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Sam Fender cancels US tour dates after friends were 'worried' about his mental health - as Gwyneth Paltrow reaches out to share her support Jack Whitehall whips off his top to lark about next to his bikini-clad model girlfriend Roxy Horner in hilarious Greek holiday post Rugby star Kenny Logan reveals he broke down in tears before cancer surgery over fears his wife and children would have to carry on without him 'Jesus, enough with the Queen!' Howard Stern slams 'excessive' media coverage of monarch's death - and says it should get back to 'Trump' Steadfast Camilla remains stoic as she supports her husband King Charles III at the vigil for the Queen King Charles is regal in a favourite kilt in the Prince Charles Edward Stuart tartan as he stands guard over the Queen's coffin in EdinburghĬharles's mixed emotions: King breaks into a smile and waves to royal fans as he leaves St Giles' Cathedral moments after welling-up Prince Harry is 'banned' from wearing military uniform at final vigil for The Queen but Prince Andrew is allowed to 'as special mark of respect' Prince Andrew is heckled as he follows Queen's coffin through Edinburgh by lone spectator who called him a 'sick old man' -Ĭountess of Wessex is praised by royal fans for showing 'great dignity' despite being 'clearly broken' as she joins her senior royals at the Queen's vigil Spain 'asks former king and cousin of Queen Elizabeth II not to attend her funeral' amid regal row

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Oprah says she hopes that 'burying the dead' will help Prince Harry and Meghan 'make peace' with the royals - 18 months after HER bombshell TV interview King Charles III and his three siblings watch as the ornate crown of their late mother the Queen is placed upon her flag-draped coffin during historic service 'I told them I'd put them over there': Meghan Markle's awkward exchange with royal aides as they help her and Harry with flowersĬontroversial ex Love Island star Ollie Williams reveals he attended King Charles' ascension at Buckingham Palace as he pays tribute to royals 'I'll have what she's having': Sam Thompson pokes fun at worse for wear girlfriend Zara McDermott after she had her wisdom teeth removed but I stopped': Kourtney Kardashian, 43, discusses baby-making struggles with husband Travis Barker, 46 not far from Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Ariana Grande and Ellen Jennifer Aniston buys Oprah Winfrey's $14.8 million Montecito farmhouse. Glam squad! Kaley Cuoco, Jenna Dewan and Rachel Brosnahan are among the big name beauties getting ready for tonight's Emmy AwardsĪaron Taylor-Johnson, 32, and wife Sam, 55, give a rare insight into family life as they share a sweet snap taken by their daughter Romy Hero, 10 weeks after ex Ben Affleck wed JLoīeaming Olivia Colman gets a kiss from co-star Michael Ward as she dazzles in a sequinned gown for the Empire of Light premiere Jennifer Garner wears a diamond eternity band on her right hand as she continues to romance John Miller. 'A gorgeous tribute': EastEnders fans emotional as soap honours the Queen by likening the monarch's death to the nation 'losing its nan'Įmmy Awards: Laverne Cox dazzles in black and silver dress as she joins Rachel Lindsay on the red carpet Leonardo DiCaprio and Gigi Hadid are 'getting to know each other' after his shock split from Camila Morrone 'Indulging in every special moment with our beautiful GIRL!': Ray Quinn's fiancée Emily Ashleigh gives birth to their first child Sombre Sophie Wessex holds back emotion as she joins Prince Edward at St Giles' Cathedral after the procession down Edinburgh's Royal Mileīritney Spears reveals she will NEVER perform again and claims she is 'traumatized for life' after being humiliated into working with the 'tiniest' backup dancers Meghan and Harry delayed 'Fab Four' Windsor walkabout with William and Kate because they had to change into formal mourning dressĬarnegie Mellon professor lashes out the Queen AGAIN and says monarch is part of the 'cult of white womanhood' Three uniforms, four sets of medals: The four royal siblings proudly wear their decorations during Edinburgh service. Queen 'knew she wasn't going to come back' from Balmoral and 'wanted to pass there because she could actually leave her crown at the gates' Ouch! Awkward moment Meghan Markle was SNUBBED by royal well-wisher who refused to shake her hand during Fab Four walkabout at Windsor Standing by her side: King Charles and his siblings Anne, Andrew and Edward stand guard by the Queen's coffin during vigil at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh

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Events 9.25

275 – For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus. 762 – Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate. 1066 – In the Battle of Stamford Bridge, Harald Hardrada, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King Harold II of England. 1237 – England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border. 1396 – Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis. 1513 – Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean. 1555 – The Peace of Augsburg is signed by Emperor Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League. 1690 – Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time. 1768 – Unification of Nepal 1775 – American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe. 1775 – American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off. 1789 – The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment. 1790 – Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday. 1804 – The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver. 1868 – The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia. 1890 – The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park. 1906 – Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control. 1911 – An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship. 1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City. 1915 – World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins. 1918 – World War I: The end of the Battle of Megiddo, the climax of the British Army's Sinai and Palestine campaign under General Edmund Allenby. 1926 – The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed. 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan. 1944 – World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek. 1955 – The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded. 1956 – TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated. 1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops. 1959 – Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day. 1962 – The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government. 1962 – The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency. 1963 – Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair. 1964 – The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins. 1969 – The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed. 1974 – Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John. 1977 – About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon. 1978 – PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people. 1981 – Belize joins the United Nations. 1983 – Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison. 1992 – NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion. 1998 – PauknAir Flight 4101, a British Aerospace 146, crashes near Melilla Airport in Melilla, Spain, killing 38 people. 2003 – The 8.3 Mw  Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan. 2018 – Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault.

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The Kingdom of Winden

The Sokolov family has ruled Winden since kingdoms beginning. The Sokolov’s continue to rule Winden today.

The Kingdom of Winden is heavily based on Russian and Slavic origins. Therefore, their monarchs were titled Tsar/ Tsarina. The crown succession is inherited from the oldest child. no matter the gender. Adopted children cannot be the heir.

The Royals of Windenburg have a unique monarchy. With Windenburg being as big as Russia, There are many different territories in its Kingdom. The Ultimate Monarch is Considered the Tsar/Tsarina, while there Heir is Titled “Tsesarevich”. Any other children of the monarch are assigned to different territories of the Kingdom. The Next born after Heir is given the title of Grand Duke of a territory. But it is only the children of a Tsar/Tsarina to get the title of a Grand Duchy. The children of Grand Duke and Duchess don’t inherit the title. Only if there are enough children from the ruling Monarch of Windenburg. There are five different territories of Winden. The Isleworth, Kirov, Saratov, Chita, Setrova.

Head of the Kingdom: Tsar Artemi

Official Royal Family Residence: Grand Aleksandr Palace

Royal Family: House of Sokolov

Kingdom official Colours: Purple

Capital: Alexandria

Former Monarchs:

1.Tsar Dima Sokolov I

2. Tsarina Annika Sokolov I and Tsarevich Nicolis

3. Tsarina Alice Sokolov I and Tsarevich Conan

Current Monarch

4. Tsar Artemi Sokolov I and Tsarevna Maeve

The Current Line of Succession:

Tsar Artemi Sokolov I [son of Tsarina Annika]

First in Line: Crown Tsesarevich Alina [daughter of Tsar Artemi]

Second in Line: Princess Royal Antonia [daughter of Tsar Artemi]

Third in Line: Queen Alora [daughter of Tsarina Annika]

Third in Line: Crown Prince Nicolis II [son of Queen Alora]

Fourth in Line: Prince Elias [son of Queen Alora]

Fifth in Line: Princess Winona [daughter of Queen Alora]

Sixth in Line: Count Leonardo [son of Countess Dawn]

Seventh in Line: Lady Opal [daughter of Count Leonardo]

Eight in Line: Lord Eugene [son of Count Leonardo]

Ninth in Line: Duchess Quinn [daughter of Countess Dawn]

Tenth in Line: Prince Icarus [son of Duchess Quinn]

Eleventh in Line: Princess Moana [daughter of Duchess Quinn]

Twelfth in Line: Prince Philip [son of Prince Delcan]

The House of Sokolov Familial Tree

House of Sokolov Tag

House of Sokolov Portraits

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Catherine had four pregnancies and they all came to fruition with healthy children being born to adulthood.

Francis II of France- he was king of France for almost 30 years and considered a peacemaker king, succeeding in making peace with countries like Spain and England that had been in combat against the French since the reign of Francisco I.

Francisco married Leonor D’Este, one of the offspring Alfonso d'Este and Lucrezia Borgia. Francisco and Leonor had seven children, but only four would reach childhood and three died before the age of five:

Lucrezia of France (1526-1569) was queen of Poland when she married Seguismundo II of Poland. They had a son in common, Alexander II of Poland.

Felipe VII of France (1528-1581) was King of France for six years and was called “Felipe el loco” because of his delusions, his thirst for revenge and his mood swings. He died of malnutrition and was succeeded by his brother, Enrique.

Henry II of France (1529-1599) was king of France after succeeding his older brother, Philip VII and was considered an intelligent king, but not very sociable and cold-tempered. He married María Manuela from Portugal, having nine children with her.

Mary of Francia (1532-1588) was Princess of Wales when she married the heir to the crown, Enrique Tudor son of Enrique VIII of England who was the ex-husband of her grandmother, Catherine of Aragon. The couple had five children, but only two reached adulthood.

Margaret of France- she was queen consort of Denmark by marrying King Christian III of Denmark. Margarita was considered a beautiful woman like her mother, but she was more ambitious and flirtatious and she was a great influence on her husband.

It was a great influence for her children, especially for her son Henry I of Denmark and when he ascended to the throne upon the death of Cristian III in 1559, Margarita was his regent, but only four months after the death of her husband, the queen contracted smallpox and died shortly after at 44 years of age.

Her constant visits to her conjugal bed with her husband led to her giving birth to ten children, but two of these would die in infancy.

Henry I of Denmark (1536-1573) was King of Denmark and the first of his name to reign for 14 years. He was the adored son of his mother and was almost always by her side, being her greatest support. Enrique married his aunt, Dorotea from Denmark with whom he only had one son, Enrique. In his second nuptials he married his niece, Catherine of Denmark, with whom he had three children.

Stephen of Denmark (1538-1600) was a cardinal in Denmark, known as "The White Cardinal".

Christopher of Denmark (1541-1589) died single and without issue.

Alexandra of Denmark (1542-1590) remained single.

Carlota María of Denmark (1543-1563) was Princess of Asturias when she married Felipe of Austria, son of Felipe II of Spain. Charlotte bore two children to the prince, Alexander and Catherine, future queen consort of Denmark.

Catherine of Denmark (1545-1603) married her uncle Juan, the Younger, and they had a son, Juan.

Isabel Carolina (1549-1589) nun.

Charles of France- He was Duke of Brittany from his birth until his death. He was considered a good administrator of his territories, but also a casanova having different lovers and illegitimate children.

Carlos died in 1561 at 43 years of age from a hunting accident when he was shot with an arrow in the chest by one of his close friends.

He married Ana de Lorena and they both had five children, but only two would reach adulthood.

Philip of France (1538-1604) was Duke of Brittany on the death of his father. He morganatically married his mistress, Diana, with whom he had four children and all were legitimized by Francis II.

Anne Mauricia (1540-1577) she married the little brother of the Duke of Suffolk Henry Brandon, Charles Brandon and with him she had two daughters.

Isabella of France- she was Duchess of Viseu by marrying her nephew, Leonardo of Portugal, the only son of Duchess Maria of Portugal and her husband.

She was more the tutor than the wife of Leonardo helping him with the administration and expenses made by the Duchy of Viseu.

Isabella had a good life with her husband until he passed away in 1588, leaving the princess a widow. Isabella survived two more years until she died in 1590 at the age of 68 from a cardiac arrest.

Despite the great age difference between her fiancées, Isabella managed to give her husband three children:

Juan (1554-1620) was Duke of Viseu at the death of his father. He married Elena of Habsburg with whom he had two daughters, Elena and Ana.

María Carolina (1555-1605) was betrothed to her uncle, Felipe II of Spain to be her last wife, but the king ended up rejecting her because of her delicate health. She shortly after she became a nun.

Catalina Mariana (1559-1623) was Duchess of Parma when she married Alejandro Farnese and they both had six children.

Catalina tuvo cuatro embarazos y todos llegaron a buen termino naciendo niños saludables que llegaron a edad adulta.

Francisco II de Francia- Fue rey de Francia por casi 30 años y considerado como un rey pacificador logrando hacer la paz con países como España e Inglaterra que habían estado en combate contra los franceses desde el reinado de Francisco I.

Francisco se caso con Leonor D’Este, uno de los vástagos Alfonso d'Este y Lucrecia Borgia. Francisco y Leonor tuvieron siete hijos, pero solo cuatro llegarían a la infancia y tres murieron antes de los cinco años:

Lucrecia de Francia (1526-1569) fue reina de Polonia al casarse con Seguismundo II de Polonia. Tuvieron un hijo en común, Alejandro II de Polonia.

Felipe VII de Francia (1528-1581) fue rey de Francia por seis años y fue llamado “Felipe el loco” por sus delirios, su sed de venganza y cambios de humor. Falleció victima de desnutrición siendo sucedido por su hermano, Enrique.

Enrique II de Francia (1529-1599) fue rey de Francia tras suceder a su hermano mayor, Felipe VII y fue considerado como un rey inteligente, pero poco sociable y de carácter frío. Se caso con María Manuela de Portugal teniendo con ella nueve hijos.

María de Francia (1532-1588) fue princesa de Gales al casarse con el heredero a la corona, Enrique Tudor hijo de Enrique VIII de Inglaterra quien era el exmarido de su abuela, Catalina de Aragón. La pareja tuvo cinco hijos, pero solo dos llegaron a edad adulta.

Margarita de Francia- Fue reina consorte de Dinamarca al casarse con el rey Cristian III de Dinamarca. Margarita era considerada una mujer bella como su madre, pero era mas ambiciosa y coqueta siendo una gran influencia para su marido. Fue una gran influencia para sus hijos, en especial para su hijo Enrique I de Dinamarca y cuando este ascendió al trono a la muerte de Cristian III en 1559, Margarita fue su regente, pero tan solo cuatro meses después de la muerte de su marido, la reina contrajo viruela falleciendo poco después a los 44 años de edad.

Sus constantes visitas al lecho conyugal junto a su marido lograron que ella alumbrara a diez hijos, pero dos de estos morirían en la infancia.

Enrique I de Dinamarca (1536-1573) fue rey de Dinamarca y el primero de su nombre reinado por 14 años. Fue el hijo adorado de su madre y casi siempre estuvo a su lado siendo ella su mas grande apoyo. Enrique se caso con su tía, Dorotea de Dinamarca con la cual solo tuvo un hijo, Enrique. En segundas nupcias se caso con su sobrina, Catalina de Dinamarca con la cual tuvo tres hijos.

Esteban de Dinamarca (1538-1600) fue cardenal en Dinamarca siendo conocido como “El cardenal blanco”.

Cristóbal de Dinamarca (1541-1589) murió soltero y sin descendencia.

Alejandra de Dinamarca (1542-1590) permaneció soltera.

Carlota María de Dinamarca (1543-1563) fue princesa de Asturias al casarse con Felipe de Austria, hijo de Felipe II de España. Carlota le dio dos hijos al príncipe, Alejandro y Catalina, futura reina consorte de Dinamarca.

Catalina de Dinamarca (1545-1603) se caso con su tío Juan, el Joven y tuvieron un hijo, Juan.

Isabel Carolina (1549-1589) monja.

Carlos de Francia- Fue duque de Bretaña desde su nacimiento hasta su muerte. Fue considerado un buen administrador de sus territorios, pero también un casanova teniendo diferentes amantes e hijos ilegítimos. Carlos falleció en el año 1561 a los 43 años de edad por un accidente de caza al ser disparado con una flecha en el pecho por uno de sus amigos cercanos.

Se caso con Ana de Lorena y ambos tuvieron cinco hijos, pero solo dos llegarían a edad adulta.

Felipe de Francia (1538-1604) Fue duque de Bretaña a la muerte de su padre. Se caso de manera morganática con su amante, Diana con la cual tuvo cuatro hijos y todos fueron legitimados por Francisco II.

Ana Mauricia (1540-1577) Se caso con el hermano pequeño del duque de Suffolk Henry Brandon, Charles Brandon y con el tuvo dos hijas.

Isabella de Francia- Fue duquesa de Viseu al casarse con su sobrino, Leonardo de Portugal, hijo único de la duquesa María de Portugal y su marido. Fue mas la tutora que la esposa de Leonardo ayudándolo con la administración y los gastos hechos por el ducado de Viseu.

Isabella tuvo una buena vida al lado de su marido hasta que este falleció en el año 1588 dejando a la princesa viuda. Isabella sobrevivió dos años mas hasta que falleció en el 1590 a los 68 años de un paro cardiaco.

Pesé a la gran diferencia de edad entre los prometidos, Isabella logro darle a su marido tres hijos:

Juan (1554-1620) Fue duque de Viseu a la muerte de su padre. Se caso con Elena de Habsburgo con la cual tuvo dos hijas, Elena y Ana.

María Carolina (1555-1605) fue prometida con su tío, Felipe II de España para ser su ultima esposa, pero el rey acabo rechazándola por su delicada salud. Poco después se convirtió en monja.

Catalina Mariana (1559-1623) fue duquesa de Parma al casarse con Alejandro Farnesio y ambos tuvieron seis hijos.

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Chapter 11: The Crash

Book: The Royal Romance A/U

Catch Up Here: The Spare Masterlist

Rating: Mature (18+); Character Death(s); language

Pairings: Liam x MC; Leo x Madeleine

Word count: 1615 (+/-)

A/N: Please excuse any grammatical errors. I am sorry ahead of time.

I apologize for the wait. This chapter has been completed for a little bit, just haven't had time to post.

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Two weeks had gone by since Cami and Liam had called it quits. Two weeks since Drake had dropped the baby bomb that shifted Liam’s entire world. Two weeks since Cami had shut him out. Cami had cut off all contact other than information concerning their new addition. Liam had yet to speak with her about it. She sent him the confirmation via email of her pregnancy. She had made it clear the only contact between her and Liam would be about her medical care. Liam had sent flowers, chocolates and food. You name it, he tried it. Liam was coming to terms with his mistakes with Cami, but he was still at a loss at how to fix them.

King and Queen Madeleine would be heading off for their one year anniversary trip in Australia soon leaving Liam as interim monarch for three weeks. He wouldn’t be able to leave the country much less the palace. He had hoped the time away from each other would ease some of the tension between Cami and himself.

“So no word yet?” Leo sat in his study with Liam on the other side of his desk. “Not yet. Her first prenatal visit is coming up soon. I’m hoping to be there when you come back.” Liam responded staring down at his phone in his hand. “Have you told Father and Regina yet?” “No, I doubt it’ll go over very well that I have a lovechild on the way.” Leo rolled his eyes at Liam. “They’ll be fine. Pissed but fine. It’ll just add more pressure to me producing an heir.” Leo scoffed. “Ever the selfless king.” Liam chuckled. “Better you than me.” Leo mumbled as he reached for the bottle of scotch on the desk, “Madeleine is the country's Queen and a freak in the sheets, but mother.. fuck that. She would be a terrible mother.” “Give her a chance. She might surprise you.” Liam smiled at the crassness of his older brother. Bastien knocked on the king's study door. “Your majesties,” he bowed, “the jet is ready.”

“Safe travels brother.” Liam clapped Leo on the back. And headed out the study door to his quarters. Liam spotted Madeleine down the hall speaking with one of her ladies in waiting, Kiara. “Maddie!” Liam yelled out. Madeleine snapped her head in Liam’s direction. Immediate irritation ser in at his nickname for the Queen. “Prince Liam, and in the presence of others please call me Your Majesty.” “Uh, Your Majesty, May I escort you on your way to His Majesty?” “I’d be honored.” Madeleine spoke in her most regal voice. The two made their way to the palace garages where Leo and Bastien were waiting to take them to their private jet. “I actually wanted to speak to you about something.” Liam spoke softly. “Go ahead Liam.” Madeleine nodded. “I have some news I should break to Constantine and Regina, before the press get wind of it preferably.” “Press? What are we talking about here?” Madeleine stopped in her tracks. “Maddie, you have.. how can I put this..?” Liam paused, “you have a way with words when it comes to my father and Regina.” “What’s the news?” Madeleine raised a perfectly shaped blonde eyebrow. Her ruby red lips were pursed tight, “will this hurt mine and Leo’s reign?” Liam could see the fear in her eyes at his question. “No, I don’t think so. Camilla is pregnant.” Madeleine gasped. She took a deep breath before speaking. “What the fuck Liam? Do you know what this will do to Leo & I? The pressure now produce a fucking heir. We do not want children. We had planned to name your heir eventually.” Madeleine paced back and forth, she abruptly stopped and locked eyes with Liam, “Does Leo know about this?” “He does.” Liam diverted his eyes to the floor, his hands twisted and fidgeted together. “Of course he does. You are going to make this right Liam. Do not say a fucking word to anyone until our return. Who else knows?”

Madeleine snapped. “Drake and Maxwell.” Liam whispered. “Fucking Maxwell, you better make damn sure this doesn’t get out. The King is waiting.” Madeleine marched off.

Liam felt like a scolded puppy as he made his way back towards his quarters. The conversation with Madeleine did not go as he had planned. He had hoped she would understand and help him break the news to his father. Madeleine was right. He needed to make it right. If not for himself or for Cami, for his child. He had hurt her so many times, unintentionally but nevertheless he had hurt her. As she had hurt him. He missed her. He could still feel her touch on his skin, the smell of her coconut shampoo in her hair. God, I miss her. He sat down on the sofa in the living room and fired up his laptop planning to write Cami another email apologizing. Maybe she will respond this time. He popped the cork off his bottle of scotch and poured himself a generous amount.

“Sir, sir..” Liam was awoken from his sleep. He looked around not registering where he was. He was still on the sofa. He passed out on his computer without realizing it. “Come with me now.” The king's guard said. “What?” Liam asked confused. “I need you to come with me now.” Liam stood up and followed the guard into the hallway. There were more than usual guardsmen in the hallways. “What’s going on Tony?” Liam asked, still a little drunk from the scotch. “My orders were to get you to the bunker. That’s all I know.” “Where’s the King father and Queen mother?” “Safe house in Applewood,” the guard responded.

Liam followed the guard to the bunker deep beneath the palace. The bunker was built in the height of the fighting in Europe during World War II to protect the a Royal family from Nazi occupation. The walls were steel reinforced concrete. It was built to withstand any terrorist attack. In fact the United States built a replica bunker following the war. Liam made it to the War Room as the Cordonian generals called it. He was the Spare so this type of thing wasn’t a familiar concept. He looked around taking in the busy guards tapping away at their screens. More guards talking into ear pieces. “The dove has landed.” The dove. Liam hated the guardsmen nickname for him. Leo was the eagle but he was the dove.

“Sir we need you to take a seat.” Liam sat down. Olivia came rushing into the room. “Liam, what’s going on?” “I don’t know. No one has told me anything.” Liam walked around the room, confused by the commotion. The last time he had been here was during the terrorist attempt on his family's lives a few years ago. ”Sir, we need to brief you. If you’ll follow me.” Liam nodded his head. The guard led them to a small room, it almost looked like an interrogation room. Liam took a seat across from the guardsmen, Olivia took a seat next to him. The guard flicked on the large TV in the room. Liam looked up at the screen taking in the sight before him. A massive explosion replayed on the TV. “That’s not.. that’s not..” Liam couldn’t speak the words. “Sir, I’m sorry to inform you, King Leonardo and Queen Madeleine’s plane has gone down. It exploded as it made it’s ascent into the air. I’m sorry, Your Majesty, for your loss. And for the country's loss.” The guard bowed his head. Liam couldn’t breath. He felt like he had been sucker punched in the gut. Leo couldn’t be dead. Who would run the country? And then a crushing weight fell on him. The weight of the crown. Olivia gripped his hand trying to hold back her own tears. “This is a great loss to our nation.” Olivia calmly spoke. She watched the shift in Liam as he absorbed the devastating news. Liam went from a father to be dealing with his own insecurities to a king and a leader of a nation within hours. Only two hours ago was he sitting in his brother’s study and now he was gone forever. “What caused the explosion?” Olivia asked the guardsmen. She could see Liam was in a state of shock and in no way capable of asking any questions. “We aren’t sure yet, your grace. It’s under investigation. We will need you both to stay here until we know the cause.” Olivia nodded. “Was it a terrorist attack?” Liam interjected. “No one has come forward claiming responsibility. We will know more tomorrow once the wreckage is able to be investigated more thoroughly.” The guardsmen spoke. Liam lowered himself into the chair. I need you Leo. How am I going to do this without you? Father and now King.

Five thousand miles away, Cami sat on her sofa sipping warm tea watching television when an alert came across the TV.

Cami dropped her tea cup to the floor. She jumped to grab her phone and scrolled to Liam’s name. Come on come on.. answer.. Voicemail. God damn it Liam. Answer your phone.

“The Cordonian Royal jet exploded during takeoff this evening at Cordonian Royal Airport. Casualties are unknown at this time.”

She dialed another number. “Drake?” “Wellington… you need to get here quickly.” “Where’s Liam? He’s not answering me..” Drake could hear the panic in his voice. “Camilla, listen to me. Leo and Maddie are dead. Maybe Bastien too. We don’t know. Liam’s not doing good. Is there any way you can get here?” “I’m on my way.”

#theroyalromance #trr #choices #trrfanfiction #alternateunniverse #au #fanfiction #ff #thespare #liamxmc #leoxmadeleine #princeliam #kingleo

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justgottafinishthischapter · 5 years

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Retelling Fairytales

Fairytales are among the oldest stories, the tale of Cinderella dating all the way back to the 1st century with the tale of Rhodopis, a Greek slave girl who married the Pharaoh of Egypt. Disney’s entire empire is built around retelling these imaginative stories, and they’ve been told and reworked many times. They have ranged from sugar-coated fantasies to dark horrors. So, what should you keep in mind when adapting a fairytale?

Does the story contain magic? Most fairytales do have magic, but other retellings ground the story in the real world, stripping away the magic to turn the story into a historical fiction, often being told as the “origin” of the fairytale itself. A great example of this being Ever After (1998) starring Drew Berrymore. This retelling of Cinderella replaces the magical Fairygodmother with Leonardo Da Vinci making sure Danielle can get to the ball, and the dress and shoes belonged to her mother as she pursues Prince Henry II of France.

Disney is also an Adaptation If you’re writing a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, and the only version you’ve ever heard is the Disney version, you’ll be surprised to quickly learn that depending on the version, the antagonist is actually either Beauty’s sisters, or the evil fairy. Rapunzel doesn’t have a magical flower in most versions, and the Snow Queen is barely recognizable, as it doesn’t keep any of the protagonists, barely any of the plot, and turned the primary antagonist into the protagonist’s sister.

How many versions have you read? It’s a good idea to read other versions of a fairytale because it might just inspire you. Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay is a science-fiction retelling of Beauty and the Beast where this time, Beast is a prisoner of the blind queen Beauty, and the story also has threads of fantasy and royal intrigue that makes the story compelling. Likewise, there are versions of Little Red Riding Hood where she’s a little girl, a hunter, an assassin, a sexy pin-up with an axe, a werewolf, and an anime school girl.

Does the story run on Fairytale Logic or Real Logic? Akin to the first point, but not quite, Fairytale Logic means that true love’s kiss will break any spell, that talking animals are a common sight, and if a girl falls asleep in the woods and nobody’s around to see it, a creep will make a pass at her. Fairytales also offer a lot more wiggle room for suspension of disbelief, and you can get away with more crazy or nonsensical ideas that wouldn’t work in a realistic setting.

If you’re doing a fairytale with royalty, have you done your research? What is the primary export of their kingdom? Where do they fall in the line of succession? Do people usually marry for love or political advantage? What kingdoms are they aligned with? What kingdoms do they have a sordid history with? Can girls inherit the throne? How did the family come into power? In a more historical fiction setting, what period are you setting the story in? If there is magic, does the royal family have magic? If not, how do they keep control when magic-users could easily stage a coup and overthrow them? What about dragons and other monsters? How does the royal family protect themselves and their people from harm? What’s their climate like?

How much do you know about Medieval History? George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire is largely inspired by the Wars of the Roses, a succession crisis which launched a civil war following the death of King Edward III in 1377. If you don’t know that England was ruled by Frenchmen for most of the medieval period, that Spain was once governed by Muslims, or that a Frankish king was crowned Roman Emperor on Christmas Day more than 300 years after the Fall of Rome, you probably should do more independant research on the period. It might just inspire you.

What are the laws, rules, and limitations of magic? Magic can make a story difficult to balance, and knowing how yours works is important. There are two schools of magic: soft magic systems and hard magic systems. Most fairytales rely on soft magic that’s barely explained, while hard magic systems have very clearly defined rules as to what magic can and cannot do. In Sleeping Beauty, the three good fairies say that their magic can only do good, which is somewhat hard, but other than that one limitation, the rest of their magic is fairly soft. Elsa meanwhile has rather hard magic. She can only control snow and ice and nothing else, though her magic is pretty flexible too, as she somehow made a dress out of sleet.

What troublesome ideas are present in the original that need to be reexamined by a modern audience? This is seen a lot in feminist retellings of fairytales. Prince Charming as a creepy polygamist that macks on unconscious women, Sleeping Beauty’s.... basic entire library of older versions, most of which involve... trigger situations. The general tendency for fairytale princesses to fall in love at first sight and marry the first guy that gives them any attention.

How can you reexamine or twist the plot to an interesting new angle? Versions where the magic mirror pits the queen and snow white against each other for its own agenda. Where Rapunzel cuts her own hair and uses it to escape her tower. Where the wolf is after Little Red Riding Hijab. Where the little mermaid more drastically changes species in the pursuit of love. Where Alice’s entire journey into Wonderland is a drug-induced hallucination, or even the slipping of her sanity into a crippling case of schizophrenia. How can you turn the story on its head and make the viewer see it in a new light?

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1500s resources

I saw that @wordsnstuff did 1600s resources and I really wanted to find a post like their one but for the 1500s as part of my story takes place then. I couldn’t find one though so I decided to make it myself. So get ready for a long post.

Major Historical Events in the 1500s

First black slaves in America brought to Spanish colony of Santo Domingo (1501)

Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa (1503)

St. Peter's Church started in Rome(1506); designed and decorated by such artists and architects as Bramante, Michelangelo, da Vinci, Raphael, and Bernini before its completion in 1626

Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508

Henry VIII ascends English throne (1509)

Balboa becomes the first European to encounter the Pacific Ocean (1513)

Machiavelli writes The Prince (1513)

Turks conquer Egypt, control Arabia (1517)

Martin Luther's 95 theses (1517) start of the Reformation in Germany

Ulrich Zwingli begins Reformation in Switzerland (1519)

Charles I of Spain is chosen Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (1519)

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan sets out to circumnavigate the globe (1519), Magellan reaches the Pacific, is killed by Philippine natives (1521), One of his ships under Juan Sebastián Elcano continues around the world, reaches Spain (1522)

Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519-1521)

Suleiman I, The Magnificent, becomes Sultan of Turkey, invades Hungary (1521) , Rhodes (1522), attacks Austria (1529), annexes Hungary (1541), Tripoli (1551), makes peace with Persia (1553), destroys Spanish fleet (1560), dies (1566)

Troops of the Holy Roman Empire attack Rome, imprison Pope Clement VII—the end of the Italian Renaissance (1527)

Siege of Vienna (1529)

Pizarro marches from Panama to Peru, kills the Inca chieftain, Atahualpa, of Peru (1533)

Reformation begins as Henry VIII makes himself head of English Church after being excommunicated by Pope (1534), Sir Thomas More executed as traitor for refusal to acknowledge king's religious authority (1535)

John Calvin establishes Reformed and Presbyterian form of Protestantism in Switzerland, writes Institutes of the Christian Religion. Danish and Norwegian Reformations (1536)

Michelangelo's Last Judgment (1536)

John Knox leads Reformation in Scotland (1541), establishes Presbyterian church there (1560)

Publication of On the Revolution of Heavenly Bodies by Polish scholar Nicolaus Copernicus—giving his theory that the earth revolves around the sun (1543)

Ivan IV, the Terrible, crowned as czar of Russia, begins conquest of Astrakhan and Kazan (1552), battles nobles (boyars) for power (1564), kills his son (1580), dies, and is succeeded by his son, Fyodor I

Roman Catholicism restored in England by Queen Mary I (1553)

Akbar the Great becomes Mogul emperor of India, conquers Afghanistan (1581), continues wars of conquest (until 1605)

Queen Elizabeth I ascends the throne (rules from 1559 to 1603). Restores Protestantism, establishes state Church of England (Anglicanism). Renaissance will reach height in England

The peak of European witchcraft trials (1560-1630)

Persecution of Huguenots in France stopped by Edict of Orleans(1562). French religious wars begin again with massacre of Huguenots at Vassy. St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre—thousands of Huguenots murdered (1572). Amnesty granted (1573). Persecution continues periodically until Edict of Nantes (1598) gives Huguenots religious freedom (until 1685)

Protestant Netherlands revolts against Catholic Spain (1568); independence will be acknowledged by Spain in 1648

Turks attack Cyprus and war on Venice(1570). Turkish fleet defeated at Battle of Lepanto by Spanish and Italian fleets (1571). Peace of Constantinople (1572) ends Turkish attacks on Europe.

Francis Drake returns to England after circumnavigating the globe; knighted by Queen Elizabeth I (1581)

William of Orange rules the Netherlands; assassinated on orders of Philip II of Spain (1584)

Mary, Queen of Scots, executed for treason by order of Queen Elizabeth I (1587)

The defeat of the Spanish Armada (1589)

Henry IV enters Paris (1590), wars on Spain (1595), marries Marie de Medici (1600), assassinated (1610)

Galileo's Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment (1590)

Boris Godunov becomes Russian czar (1598)

Tycho Brahe describes his astronomical experiments (1598)

The beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate (1600)

People, food and entertainment

1500s Significant people

1500s Foods

1400-1500s Alcohol

1500s Entertainment

1500s Exploration

1500s Visual artists

1500s Musicians and composers

1500s Literature

1500s Science and philosophy

1500s Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Clothing

1500-1550 Western European fashion

1550-1600 Western European fashion

Ming dynasty clothing

Vedic period clothing

Names

English names

English Mens names

Lists for English names

Portuguese Names

Spanish Names

Manx Names

Countries

1500s in the Aztec civilization‎

1500s in Brazil‎

1500s in Denmark

1500s in England‎

1500s in France‎

1500s in Germany‎

1500s in the Habsburg Netherlands‎

1500s in the Holy Roman Empire‎

1500s in India‎

1500s in Ireland‎

1500s in Italy‎

1500s in Japan

1500s in Lithuania‎

1500s in Mexico‎

1500s in New Spain‎

1500s in Norway‎

1500s in the Ottoman Empire

1500s in the Papal States‎

1500s in the Philippines

‎ 1500s in Poland‎

1500s in Portugal‎

1500s in the Portuguese Empire‎

1500s in Portuguese India

1500s in Venezuela‎

1500s in the Republic of Venice

1500s in Scotland‎

1500s in Spain‎

1500s in Sweden‎

And that’s it. This took a while to complete but I hope this is helpful to some of you. I actually had a lot more fun on this than I thought I would and wouldn’t mind making a master list of other topics.

So, If there are any topics you guys want a post that has most of the resources linked too send me an ask with the subject (like female pirates or something) (if you want specifics make sure to let me know) And I’ll make another one of these for that topic as long as its a topic I’m comfortable with researching :D

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@iowastubborn asked: “I am curious, what alongside CitWs has caught your interest and ignited your passions lately?”

Tylor, you are the best for sending me these asks. I'm sorry my inbox ate your ask and I accidentally deleted my draft and that it's taken me like, two weeks to respond to this.

The short answer is Shakespeare and other early 2010s-Whedon projects.

First things first: Shakespeare.

A few weeks ago, I was talking with a good friend of mine about how I was missing dancing and performing. She told me about a Facebook group that a few people from different theater companies in Fresno had made - doing readings of all of Shakespeare’s plays on Zoom: one comedy (Monday nights), one tragedy (Wednesday nights), and one history (Friday nights) each week. I lurked for a few days before putting my name in to read the Chorus in Romeo and Juliet - I've always loved those opening monologues.

Backing up a bit - it had been years and years since I’d actually read anything by Shakespeare. I majored in English in college. I watched the first series of The Hollow Crown (with Ben Wishaw as Richard II, Jeremy Irons as King Henry IV and Tom Hiddleston as Prince Hal/Henry V) back in 2014 or 2015 - the first time I felt like I enjoyed watching any of the histories.

I've always loved Baz Luhrmann's 1996 Romeo + Juliet. You know the one, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. It's in my top 5 favorite movies of all time (the rest are - as of now - The Cabin in the Woods, Pride and Prejudice {2005}, Lars and the Real Girl, and Lord of the Rings {which I know is totally cheating, since that's a trilogy}).

I participated in that first reading of Romeo and Juliet and it just felt so good - to be reading Shakespeare again, to be listening to Shakespeare again, to be enjoying Shakespeare with other people again.

I had the pleasure of participating in two readings this past week - Troilus & Cressida and Henry V (which might be my new favorite history play). I also got to read Horatio in Hamlet, which was honestly a dream role. This week, I get to participate in Richard III, reading Queen Elizabeth.

As a supplement to these informal readings, I've been consuming a lot of Shakespeare-related media, which ties nicely into my second source of inspiration, early 2010s Whedon projects.

To be completely frank, since rewatching Cabin in the Woods, my latent crush on Fran Kranz has returned with full vengeance, so that's definitely informed a lot of the things I've been consuming. My copious stalking led me to discover he's currently in post-production on his directorial debut, a drama titled Mass, that will feature Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton.

I rewatched Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, which is still my favorite comedy. It absolutely holds up on rewatch. Fran plays Claudio in that one - he also plays Bottom in a 2018 adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream that totally feels like the absolute fever dream that play really is - definitely worth a watch.

I've also rewatched/finished watching Dollhouse for the first time. I think I'd started that one back in 2014 or 2015, saw the first season, and then gotten distracted and never finished it/watched the Epitaphs or any of the second season.

It's not a perfect show, but it's so damn good and frankly, criminally underrated. Episode One of Season Two: Vows, features one of the best scenes I've ever seen on a television show. It's between Fran's character, Topher Brink, and Amy Acker's character - and it is Shakespeare-levels of poetic, so good and painful.

My HEART. I’m in agony and I’m not mad about it.

So, I've been consuming a lot of content. And! I've actually been creating stuff again, which feels so good.

I made a playlist.

I wrote a fic rec post.

May also make a podcast rec post, since I’ve been listening to a lot Shakespeare podcasts to supplement my participation in these readings.

I found a couple of Reylo one-shots I wrote back in 2018 and never posted, so I'm checking those for grammar today and will post them.

It's like my creativity goes underground for long periods, resurfaces occasionally, and then goes fallow again. I wish it was something I could rely on more, but I think I'm not able to because of the demands my life and life choices put daily on my time and my energy, but that's perhaps a post for another day.

It feels good to be in a consume/curate/create cycle right now, so for now, I suppose that’s enough.

Please feel free to keep dropping stuff into my inbox. It really is nice to be asked these kinds of things.

#answered #ask #iowastubborn #lauren writes #lauren talks #idk what tags i'm even using anymore #my writing #shakespeare #much ado about nothing #a midsummer night's dream #romeo + juliet #dollhouse #amy acker #fran kranz #joss whedon

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brookstonalmanac · 3 years

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Events 9.25

275 – For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus. 762 – Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate. 1066 – In the Battle of Stamford Bridge, Harald Hardrada, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King Harold II of England. 1237 – England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border. 1396 – Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis. 1513 – Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean. 1555 – The Peace of Augsburg is signed by Emperor Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League. 1690 – Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time. 1768 – Unification of Nepal 1775 – American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe. 1775 – American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off. 1789 – The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment. 1790 – Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday. 1804 – The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver. 1868 – The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia. 1890 – The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park. 1901-present 1906 – Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control. 1911 – An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship. 1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City. 1915 – World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins. 1926 – The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed. 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan. 1944 – World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek. 1955 – The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded. 1956 – TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated. 1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops. 1959 – Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day. 1962 – The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government. 1962 – The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency. 1963 – Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair. 1964 – The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins. 1969 – The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed. 1974 – Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John. 1977 – About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon. 1978 – PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people. 1981 – Belize joins the United Nations. 1983 – Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison. 1992 – NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion. 1998 – PauknAir Flight 4101, a British Aerospace 146, crashes near Melilla Airport in Melilla, Spain, killing 38 people. 2003 – The 8.3 Mw  Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan. 2018 – Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault.

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viparts · 4 years

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‘The Crown’ Spotlights Queen Elizabeth’s Surveyor of Art—Who Was Also a Soviet Spy – – ARTnews The third season of Netflix’s The Crown, which traces the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II from the years 1964 to 1977, premiered last night with a look at the salacious past of the monarch’s former art surveyor, Anthony Blunt. Veteran English actor Samuel West plays the part. Blunt, a British art historian, is believed to have been recruited by Soviet spies while he was studying at Cambridge University in the 1930s. The KGB agent went undetected for years, and was appointed the art surveyor at Buckingham Palace in 1945 by Queen Elizabeth’s father, George VI. He was charged with overseeing the royal family’s collection of works by Rembrandt, Monet, Artemisia Gentileschi, Leonardo da Vinci, and numerous other figures. In the dramatized portrayal of Blunt’s tenure at Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip encounter the art historian’s preparations for an exhibition of early modern European artworks from the royal holdings at the Guildhall Gallery in London. Pointing to a work by Annibale Carracci, Philip inquires, “Who’s that by?” When he learns the Baroque painter’s name, Philip replies, gruffly, “Never heard of him,” adding of the family’s knowledge of art, “We’re country people, really.” Blunt, whose secret dealings the episode also touches on, served as director of the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, and he published a number of important texts, including a monograph of painter Nicolas Poussin and the book Art and Architecture in France, 1500–1700. In 1964, the year that episode one kicks off, Blunt was discovered by MI5 intelligence officer Arthur Martin, though the art surveyor was given immunity in exchange for a full confession. So as to protect the British intelligence community from humiliation and criticism, Blunt was allowed to maintain his position at Buckingham Palace for 15 more years, until Margaret Thatcher divulged his political treachery to Parliament in 1979. He was subsequently stripped of his knighthood by the Queen. (In The Crown, Blunt concludes a lecture on Carracci’s 1585 painting Allegory of Truth and Time when MI5 shows up to interrogate him.) He said at the time that he felt he’d “made an appalling mistake,” and explained that he was initially drawn to work for the Soviet Union as a way to “serve the cause of anti-fascism.” Blunt added, “This was a case of political conscience against loyalty to country. I chose conscience.” Blunt died in 1983. Powered by WPeMatico

#Art Deco #Novedades del Arte #Original Art Trending News

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elizabeth-karenina · 7 years

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HISTORY TAG Y’ALL

I was tagged by the wonderful and talented @katybirdy95! Thanks so much for including me in this fun tag. :)

Now, just to let y’all know...I can never pick just a couple. This is going to be so incredibly hard for me, and if I cheat and put more in a category than what is asked, you know why. History is my passion and I love so many different eras and a wide range of people.

HISTORICAL FIGURES

1.) Richard III and Anne Neville 2.) Queen Elizabeth II 3.) Dido Elizabeth Belle 4.) Theodore Roosevelt 5.) Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette (they go together, I don’t make the rules)

6.) Maria Feodorovna

7.) Leonardo da Vinci

8.) Prince Albert

9.) Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Portland

10.) Hatshepsut

11.) Cleopatra Selene

12.) William Shakespeare

13. Sophia Dunleep Singh

14. Trung Trac and Trung Ni (they were sisters, so they go together)

15.) Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton

16.) Pocahontas

17.) Edward III and Philippa of Hainault

18.) Eleanor of Aquitaine

19.) Jane Austen

20.) Wu Zetian

HISTORICAL ERAS

1.) War of the Roses 2.) The 18th Century 3.) The Dutch Golden Age 4.) Ancient Egypt 5.) The Progressive Era (1900-1914)

6.) The Gilded Age

7.) The Middle Ages

8.) The Renaissance (both Italian and Northern)

9.) World War II

HISTORICAL FICTION

1.) The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman. (War of the Roses)

2.) The Brother Cadfael series (The Anarchy period in English history) 3.) The Royal Diaries (various women and various time periods) 4.) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (does it count? It takes place during the Napoleonic era) 5.) 1787 by Joan Anderson

6.) The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

7.) The Seventh Son by Reay Tannahill

8.) Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

HISTORICAL NON-FICTION (Listen, I read so much non-fiction, that it’s a but unhealthy. So if I go off the rails, YOU KNOW WHY)

1.) From Splendor to Revolution by Julia Gelardi 2.) The Mythology of Richard III by John Ashdown-Hill 3.) Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser 4.) Dickens: Public Life and Private Passion by Peter Ackroyd 5.) The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer

6.) Mona Lisa: A Life by Dianne Hales

7.) Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

8.) A Royal Experiment by Janice Hadlow

9.) Dear Abigail by Diane Jacobs

10.) Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin by Jill Lepore

11.) The Victorians by A.N. Wilson

12.) Summer of Blood: The Peasant Revolt of 1381 by Dan Jones

13.) The Witches by Stacy Schiff

14.) Aristocrats: The Lennox Sisters by Stella Tillyard

15.) Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert Massie

YOU GET THE IDEA, MY DARLINGS. I’M NOT SORRY.

HISTORICAL DRAMAS (I will add some movies to0)

1.) A Man For All Seasons 2.) Vikings 3.) Band of Brothers 4.) The King’s Speech 5.) The Hollow Crown

6.) Belle

7.) TURN

8.) North and South (2004)

9.) Outlander

10.) The Young Victoria

I could go on, but then I would be including documentaries and what not, and that would get really long.

I tag: @grand-duchessa, @greenkneehighs, @octoberinflorence, @cecilyneville, @michisaccount, @lizzie0278, @catherinedefrance. Have at it, ladies!

#Elizabeth responds to things #my history people #i am so pathetic and passionate WHY #LOL

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The French Wars – Napoleon In Austria

For the Austrian Empire the French Wars, or Napoleonic Wars, experienced devastating effects. Before you stop by the Austrian money, get the story about Napoleon Bonaparte in Vienna, and where by to trace him.

Why Did France Declare War On Austria?

Shortly after Emperor Franz I had fashioned the 3rd Coalition with Russia, Britain and other nations to fight Napoleon in 1804, the French Emperor topped himself King of Italy. In response to this, it was rather Emperor Franz I who declared War on Napoleon. Later on on, this War later turned known as the War of the Third Coalition.

Napoleon And The Habsburgs

Initially, the Habsburgs and their advisers imagined that their alliance with Russia would deter Napoleon. Since of that they did likely not sufficiently equip and practice their military. In addition, Napoleon was considered to attack Austria from Italy. When he inevitably chose the route through Germany, his army managed to defeat the Austrians easily at the Fight of Ulm between 25th September and 20th Oct 1805.

In truth, Napoleon Bonaparte defeated Vienna and the Habsburg Empire 2 times for the duration of his enlargement throughout Europe. In 1805, Austrian Emperor Franz II, who later on became Franz I, shed in opposition to Napoleon in the Fight of Austerlitz in Moravia (in the South of what is these days the Czech Republic), with each other with his ally Tsar Alexander I of Russia. Even though Archduke Charles experienced reformed the Austrian military in 1801 and the Austrian cavalry savored an unrivalled popularity in Europe, the Austrian infantery and cavalry operated in a fragmented way and had been not as efficient.

Napoleon In Vienna

During the French Wars, Napoleon stayed several instances at Schönbrunn Palace in 1805 and 1809, which he chose as his headquarters. The home in which he was reported to have slept is now called Napoleon home.

Apart from loosing territories such as the Tyrol, Venetia and Fore Austria, and spending 40 million francs of indemnity, Emperor Franz abdicated from the Crown of the Holy Roman Empire. It was then in 1806, that the Holy Roman Empire finished after nearly 900 yrs (962-1806).

In 1809 Austria all over again declared war on France and was defeated, this time getting rid of Salzburg and areas of Higher Austria to Bavaria. But not only that: this time, France also obtained Triest, sections of Carinthia and Jap Tyrol.

Why did a Habsburg princess marry the French warlord when he had just defeated her Empire? To pacify Napoleon, Emperor Franz’ daughter Archduchess Marie Louise of Habsburg had to marry Napoleon in the identical 12 months. In this painting by Georges Rouget exhibits Napoleon marries Marie Louise (1810).

The House Of Schwarzenberg In The French Wars

Who led the Allied Forces through the Battle of Nations? It was Austrian army officer Feldmarschall Karl Philipp Prince zu Schwarzenberg, who was commander in main. To give you an notion of the Schwarzenberg dynasty’s energy, the Household of Schwarzenberg owns Palais Schwarzenberg in Vienna, and a palais of the exact name in Prague, amid a series of other castles predominantly in Bohemia. Involving 2007 and 2013, his past descendant, Karel VII served two intervals as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, having earlier served as the President of the Council of the European Union.

References to Napoleon and the French Wars In Vienna

When you pay a visit to Schönbrunn Palace in the course of a Grand Tour, you will move through the Napoleon room, where by the French Emperor stayed for the duration of his time in Vienna. His viewers chamber was the Hall of Ceremonies and the Porcelain area was his research. The Blue Chinese Salon served as his drawing home.

At Palais Lobkowitz, which now homes Vienna’s Theater Museum, the Eroica Corridor reminds indirectly of Napoleon. In the beginning, Ludwig van Beethoven preferred to dedicate his 3rd Symphony to Napoleon, the hero of the French Revolution. The premiere was set to consider position in Lobkowitz Palace’s splendid hall. When Beethoven figured out, nonetheless, that Napoleon had topped himself Emperor, he vividly scratched out his determination.

At gothic Minorite Church, you can see a mosaic copy of the Final Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. As a subject of actuality, Napoleon had commissioned this piece with Italian artist Giacomo Raffaelli. Subsequently, Emperor Franz I purchased the mosaic. Due to the fact it was as well substantial for the Belvedere gallery, the Last Supper now hangs on the church’s Northern wall.

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