports that Harry would not be invited to William’s coronation, the source said: “I believe it 100 percent. Why would William and Kate want all the distraction and circus that his presence would bring? I suspect that William will see Harry one more time in his life in the flesh—at their father’s funeral.” A former Buckingham Palace staffer told The Daily Beast: “Planning for William’s coronation is well underway, and as I understand it there are no plans to invite Harry. It’s hardly surprising when you look at how poisoned the well has become.”
US Weekly (USA) has cover story on William & Camilla, with sourcing from Christopher Andersen's book.

23 AUGUST 2024: People magazine (US), "Prince William's Return to Work Plans Revealed After Summer Break with Kate Middleton and Their Kids" [archive link]
On Aug. 22, Kensington Palace announced that the Prince of Wales, 42, will visit the Homelessness: Reframed exhibit at the Saatchi Gallery in London on Sept. 5. The display highlights the complexities of homelessness across the U.K. and offers the public an opportunity to better understand the stories of individuals who have been affected. Homelessness: Reframed is a collaboration between Prince William's Homewards program, which he launched with the Royal Foundation in June 2023 to help end homelessness for good, the Saatchi Gallery and the Eleven Eleven Foundation. The presentation opened on Aug. 7, and Prince William will visit before it closes on Sept. 20.
25 AUGUST 2024: Kate seen in a car on the way to church 'at Crathie Kirk, Balmoral, Scotland.


Daily Mail, "Inside Kate's slow and steady return to public life: How the Princess of Wales has won over the nation's hearts with appearances at Trooping the Colour, Wimbledon and Crathie Kirk following cancer diagnosis" [archive link]
Her appearance had been in doubt after she missed the final Trooping rehearsal the weekend prior to the celebration, with confirmation that she would attend only given at 6pm the evening before. [...] And now, Kate has been seen in public for the third time since revealing that she has cancer - just two weeks after her video message praising Team GB. The royal appeared in high spirits as she was pictured arriving for Sunday service with her husband William at Crathie Kirk today. William drove the car, smiling as he chatted with his wife and opting for a navy blue suit for the occasion. The Princess sported the same hat she donned last year for a Sunday church service, when she donned a beige tartan Marlborough trench coat from Holland Cooper with dark brown wool felt fedora with feathers.
28 AUGUST 2024: The Daily Mail's royal editor, Rebecca English, confirms that William "never planned to" attend the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit in September 2024.

29 AUGUST 2024: Matt Wilkinson, The Sun, reports that both William and Harry attended their uncle's funeral in Norfolk, "Warring Prince William and Harry REUNITE at their uncle’s funeral after Duke of Sussex makes secret dash to UK" [archive link]
The Duke of Sussex, 39, flew from his US home to join his brother, 42, at the service for Lord Robert Fellowes. A local in Snettisham, Norfolk, said: “We never saw them speak to each other and they kept their distance.” The princes both “discreetly” attended the funeral for Lord Fellowes — who was their mother Diana’s brother-in-law. They were said to have kept their distance from each other and sat at the back of the church. Sources close to US-based Harry had previously claimed he would not attend. But a close family friend said they were “very happy to confirm both princes were there”. Another source told how they only saw them at the end of the service at St Mary’s Church. They said: “I didn’t know they were there. They arrived very discreetly.” One local said: “William and Harry were both there but we never saw them speak to each other and they were keeping their distance.”

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#my gif#british royal family#The Prince's Trust#twitter#fleet street#the telegraph#books#robert jobson#magazines#katie nicholl#victoria ward#kensington palace#pr games#strategery#pr fail#King Charles III#duchy of cornwall#Daily Mail#natasha livingstone#tom sykes#olympics#celebrities#rebecca english#dan wootton#king charles III#queen camilla#gina kalsi#richard palmer#earthshot prize#prince harry
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Listening to Midshipman Bolitho and literally just going “I know that place!! I know that place too!! I’ve been there!!” while poor Richard is apparently bearing some family curse to die at sea. He’s 16.
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Best real-world political figure appearance? (Queen Elizabeth and Obama are the only ones I can remember)

Fictionalised Versions of real political leaders appeared across multiple episodes of Legends, whose apperance did you enjoy most?
This was another fun one to do thank you for the suggestion Anon (and sorry it took so long to do). These are all of the ones that I could find but I'm sure I might have missed some.
#barak obama#queen elizabeth ii#richard nixon#george washington#lb johnson#ulysses s grant#julius caesar#charles cornwallis#I cannot believe I am tagging an Arrowverse post with these names#randall batinkoff#gwenda lorenzetti#paul ganus#lovell adams-gray#peter hall#simon merrells#noel johansen#eleanor roosevelt
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Tolmen at Constantine, Cornwall.
(Destroyed 1869)
Richard Tongue, (Oil on canvas) 1835.
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#Prince Richard#Duke of Gloucester#Birgitte#Duchess of Gloucester#Princess Alexandra of Kent#Duke of Kent#Timothy Laurence#Princess Anne#Camilla#Duchess of Cornwall#Queen Camilla#Prince Charles#Prince of Wales#King Charles III#Queen Elizabeth#Prince Louis#Catherine#Duchess of Cambridge#Princess of Wales#Princess Charlotte#Prince George#Prince William#Duke of Cambridge#Sophie#Countess of Wessex#Duchess of Edinburgh#James#Viscount Severn#Earl of Wessex#Lady Louise Windsor
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FALLING LEAVES (1912):
Girl tries to save sis
Who may die of consumption
If the last leaf falls
youtube
#falling leaves#random richards#poem#haiku#poetry#haiku poem#poets on tumblr#haiku poetry#haiku form#poetic#o. henry#the last leaf#Mace Greenleaf#Blanche Cornwall#Marian Swayne#Magda Foy#Darwin Karr#Alice Guy#short film#silent film#Youtube
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Love this!
I'm beat. Never been so beat.
Sharpe's Challenge (2007)- Cut Scene
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British Coastal View (Coast of Cornwall) by William Trost Richards, 1880.
#classic art#painting#william trost richards#american artist#19th century#pre-raphaelite#hudson river school#landscape#nature#seascape#sea#cliffs#cornwall#england
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INTERTWINED SERIES (Spidermen!ENHA) Preview
SYNOPSIS: After being dead for two minutes and then brought back to life thanks to your coworker you start to get these weird visions of future events just minutes before they happen. During a train ride you witness the murder of three teenage boys in broad daylight and then suddenly the next second they're sitting back down in their seats, alive and breathing. Despite the want you have to keep your peace and leave it alone, you can't help but get a very bad feeling and it only intensifies when you recognize the man that murdered them in your vision three train carts away and walking in your guys' direction. Shoving the three boys off of the train, saving their lives, risking your own, and being accused of kidnapping was not on your bucket list after surviving death. You don't have any clue what is going on or what in the hell you're gonna do to help these three boys but thankfully the four of you bump into some help along the way.
RELEASE DATE: TBD
PAIRING: EnhaHyung!Line X Fem. Reader, Spider-men!EnhaHyungLine x Madame Webb!Reader, Superhero!EnhaHyungLine x Clairvoyant!Reader, Spider!EnhaHyungLine x Paramedic!Reader, [ft. Enha Kim Sunoo (Anya Corazon), Yang Jungwon (Julia Cornwall), and Nishimura Riki (Mattie Franklin); TXT Yeonjun (Ezekial Sims), Choi Soobin (Ben Parker), mentions of Choi Beomgyu (Richard Parker); Shin Ryujin (Mary Parker); more to be added].
GENRE: Superhero AU, Romance, Action, Comedy, Angst, Strangers to Allies to Friends to Lovers, polyamorous relationship, (let me know if I forgot anything) more to be added!
WARNINGS: profanity, sexual/suggestive content (intercourse, oral, masturbation, phone sex, sexting, etc) ONLY WRITTEN FOR HYUNG LINE, MINORS DNI (you WILL be removed/blocked), poly relationship, drinking/consuming alcohol, feminine pronouns/terms used for reader, MADAME WEBB SPOLIERS!!! If you haven't watched it already! This is based on the MADAME WEBB MOVIE with some twist added into it! Let me know if I forgot anything at all!
DISCLAIMER: This is purely a work of FICTION! This is not meant to portray any of the Enhypen Members or other mentioned idols in any way or shape or form.
I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE IMAGES/GIFS THAT MAY BE/ARE USED IN MY WRITING. IMAGES CREATED BY ME WILL HAVE MY WATERMARK OR BE COPYRIGHTED! THE MOOD BOARDS USED FOR THIS SERIES ARE ONES I PUT TOGETHER ON MY OWN BUT THE PHOTOS USED ARE NOT MINE!
ALL CREDITS GO TO THE OWNERS/CREATORS!
PLEASE DO NOT COPY OR REPOST MY WORK!
THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION, STRICTLY FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES.
P.S. if you haven't already, you should definitely check out @artysse (credited) on TIKTOK! If you already have, then you know that it's an ENHA Fan Art Account of Spider ENHA! It's really fucking awesome! Go show some love!
NOT PROOF READ: Apologies for any grammatical errors, my loves!
AUTHOR'S NOTES: This takes place in New York, with mentions of South Korea and Japan. Reader is the same age as Jay, Jake, and Sunghoon. Jungwon, Sunoo, and Niki are the same age, in high school, and have a slightly bigger age gap between them and hyung line. Time gaps, mentions of MCU universe events/milestones. Slight spider-verse au, hyung line are all from different universes! Also note that maknae line don't have their spider powers (yet) because they develop it in series. ENHA hyungs already have their powers when they meet Y/N and the other boys.
CAST:
Y/N L/N as Cassandra (Cassie) Webb/Madame Webb
Yang Jungwon as Julia Cornwall (Carpenter in the Comics)/Arachne/Spider-(Wo)man
Kim Sunoo as Anya Corazon/Arana
Nishmura Riki (Niki) as Martha (Mattie) Franklin/Spider-(Wo)man
Lee Heeseung as Peter Parker (Tom Holland Universe)/Spider-Man
Park Jongseong (Jay) as Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield Universe)/Spider-Man
Sim Jaeyun (Jake) as Miles Morales (Spider-Verse)/Spider-Man
Park Sunghoon as Gwen Stacy (Spider-Verse)/Spider-Gwen/Ghost Spider
More to be added!
#enhypen#enhypen fanfiction#enhypen drabbles#enhypen heeseung#enhypen jay#enhypen jake#enhypen sunghoon#enhypen sunoo#enhypen jungwon#enhypen niki#enhypen imagines#enhypen angst#enhypen au#enhypen reactions#enhypen x female reader#enhypen x reader#enhypen fluff#enhypen fanfic#enhypen fic#enhypen icons#enhypen hyung line#superhero enhypen#superhero au#enhypen smut#enhypen x you#enhypen writers#engene#spiderman au#enhypen x y/n#soobin
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Rules banning scrutiny of the royal family in parliament must be changed in light of the continuing scandals about Prince Andrew, a Labour peer has said. Lord Foulkes is seeking a meeting this week with the clerk of the parliaments Simon Burton, who is head of the House of Lords administration, to discuss what Foulkes says is a growing list of concerns about the activities of the royal family. Foulkes, a junior minister under Tony Blair, said he has been refused permission to table a question proposing a public register of royal interests. Calls have been increasing for greater scrutiny of the royal family and their finances after a series of scandals involving Andrew. [...]
Foulkes said that parliament’s clerks have vetoed every attempt to raise concerns about Andrew and other royals. They have argued that parliament’s standing orders and Erskine May, the authority on parliamentary procedure, prevent discussion of the monarchy and of any matters that reflect on the sovereign or royal family. Foulkes believes there should be changes to the rules to allow discussion beyond the current limit of questions about the cost to the taxpayer of royal palaces and events attended by the royals. Taxpayer funding to King Charles is set to increase by 53% this year to £132m. Foulkes said there were concerns, particularly among newly elected Labour MPs, about the amount of public money spent by the king and members of the royal family. Andrew received taxpayers’ money until he was forced to stand down from his official royal duties in November 2019 after Newsnight. “It’s about wider accountability,” Foulkes said. “I was particularly concerned about where public money is spent. That’s why the Andrew issue is something that’s interested me particularly.” He added: “There is very great sensitivity in parliament and particularly in the House of Lords, as you would expect, and a lot of deference to the monarch, which is understandable in many ways. “But I think one of the things is to separate the monarch or head of state from the royal family, the rest of them. “Where does the royal family stop? All the grandchildren, the cousins, the nieces, the nephews … It’s not defined. The restriction can be used in relation to any of them. “Do the rules apply to Andrew, who is no longer a working member of the family?” Despite the fact that the number of working royals has fallen in recent years, as part of King Charles’s vision for a “slimmed-down monarchy”, Whitehall retains a wide definition of the royal family. The information commissioner’s guidelines on exemptions from the Freedom of Information Act, for example, includes a large number of the extended family, including Princess Anne’s children, Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall, who have never had a royal title or undertaken official duties.
How many times have I mentioned "parliament" recently in regards to Will & Kate?
05 October 2024
20 January 2025
29 January 2025
Three times.
And yet it's always amazing how certain people keep on concentrating inconsequential things and can't understand where things are going.
I have been trying to do a reading on the relationship between The King and Prince William, and the cards I am drawing are appalling (as an example, I asked what The King thought of Prince William and I pulled the Ten of Swords - betrayal - as the first card). I refuse to believe that their relationship is that bad so I am going to leave it for 24 hours and then try again.
Uh...yes! Why do you people think Charles isn't answering Kate's letters? Or are you so far down your own rabbit hole that you don't even realize Kate has been reduced to writing letters, just like Meghan.
The King wants to turn things around and heal the damage done to someone’s or something’s reputation. I asked if this card was about the BRF and The Hierophant flew out of the deck as I was shuffling, which is again a big Yes as The Hierophant is the card for institutions and for the BRF as an institution, The King wants to heal the BRF, he wants to restore people’s faith in the monarchy, he wants the BRF to once again represent a stable institution which is both reliable and a beacon of hope in troubled times.
It's so obvious where this is going, but as usual, the Charles haters are always stuck on the wrong questions.
I guess reality is going to have punch you guys in the face instead.
#2025: Year of the Wood Snake#fleet street#richard palmer#uk#british royal family#the disgusting one doesn't get his name in a tag#charles haters#Wales fandom ARMAGEDDON#duchy of cornwall#The UK's Marie Antoinette#William The Terrible#Rich Party Girl Syndrome#William The Weak#cancer schmancer#The Celebrity Activists also known as The Prince & Princess of Wales#Prince & Princess OWN GOALS#William The Prince of OWN GOALS#the lazy grifting sons of Diana#prince william#kate middleton#William The Prince of Wales#Catherine The Princess of Wales#my gif
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Richard Sharpe:
a. “He's a penniless orphan raised from the ranks by Wellington himself! He's never had a fencing lesson in his life! The first time he met his best friend, they beat the shit out of each other! He was played by a young Sean Bean! He's my poor little meow meow and he Respects Women (in a period-typical sort of way)!” b. “bernard cornwall has decided he’s like the coolest blondest rogue ever created.” c. “a belligerent Yorkshire accent, frequently being covered in blood, and lingering camera-work on some quite tight green trousers” d. “Sean Bean is sexy :)”
Géraud Duroc:
a. “He was a ray of sunshine and a sweet angel. He was a lifelong companion of Napoleon and they were besties. He died in battle in 1813 and Napoleon bought the farm he died in to put a monument up in his memory.” b. “He’s so hot he lit Moscow on fire, he also totally banged Napoleon fr fr He deserves to win because he lost to a traffic cone in that other poll”
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