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Good Luck! November 2017.
Dear Rowley, What to make of Prince Harry’s engagement to Meghan Markle? Much has been written about the serendipity of Harry’s choice ergo an American mixed race actress of independent means and strident opinions. The inference is that the Royal … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdication Crisis, Academy Award, Alfred HItchcock, Archbishop of Canterbury, Bertie, David, Dear Rowley, Diana Princess of Wales, Duchess of Sussex, Duchess of York, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Duke of Windsor, France, Grace Kelly, Group Captain Peter Townsend, Helen Lawson, Hollywood, James Sherwood, King Edward VIII, King George V, King George VI, LA, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Lilibet, Lord Frederick Windsor, Marnie, Meghan Markle, Monaco., Mrs Simpson, Prime Minister Baldwin, Prince Andrew, Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Prince of WAles, Prince Rainier, Princess Anne, Princess Grace, Princess Margaret, Queen Consort, Queen Mary, Queen Mother, Royal Family, Stanley Baldwin, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Queen, The Valley of the Dolls
HM The Queen. April 2016.
Dear Rowley, The Queen is ninety. Her sixty-four year reign has broken the record of longest-serving British monarch previously held by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria. Her Majesty and Queen Victoria are the only British monarchs to have lived long enough … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdication Crisis, Angela Kelly, Annus Horribilis, Balmoral, Buckingham Palace, Crown Jewels, Dear Rowley, Diana Princess of Wales, Fringe tiara, Girls of Great Britain & Ireland tiara, Grand Duchess Vladimir tiara, Her Majesty, James Sherwood, King Edward VIII, King George VI, Kokoshnik Tiara, Letters from Bloomsbury Square, Mrs Simpson, Order of the Garter, Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II Personal Collection of Jewellery, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Queen Victoria, Royal Ascot, Sandringham, State Opening of Parliament, Sultan of Brunei, Sultan of Oman, Sultan of Qatar, The Blitz, The Queen, The Queen 90th Birthday, Titanic, Titanic Rose, Trooping the Colour, Wallis Simpson, Windsor Castle
Abdications etc. February 2013.
Dear Rowley, Long time no write. Let me guess, you thought I was at the Davos Summit tearing a slice of Sloppy Giuseppe with Messers Cameron, Osborne and Johnson. The Davos World Economic Forum, that Alpine January jolly for the … Continue reading
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I’ve Been To A Marvellous Party. December 2011.
Dear Rowley, As La Farmer would say, I feel like I’ve been shot out of a canon; rather in the spirit of Carol Channing in Thoroughly Modern Millie hollering ‘raspberries darling!’ . As the old boiler said to the taxi dancer, … Continue reading
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