#scots greys

[illustratus]

Gordons and Greys to the Front at Waterloo by Stanley Berkeley

[horses-in-art-history]

The Royal Scots Greys was a cavalry regiment in the British army known for their grey horses. In WW1 they were ordered to dye their mounts dark chestnut so they would be less conspicuous and make the regiment harder to identify. While they were in reserve the horses were allowed to have their natural colour.

Scots Greys (1918) by John Singer Sargent  (1856–1925). Watercolour paint on paper. (picture source)

Studies for "Scots Greys" (1918) by John Singer Sargent  (1856–1925). Graphite on wove paper. (picture source)

Royal Scots Greys on a road in France (1914-1918) a photo from The Dutch National Archives. (picture source)

[eleanordarkholme]

I have more thoughts that I must share. Thank you X-men 97 for not just throwing Madelyne away now that she has been revealed as a clone. She spent at least a year with the X-men. Rogue gives her a big ole hug. Gambit and Magneto greet her warmly. Scott clearly has lingering feelings for her. (And he makes it a point that he and Jean do not have any children because Maddy is Nate's mother).

Maddy is not Jean but it doesn't make her relationships with her family any less real.

That being said, I do feel for Jean and do not hold her words (spoken in anger and hurt) against her. Because it has to suck having identity and memory issues. On top of all that, she feels like she had been replaced and her husband seems to be closer with her imposter than her.

Slightly off topic, I also don't hold it against Logan for being closer to Original Jean as he would know plenty about identity and memory issues.

[diioonysus]

history + women who were executed

[isabelleneville]

[wardrobeoftime]

Reign + Costumes

Mary Stuart's white & grey dress and grey shawl in Season 01, Episode 01.

[schnitzelsemmerl]

this old thing i found-

[bookshopcrow]

Tudor miniature portrait challenge 🖤

Days 7 - 15

[buffyfan145]

Finished "My Lady Jane" and loved it so much!!! 😀 I wasn't expecting it to be as good as it was and I'm so hoping it'll be renewed for a 2nd season as there's more from the book they haven't adapted yet as the book ends when Elizabeth I becomes queen and we got those teases at the end of season 2. Also even though the books switch to focus on other fictional and historical Janes, there is a spinoff series about Marys and one about Mary Queen of Scots that directly connects to this series and they already mentioned her. So I'm hoping for season 2 and to see what happens next for Jane & Guildford and the other characters that are alive now unlike our history, more of Elizabeth I as her role will likely be expanded, if Robert Dudley is coming or we get a twist that Stan was Robert all along (which I've been wondering about now and I'd be ok with LOL), and now if Mary Queen of Scots is coming.

[holy-shit-comics]

[lady-corrine]

The way grrm combined so many themes of queenship, motherhood, tragedy, reputation, controversy and ambition from so many historical queens in creating Rhaenyra is honestly iconic 💅

[herprivateswe]

A British soldier and dog at the officers' mess kitchen of the Royal Scots Greys at their camp, October 1916.

[luanna801]

Goth Renaissance Aesthetic (aka Hamletcore):

Portrait, possibly of Cesare Borgia, by Sebastiano del Piombo (1485–1547)

Death and the Maiden by Niklaus Manuel Deutsch I (1517)

From the Braque Triptych by Rogier van der Weyden (c.1452)

Portrait of an Unknown Lady (possibly Mary I or Lady Jane Grey) by Hans Ewerth (c.1550s)

From the Carondelet Diptych by Jan Gossaert (1517)

The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein (1533)

One view of the finials of a chaplet (c.1530) from France or Southern Netherlands

Portrait of Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) by an unknown artist

[catherine-of-aragorn]

the fact that Elizabeth I is titled "The Virgin Queen" implies that someone- possibly Mary I, possibly Lady Jane Grey, possibly Mary Queen of Scots- is "The Chad Queen."

[the-busy-ghost]

Me normally: Let people love what they love

Me, after a Test Match Special commentator expresses their belief that the new All Creatures Great and Small is somehow "better" than the 1978 version: This is pure insanity and TMS can no longer be trusted on anything, how can they even be trusted to know about cricket, do they have no TASTE

[blackswaneuroparedux]

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another.

George Eliot

HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent is one of the most underrated members of the Royal Family, always stoic he’s always been dependable and never flusters, the world needs more 'Steady Eddies'.

There’s no question that the Duke of Kent’s dedication to serving the crown and the country is beyond reproach. For over 50 years, the Duke of Kent has been performing royal duties and on behalf of the monarchy. HRH Prince Edward at a young age filled a huge role vacated by the untimely death of his father in 1942. Since then, the Duke of Kent has ceaselessly spent much of his time performing ceremonial functions, attending charitable causes and supporting various organisations on behalf of his cousin Queen Elizabeth II and the British Monarchy. He has represented Her Majesty in the independence celebrations in the former British colonies of Sierra Leone, Uganda, Guyana, and Gambia. Most recently he has attended the 50th Independence Anniversary Celebration of Ghana. He has also acted as Counselor of State during periods of the  Queen's absence abroad.

What is often forgotten is that HRH Prince Edward was a fine soldier. Much like the late Duke of Edinburgh’s naval service was subsumed by his royal persona, the Duke of Kent has never let his royal duties interfere with his army career.

Prince Edward attended Ludgrove in Berkshire for his preparatory education. He then proceeded to Eton College and later in Le Rosey in Switzerland. After school, he attended the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, where he won the Sir James Moncrieff Grierson prize for foreign languages. After graduating from Sandhurst in 1955, the duke joined the Royal Scots Grey as Second Lieutenant. That was the start of a military career that spanned over 20 years, one which took him to various places around the world.

In 1961, he was promoted Captain; Major in 1967; and Lieutenant Colonel in 1973. In 1970 the Duke commanded a squadron of his regiment serving in the British Sovereign Base Area in Cyprus, part of the UN force enforcing peace between the Greek and Turkish halves of the island. The duke also spent time commanding a unit in Northern Ireland shortly after the Troubles in the 1970s broke out, but was recalled early on grounds of security.

The duke now maintains his link with the services mainly through honorary rank, which includes that of Colonel of the Scots Guards. He was personal aide-de-camp to his cousin Queen Elizabeth II who promoted him supernumerary Major General on her official birthday in 1983. He was later made a Field Marshal in 1993.

HRH Prince Edward is the longest-serving royal colonel in history. Not just of the Scots Guards but of any regiment in the British Army.