Laughing with the Stars

Stars of film, music, and literature, among other things which I enjoy. Proud American living in Canada, born in the '50s and still quite stuck there, tries to be a gentleman!

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“Oh Harold, Kiss me…” Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels in Bashful (1917)

[throughwinterfields]

peter.rajkai

[a-romanov-tribute]

Height of the Romanov rulers

Peter I - 203cm

Alexander III - 190cm

Anna Ivanovna - 189cm

Nicholas I - 189cm

Alexander II - 185cm

Elizabeth I - 177cm

Alexander I - 178cm

Nicholas II - 170cm

Peter III - 170cm

Paul I - 166cm

Catherine II - 159cm

Catherine I - 157cm

Via: @aavast

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This is a fun graphic. Note that even though his height is almost always mentioned, Nicholas II was NOT the shortest ruler of Russia. Below, see the conversion to feet and inches of the heights in centimeters for those not conversant with the metric system:

Peter - 203 cm / 6’ 7.9”

Alexander III - 190 cm / 6’ 2.8 “

Anna Ivanovna - 189 cm / 6’ 2.4”

Nicholas I - 189 cm / 6’ 2.4”

Alexander II - 185 / 6’ 08

Elizabeth I - 177 / 5’ 9.7”

Alexander I - 178 cm / 5’ 10.1”

Nicholas II - 170 cm / 5’ 6.9”

Peter III - 170 cm / 5’ 6.9”

Paul I - 166 cm / 5’ 5”

Catherine II - 159 cm/ 5’ 2.6”

Catherine I - 157 cm/ 5’ 1.8”

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Tsar Alexander III and his Youngest son Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich. 1880s.

They were certainly having fun!

Source:vk

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George V

AKA- Daddy England

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Perhaps the most alarming such incident involved Queen Victoria herself, as her mother described:

She [The Queen] was not always so lenient towards the behaviour of small children. I remember when Alice was a little girl of four, she, like many grandchildren and great-grandchildren before her, refused to kiss Grandmama’s hand, and when Grandmama, in a severe voice, said “naughty child’ and slapped her hand, Alice slapped back, saying “Naughty Grandmama.” I had hurriedly to remove the offender.

Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece - Huge Vickers

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With Prince William. Australia tour

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Perhaps the most alarming such incident involved Queen Victoria herself, as her mother described:

She [The Queen] was not always so lenient towards the behaviour of small children. I remember when Alice was a little girl of four, she, like many grandchildren and great-grandchildren before her, refused to kiss Grandmama’s hand, and when Grandmama, in a severe voice, said “naughty child’ and slapped her hand, Alice slapped back, saying “Naughty Grandmama.” I had hurriedly to remove the offender.

Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece - Huge Vickers

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“no diamonds.” | victoria & albert’s wedding day, real vs. reel.

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Queen Victoria, 1847  Queen Victoria is depicted dressed in her wedding wreath of orange blossom flowers and her wedding veil, with the small collar of the Garter. She also wears the brooch Prince Albert gave her on their wedding day and the ear-rings and necklace made from the Turkish diamonds given to her by the Sultan Mahmúd II in 1838. She noted in her Journal that the painting was ‘a surprise for my beloved Albert, for 10th of Feb’. It was placed in the Prince’s Dressing Room at Windsor. Signed and dated: Fr Winterhalter. Inscribed on the back with the names of the sitter and artist and the date, 1847, with the date of the Queen’s marriage, 10 February 1840.Provenance

Given to Prince Albert by Queen Victoria, 24th February 1847 [Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010, pg 460] Creator(s)

Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73) (artist)

Acquirer(s)

Prince Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-61) Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021

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Victoria Melita's granddaughters, late 1950s.

Princesses Kira and Marie Cécile of Prussia.

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Portraits of Princesses Marie and Victoria Melita in 1892.

Photographs by William Heath, Plymouth.

I found this photo of Sandra from the same session owned by Alamy.

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Grand Duchess Victoria Melita of Hesse and by Rhine with her sister, Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, c. 1898.

Source: @carolathhabsburg

Peace be upon her 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Princess Victoria Melita (future Grand Duchess of Hesse and later Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna) and Princess Marie (future Queen Marie of Romania) of Edinburgh/Saxe-Coburg. Cousins of Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna

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Zamek Książ, Wałbrzych, Poland

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THE SIRENS SONG.

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I hear singing o'er the water,

Sirens songs and laughter,

Calling to me, come to me.

Whispers from the ocean,

That set my soul in motion,

Wait for me, please wait for me.

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The moon is in the glassy sea,

The sky is red, as red can be,

And beyond the pier my lovers wait.

Hurry, hurry, the Sirens song,

My journeys taking way too long,

And I fear that I will be too late.

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And then I'm in their ice cold arms,

Lost forever to their Sirens charms,

Drowning, sinking, weeping.

And all too late I realise,

The love that's in the Sirens eyes,

Is not the love that I was seeking.

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Ambrose Harte

Scattered Thoughts

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