My goodness! Which castle would that be??
My goodness! Which castle would that be??Just saw this in a group I follow on Facebook... Has anyone else ever heard of this?
Body in the Wall
Mary, Queen of Scots gave birth to her son, James, in the castle’s “birthing room”–or did she?
It is said that during excavations of the castle “the skeleton of a newborn child wrapped in a rich silken cloth [was found] built into the wall of the banqueting hall next to the castle courtyard. The silk cloth was identified as belonging to Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots.” Some speculate that Mary’s son died at birth, the tragedy was hushed up, and the baby of another lady at court was substituted.
Edinburgh I think?!My goodness! Which castle would that be??
The difference is those people don’t have grace and favour residences, servants, privilege beyond dreams and everything else including their bank balances, given to them on a plate, not having to worry about their children’s or grandchildren’s futures because they’re assured. Sure she can step in and do some work, least she can do!No, she doesn’t but at least she’s good at what she does. She could just meet up with her friends and go shopping, watch Loose Women etc like a lot of women in their mid 50s who stopped working when they had their first child. I’m a bit younger than her and lots of the women I know her age don’t work, they bought their first properties in the late 80s and have comfortable set ups.
What about if you really, really liked sitting round at boring events that you had no interest in for hours on end, 180 days a year?True.
Nothing would make it worth marrying into the Royal Family.
You’re not wrong. Our royal family have some very advantageous tax arrangements. The queen only started paying tax, ‘voluntarily’ (haha) in the nineties. Nobody knows how much she pays or whether she pays at the same rates as the rest of us. Bothe the Duchy of Lancaster and the Duchy of Cornwall enjoy special tax concessions. There’s a very good book called, ‘And What Do You Do?’ that covers this subject, and others related to the behaviour of the royals in detail.I was reading something this morning about the Spanish Royals. Blimey that Juan Carlos being forced to abdicate because of his dodgy tax dealings. I wonder if that would happen here or whether the press would cover it up? Our Royals would probably get away with a lot more because of the amount of arse lickers we have in the press.
Pretty sure the odds of that at some point are very high!Edinburgh I think?!
Would mean our entire royal family isn't royal wouldn't it?! I doubt it's true but I love stuff like this.
I'll read that book. Yes the sisters were stripped of all their Royal duties and titles by King Felipe.You’re not wrong. Our royal family have some very advantageous tax arrangements. The queen only started paying tax, ‘voluntarily’ (haha) in the nineties. Nobody knows how much she pays or whether she pays at the same rates as the rest of us. Bothe the Duchy of Lancaster and the Duchy of Cornwall enjoy special tax concessions. There’s a very good book called, ‘And What Do You Do?’ that covers this subject, and others related to the behaviour of the royals in detail.
I’ll read up on Juan Carlos’s activities. One of his daughters, and the sister of the current king, was arrested with her husband a couple of years ago for embezzling pubic funds via a charity. How modern royals must wish that they had been around in a time when we all knew our places and never questioned what went on!
I read a really interesting book where they looked back at her historical laundry and linen records and it looks like she had periods (so wasn't a man) but they were never regular. Apparently she fasted an awful lot for religous reasons and this could have affected her fertility further. Her sister Mary I also had a similar menstrual pattern of very occasioanl periods, so it could be a genetic reason they couldn't have kids.Ooh yes, lots of scurrilous theories. She was a man (hence never married), she had a lover think erm Robert Dudley whose wife died in suspicious circumstances but she didn't marry him due to rumour he'd shoved the wife down the stairs and she didn't want her reputation tainted by a possible murderous spouse, oh and also she was actually the court bike, not a virgin at all and up for it with anyone!
Imagine if they'd had Tudor Tattle
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Sorry, still catching up! Back to more recent times...
Me too - she was my nan's cousin (or the cousins daughter - I forget which)! Hello family memberI am Irish and a few years ago I was visiting my Aunt in New York. She said to me one evening, you know that cousin of ours that got married to the cousin of Princess Grace of Monaco... No? Apparently I am related (by marriage) to the Monaco royalty!!
Hello!!!!Me too - she was my nan's cousin (or the cousins daughter - I forget which)! Hello family member
You're spot on with that.Yes I like Sophie. And Charles and Camilla. I was reading something this morning about the Spanish Royals. Blimey that Juan Carlos being forced to abdicate because of his dodgy tax dealings. I wonder if that would happen here or whether the press would cover it up? Our Royals would probably get away with a lot more because of the amount of arse lickers we have in the press. You only have to look at their hysteria over Harry and Meghans 'crimes' compared to Andrew and his protection by the Queen. I dont know much about the European Royals but apart from the bonkers Monaco lot they seem far more streamlined and low key.
Wasnt there a sex scandal involving Chris de Burgh a while ago? A cheesy love song clearly goes a long way to disguise dodgy haircuts and weird features!
I'm finding it hard to imagine having a job where my duties include documenting menstrual patterns of past royals, going off their laundry and linen recordsI read a really interesting book where they looked back at her historical laundry and linen records and it looks like she had periods (so wasn't a man) but they were never regular. Apparently she fasted an awful lot for religous reasons and this could have affected her fertility further. Her sister Mary I also had a similar menstrual pattern of very occasioanl periods, so it could be a genetic reason they couldn't have kids.
Catherine Parr died soon after though. She never got much of a chance did she. Anne of Cleves attended Elizabeth I's coronation.Yes there are all sorts of stories about how ugly Anne of Cleves was but basically Henry was obese, impotent and had a wound on his leg that was infected and effectively rotting away. He blamed Anne of Cleves for being so ugly that he couldn't get it up even though they got on very well and he treated her very fondly after their divorce. He couldn't conceive with pretty 17 year old Kathryn Howard or Catherine Parr either. She went on to have a child after his death with her next husband.
Less likely to show as much with a first pregnancy but but more with subsequent ones and earlier.But she showed with her other pregnancies. It's very very unusual for women not to show with just 1 pregnancy.
@Dinnerbag Thanks. I'll go down a rabbit hole now.
Don't think our current Royal Family is particularly descendent all the way from Mary Queen of Scots anyway?Edinburgh I think?!
Would mean our entire royal family isn't royal wouldn't it?! I doubt it's true but I love stuff like this.
No, the Queen is theoretically directly descended from Mary Queen of Scots. The crown passed between cousins - George I was a great grandson of James I/VI. I say theoretically obviously because fathers just can’t be guaranteed! But in George’s case his line went through women so he at least was pretty certainly descended from Mary.Don't think our current Royal Family is particularly descendent all the way from Mary Queen of Scots anyway?
It all goes very murky in the 1600s and 1700s with the throne passing through various cousins and grandchildren. Think it's actually only relatively recently, Queen Victoria onwards, that it's been a "clean" and straightforward inheritance from one generation to the next.
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