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“Mom, who are those boys?”
“Oh, Honey…I’ll tell you when your older.”
“They look like really good friends!”
“…They were, Mackerel. They were.”
Some future blue oc’s? Heck yeah!!
i’ll give ya a lil bit of info, the Airedale Terrier on the left is named Leslie, and the Chow Chow on the right is named “Cinnamon Petal.”
can you guess a bit about them by the tags? :3
Girls are amazing. Being friends with girls is equally amazing.
The Tatler, England, April 22, 1903
People who try to copy historical writing styles don't say enough weird stuff in them. I'm listening to a 1909 story about a ghost car right now, and the narrator just said he honked the car horn a bunch of times, but the way he phrased it was "I wrought a wild concerto on the hooter".
Evelyn Nesbit, Sarony Studios, New York (c.1900)
via stephen spray on pinterest (1/2)
Seaman on the ‘Pommern’ enticing the ship’s cat up on of the shrouds, 1903
𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝑒:
Marina Windsor
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𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝒯𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒:
Her Royal Highness Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, The Duchess of Kent
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𝐵𝓸𝓇𝓃:
Thursday, December 13th, 1906 in Athens, Greece
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𝒫𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈:
Father: His Royal Highness Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark
Mother: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, The Grand Duchess of Russia/Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia
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𝒮𝒾𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈:
Oldest Sister: Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark
Brother In Law: Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
2nd Oldest Sister: Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark
Brother In Law: Count Carl Theodor of Toerring-Jettenbach
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𝒮𝓅𝓸𝓊𝓈𝑒:
His Royal Highness George, The Duke of Kent (M. 1934 - W. 1942)
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𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃:
Oldest Son: His Royal Highness Prince Edward The Duke of Kent
Daughter In Law: Her Royal Highness Katharine The Duchess of Kent
Daughter: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy
Son In Law: The Right Honourable Sir Angus Ogilvy
Youngest Son: His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent
Daughter In Law: Her Royal Highness Marie-Christine Princess Michael of Kent
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𝒢𝓇𝒶𝓃𝒹𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃:
Oldest Grandson: George Windsor, The Earl of St. Andrews
Granddaughter-In-Law: Sylvana Windsor The Countess of St. Andrews
Oldest Granddaughter: Lady Helen Taylor
Grandson-In-Law: Timothy Taylor
2nd Grandson: Lord Nicholas Taylor
Granddaughter-In-Law: Paola de Lupis, Lady Nicholas Windsor
Youngest Grandson: Lord Patrick Windsor
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𝒢𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝒢𝓇𝒶𝓃𝒹𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃
Oldest Great Grandson: Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick
Oldest Great Granddaughter: Lady Marina Windsor
2nd Great Grandson: Columbus Taylor
2nd Great Granddaughter: Lady Amelia Windsor
3rd Great Grandson: Cassius Taylor
3rd Great Granddaughter: Eloise Taylor
Youngest Great Granddaughter: Estella Taylor
4th Great Grandson: Albert Windsor
Youngest Great Grandson: Leopold Windsor
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𝐼𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓈
Education
Medical:
Hospitals
Nursing
Women’s Healthcare
Sports:
Croquet
Law Tennis
The Arts:
Drama
Speech
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𝒲𝓸𝓇𝓀
Chancellor: The University of Kent
Laid the Foundation Stone of the St. Mark’s Church in Bromley, London.
Laid the Foundation Stone of the Cathedral of St. Thomas in Kuching, Malaysia.
Nurse: World War 2 Civil Nurse Reserve
Opened the Outpatient Department of the Lab Kheng Howe Hospital in Sibu, Malaysia.
Patroness: The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson & Obstetric Hospital
Patroness: The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama
Patroness: The Women's Hospital Fund
President: The Royal National Lifeboat Institution
President: The Wimbledon All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club
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𝒟𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽:
11:40 am on Tuesday, August 27th, 1968 at Kensington Palace in London
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𝐵𝓊𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓁:
St. George's Chapel on Friday, August 30th, 1968 and buried in the Royal Burial Ground at the Frogmore Estate in the Home Park at Windsor in Berkshire