#ch wales

[ask-the-countryhumans]

Hey Scotland and Walrs how are you two celebrating the queens death

(God this is so late im sorry, let’s pretend were all still celebrating the death of the colonizer okay?)

“Drinking and partying man!” Scotland said, hyped as all hell.

“England’s been trying to get in for 20 minutes but we’re not letting him innnn!” Wales then yelled. Clearly drunk.

*meanwhile*

“Guys! I wanna celebrate too! Cmon let me in!!” England said kicking at the door. “I brought beer and everything!”

[k1ng0k]

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[speakingviscera]

my wales design ummm

[the-busy-ghost]

No disrespect to the particular English accent that birthed this atrocity, we all have our own sins to atone for, but as a Scot I’m tempted to accuse google of perpetrating a hate crime by describing this monstrous mispronunciation as the correct “British” one

[eviesaurusrex]

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Harry Styles x British Royal!Reader

Her Royal Highness Princess YN, daughter to Prince Charles and late Princess Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales, younger sister to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and granddaughter to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh would’ve never thought to meet Harry Styles by accident—by literally running into him. And Harry Styles would’ve never thought to meet the Princess of England again after that seemingly fateful afternoon.

faceclaim: Saoirse Ronan

author’s note: I’m really super excited for this one, but please bear with me if I don’t get the titles right. I’m still putting more knowledge into my head about it! This work is pure fiction and entirely self-indulgent on my behalf.

series masterlist » ch. 1 is here!

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theroyalfamily Happy 27th Birthday Princess YN! 🎂

📸 Chris Jackson (chrisjacksongetty) and the Duke of Sussex, earlier this month.

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hsfan1 It’s Her Highness’s birthday AND Fine Line got released today - this is the best day of my life. Happy Birthday!

ynismyqueen HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY QUEEN

yourfan1 Happy Birthday, Your Highness!

yourfan2 She looks SO stunning! Happy Birthday, YN!

yourfan3 How is it possible that she looks so much like her mother 🥺 Happy Birthday, princess ❤️

↳ dianaforever right? I thought the same, especially while I looked through the older pictures and the more recent ones. Diana’s genes really said “Excuse me, that’s my spot” while creating this angel of a woman 🥺

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↳ yourfan3 Totally 🥹

hsfan2 Fine Line release, Gemma liked this post, what a day. Now I’m waiting for Harry to like this one too, so my shipper-brain can go into a frenzy 💀

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mrsamclaflin I wish you a very Happy Birthday, Your Royal Highness 🎂

↳ everyonesfan And there he is! Like always: on time ❤️

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↳ mrsamclaflin Of course!

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royalistsbitch Can you marry me, my princess? 🥺😮‍💨 HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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The morning of her birthday was always a hectic matter. One could easily mistake this particular day for the birthday of the Queen herself, but in reality, it was only the result of a family who deeply adores the youngest child of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. But the royal protocol was still in place—not even the Princess of England could change that on her special day. That’s why her entire day was strictly and thoroughly planned, except for a few hours in the morning after her Lady of the Bedchamber had woken the princess to begin the day. Her Mistress of the Robes had already hung the several cautiously put-together outfits at the beautifully crafted screen separating the space in front of the closet from the rest of the dressing room. One look at them, and the princess sighed deeply after crawling out under the thick blankets dominating the comfortable bed. The outfits were nice, of course, but the meaning behind two out of the three meant official duties because, after twenty-six years inside this family, she knew how to figure out her day at the sight of clothing pieces. At least one piece each was in her favorite color, even though the entire attire reminded her of her Granny.

Another sigh left the princess, but the one present thought—I want to go back to bed—vanished at the prospect of a beautiful winter day with blue sky, fluffy, sheep-like clouds, and the sun shining down on busy London. Leaning against the wall next to the grand windows stretching from almost the floor up to two-thirds of the high ceiling, YN looked out of it, straight onto the usually beautiful garden, but now all she saw was bare trees and brown grass. Her face immediately showed the displeasure at the sight. She loved Kensington, she really did, but the winter-y gloom made everything dull and unpleasant. Even though she was born in December, YN most definitely wasn’t a winter child—she preferred spring and summer over anything else.

The soft knock at the French door leading into her apartment let YN turn around with a grin. “Come in!” Her voice traveled towards the waiting party of three men in front of her humble home, and after one of the doors got opened, a head with tousled red hair peeked inside. As soon as his eyes fell onto the youngest Mountbatten-Windsor of the trio, his lips stretched into a wide grin. “There she is! Our birthday girl,” he exclaimed and pushed the door wide open to reveal a smiling William and an as bright as his sons smiling Charles.

Harry looked at the other two expectantly after his father had closed the door, and moving his arms in a counting manner, the younger prince started to count. “And one, two, three…” Suddenly the three men began to sing.

“Happy Birthday to You

Happy Birthday to You

Happy Birthday Dear YN

Happy Birthday to You!”

Grinning and chuckling, YN clapped excitedly, face beaming with utmost joy. She jumped into her eldest brother’s arms and hugged him close as he kissed her head softly. “Happy Birthday, sunshine,” he wished her, and the woman kissed his cheek. “Thank you, old man,” she returned with a grin while William only rolled his eyes.

Harry grinned as brightly and wide as she did, passing the cupcake with the already lit candle and an envelope with a massive bow to William before hugging her close and lifting her off the ground, her feet dangling under her dark blue robe in the air. “Happy Birthday, jellybean.” YN pressed her lips to his bearded cheek and grinned even wider. “Did you plan this little get-together?” The middle child of them nodded proudly. “You can bet on it. Dear Willy over there tried to talk me out of it because he thought you’d be sleeping in. I told him it would be bollocks because you, dear sister, never stop working.” William scoffed, and they both turned to him. “Excuse me and my assumptions that someone would let her sleep in on her special day.” Charles laughed softly behind his hand before opening his arms and wrapping his youngest child into a loving hug. “You know how it goes, boys,” he told the two princes and gently kissed YN's forehead. “Happy Birthday, sweetheart,” he wished her and kissed her forehead another time. “Thank you, papa,” YN spoke silently and nuzzled into the warm embrace.

Ever since returning from Oxford, the father-daughter duo had spent less time than usual together because they had been both busier than normal. With her degrees in Politics and International Relations and Literature—the latter had been her choice of study—she suddenly had sort of acquired a new status within the Royal Family. She had tended to her charitable work but had also spent more time with the reception of political figures and had pushed herself into a new field of charities: political education among the students in their country. And Charles had attended his appointments and public functions as Prince of Wales.

It was good to feel his hug again. It had always been one the safest places on earth for the princess.

William cleared his throat to continue with the program in the form of cake and presents. Well, a cupcake and one present. The rest would have to wait until YN’s duties were fulfilled and the entire family would come together. The planned dinner would be the grandest in a long time.

“So, we put our heads together for this present, and it was the only thing we could come up with because everything else was already stolen by the rest of the lot—and Harry over there can call himself lucky for coming up with at least one idea,” William explained while holding the envelope up, but Harry swatted his hand and took the plate with the cupcake in his own hands. “Will you let her at least blow the candle and wish for something before you jump directly to the next point on the list? Thank you very much. And thanks for the hit. Welcome to the Sleep Deprivation Society, my ass.” Shaking his head in exaggeration—William only laughed under his breath while Charles threw his two sons' scolding looks— the redhead held the cupcake right in front of her face, the purple and white swirled candle still with a flame on top of it. “Go on, jellybean,” he smiled down at the blonde woman, and YN closed her eyes before blowing the candle out, and the men started to clap.

Smiling, she opened them again and clapped both hands. “You were saying something about this envelope, Will?” Excitement was clearly visible in her bright eyes and the eldest chuckled before passing it to her. “It’s from all three of us.” Nodding, she grinned at every man in their small round. “Thank you,” she already said, and Harry rolled his eyes. “Open it first before thanking us,” he teased her, and with a breathless bit to her lower lip, YN opened the envelope with much more force than needed and let the paper slowly fall to the carpet under her bare feet.

Her eyes widened as soon as they realized what she held in her hands, and with a squeal, the princess started to jump up and down. “It is… it is…” She couldn’t bring the sentence to an end, too overwhelmed and excited to utter a coherent one. The brothers and the father exchanged proud looks before turning back to the still-squealing princess. “You really got me a ticket for Harry Styles?!” YN still couldn’t believe it even though she held the paper in her very own hands.

Charles softly stroked her blonde hair. “Your grandfather told me something fundamental, and that was to let you live your life. I know you miss your studies dearly, the life you had in Oxford, the freedom. That is why I will try to give this back to you, even if it’s only for a couple of hours or days at a time.” With nothing but wonder, YN stared up at her father, not knowing where all of this was coming from so suddenly. But she hadn’t to ask at the same time because she knew her grandpapa and how he wanted for every single one of them to gain a small amount of freedom back, but especially for her—the baby of the family.

It was freedom in moderation, of course, but YN had learned over the years that this was the best she could get. So she embraced the little independence she could acquire between the Royal Protocol and her family, the public eye, and her duties because she never wanted to end like her beloved mother.

Her arms wrapped around the older man and held him close. “Thank you, papa,” she whispered into the soft cotton of his vest and felt his hand stroking her back. “Not for this, sweetheart. Not for wanting a piece of normality in your life.”

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vogue_uk We had the utmost honor to interview Her Royal Highness, Princess YN. We talked about the life of a “modern” princess, how life in Buckingham Palace has shaped her and her interests, and we even tickled out the answer to our question about which of her Christmas presents she loved the most—and which member of the Royal Family had gifted it.

Click the link in our bio to see|read the full interview with Princess YN!

PS: The Princess of England is funnier than most people.

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vogue_uk “I will probably shock the world in its very foundations with this answer, but my most loved present this year was by far the Fine Line vinyl Will [His Royal Highness, Prince William] gifted me—the gorgeous limited edition, you know which one, don’t you? The stunning black and white? Yes, exactly this one. Now everyone probably will ask themselves, ‘Why didn’t she buy it herself on the release day?’ Well, for that, you have to understand our family traditions: We swore an oath never to buy the things we like to have about which we already have talked in the past, so no one will feel the embarrassment of a mediocre excited face on Christmas Morning because one already got it themself. It’s the most horrendous feeling in existence—well, during Christmas and birthdays, at least.”

ynandharryshipper The princess probably woke up the morning of the interview and thought to herself, “I wanna see this internet burn,” and then casually proceeded with her plan😮‍💨

↳ yourfan1 Totally 😂

hsfan1 Did YN, the Princess of England, seriously tell the world that she loves Harry Styles??????? I never expected to admire and love one of the Royals, but here we go.

ynismyqueen “The album has run on repeat ever since Christmas Morning. Granny [Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II] told Grandpapa [His Royal Highness, Prince Philip] to find her some earplugs. Not because she dislikes Mr. Styles’ voice, but because she rather prefers not to have to throw the turntable out of Balmoral—she doesn’t like to hear things in a loop. She is very happy now that I’ve returned to Kensington [Palace], and I am happy that I can hear Fine Line now on full volume.” - She is such a mood :D

↳ hsfan2 Damn, this woman really said I am a Harrie and proud of it! 😩

royalistsbitch Can we quickly talk about how bloody authentic she is??? She is definitely the most down-to-earth royal of the lot 😍

↳ yourfan2 +1! Directly followed by Kate!

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dailymail Harry Styles is back in the UK!

Singer-songwriter Harry Styles is back in London after recording—and releasing—his new album Fine Line in his Californian home. Styles interacted with his fans on his way to the BBC Radio 1 studio for an interview about his new album and plans for upcoming events and tours.

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hsfan1 There will be a listening WITH HIM IN THE SAME ROOM?! Where do I get that ticket????? 😭

↳ hsfan2 it’s a strictly limited amount because it’s supposed to be something more private and home-y feeling. That’s why I don’t believe I will be a lucky one, but hey, I will keep my eyes open 👀

↳ hsfan1 Oooooh, okay. Maybe it’s only for selected people, then? We’ll see!

ynismyqueen I am SO sure that YN is sucking those new pictures up like oxygen 😮‍💨

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↳ hsfan3 I’m sure of it! He looks damn handsome (as always) and so cuddle-able ❤️

yn_and_harryshipper He looks exceptionally good today 😩 And the plaid coat??? The princess will love this 🥺

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The ringing of her phone securely tucked onto the docking station to charge ripped YN out of her hard-working mind, and her fingers’ movements faltered atop the keyboard. With an “Alexa, please stop the music”—she was polite even to a plastic thing that could talk to her—she paused at Sunflower, Vol. 6 and picked up her phone to accept the call of her best friend.

“To what do I owe the honor of your call, Mylady?” YN greeted Meredith Brisbane, her former dorm companion in Oxford and study mate in her Literature major, with a more nasally voice than ever. The princess knew that she sounded like a character straight out of a Jane Austen novel naturally, but well, she couldn’t do much about her upbringing now.

Better to embrace and sometimes overact it a bit.

But Meredith only laughed at the other end of the call because she was definitely used to it by now. “Well, I wanted to hear if my best friend is still alive and not already drowned in work—.” At that, YN scoffed softly, eyes settling on her calendar, which was full of post-its and scribbles, and she knew with certainty that her assistant had even more events and appointments where her presence was required. Meredith hummed in understanding. “I know that sound; you don’t have to say more. And then I wanted to ask if you checked the Gram already.” The princess was now intrigued at the second question and rummaged through the stuff on her desk to find the case with her AirPods. After finding them, she popped them in and held the phone between both hands to log into her secret Instagram account faster.

It sucked that the members of the Royal Family weren’t allowed to have public and known social media accounts because she really wanted to share certain aspects with the public to finally lift the myth and stop the assumptions made by others. But after one argument over dinner with her Granny, followed by a rebuke from her and one from Camilla, she never spoke of it again in their presence. Even the staff of the official Royal Family social media accounts had a word with her over tea. Ever since YN kept her mouth shut about this particular topic and enjoyed the freedom of her little secret Instagram account with the incredible follower number of 11 people.

“What am looking fo-… nevermind!”

With wide eyes, YN stared at her feed full of a smiling Harry Styles in a blue and yellow plaid coat, sunglasses in fluffy brown locks, and the signature pearl necklace around his neck. Reading the several headlines, she knew that he was back in the UK, in London. They shared a time zone and city again, and the princess grinned like an imbecile at her screen.

Meredith’s chuckle echoed through the AirPods. “I saw them plop up one after the next and had to tell you. My friend Daniel—I told you about him, right?” YN hummed softly before she perked up. “The one working for BBC Radio?” Her best friend agreed. “Yep! He wrote me a few minutes ago that there will be a small listening event for Fine Line? Limited number of tickets, super small, one can have a conversation with him if one is lucky enough, the whole thing.” Now, YN shot up from her chair in front of the desk and stared straight out of the window, eyes even wider. “Do you know how they will get sold?” Crossing her fingers, YN hoped Mer would’ve all the answers to her biggest dream. But the sigh was answer enough. “Nope, sorry, sweets. But I will keep my eyes open and send you the link as soon as I stumble over it, ‘promise.”

And YN knew that Meredith would always keep her promises, so she sat down again and sighed deeply. “He looks so good. How is that even possible?” Propping her chin on one of her hands, the other hand still held onto the smartphone, and her thumb scrolled through every single newly released picture of Harry bloody Styles.

Plaid suits him, the princess thought with a small smile before focusing on the call again.

“I’m asking that same question every time I see a picture of you, sweets. Is it genetics? God-given? Magic? Witchcraft? Tell me all your secrets.” YN could hear the grin of her best friend through the phone. Shrugging, she leaned back in her chair. “It’s a talent,” the blonde spoke dramatically, and the two women started to laugh until their stomachs hurt.

“But seriously,” YN started again after wiping the tears from under her eyes. “He looks better every year. Though I miss the long hair One Direction era.” Those lush brown locks were a sight to behold, and she still had a poster with long-haired Harry somewhere hidden in her closet. She heard Meredith type on her laptop before she Aaaaah-d in realization. “Now I know what you mean. And yes, I have to agree. Those long hair really suited him. Maybe he would let it grow back if the Princess of England asked him personally? In a letter, maybe? With one of those fancy wax seals?” YN would like to tell her best friend that her family did not use wax seals since the last century, but she knew better. One look in the upper drawer to her left would prove her words wrong. “I don’t think he answers to desperate pleas of desperate princesses who had an unhealthy obsession with his former boy group as a teenager.” No, she didn’t suspect Harry Styles for someone who bends easily to other wills. He would never have gotten this far and been as successful as he was at such a young age if it had been different.

“Well, it’s worth a try. But hey, YNN?” The princess hummed in question while liking every single picture on her run through her feed. “Don’t work too much, yeah? I have the feeling I’m the one responsible for keeping your habits in check, and I can practically see the smoke emitting from your overworked brain till the other end of London.” YN could hear the worry in her friend’s voice, so she smiled softly. Meredith really let her feel loved and cherished without demanding the impossible. “Will do, pumpkin. I love you, you know that, don’t you?”

While waiting for an answer, the princess started to save every document she worked on today to call it a day and maybe hide in the library to reread Pride and Prejudice. She could use some romantic fairytale and a brooding Mr. Darcy—because her life most definitely wasn’t a romantic fairytale. “I know, sweets. And I love you too. We should grab dinner sometime. How about Thursday?” Grinning, YN closed her laptop and logged out of Instagram on her phone. “Sounds great. I’m open for anything as long as it’s nothing resembling seafood or some artistic bollocks I am supposed to only stare at but not eat it.” She knew that Mer grinned widely at this moment. “Please, I never take you to those fancy restaurants where you should preferably make a reservation in the last century. Nah-ah, we’re going to widen your culinary horizon of peasant food further. How about Burger King?”

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dailymail Princess YN was spotted today with friend Meredith Brisbane in the City of London, London!

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yourfan1 YN rocks that jacket

royalistsbitch Damn, not sure if I want to be that jacket or her best friend.

↳ ynismyqueen Having the same trouble over here.

yourfan2 I WASNT SURE IF I REALLY SAW HER BUT IT WAS REALLY HER THEN

↳ ynismyqueen YOU SAW HER????!!!

↳ yourfan2 I did! I was in the same bookshop as she and Meredith! And she had a huge stack of novels in her arms (with a lot of good titles, if I may say so) 😍

yourfan3 She gets more beautiful every day 🥹

↳ yourfan4 truuuuuuue 😮‍💨

↳ yourfan5 She is like the epitome of princess-ness ❤️

gemmastyles I am unsure if I want to be that jacket or if I want to have that jacket.

↳ hsfan1 GEMMA IS HERE!

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“I am not sure if I want to be that jacket or if I want to have that jacket.” Gemma Styles spoke up, her phone in hands, while she sat on the couch at her mother’s house. She could hear commotion in the adjacent kitchen before her mother came into the living room, a dish towel thrown over her right shoulder. “What did you say, darling?” Anne asked and stopped behind the couch to see what her daughter had seen on her phone. Gemma pointed to the screen where Instagram was opened, and the Princess of England, wearing an oversized jeans jacket with colorful shoulders, was seen. Anne hummed and eyed the picture intently. “It suits her very well,” she decided, and Gemma nodded. “It really does! She is so effortlessly beautiful, just as Harry is. This is unfair.” Gemma sighed, and her mother chuckled. “Don’t be so harsh to yourself, love. You are just as beautiful as she is.”

The reassuring sound was interrupted by an entering Harry.

“Gemma is as beautiful as who? Me?” He grinned, and his sister rolled her eyes at his antics. “Very funny, Harold,” Gemma returned and threw a pillow in his vague direction, which he caught mid-air. “But for your information, I meant her.” And with that, his sister almost shoved the phone in his face after he had plopped down onto the couch next to the brunette. Harry got a hold of it before it fell him on the nose and stared at the familiar feed of Instagram with an even more familiar face.

His teenage crush was suddenly right in front of him again.

It was a strange feeling to see that face again after his time oversea, where news about the Royal Family was as scarce as rain in Death Valley. Well, he never was a huge fan of gossip, but her face always stood out—not because of negative headlines, quite the opposite, except that one time he could remember vividly because the entire country had been in shock.

Shaking his head, Harry tried to push those thoughts away because he was painfully aware of the stares his sister and mother gave him. Everyone in his family knew about that silly little crush of his.

“Yeah, she is gorgeous, you are gorgeous, everyone is gorgeous,” he mumbled, thoughts still not back on track. Gemma grinned at that. “Does someone still has a crush?” She almost sang the last word, and Harry nudged his laughing sister in the side until she fell to the side and landed on the decorative couch pillows. “Stop it, G. ‘S not funny.” He was almost embarrassed.

He was a worldwide known and successful 25-years old singer; he was a grown man. He shouldn’t have crushes on princesses or actresses or actors or princes. It was stupid.

His mom softly caressed his fluffy hair before bending down and pressing a kiss on his head. “It’s totally fine to have crushes, love, even if one is a grown adult.” It was as if she could read his mind, but she was his mother, after all; the one human he told everything that happened in his life. Scoffing, he slouched in the soft furniture and shrugged. “Still, I don’t know what you mean,” he tried to escape this topic by turning the tv on—but there her face was plastered over the news because, unlike the other years before, the New Year’s charity gala where she would be the main speaker was supposed to get broadcasted.

He really couldn’t escape his heavily—but foolishly—beating heart.

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I am so excited for this small series and hope you liked the prologue! As usual: comments, reblogs, and likes are much appreciated :3

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[damehelenlove]

The Medals & Orders of HRH The Princess of Wales GCVO

Yesterday HM the King appointed the Princess of Wales a Companion of Honour (CH), so I thought it an opportunity to update a previous post on the Orders and Medals held by Her Royal Highness.

She holds the senior rank of Four orders;

She is a Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO appointed in 2019

An Companion of Honour (CH) appointed yesterday.

A Holder of the Tuvalu Order of Merit from 2016

And in 2017 the late Queen appointed her member of the royal order of Queen Elizabeth II

The Princess also holds the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond & Platinum Jubilee medals as well as the 2023 King Charles II Coronation Medal.

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

His Majesty The King has been graciously pleased to appoint Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales, GCVO, to be Royal Companion of The Order of the Companions of Honour. 

The Companion of Honour (founded 1917) is a special award granted to those who have made a major contribution to the arts, science, medicine, or government lasting over a long period of time. There at 65 members at any one time. The Order of the Companions of Honour was founded by George V to recognise services of national importance. Its motto is, "In action faithful and in honour clear". Catherine is the newest, and youngest, member of the Companions of Honour.

Ranks and Post-nominals: Member (CH)

Current members include: Sir David Attenborough, David Hockney, Sir John Major, Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Lord Coe, Dame Maggie Smith, Lady Mary Peters, Sir Paul McCartney, Delia Smith, Margaret Atwood, Sir Elton John, Sir Quentin Blake, Sir Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Dame Anna Wintour, Dame Shirley Bassey

[sassyfrassboss]

I’m not the biggest Charles fan but he has been building and working towards being King for seventy years if not longer than that and has done so much work and effort across the UK and the Commonwealth and world that I’ve noticed that he doesn’t stand for people disrespecting him in particular nor Camilla, and he does seem close to William and Catherine, and so does Camilla, as all three Wales children seem close and friendly with their grandpa and step grandmother, and I think now as King that Charles is more restrained especially with the government getting sued by Harry so if he suddenly took him back, that he’d have an uproar from the government and parliament

Look I’m not saying Charles wouldn’t take Harry back. He would if he thought it would benefit him in some way. I just can’t see how there is any benefit to Harry and Meghan coming back right now or in the near future.

I also think there was a lot of drama between William and Charles regarding the coronation and how Harry was handled with kid gloves last year after his book was published.

I have been following this a long time and I have read that article a few times now.

In the article you see the mention of “source” or “royal insider” which means these are Harry’s people. It keeps talking about Harry’s plans and Harry has spoken to friends.

Later you see “Buckingham palace” which means that the author reached out to someone they know in the know at BP and this actual palace source was like “yeah don’t hold your breath.”

Then at the end it says the palace and the sussexes would like to reconcile eventually. Except that’s not what the palace said. The author is inferring that the palace is on board because of the earlier Royal insider who claims that Charles is on board. The insider is someone on Harry’s team who is blurring the lines of what could potentially happen.

Notice how the article claims that there have been “warm conversations” between the two then last says that the meeting at CH was private and details can’t be revealed.

So which is it? Details behind “warm conversations” can be revealed but the CH meeting can’t?

Then why are we getting details?

We aren’t actually. Because this is all conversations and plans Harry is making. He is letting it be inferred that by breaking the ice last week, he now can reconcile and make the 1/2 deal happen.

Plus so you see how no where is there a “source close to the King”? It’s all “source” or “Royal insider.”

When you read the article you can see that all the talk about the benefits and feeling the arrangement can work are all connected to Harry’s conversations happening earlier in the article. Harry has made it clear he is willing to step in but “it’s believed” that the king is wanting this as well. Basically, Harry assumes his dad is okay with this because they met up the other day for 12 minutes.

When it’s about Harry everything is clear and concise. It’s when you get to Charles and it’s a lot of ambiguity and assumptions.

I can pick out when Charles is usually involved in a PR piece and I just don’t see it in this one. I think Harry mentioned he would love to spend more time with his dad and mend fences and Charles was like “yeah we’ll see” and it snowballed from there.

[celticcrossanon]

Your reading about King Charles' feelings about Princess Catherine seem spot on. I think he may have been befuddled by someone from a middle class background where the character of a person and how they conduct themselves matters. Let's not forget that the bullying report stopped once it reached CH and reports suggest King Charles conducts himself more like H&M than the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Princess Catherine is also known to refuse to do something just for the sake of PR and King Charles is all about PR, the appearance matters more than the truth to him.

Add that Princess Catherine has become the star of the BRF you can see why he would want her out of sight and focusing on being a mother and homemaker.

It's sad that he's reached the age of 75 and is still seemingly in competition with his eldest son and daughter-in-law.

Hi Nonny,

I am glad the reading made sense to you.

King Charles seems to have spent his life in competition with other people - his brother Prince Andrew, Princess Diana, and now his heir. I wish he would just accept himself for what he is and what he has achieved and stop competing with other people. Most of us reach that level of acceptance in our 40s and 50s, if not before, so I don't know what happened with him that he can't seem to be content with who and what he is.

[lasthumaninwales]

Question for Finnish speakers in the fan base:

In Urheilujätkä, in Jesse's part of the chorus, there's a sounds that shows up that I hadn't heard anywhere else in any of the Finnish songs I've listened to*. Specifically, a sound not unlike the 'ch' sound you get in Welsh and other related languages - that back of the throat sound.

You hear it on the line "Ehkä voitan, ehkä en", in the way he says "ehkä".

Now, my question is - is this actually a super common sound in spoken Finnish that I've just not picked up on in other songs because I'm a dumbass? Is it an unusual sound that's not in a lot of Finnish words, created by the h and k being next to each other?

Or is this like, a Jesse specific thing? Like is it more subtle normally but for whatever reason he really hits that "ehk".

I think it just stood out to me as it's not a common sound in spoken English, but it is one I'm familiar with because Wales. I noticed it when I first listened to the song and straight up assumed that bit was in another language I don't speak.

*The Finnish songs I've listened to being pretty much exclusively Käärijä and like, one Antti Tuisku song. You know the one.

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HBO WAR OC MASTERLIST

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Lois Drake

Lois, born and raised in London, England, joined the SOEs at Bletchley Circle to make a difference to the war effort. She had a good eduction and was already fluent in French and German. She is effective and methodical with her job but not always in her love life. She’s been hurt by men before and so had sworn off love until she met a certain Lieutenant Winters and then everything just seemed to fall into place. Working alongside Easy Company was never going to be an easy feet, especially with the love hate relationship she has going on with Lieutenant Nixon and her friend, Kate’s, relationship with a certain Private Malarkey.

Josephine Nixon (nee Wills)

Josephine Wills was born in Ramsbury and grew up in Littlecote House. She studied Literature at Oxford university until the war began and her parents called her home where they were later evicted from Littlecote House by the government to use their house as regimental HQ for the 506 PIR. Josie never expected to fall for an American, especially not Easy Company’s Intelligence Officer, Lewis Nixon. But love is strange and when Lewis is sent overseas Josie will do anything in her power to follow him. Josie joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment to play her part in the war, working alongside medics and nurses on the front line to make a difference and she loves her job, but loosing patients takes it toll on her.

Florence Lark

Florence had always had an exceptionally beautiful voice. She was working at the local factory when the war broke out and having seen signs for the ENSA she went for an audition. She loved signing for the troops, raising their morale. Her job incidentally took her to Aldbourne where she met David Webster after D-Day. The pair soon became close, bonding over books and art that they loved, and of course music. Florence never expected to fall in love with him but no one could resist his boyish good looks and ch arming personality. But while the war was still raging in Europe the couple had a lot of trails to get through before they can be happy together.

Hugh Armstrong

Hugh was training as an engineer before Pearl Harbour. He quickly answered the call and trained as a pilot joining the 100th Bomb Group flying B-17 Flying Fortress’ across Europe. He is a kindhearted man who had a deep love and admiration for his sister who flies alongside him. He’s very good at boosting morale and will always be ready to have a laugh and a joke. He also gets his fellow pilots involved in multiple baseball games because he’d always loved the sport and it really brings them all together.

Hope Armstrong

She joined up shortly after her brother, training as a flight nurse to help evacuate wounded soldiers from combat zones and provide them with medical care until they reached a hospital. She worked as an orderly in a hospital before the war and dreamed of training as a nurse. She would often fly the Douglas C-47, as well as working in the back with the wounded soldiers. Although her squadron, the Ninth Air Force 806th Medical Evacuation Squadron is based in Berkshire they often land at airfields around England which is incidentally how she finds herself landing in Dickleburgh one day and running into her brother Hugh and the 100th Bomb Group.

Julian Owens

Julian was original born in Wales but he moved to Aldbourne with his parents when he was a teenager. He soon became fast friends with Josie and Jess and the three were inseparable. However, when Julian was a teenager his family moved to New England in the States but he often visited his friend during his summer breaks. Living in the States incidentally cause him to join the 101st Airborne and become a member of Easy Company so when his unit were stationed in Aldbourne Julian was reunited with his childhood friends and their adventures continue throughout the war.

William Beaumont

William Beaumont is a Lancaster Bomber pilot in the RAF. He grew up in Ramsbury and his family were very close to the Wills family. Both William and Josephine’s parents think they would make a good match and William is rather sweet on Josie but despite William’s charm and charisma Josie’s heart belongs to another. But in a world riddled with death and destruction who will come out on top.

Violet Elwood

Violet was born in Morgan City, Louisiana in 1923. She first meets Eugene Roe when he stumbles into her families shop with his sisters and from there their story begins. But Violet has a devastating secret that she’s keeping and it’s sure to break Eugene’s heart. They can only hope their love endures and it doesn’t die as a summer romance.

Maggie Reid

Born and bred in Dorset, England, Maggie plays her part in the war effort joining the Women’s Auxillary Air Force as a mechanic for the RAF Lancaster bombers sharing Thrope Abbott with the 100th Bomb Group. Her best friend and RAF pilot likes to play match maker between Maggie, a certain ground crew member Ken Lemmons, and Navigator Harry Crosby. The question is, which one will she choose?

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Everyone is alive, awake, alert, and enthusiastic today it seems! I started my day by seeing this lovely art from @artsyunderstudy ---depicting a scene in IKABIKAM Ch. 1---and losing my ever-loving mind. I also finished Ch. 9 and it is currently sitting in the beta lab awaiting review. I'm now under the wire to get my Christmas episode (Ch. 11) out by the holiday so I've gotten started on Ch. 10 which I've been looking forward to writing for AGES!!!! Start bumping Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau because it's time for that international break match I mentioned in Ch. 6!! It may be here sooner than you expect!

Baz POV, present:

Cardiff City Stadium certainly isn’t Wembley; it’s nearly three times smaller and even less notable. Of course, I don’t say this out loud. I learned to shut my mouth about the Welsh lest I face the wrath of the Cadwallader family tree. Wales may not mean much on the world stage but it’s because we stole her mythos—The Lady of The Lake rose out of Llyn y Fan Fach, not the River Thames. I only know this because Simon yelled it at me with alarming regularity during our youth. He’s probably yelling a variation right now, red-faced in the locker room down the hall.

Thanks for the tags today @artsyunderstudy @nausikaaa @ic3-que3n @thewholelemon @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @iamamythologicalcreature ! Now tagging @alexalexinii @brilla-brilla-estrellita @cutestkilla @ebbpettier @facewithoutheart @fatalfangirl @hushed-chorus @j-nipper-95 @larkral @martsonmars @messofthejess @ninemagicks @onepintobean @palimpsessed @prettygoododds @raenestee @rimeswithpurple @theearlgreymage @theimpossibledemon @valeffelees @whogaveyoupermission @youarenevertooold

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Dragons

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Because of the Outlander series, I became obsessed with my favorite Kingdoms 💖

Decided to make images with them) while there are England, Wales and Scotland. Soon I will draw Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom itself)

I love how in Lost CH we managed to build their relationships with each other and their personal characters under the condition of historical facts.)

In fact, I'm very surprised that I'm painting CH, but I really like that atmosphere of the 17th-19th centuries💖

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Kamli wale Muhammad ton sadke main jawan Jehne aake gareeban di bahn phad layi Meri bakshish wasila Muhammad da naam

Jehne aake gareeban di bahn phad layi Ohde bajon koi duniya te pyara nahi Ohde warga koi jag te sahara nahi

Je na hunde Muhammad na hunda jahan Jehne aake gareeban di bahn phad layi Dasso gairan ch roya te kehna layi Paida sohna je hoya te kehna layi Kyon ni mangde tussi kali kamli di chchan Jehne aake gareeban di bahn phad layi Laya baduan nu seene kamaal hoya Koi hapshee ton hazrat bilal hoya Aaye dar te sawali nu keeti nahi na Jehne aake gareeban di bahn phad li Naal ungli ishare de chann todeya Gaya suraj agan wal pichchan modeya Kalma sohne Muhammad da padheya butan Jehne aake gareeban di bahn phad layi Vairi patthar vi maaran te hasde rahe Phir vi raah e khuda sab nu dasde rahe 'Bari' siftaan naal bhareya e saara QuranJehne aake gareeban di bahn phad layi

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I look forward to the timeline! In the meantime, I went to the website to see what you meant about the Wales kids' pages being updated. The first thing I noticed was that going to the site, all you see is CC. I don't recall it being this one-sided when the Queen was alive. Am I getting that wrong?

I finally found the Prince and Prince of Wales, but it seems kind of buried to me. And I found nothing about any children. Is it just me? (Could easily be.) :)

Nope - it definitely wasn't this one-sided under The Queen. There was a huge website update in late September/early October as part of the transition to the new reign of King Charles. It just hasn't changed and, for some people, it's starting to grate how much Charles and Camilla are taking up all the attention. Which is fine. There are a few things going on here:

This is the first transition with modern technology so there's probably a priority list for updating things and the website, as it always is, is at the very bottom behind social media and LPs.

Charles and Camilla engage more with the press and public attention than The Queen ever did so naturally, they'll court more of a media spotlight and that's how they're using the website.

Where The Queen's vision of monarchy was "all in this together" (apologies if I've made High School Musical get stuck in your head) and all working royals were promoted somewhat equally, Charles's vision of monarchy is "It's been 84 years...mine at last!"

And it's not you - the royal website isn't easy to navigate. If I'm being honest, it's so clunky that I rarely use it. Instead, I'll google the webpage that I need or do a keyword search on the royal website itself. So to find the pages about the children, you really have to dig for it, or at least search for it. I suspect this is because they're still minors and not actually working members of the royal family.

Prince George's page (as of December 26, 2023)

Princess Charlotte's page (as of December 25, 2023)

Prince Louis's page (as of June 15, 2023)

Archie's page (as of December 28, 2023)

Lili does not have a page, apparently. Nothing shows up when I search for Lili, Lilibet, Princess Lili, or Princess Lilibet.

The updates to the children's pages appear to be that newer, more recent photographs were added (the "Prince/ss XX's page" links go to the current webpages). The (as of XXXX) links go to Wayback Machine screenshots of older versions of their webpages.

I'll see if I can track down the gossip that Meghan was upset about the webpages being updated. If I'm remembering it right, she was upset that the Wales kids got new photographs and Archie didn't, which a palace source justified as they only use official updates from KP, BP, and CH (remember, the Sussexes use Archewell for their comms). But I wonder if Meghan doesn't have at least some kind of resentment that everyone else has a page and Lili doesn't.