The greens, white and black. Stunning. Doria and the Queen must have coordinated colors.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to marry in the spring
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The greens, white and black. Stunning. Doria and the Queen must have coordinated colors.
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Wow, gorgeous. And getting all the little kids lined up like that is no easy task. The Mulroney twins are adorable. I was so impressed with all the little ones during the wedding service, too.
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Back home. I wonder if Harry carried Meghan over the threshold of their new apartment. First Royal engagement as a married couple tomorrow.
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My mum got invited to tomorrows garden party at Buckingham Palace but had to decline as she's abroad. It's Charles's party but Meg & Harry are going to be there too. Wish if I could take her place!
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This just made me laugh out loud!
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I am going to miss everyone for two or so days. This thread has been so delightful.
Greg, love and light to you.
I'll have to find my Scottish Tartan... It's so beautiful. -William Stirling is one of my Mayflower relatives and Stirling is the middle name of one of my siblings. All I remember is my dad making such a big hoopla over our early settler roots. William Brewster is the other.
So my mom, many decades later, tracked down the Stirling Tartan and bought a swath of the material. It is a predominately blue tartan, a gorgeous mix of slate and celedon blues with delicate reds running through it...
When the Braveheart film was made, it added a visual dimension to the history, even though I'm sure there are inaccuracies, for Hollywood.
The whole royal wedding has stirred up my curiosity again... My family, my heritage is a total mix of English Scottish Irish and German, but the English and Scottish lineage is well tracked going back to the mayflower. In fact, the women in my family, my grandmother and mother, denounced the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) who were very active in their recruitment efforts of me and my sisters in the early 60's.
Someday, I'd love to visit Scotland. Macintosh is one of my all time favorite architects, furniture designers, and artists. ETA: I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Macintosh exhibit here in NYC, in the 90's where they recreated his Tea Room.
I had dinner with my dad last night and we were both misty over the royal wedding, I was reminiscing over my choir girl days at Trinity Eposopical Church. Here in America there was no better musical education to be found than in the sacred music of the Church of England. I realize now what a gift that was.
ETA: I'll have to go back to the mayflower thing because I could have my relatives mixed up. I remember there were many Williams; Bradley, Brewster, Stirling... Think it might have been Bradley and Brewster on the Mayflower. Thankfully, I have a cousin who has a whole website devoted to the family tree. I was always like wth, but now, I'm curious...
Greg, love and light to you.
I'll have to find my Scottish Tartan... It's so beautiful. -William Stirling is one of my Mayflower relatives and Stirling is the middle name of one of my siblings. All I remember is my dad making such a big hoopla over our early settler roots. William Brewster is the other.
So my mom, many decades later, tracked down the Stirling Tartan and bought a swath of the material. It is a predominately blue tartan, a gorgeous mix of slate and celedon blues with delicate reds running through it...
When the Braveheart film was made, it added a visual dimension to the history, even though I'm sure there are inaccuracies, for Hollywood.
The whole royal wedding has stirred up my curiosity again... My family, my heritage is a total mix of English Scottish Irish and German, but the English and Scottish lineage is well tracked going back to the mayflower. In fact, the women in my family, my grandmother and mother, denounced the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) who were very active in their recruitment efforts of me and my sisters in the early 60's.
Someday, I'd love to visit Scotland. Macintosh is one of my all time favorite architects, furniture designers, and artists. ETA: I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Macintosh exhibit here in NYC, in the 90's where they recreated his Tea Room.
I had dinner with my dad last night and we were both misty over the royal wedding, I was reminiscing over my choir girl days at Trinity Eposopical Church. Here in America there was no better musical education to be found than in the sacred music of the Church of England. I realize now what a gift that was.
ETA: I'll have to go back to the mayflower thing because I could have my relatives mixed up. I remember there were many Williams; Bradley, Brewster, Stirling... Think it might have been Bradley and Brewster on the Mayflower. Thankfully, I have a cousin who has a whole website devoted to the family tree. I was always like wth, but now, I'm curious...
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I'm surprised WS is here and not off line....
At least I got to catch up on this thread!!
At least I got to catch up on this thread!!
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That is a shame your Mum has to miss the party.
Hi Rose. Thank you for your good wishes I really appreciate them. Stirling tartan is lovely. Thank you for sharing your Scottish connections. I hope you make it over one day as it is beautiful.
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Do you mean William Bradford? I’m descended on my mother’s side from Bradford and John Alden (“Speak for yourself, John Alden,” said Priscilla). We sound like the same mix. My maternal great grandfather was English, a more recent immigrant than the Mayflower bunch. I have Irish grandparents on my Dad’s side who ended up in Wisconsin in the late 1800’s. My maternal great-great grandmother was Scottish and my great-great grandfather was German. They met in Germany and married in NYC. I haven’t dabbled in genealogy in ages, but it’s fun.
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Lilibet, oh my goodness, yes, it's William Bradford. TY, I get so confused. Last name on my paternal side is Ford.
O.M.G., maybe some of us are long lost relatives!!!
On my mom's side there are the Weckerleys (sp?). We always referred to as the Von Weckerleys!!! For drama! My mom had an Uncle Frank and Marion who had an orange grove in Florida, Orlando before Orlando, that she used to visit as a child before WWII. That's where the DAR comes in. My mom's side is from the south. But my Dad's side, and many of my relatives are New Englanders.
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You have interesting ancestry! Mine is Irish all the way back on both sides. We did get excited once when we thought we'd discovered a maternal great great grandfather from Glasgow, but it turned out he'd just gone to Glasgow for a few years and then returned home. So, yeah, completely homogenous ancestry - my family tree is probably a white supremacists dream, but I think a mixture would be more interesting.
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A bit Irish on my side, too. but otherwise pretty British I think. Maybe we're ALL cousins, that would be a lovely end to a lovely thread!
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, snakey sister Samantha is still trashing everyone she knows, what a horror.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ther-Doria-Ragland-cashing-royal-wedding.html
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- Bbm: Think that's why I've always downplayed my ancestry. Especially after the 80's rise of the neo nazis here in the U.S --Like a curse over everything good... It's a damn shame.
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It is a damn shame. Everybody should be proud of their ancestry and where they come from, regardless of race.
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“MEGHAN Markle’s half sister has given her most explosive interview yet, claiming the Duchess’ mother Doria Ragland ‘cashed in’ on her daughter, as she accused the Royal Family of ‘inbreeding’ and ‘substance abuse’.
Samantha Grant, the daughter of Meghan’s father Thomas, also bizzarely pleaded with the newly-titled Duchess of Sussex to reunite with her family after nearly 10 years of estrangement, despite continuing to criticise her and the royals.
“I watched the bishop talk about love and unity and forgiveness and I hoped it would strike a chord within Meghan,” Samantha told The Sun.
So if that was real and if I were to define a principle to all of this then it would be that we all just work for a peaceful resolution and reunion as a family.
“This should ride on her conscience as a moral obligation to at some point communicate with me and be united rather than divided — as that was the whole message.
“If she wants to do the morally and religiously right thing then she will and I’m open to that.”
http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...o/news-story/885ad669a988cd8ad264f22377766037
I wish Samantha would do the right thing and shut up for good. Nobody is interested in what this nobody has to say about anything.
Samantha Grant, the daughter of Meghan’s father Thomas, also bizzarely pleaded with the newly-titled Duchess of Sussex to reunite with her family after nearly 10 years of estrangement, despite continuing to criticise her and the royals.
“I watched the bishop talk about love and unity and forgiveness and I hoped it would strike a chord within Meghan,” Samantha told The Sun.
So if that was real and if I were to define a principle to all of this then it would be that we all just work for a peaceful resolution and reunion as a family.
“This should ride on her conscience as a moral obligation to at some point communicate with me and be united rather than divided — as that was the whole message.
“If she wants to do the morally and religiously right thing then she will and I’m open to that.”
http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...o/news-story/885ad669a988cd8ad264f22377766037
I wish Samantha would do the right thing and shut up for good. Nobody is interested in what this nobody has to say about anything.
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Inside Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Royal Wedding Receptions
https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/meghan-markle-prince-harry-royal-wedding-reception.html
"During the lunch, Prince Harry reportedly gushed about Meghan in a speech.
After the ceremony, guests of the fancy nuptials headed to a lunch reception. There, Prince Harry reported gave an emotional speech, during which he professed his love and admiration for his new wife. According to the Sun, Prince Harry told Meghan (and the room) that they make “great team.” He added that she “navigated everything with such grace,” and then said, “I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you.”
I read somewhere else that Meghan gave a speech as well, which is a break from tradition. It was so fun following the wedding festivities all weekend, I'm sad that it's over!
https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/meghan-markle-prince-harry-royal-wedding-reception.html
"During the lunch, Prince Harry reportedly gushed about Meghan in a speech.
After the ceremony, guests of the fancy nuptials headed to a lunch reception. There, Prince Harry reported gave an emotional speech, during which he professed his love and admiration for his new wife. According to the Sun, Prince Harry told Meghan (and the room) that they make “great team.” He added that she “navigated everything with such grace,” and then said, “I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you.”
I read somewhere else that Meghan gave a speech as well, which is a break from tradition. It was so fun following the wedding festivities all weekend, I'm sad that it's over!
Me too... Irish/Scottish... Dash of German. Married 1/4 Cherokee (my ex-father-in-law looked like August Schellenberg -well,sans earring)
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That isn't accurate. Charles is allowed to say no. Remember how QE2 ended up as Queen.
If Charles says no, then William would become King.
Correct, it's not about popularity, I was simply saying that in the past polls have suggested a preference for William as our next King over Charles; doesn't mean that Charles would do that.
We are not a republic and that's alright.
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