Hugh Johnson

Writes on wine, life and gardening.. Trad’s Diary is my garden-facing blog, since 1975: see and my third anthology, Sitting in the Shade.

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@Canellelabelle Burn it, like Sutherland’s portrait of Churchill.

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England’s best cheese?

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@JennyMummey @Bobmack80533544 He was bonkers, poor chap

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@OliLondonTV What a schmuck

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@OliLondonTV Rowling is right. Radcliffe is wrong.

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@MoutonIsAClaret No frost?

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BREAKING: Republican Liz Cheney on Trump’s apparent nomination as Nikki Haley drops out of GOP primary :

“The GOP has chosen. They will nominate a man who attempted to overturn an election and seize power. We have eight months to save our republic & ensure Donald Trump is never anywhere near the Oval Office again.”

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@Jay_Deee_ @Gerashchenko_en Semi?

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@HRHPWales Wow!

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@Canellelabelle Quite

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"Queen Camilla has been seen visiting King Charles everyday but Prince William has only been seen once; He must not care!"😏
No what we have here, that I find quite interesting, is the sharp contrast between the Present of the Monarchy and the Future of the Monarchy; and the contrast between the Couples in regards to how they handle the media scrutiny, when it comes to their private lives🔥
There is an openness coming from KC and QC:
They announced the medical diagnosis ahead of time, gave daily updates on the King prior and after surgery. Camilla is also seen visibly, visiting her husband, smiling to the Cameras and waving to well wishers. It shows a departure toward modernity from the Prior reign, Queen Elizabeth II❤️
As a sharp contrast, The Prince and Princess of Wales have kept the medical diagnostic private; kept everything under wrap until the surgery was sucessfully done and posted ONE main message explaining the next few days and months and mentioning that they will give updates if there was anything noteworthy🔥
Since then, we saw Prince William ONCE driving away from visiting her; We never saw him arriving, and mind you, when we saw him, he was driving from the back entrance. He never used the front entrance.
Yet, Rebecca English who met him inside the hospital, confirmed on palace confidential that he has been visiting regularly but the press has agreed, for the privacy of the other patients and the Princess, to give them privacy🔥
I think this is a very interesting Contrast that show the difference between the Present and future Reigns:
Indeed, King charles and Prince William have very different personalities. KC was always more comfortable and open with the press as opposed to his mother, HMTQ who never gave an interview in 70 years of reign, was quite stoic in public and very private about her family life❤️
So, It has been a pleasant "Deja vu" experience to observe William display that same very old school stiff upper lip stoicism despite being younger and from a different generation.
In fact, the Public is entitled to know about his public life but when it comes to his private life, William gives zero access to it🔥
The way information has been tighly and well controlled from his office during those 2 weeks, giving absolutely nothing away about Catherine or his whereabouts, unless it is a "need to know" basis, makes me have high hope for the Future of the Monarchy🤩
I was afraid we would have an overly modernised Monarchy, losing some of the grace and dignity; glamour yet demureness that filled the Elizabethan age. But William is actually quite old school in his modern way; Quite traditional in his desire to modernise the Future of the monarchy🔥
And that Dignified steadiness and Calm maturity has been quite reassuring to witness these past 2 weeks.
Depending on your natural preference and personality, one might prefer KC and QC more open and modern style or W&C more Private and Traditional style.
As an Elizabethan Royalist, I am leaning strongly toward the traditional Stiff upper lip style that the Wales have. I love the mystique and dignified calm they exude and their very private stance😍I see self assurance, steadiness and a couple in full control of their environement; and I admire that.
As Jamie Lowther Pinkerton aptly said:
"The Monarchy has always changed, it's always evolved; Each generation will do things slightly differently, there will be lots of common themes. That's why it's an Evolution not a Revolution."❤️☕️

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@ozclarke Multiples chapeaux, Cher Oz. Et la chemise, c’est tres agriculteur, n’est ce pas?

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Drinking fountain in Marlon’s Road, Kensington

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My sisters’s debut (she’s 91) is zooming up the charts.

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@PhilipReedman @Dutch_G Thanks Philip. I’d almost forgotten it.

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@Will_Lyons The food too by the look of it.

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The Feast of Stephen

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Glorious. Like a 6 putts Tokaji Aszu. Thanks to crass German wine laws never to be seen again.

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@spskelton And will the prices come down?

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@adams_mena @Mystifeye Leave the woman alone.