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[Jacqueline phillips @Jacklavery]

@Ratchy_100 That was lovely to read Rachael, thank you :)

[Rachael @Ratchy_100]

Part 3.
June 2nd 1953
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
This is a 3-part thread 🧵

The people stood up and the Archbishop of Canterbury took St. Edward's Crown from the altar, and said a prayer.

The Archbishop then proceeded to the Queen, who was sitting in King Edward's Chair.

The Dean of Westminster brought him the crown, and the Archbishop reverently put the crown on the Queen's head.

The people repeatedly shouted, "God Save The Queen."

The Princes and Princesses, the Peers and Peeresses put on their coronets and caps, and the Kings of Arms their crown.

Trumpets sounded, and the great guns at the Tower of London were fired.

Now that the Queen had been anointed and crowned, and had received all the signs of the sovereign, the Archbishop of Canterbury blessed her, and all those present at Westminster Abbey replied with a loud “Amen”.

The Queen went to the throne, and was lifted up into it by the Archbishops and Bishops, and other Peers of the Kingdom.

Lords bearing the regalia stood on the steps around the throne.

After the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Duke of Edinburgh offered their fealty to the Queen, all princes and peers present did like-wise, saying to her,

"I, (name) Duke, or Earl, of (name) do become your liege man of life and limb, and of earthly worship; and faith and truth I will bear unto you, to live and die, against all manner of folks. So help me God”.

Queen Elizabeth then knelt and took communion, in a service that included a general confession and absolution, and, along with the people, recited the Lord's Prayer.

The Queen proceeded to Saint Edward's Chapel, gave St. Edward's Crown and the Sceptre and the Rod to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who laid them on the altar in the chapel.

The Queen was then disrobed of the Robe Royal and clothed in a Robe of purple velvet and the Imperial State Crown.

The Archbishop of Canterbury put the Sceptre with the Cross into her right hand and the Orb in her left hand.

The Queen left St. Edward's Chapel to the singing of the National Anthem and then proceeded up the aisle.

The Queen hosted a coronation lunch, which the recipe coronation chicken was created for, and there was a fireworks show on Victoria Embankment.

In the evening Queen Elizabeth II made a live radio broadcast to thank the public.

The British government announced an extra bank holiday that fell on June 3rd and moved the last bank holiday in May to June 2nd to allow for an extended time of celebrations.

The Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal was also presented to thousands of recipients throughout the Queen's realms.

In Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the UK, commemorative coins were issued.

As with the coronation of King George VI, acorns shed from oaks in Windsor Great Park, were shipped around the Commonwealth and planted in parks, school grounds, cemeteries and private gardens to grow into what are known as ‘Royal Oaks’ or ‘Coronation Oaks’.

Further, street parties were held around the United Kingdom.

The Coronation Cup football tournament was held at Hampden Park, Glasgow in May.

News that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had reached the summit of Mount Everest arrived in Britain on Elizabeth's coronation day.

The New Zealand, American and British media dubbed it ‘a coronation gift for the new Queen’.

The following month, a pageant took place over the River Thames as a coronation tribute to the Queen.

Image 1 - St. Edward’s Crown
Image 2 - The Archbishop of Canterbury prepares to crown the Queen
Image 3 - The crowned Queen
Image 4 - Queen Elizabeth proceeding up the aisle of Westminster Abbey after her coronation
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[Jacqueline phillips @Jacklavery]

@Ratchy_100 Thank you Rachael , brilliant read as ever :)

[Rachael @Ratchy_100]

Part 2.
May 25th 1846
The birth of Princess Helena
This is a 2-part thread 🧵

Helena and Christian were married on July 5th 1866, in the Private Chapel in Windsor Castle.

Following a brief stay at Osborne House, they set off on a honeymoon in Paris and Genoa.

Once they returned from their honeymoon, the couple settled at Frogmore House in Windsor.

Over the next eleven years, they had five children.

In 1872, Helena and her family moved from Frogmore House to Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park.

Cumberland Lodge was the traditional home of the Ranger of Windsor Great Park, a position Prince Christian had been appointed in 1867.

Helena took a very active role in royal duties and engagements, something that wasn’t as common as it is today.

Helena was involved in charity work, particularly nursing.

She served as president of the Royal British Nurses Association and was one of the founding members of the British Red Cross.

She was also the founding president of the Royal School of Needlework.

In the late 1870s, Helena suffered several personal losses.

Her son, Prince Harald, died at just 8 days old in 1876, and the following year she would give birth to a stillborn son.

The next year, her sister Alice died.
Although their relationship was strained at the time of Helena's marriage, Helena realised that Alice was just looking out for her and they rebuilt their relationship.
Helena was devastated by Alice’s death.

Helena later wrote a foreword for a book of letters from Alice to Queen Victoria.
The second edition, published in 1885, was titled "Memories of Princess Alice by her Sister, Princess Christian”.

More family tragedy would continue at the turn of the century.

Her closest and favourite brother, Alfred, died in July 1900.

In October, her oldest son, Christian Victor, died of malaria while in South Africa serving in the Boer War.

The year 1901 would bring the two more deaths her mother, Queen Victoria and her eldest sister, Victoria, Dowager German Empress.

Following Queen Victoria's death, Helena continued to support the monarchy, although she was not very close to her brother, King Edward VII.

With King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra now living at Buckingham Palace, Helena needed a new home in London, because unlike many of her siblings, Helena did not have a separate London home and stayed in the Belgian Suite at Buckingham Palace when she was in London.

In August 1902, Edward VII gave her use of the former De Vesci House at 77-78 Pall Mall in London, which had recently been given to the Crown.

It soon became known as Schomberg House, and Helena would live there for the rest of her life.

Schomberg House would then become the home of Helena's two daughters until 1947.

Helena and Christian celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1916, the first in the family since King George III and Queen Charlotte in 1811.

In July 1917, Helena's nephew, King George V, asked his family to relinquish their German titles.

Helena's family dropped the 'of Schleswig-Holstein' from their titles, and Helena officially became just Princess Christian.
She was most known as simply Princess Helena.

Just a few months later, on October 8th 1917, Helena's husband died at Schomberg House.

Princess Helena died on June 9th 1923, at Schomberg House at the age of 77.

She was survived by three of her children and three of her siblings.

Following her funeral on June 15th 1923, held at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, she was interred in the Royal Crypt at St. George's Chapel.

In 1928, her remains, along with those of her husband and son Harald, were moved to the newly established Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore in Windsor.

Image 1 - Princess Helena and Prince Christian on their wedding day
Image 2 - Princess Helena in 1910
Image 3 - The Schleswig-Holstein plot at Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore
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[Charles_voice_mail @Charlesvoicema1]

I saw a couple of posts of this video today and I thought what a shame it was that Benny Hill was no longer with us....

[Jacqueline phillips @Jacklavery]

@Matt_Pinner @Wes_Macc It’s turnip

[Jacqueline phillips @Jacklavery]

@Ratchy_100 @TRHLadyThalia Thank you a wonderful piece Rachael :)

[Rachael @Ratchy_100]

Part 4.
April 1st 1204
The death of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of England
This is a 4-part thread 🧵

Once Henry II defeated the revolt, he had Eleanor imprisoned for the next sixteen years of her life for her part in inciting their sons.

In 1182/83, Henry the Young King had a falling out with his brother Richard when Richard refused to pay homage to him on the orders of King Henry II.
As he was preparing to fight Richard, Henry the Young King became ill with dysentery and died.

In 1186, Eleanor and Henry's third son Geoffrey was trampled to death during a jousting tournament in Paris.

Two sons were left. Richard, the second son, Eleanor’s favourite, and the heir since his elder brother's death, and John, the youngest child, Henry's favourite.

King Philip II of France successfully played on Richard's fears that Henry would make John the next King of England, and a final rebellion broke out in 1189.

Defeated by Philip and Richard, while suffering from a bleeding ulcer, Henry retreated to his residence, the Chateau de Chinon in Anjou.
It was while there he was told that John had publicly sided with Richard in the rebellion, this broke his heart.
Only his illegitimate son Geoffrey, Archbishop of York, was at his father's deathbed.

Henry II died on July 6th 1189, at the age of 56, and was succeeded by his son, King Richard I.

Although Richard was not in England when his father died, one of his first acts as king was to send William Marshal to England with orders to release Eleanor from her imprisonment.

Eleanor travelled to Westminster and received the oaths of fealty from lords and bishops on behalf of Richard.

She ruled England in Richard's name until his arrival in August of 1189, signing herself "Eleanor, by the grace of God, Queen of England”.

Richard spent as little as 6 months in England during his ten-year reign.
Most of his reign was spent on Crusade, in captivity or actively defending his lands in France.

Eleanor escorted Richard's bride Berengaria of Navarre on part of her journey to Cyprus, where he was preparing for the Third Crusade and where the couple married.

Eleanor ruled England as regent while Richard was on the Third Crusade.

Later, when Richard was captured in Germany on his way home from the crusades, Eleanor negotiated his ransom by going to Germany.

In late March 1199, when Richard was dying of gangrene from an arrow wound, Eleanor made her way to his deathbed.

Richard died in his mother's arms on April 6th 1199.

The last son John, became king.

At the age of 82, Eleanor died at Fontevrault Abbey in Fontevrault, near Chinon, in the Duchy of Anjou, now in France.

In 1562, the abbey church was pillaged and looted by the Huguenots during the Protestant Reformation.

There are stories that the royal remains were thrown into a nearby river and also that the monks reburied them in a secret location.

Eleanor's effigy, showing her reading a Bible, survived and can still be seen.

Image - Eleanor's effigy next to Henry II’s
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[Jacqueline phillips @Jacklavery]

@bronwenlthomas @Ratchy_100 @europeroyalsfan Loved reading that Rachael, thank you :)

[Bron @bronwenlthomas]

@Ratchy_100 @europeroyalsfan Thank you Rachael

[Jacqueline phillips @Jacklavery]

@readswithravi Cj sanson
Phillips Gregory
Richard osman

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Have you ever read a book by an author that was so good it made you want to read everything else they've written?

[Jacqueline phillips @Jacklavery]

@Ratchy_100 Thankyou Rachael:)

[Rachael @Ratchy_100]

Part 3.
March 5th 1133
The birth of King Henry II
This is a 4-part thread 🧵

Henry's plans to invade Ireland in 1155 fell through.

Malcolm IV, King of Scots was forced to restore the land given to his grandfather David I, King of Scots to England.

An invasion of Wales occurred in
1157 and then two years later, there was an unsuccesstul campaign in France to assert Eleanor's claim to the County of Toulouse.

Henry concluded an uneasy peace with Eleanor's first husband King Louis VII of France.

In 1160, Louis' two year old daughter Marguerite by his second wife was married to Henry and Eleanor's five year old eldest son Henry.
The reason for the early marriage was political. Marguerite's dowry included the disputed territory of the Vexin and Henry II wanted to possess it.

After taking care of his issues in France, Henry returned to England in 1163 and immediately began a conflict with the Church that would occupy the next several years of his reign.

In 1162, Henry had named his Chancellor Thomas Becket the Archbishop of Canterbury following the death of the previous Archbishop, Theobold of Bec.

Henry hoped that by appointing Becket, the royal supremacy over the English Church would return to what it had been in the days of Henry's grandfather, King Henry I.

However, Becket wanted to prove that he was no mouthpiece for Henry.
An argument developed between the two men over the issue of whether clergy who had committed secular crimes should be tried in secular courts or church courts.

Even those men who took minor orders from the church were considered clergy, the quarrel potentially covered up to 20% of the male population of England at the time.

On June 14th 1170, Henry II's eldest surviving son, Henry the Young King, was crowned junior King of England, while Henry II was still alive, adopting the practice of the French monarchy.

Roger de Pont L'Evêque, Archbishop of York, Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of London and Josceline de Bohon, Bishop of Salisbury participated in the crowning.

This infringed on Thomas Becket's rights as Archbishop of Canterbury to crown all English monarchs.

Pope Alexander III allowed Becket to lay an interdict on England as punishment, forbidding the public celebration of sacred rites.
This threat forced Henry back to negotiations and terms were finally agreed in July 1170.

Becket returned to England in early December 1170.

But just when the dispute with Henry II seemed resolved, Becket excommunicated the three bishops who had participated in the crowning of Henry the Young King.

Henry's anger at the excommunications supposedly led him to ask,
"Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"

This inspired four knights to set off from Henry's court in Normandy to Canterbury where they murdered Becket while he was at prayers in Canterbury Cathedral on December 29th 1170.

Feeling responsible, Henry performed a public act of penance on July 12th 1174, at Canterbury Cathedral, when he publicly confessed his sins, allowed each bishop present to give him five hits with a rod, and allowed each of the 80 monks of Canterbury Cathedral to hit him three times with a rod.
Finally, Henry offered gifts to Becket's shrine and spent a vigil at Becket's tomb.

Image 1 - Early 14th-century representation of Henry and Thomas Becket
Image 2 - Memorial at the site of Becket's murder in Canterbury Cathedral
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[Jacqueline phillips @Jacklavery]

@Ratchy_100 Sending my love Rachael , keep improving j :)

[Rachael @Ratchy_100]

Hello everyone ♥️

I’ll try and keep this update as short as possible but as we know I do like to ramble 🤭

Once again, I’d like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has taken the time to send DM’s and leave lovely messages on posts 🥰

Although my ankle is still swollen and bruised, physically I am healing well.
While inside I’m now down to a support strap, but I’m struggling to fully weight bear, so I’m back to using a crutch for support.
I have to use the boot while outside for at least the next couple of weeks and I can start walking a little bit further, I have to use a walking frame outside anyway so I have plenty of support.
I’ve set little goals to get to with the pup, but I’m not going to beat myself up if I can’t achieve them when I plan to…I’ll get there eventually.

Mentally and emotionally, things are slowly improving as well, but when I get a low…it’s still incredibly low and hard to pull myself back out of it, but the low isn’t there permanently anymore.

I know things are improving because I’m starting to have ideas about new royal history content. But, I still haven’t gotten my books out and started researching and writing yet, but it’s coming.
I’ve also been on X a bit more and getting the urge to start commenting, something I didn’t think was ever going to happen again 7 weeks ago!

I’ve had to invest in some men’s slippers so I can keep my feet warm but also get on & off comfortably over my foot/ankle/strap…so no, I don’t have ‘flipper feet’ like a certain delusional duchess 😂

Sorry, I still managed to ramble on 🙈
Rachael ♥️♥️
#IAmWinning 🎉
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[HenryHazbeen @HazbeenHenry]

Imagine #MeghanMarkle doing this.

Yep. You can’t.

[Jacqueline phillips @Jacklavery]

@Matt_Pinner Still enjoy doing it

[𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 @Matt_Pinner]

At what age did you stop doing this?

[Jacqueline phillips @Jacklavery]

@Matt_Pinner My husband 🤣