The Remittance Man
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2022 10:53 pm
Prince Andrew should be sent to Australia with a small allowance and maybe a house in Wiluna or other suitable resort town.
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It had often been stated, and was firmly believed by many of his descendants, that George Rex was the son of King George III and Hannah Lightfoot. They believed that he had been banished to the Cape, granted large tracts of land there, and forbidden to marry, a story with many later embellishments, that gained ground in the 1860s following contact with Mrs Lavinia Ryves the daughter of the imposter and forger Olivia Serres (Princess Olive).
Doubt was cast on this theory by Patricia Storrar in "George Rex: Death of a Legend". The possibility of Rex having royal blood was shown to be improbable by Y-DNA genetic testing. Kit 177978 belonging to a male Rex descendant of the Rex of Knysna, South Africa, falls within the Y-DNA group that originates from Norfolk, England, that disproves connections to royalty
PALMERSTON - WHERE THE QUEEN'S PASSING IS PERSONAL
On Palmerston, the death of Her Majesty The Queen will be felt particularly because of the long and special links the tiny remote island has with the British Royal Family. The Queen’s great great grandmother, Queen Victoria granted a licence to founding father, William Marsters on 12 October, 1892 (see photo) which led finally to ownership of the island passing to him and his descendants in perpetuity.
Although the Queen herself never made it to the island, her late husband the Duke of Edinburgh visited on the Royal Yacht Britannia in 1972 and according to the late Yolande Browne, great great granddaugher of William Marsters by his first wife, the Royal visitors were astonished when they saw a photo of the patriarch. She told me "They stood in front of the photo and took three steps back and bowed to the photo and said this is our 'lost sheep'." Lord Mountbatten, who accompanied the Duke, is also supposed to have confided that there was a Marsters in his own family and the Duke is said to have acknowledged a probable connection.
In a 1998 letter from Palmerston, the Rev. Bill Marsters adds a further dimension to the story. Referring to William's mother, Ann Armstrong, he said Lord Mountbatten told him Armstrong was a name which originated with the Royal Family of Scotland. "So according to him", he writes, "Ann Armstrong my ancestor was of Royal blood". Bill did his own research and said he discovered that Ann's ancestors were related to King James VI of Scotland (King James I of England).
When Elizabeth was crowned Queen in 1953, I was told one of William's sons was invited to attend the coronation in London. The son was very old by then, so his son (William's grandson) took the invite. But he forgot to tell the Palace that he was attending instead of his father and was refused entry.
While there’s no word from Palmerston about how the Queen’s death has been received, there’s no doubt the island will be mourning in a similar way to when the Duke of Edinburgh died in April, 2021. All the islanders spent the day indoors as a mark of respect for him and the Royal Family and the Union Flag flew at half-mast.
You can read more about the royal connections at https://www.cookislands.org.uk/William- ... royal.html and about the war of words which led eventually to William and his descendants getting ownership of Palmerston at https://www.cookislands.org.uk/William- ... claim.html
The prison or the Johannesburg suburb where I used to live (No. 32, Third Street to be precise)?
Certainly looks like the arse end of nowhere. Equivalent to Riemvasmaak in SA
Hmm!Willuna is home to VMW, a marine weather transmitter operated by the Bureau of Meteorology.
https://movieweb.com/the-lost-king-everything-we-know/It made headlines around the world -- the discovery of the remains of the most notorious king of England that ever lived found buried under a car park in the unassuming English city of Leicester. Richard III's skeleton was discovered in 2012 and, following a remarkable tale of sleuthing involving medieval Welsh poetry and DNA testing, was confirmed as Richard's before being interred in a grand ceremony in Leicester Cathedral.
Now the story is being brought to life for the big screen. Due to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival next month, The Lost King tells the story of real-life writer (and Richard III buff) Philippa Langley. Her hunch resulted in a decade-long quest to find Richard's body, identify it, and give it the royal burial it deserved.
He wouldn't last five minutes, JH. Given that is virtually Public knowlege that he is a PITA; ie an article on Page 4 of the Tuesday October 4th edition of the South Australian Advertiser Newspaper quotes a 'security expert' named Philip Grindell saying "Prince Andrew is a pain in the a--e and if you have ever worked with him, is an unpleasant character...." I suspect that a staffer would end up punching his lights out!Prince Andrew should be sent to Australia with a small allowance and maybe a house in Wiluna or other suitable resort town.