Anna of Many Thoughts

Hufflepuff. Downton Abbey Addict. Team Edith/Lavinia. I get emotional about fiction.

[ladymaryjosephinecrawley]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[downton-abbey]

Downton Abbey Christmas Headers. Pls like/reblog.

[princessanneftw]

Happy 77th birthday King Charles III ♡

[princessanneftw]

Princess Anne, Master of The Corporation of Trinity House, arriving to present the Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service on 18 November 2025

[royal-confessions]

“Harry and Meghan attended both the Baby2Baby gala and Kris Kardashian's birthday party at Jeff Bezos's house the same night. The irony of going from a fundraiser for mothers in poverty to join the billionaires who perpetuate the system that keeps those mothers in poverty!” - Submitted by Anonymous

[thepeachboys]

My Mary - October 2025

"You’ll be my Mary always because mine is the true Mary." - Matthew Crawley. He came, he charmed everyone, he conquered the war, he got the girl, he produced an heir, he saved the property and the family name, he died. Everything a hero should do - except for those last two minutes (still too soon to talk about that).

They were made for each other because they were both proud and strong-willed; they both smoothed their edges so they could find common ground.

As a reference, I used a screenshot from a composite image I found on instagram months ago: low quality, very few pixels, but perfect moment I couldn't risk missing.

[royal-confessions]

“Queen Elizabeth was the ultimate boy mom” - Submitted by Anonymous

[petaltexturedskies]

L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

[bitletsanddrabbles]

Several months ago it occurred to me that what I really wanted for my birthday was Awesome Art Nouveau Downton Art. And so I dropped a line to my absolutely awesome friend and former roomie who also happens to be a raving Mucha fan and requested some. Any character! Any pose! Any colour scheme! Didn’t matter, just please, for the love of aging, more awesome art!

I could not, no matter how hard I tried, be happier right now.

[bitletsanddrabbles]

Feel like having this at the top of my blog again…

[downtondownstairs]

Modern technology at Downton Abbey // updated (the fridge has been there earlier but the electric one you could actually use in a “modern” household was invented in the 1920s. Radio transmission has been around longer than 1909 but the first radio programme started broadcasting in 1909. Yes, the typewriter is that old but only in the late 19th century did they build the model we see in that pic.)

[royal-confessions]

“I don't know why Diana had a reputation as a good mother when her children were mostly looked after by nannies and were both sent to boarding schools at 8 years old. Practically from the time they were 8 years old, she only visited them occasionally...It doesn't seem like such an involved mother to me. She didn't raised them at all, she was busy just as much as Charles.” - Submitted by Anonymous

[royal-confessions]

“I don't know why Diana had a reputation as a good mother when her children were mostly looked after by nannies and were both sent to boarding schools at 8 years old. Practically from the time they were 8 years old, she only visited them occasionally...It doesn't seem like such an involved mother to me. She didn't raised them at all, she was busy just as much as Charles.” - Submitted by Anonymous

[thiziri]

Princess Anne and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, held an audience with Her Excellency the Governor, Professor Nimmo, Premier of Queensland the Honourable David Crisafulli MP and Deputy Premier the Honourable Jarrod Bleijie MP at Government House, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on 11 November 2025.

[thiziri]

The Governor of New South Wales and Mr Wilson hosted a Ceremonial Welcome and Reception in the presence of Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, at Government House, on 08 November 2025.

[thiziri]

Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence takes part in a A350 flight simulation during a visit to the Airbus Asia Training Centre in Singapore, currently the largest Airbus flight crew training centre in the world, on 13 November 2025.

[thiziri]

Watched by Princess Anne, Sir Tim Laurence laid a wreath on the grave of his relative Midshipman James Bremridge, who was wounded aboard HMS Repulse and later died, aged 18, at the Kranji War Cemetery, in Singapore, on 12 November 2025.

[princessanneftw]

Master Peter Phillips’ first portrait

Australian Women’s Weekly | 2 May 1979