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From: The Highlander <>
Subject: Re: Diana, Princess Of Wales & Continuing Mindless Celebrity Worship
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 16:02:27 GMT
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On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:34:52 +0300, Renia <>
wrote:
>D. Spencer Hines wrote:
>> "The Highlander" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>
>>
>>>There were many there who remembered the death of Queen
>>>Victoria, and the prevailing mood was sombre at the prospect
>>>of a young girl aged 27, who was on her honeymoon when she
>>>heard the news of her father's death, ascending to the throne.
>>>King George died February 6th, 1952 and many people wore
>>>black ties out of respect for his memory for months afterwards.
>>
>>
>> 1. Black TIES or black ARMBANDS?
>
>Probably ties. Black armbands seem a later innovation.
>
>
>>
>> 2. Elizabeth was 25, not 27, when her father, King George VI, died. She
>> was not 26 until 21 April 1952.
>>
>> 3. Elizabeth married Philip in November 1947. Charles was born in November
>> 1948 and Anne in August 1950.
>>
>> 4. Yet Elizabeth and Philip were supposedly on their HONEYMOON in February
>> 1952?
>
>
>She was at Tree Tops in Kenya when her father died. State visit or
>holiday, I can't remember. (I wasn't even a twinkle at the time. Ma and
>pa were just getting married themselves.)
>
>>
>> Pogue Highlander is telling TALL TALES again...
>
>Not this time.
>
>>
>> And just making them up as he goes along...
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>Not this time.
>
>>
>> As well as not checking his facts...
>
>Ah, well. Not all of us remember everything as time goes by and banging
>away on a newsgroup doesn't really merit intensive research.
Thank you Renia for your kindness. Your voice raised in my defence
creates a calming contrast to the asinine braying from Pearl Harbor.
One of the things I do admire about David is how he has dedicated his
life to minutae, regardless of how trivial.
>>
>> As Is His Nature.
>>
>> DSH
>>
>> Lux et Veritas et Libertas
>>
>> Veni, Vidi, Calcitravi Asinum
>>
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