Recent content by Mariel

I might suggest that W/K are "working" on having a second child. For some people, this is not just a side-event. Catherine was very sick in early pregnancy, and possibly it is anticipated that she will need support when she conceives again. William was with her a lot during those first horrid...

The white and red dress is folkloric, and I like folkloric things, but with the very tall clompy red shoes, not so folkloric as overblown. Should have had some more delicate shoes, not so high.

The pattern on Stephanie's dress is so ugly that it in marked contrast to her happy healthy face and her husband's cheerful look. I can only assume they can't see well when they pick out clothes like this. Stephanie must only look well when someone dresses her, that's all I can assume. This...

Their apartment is the same one as Princess Margaret used? To think that poor Margaret lived with an asbestos lined apartment! Well, I suppose it was probably sufficiently enclosed so as to not poison Margaret. But if they are removing it now, it must be considered some kind of threat...

Approval from here of Princess Beatrice's dress at the wedding of Prince Amedeo. For once she looks regal. Since she does more royal work than formerly, perhaps she had advice on how to look royal at the wedding. It is good to see her wearing pink instead of the usual dark colors. A success!

From what I read, over here in America, Scotland is a republican-minded nation. Which is somewhat too bad, as they have many descendants of the Stuart family there as well as descendants of the Dal Raida (Irish incursion) and other lines. which could make for an interesting brouhaha as to who...

I thought we had an incipient monarchy spread among the Bushes and Clintons. They are saying Jeb Bush might run, and of course Hillary Clinton might run, and Hillary Clinton's daughter Chelsea is active in support of her mother. We were heading for a possible Kennedy monarchy but sadly one by...

If I got to choose my patronages, that would be wonderful. I'm not sure they get a lot of choice. I would be an advocate for research into rare diseases, especially the ones royals have traditionally had. I would be a patron of whatever type of art drew me in at the moment....I haven't...

Catherine Parr was said (on a TV special) to have taken care of old doddering Henry, so she was a kind person. It even showed on the TV program how she tried to keep food away from her (rich food which was too fat) to preserve his health, what was left of it. But Henry sneaked food anyway...

Prince Louis has a way of looking directly at people, either people he's talking to or the camera when he is in a picture. Thus he looks like he not half-there, but wholly there. I've noticed that in his pictures for many years. He looks serious and THERE in the group picture at the First...

Hi Genegirl, I cannot trace my Pollock line to the middle ages--impressive that you could trace yours so far--but all of us Pollocks are descended from Robert Pollock who took that name in the 12th century. That would be 26,000 of us and counting. I found more recently that Robert Pollock...

Concerning Mary's twins who were supposed to be stillborn, I remember a person on another forum many years ago--ten or so--who said that he was descended from one of the twins. He said that they were taken secretly to France, possibly by Lady Mar, and raised there in total secrecy, since it was...

She probably cannot wear rings when she is going to shake hands with people. I saw a picture, on this forum I think, showing her hands looking like they were bleeding after shaking many hands after she became Queen. The hands were either red from sensitivity or bleeding badly. Now one could...

In the modern era, DNA can rule out SOME specific familial diseases. I imagine that this has been done in the cases of non-reigning royals who marry. Quietly, of course. In the case of a "dominant" gene, which descends to 50% of children (or 75% when both parents have it) there is NO chance of...

Replying to your January 2014 post, Ish, I consider your information better than that of the Mormon genealogy records. I happen to have a close-by source of the Mormon records because there is a Mormon church, with a records tie to Salt Lake City, less than a mile from my house. In doing...