#day 12 wimbledon 2019

[saintmeghanmarkle]

Is this story BS or what? by u/Mickleborough

Is this story BS or what? When Meghan was (figuratively writing) dancing at a cheap suburban party for a moderate fee, at the opening of the ‘Godmothers’ bookshop in Summerland, she somehow bagged a microphone.And like every single time she has a microphone, she has a story that’s just right (like how, at the recent Afro Women and Power event in Cali, Colombia, she claimed that her 3-year-old daughter had ‘found her voice’).This one’s a doozy. As she’s at a bookshop opening, she needs a meaningful bookstore story.Back in September 2019, the devoted mother left her 4-month old firstborn in London and flew to New York to ‘support’ Serena Williams at the US Open final.https://preview.redd.it/dlpn1v4tk8od1.png?width=1640&format=png&auto=webp&s=5e0af14a0394e4f34ce4da0ad7ea8d7dcc63d758It’s not clear why she was uncomfortable, but let’s not make too much out of it - it means as much as the garbage she normally spouts. And how does a bookshop make one feel safe?But the big question is: When did she find time to visit a bookshop on that trip?Nosy Daily Mail has done some digging:She flew commercial from London to New York on Friday 6 September, leaving on either the 08.25 / 8.25 am or 09.00 / 9 am flight. She’d have landed say around 12 noon.Meghan was seen going to Modo Yoga in the West Village on Friday. Guess she didn’t have jet lag.The women’s finals began at 16.00 / 4 pm.It was a 2-day visit.Obviously there are gaps in the above during which she could’ve dipped into a bookshop. But in between yoga, dinner, and taking bites of the Big Apple - she found some weird solace in a bookshop. Sure, Jan.DID YOU KNOW?It seems that Serena Williams was unwilling for Meghan to be present - the last time she watched Serena play, at Wimbledon earlier that year, Williams lost to Simona Halep. Williams‘s fears were justified: Meghan watched her lose again, this tIme to Bianca Andreescu.Anna Wintour was seated behind Meghan. But notwithstanding that - no Met Gala invite.https://ift.tt/kq7YwNr and Harry had told the late Queen that they were too busy with their charitable work to visit her that weekend at Balmoral. So Meghan jaunted to New York whilst Harry stayed home with the 4-month-old firstborn.* She did this whilst her passport allegedly had been taken away from her. It’s one of the 13 foreign holidays she took without a passport: Mirror archived / unarchivedDaily Mail archived / unarchivedTown & Country archived / unarchived - for the bookshop story post link: https://ift.tt/BEoqsyd author: Mickleborough submitted: September 11, 2024 at 10:04PM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

[sacramentonewsjournal]

Win Your Means Into the Delray Seashore Open

You do not want an ATP rating level to play the Delray Seashore Open. All you want is a dream, a racquet—and to prevail as Survivor within the pre-qualifying match. Watch: Moutet and Andreev Practically Come to Blows The match provides a inventive path for one participant to enter the boys’s qualifying occasion by “surviving” the pre-qualifying match. For up-and-coming junior gamers, school gamers, aspiring professional gamers or membership champions, it’s an opportunity to play within the large leagues of professional tennis. The Delray Seashore Open “Survivor” is a UTR Males’s Open occasion scheduled for November 12-15 on the ProWorld Tennis Academy in Delray Seashore and is open to all gamers. Individuals will obtain two complimentary tickets to a day session (date TBA) on opening weekend of the 2023 Delray Seashore Open. Gamers who register for Survivor by October 19 will even obtain two VIP Clubhouse Lounge passes that embody all-day joyful hour with unique meals and beverage provides. Play that weekend will embody each the ATP 250 qualifying match in addition to motion from the match’s ATP Champions Tour legends occasion. Survivor can be single elimination and matches will use no-ad scoring by two tie-break units with a 10-point match tie-break at one set all. The Survivor winner will play within the 2023 Delray Seashore Open qualifying occasion February 11-12 on the Delray Seashore Stadium and Tennis Middle and be afforded the total facilities of an ATP Tour participant together with complimentary resort lodging, transportation, eating, apply courts and followers searching for autographs and selfies. 𝘞𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴… : 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯 – Cameron Norrie def. Reilly Opelka 7-6(1), 7-6(4). : 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 – Arevalo/Jean-Julien Rojer def. Nedovyesov/Qureshi 6-2, 6-7(5), 10-4 — : Andrew Patron #DBOpen pic.twitter.com/izdyVSCR6V — Delray Seashore Open (@DelrayBeachOpen) February 21, 2022 4 gamers from the two-round qualifying occasion will advance to the match’s major draw, which can happen February 13-19. The 2022 champion of the ATP 250 occasion, Cameron Norrie, went on to win one other title in Lyon, attain the Wimbledon semifinals and rank among the many world’s Prime 10 gamers. Since 2002, the Delray Seashore Open has provided the Survivor wild card alternative. American Stefan Kozlov was the newest Survivor winner to succeed in the principle attract 2020. Constructing on that success, he reached the quarterfinals this 12 months. Qualifiers have a historical past of success on the Delray Seashore Open. There have been three winners of the ATP Tour 250 occasion who first got here by qualifying – Ernests Gulbis (2013), Kei Nishikori (2008) and Andrew Ilie (1998). On 4 different events, a qualifier completed because the runner-up, most lately Dan Evans in 2019. Extra details about collaborating within the pre-qualifying Survivor occasion may be discovered at https://yellowtennisball.com/Survivor/ On-line registration for the November 12-15 USTA occasion have to be accomplished by 6 p.m. ET on November 7: https://app.universaltennis.com/occasions/95562 The ProWorld Tennis Academy is positioned at 651 Egret Circle, Delray Seashore, FL 33444 Sequence and particular person tickets for the 2023 Delray Seashore Open are on sale now at www.yellowtennisball.com or by cellphone at +1 561-330-6000. Photograph credit score: Andrew Patron Originally published at Sacramento News Journal

[world-of-wales]

CATHERINE'S STYLE FILES - 2019

13 JULY 2019 || The Duchess of Cambridge attended the Women's Final on day twelve of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon in London.

[carnegiemuseumnaturalhistory]

Folded Forest: Defining the Jurassic Period

by Jane Thaler

What’s in a Name?

Derived from the words for “middle life” in Greek, the Mesozoic Era consisted of three geological periods: the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous. While many of us might be aware of all three, the term “Jurassic” has seeped into our everyday lives in a way that the Triassic and Cretaceous have not. We can attribute much of this ubiquity to the wildly popular Jurassic Park books by Michael Crichton and their subsequent film adaptations, but have you ever wondered what “Jurassic” actually means and how scientists define the period’s geological boundaries?

Coining “Jurassic”

The “Jura” in Jurassic refers to the Jura Mountains that run along a large portion of the Swiss and French border. Named for the ancient Celtic word for forest, the Jura Mountains are known for their tree-covered peaks and the folded rocks that comprise them (Jones, 2020, p. 94).

Jura Mountains from Wikimedia Commons.

It was here in 1795 that Alexander von Humboldt, a Prussian explorer and naturalist, documented a series of carbonate shelf deposits from the period now known as the Jurassic and dubbed them the “Jura Kalstein.” Alexander Brongniart, a French scientist known for arranging and describing the geologic formations of the Tertiary Period (66.0 to 2.6 million years ago), coined the term “Terrains Jurassiques” to refer to all Jurassic strata in 1829. In 1832, German geologist Leopold von Buch established the three-fold subdivision of epochs based on the folds of limestone in the Jura: the Lias (Early Jurassic), the Dogger (Middle Jurassic), and the Malm (Late Jurassic). This arrangement remains the basic framework for our geological understanding of the Jurassic to this day (Ogg et al., 2012b, p. 732; Encyclopedia Britannica, 2021a).

Jura Mountain fold known as the “Chapeau de Gendarme” from Wikimedia Commons.

Beginning of the Jurassic

Nestled between the Triassic and Cretaceous periods, the Jurassic spanned from 201.3 million years ago to 145 million years ago (National Park Service, 2020). The end of the Triassic (so named because it is a group of three strata) and the beginning of the Jurassic is marked by the Triassic–Jurassic (Tr–J) extinction event, sometimes called the end-Triassic extinction. The fourth of five major extinction episodes on Earth (or sixth if you count the current, anthropogenic extinction), the Tr–J extinction wiped out around 75 percent of all marine and terrestrial life (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2021b).

Current evidence suggests that the Tr–J extinction was initially set into motion by movements of the Earth’s crust. As the all-encompassing mega-continent Pangea began to break apart, the associated tectonic shifts caused significant volcanic activity that spewed carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The resulting global warming disrupted the Earth’s carbon cycle and contributed to ocean acidification (Fuge, 2020).

The ecological niches left open by the Tr–J extinction were quickly filled by remaining species of pterosaurs, crocodilians, turtles, mammals, many species of plants and invertebrates, marine life, and dinosaurs. Though many species died out during the extinction event, the wet and warm climate of the Jurassic in many places encouraged the growth of lush vegetation along with the proliferation and diversification of fauna. Oceans teemed with life, forests flourished, and dinosaurs became the dominant forms of backboned animal life on land during this time (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2021b).

Jurassic landscape in the Dinosaurs in Their Time exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

End of the Jurassic

The end of the Jurassic is a bit of a mystery as the geological boundary between it and the Cretaceous Period (the latter name derived from the Latin for “chalk”) remains formally undefined. In fact, the Cretaceous is the only period in the Phanerozoic Eon (541 million years ago to present day) that “does not yet have an accepted global boundary definition” (Ogg et al., 2012a, p. 795). This definitional challenge is due to a number of factors but is mostly attributed to the concept of provincialism or provinciality, which means that plant or animal populations were restricted to a particular area or group of areas (Gale et al., 2020). This resulted in endemic populations, particularly of ammonites, which left uneven or unclear fossil markers in the stratigraphic record (Wimbledon, 2017; see Énay, 2019 for more detail on the J/K boundary debates).

We do know that the end of the Jurassic was marked by the Tithonian–early Barremian cool interval, which began 150 million years ago and continued well into the Early Cretaceous (Ogg et al., 2012a). During this time, some groups of animals did go extinct or become less diverse, like the dinosaurian subgroup Stegosauria that included Stegosaurus, while others increased in abundance, like some ammonite subgroups who survived the Tr–J event. Plants were also developing in important ways during this time. Around 130 million years ago, angiosperms (flowering plants) began to diversify, and they became increasingly dominant throughout the Cretaceous (Friis et al., 2010). Taking the unknowns and variables into account, the end of the Jurassic is currently placed at 145 million years ago.

Naming Geological Periods

Many of the names we still use for geological periods went through a similar process to that of the Jurassic: a scientist named a phenomenon based on the strata they were studying and the nomenclature (the system of names) developed from there. Nowadays, defining and naming geological units is left to the International Commission on Stratigraphy of the International Union of Geological Sciences. The process by which this happens feels about as long as the geologic periods themselves, at least to those of us watching from outside the commission. This is, of course, an exaggeration, but it does take years of work and rounds of voting to arrive at an official stratigraphic boundary designation.

Check out https://stratigraphy.org for the latest updates on humanity’s understanding of geologic time.

Jane Thaler is a Gallery Experience Presenter and Floor Captain in CMNH’s LifeLong Learning Department. Museum staff, volunteers, and interns are encouraged to blog about their unique experiences and knowledge gained from working at the museum.

References:

enay, Raymond (2019). The Jurassic/Cretaceous System Boundary is at an impasse: Why not go back to Oppel’s 1865 original and historic definition of the Tithonian? Cretaceous Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104241.

Encyclopedia Britannica (2021a). Alexandre Brongniart. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexandre-Brongniart

Encyclopedia Britannica (2021b). End-Triassic extinction. https://academic-eb-com.pitt.idm.oclc.org/levels/collegiate/article/end-Triassic-extinction/474417

Fuge, L. (2020). Volcano link to end of Triassic extinction. Cosmos. https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/palaeontology/volcano-link-to-end-of-triassic-extinction/

Friis E. M., Pedersen K. R., Crane P. R. (2010). Diversity in obscurity: fossil flowers and the early history of angiosperms. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 365. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0227

Gale, A. S., Mutterlose, J., Batenburg, S., Gradstein, F. M., Agterberg, F. P., Ogg, J. G., Petrizzo, M. R. (2020). The Cretaceous Period. In The Geologic Time Scale 2020 (Gradstein, F. M., Ogg, J. G., Schmitz, M. D., & Ogg, G. M., Eds.). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824360-2.00027-9

Gore, R. (n.d.), The rise of mammals. In National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/rise-mammals

Ogg, J. G., Hinnov, L. A., Huang, C. (2012a). Cretaceous. In The Geologic Time Scale 2012 (Gradstein, F. M., Ogg, J. G., Schmitz, M. D., & Ogg, G. M., Eds.). Elsevier.

Ogg, J. G., Hinnov, L. A., Huang, C. (2012b). Jurassic. In The Geologic Time Scale 2012 (Gradstein, F. M., Ogg, J. G., Schmitz, M. D., & Ogg, G. M., Eds.). Elsevier.

Jones, P. (2020). Jura Mountains, France/Switzerland. In Around the World in 80 Words. University of Chicago Press. https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226682822-026

National Park Service (2020). Geologic time scale. https://www.nps.gov/subjects/geology/time-scale.htm

Pfiffner, O. A. (2006). Thick-skinned and thin-skinned styles of continental contraction. Special Paper of the Geological Society of America, 414.

Sauquet, H., von Balthazar, M., Magallón, S. et al. (2017). The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification. Nature Communications, 8. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16047

Scotese, C. R., Song, H., Mills, B. J. W., van der Meer, D. G. (2021). Phanerozoic paleotemperatures: the Earth’s changing climate during the last 540 million years. Earth-Science Reviews, 215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103503

Wimbledon, W. A. P. (2017). Developments with fixing a Tithonian/Berriasian (J/K) boundary. Volumina Jurassica, XV. https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0010.7467

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

2014 australia tour/wimbledon is possibly my fav kate haircut with her 2011-12 dark chocolate being my fav kate hair colour

i hate when she does reddish-lighter brown

Ooh, my favourite Kate hair is either post-George 2013, 2019 Wimbledon or the summer of 2017. I do NOT like her "blonde" hair, like whatever was happening on her head when she took Charlotte for her first day at school. Dark chocolate brown Kate hair is my all time favourite but I like it when she goes more reddish though

[carly-they-jepsen]

RWRB Timeline

I originally worked out the timeline for Sep. 27, 2020, and when people suggested I post it on tumblr, I said fuck it and did the whole book.

Go big or go home, right? 

I have spent the past 3 days working on this. It’s half summaries of the events of the days in order, and half “here’s a one sentence summary of the day”.

Whenever possible, I’ve detailed out when things happen by the hour, like the day at Wimbledon, or the email leak day, including guesstimations on flight times, and what time EST and BST Alex is taking off and landing. I often forgot to add vague things like “morning” in, so sorry about that.

I’ve bolded all the dates I’m sure of.

Bold and italics means an official date: emails, text threads, tweets, holidays, Georgetown, etc.

Two asterisks ** = official dates.

Just bold means a day I’m sure of, based off of official dates: Two weeks later, day one post lake house, “a tuesday”, etc.

One asterisk: * = something I’m sure of based on official dates.

I’ve also bolded days of the week I’m sure of, even if I’m not certain of the date.

I’ve left a few things vague. Like, October 2020 is a lot of “sometime between these days, this happened”. Feel free to pick a day in that range to your heart’s content.

If you don’t like the day I picked for little things like Bea walking in on face time, or coming out to June, feel free to change it.

I didn’t bold everything I’m certain on, as I technically don’t have textual evidence to back it up. (Things like the wedding day, Alex and Henry’s texts at in the beginning, some things during the campaign.)

I’m 100% willing to answer questions on why I chose certain days, and any other questions or comments you may have!

MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD

**Aug. 28, 2019 (Wed.) — Alex starts classes at Georgetown, Winter Semester 2019

Sep. 7-Sep. 8, 2019 (Sat.-Sun.) (p. 5-6) — Alex and June attend an event and listen to an hour and a half of speeches about carbon emissions. June is whisked away to a star studded gala. Alex shows up to the presidential suite with a bottle of champagne. Around 4 a.m. Alex leaves after fake hooking up with Nora.

Sep. 12, 2019 (Th.) (p. 3-8) — June and Alex go over the tabloids. Alex has been working on a research paper all week

Sep. 13, 2019 (Fri.) (p. 8-12) — The US crew flies to London. 

6 a.m. EST: Take off. 

5 p.m. BST: Land in London. (Wiggle the take off time to your heart’s content. Flight is around 6 hours give or take for Air Force 1, plus time to and from the airport, plus the time change. The flight time is “11 hours” with the time change if that helps you calculate the landing time in London.) They potentially have 1-2 appearances that evening.

Sep. 14, 2019 (Sat.) (p. 12-20) — The royal wedding. The US crew has 1-2 appearances before arriving at the ceremony. The ceremony happens. Reception happens at a Buckingham ballroom. The White House Trio chats, Henry dances with June. Alex finds Henry hovering by the champagne fountain and they argue. Alex trips over his own foot and crashes into the $75k wedding cake, pulling Henry down with him.

Sep. 16, 2019 (Mon.) (p. 21-27) — Alex gets chewed out over the Incident by Zahra and the President in a White House briefing room. He gets told he will be leaving Saturday to make nice with Henry in England.

Sometime between Mon. Sep. 16 and Fri. Sep. 20, 2019 (p. 27-32) —  Alex, Nora, and June meet in the Whitehouse and go over the HRH Prince Henry Fact Sheet. Alex bemoans the fact that he just finished his midterms.

Sep. 21, 2019 (Sat.) (p. 32-37) — Alex leaves in the early a.m. EST and arrives late afternoon/early evening in London. (11-12 hour difference in takeoff time to landing time. Note, this is just DC to Lon., not the other way round.). Meets Henry at the stable and a royal photographer takes pictures.

Sep. 22, 2019 (Sun.) (p. 37-53) — 12:00 a.m.: Alex is wide awake and goes into the kitchen for a snack. Henry stumbles in, and Alex posts a photo of them with their ice cream on Instagram.

9 a.m.: Interview with The Morning.

Afternoon meeting with cancer patients. Alex and Henry spend some time in the closet chatting after fireworks are mistaken for gunshots. Before his flight home, Alex puts his number in Henry’s phone. Likely lands around 7-8 p.m. EST.

Sep. 27, 2019 (Fri.) (p. 54-61) — Alex has a lecture on presidential sex scandals. Texts Nora about the probability of one of them having a sex scandal by the end of the second term and she replies with 94% and a link to a gifset of Henry and Alex at The Morning where someone has commented “omfg make out already”. Alex meets with Rafael Luna after his class.

Sometime between Sep. 27, 2019 (Fri.) and Oct. 6, 2019 (Sun.) (p. 61-68) — June, Alex, Leo, and Ellen have dinner together. June texts Alex to have dinner and he forgets to respond until 1.5 hours later when Ellen texts about family dinner. She offers them jobs in the campaign and June turns it down the next morning.

Oct. 9, 2019 (Wed.) (p. 68) — Henry texts Alex while Alex is in a policy lecture. His opening line is “this bloke looks like you” with a picture of the Ewok Chief Chirpa from Return of the Jedi.

Oct. 16, 2019 (Wed.) (p. 68-69) — Alex finally responds a week later after seeing a headline on the cover of People about Henry in Australia with a photo of him in a pair of minuscule navy swim trunks. “you have a lot of moles. is that a result of the inbreeding?

Oct. 18, 2019 (Fri.) (p. 69) — Henry texts Alex a screenshot of a Daily Mail tweet that says “Is Alex Claremont-Diaz going to be a father?” with the caption “But we were ever so careful, dear.” Henry texts Alex a screenshot of a Daily Mail tweet that says “Is Alex Claremont-Diaz going to be a father?” with the caption “But we were ever so careful, dear.” Alex gets ejected from Zahra’s weekly debriefing meeting with him and June.

Oct. 19-Oct. 28, 2019 (Sat.-Mon.) (p. 69-71) — Henry and Alex text regularly on a variety of topics including family, friends, beer, boats, and Hogwarts houses.

**Oct. 29, 2019 (Tue.) (p. 71-72) — Henry texts Alex about being in a meeting with Philip. Later that night Alex replies, asking what the meeting was about.

**Oct. 30, 2019 (Wed.) (p. 73) — 1:07 p.m. EST Henry and Alex text about Henry’s grey tie in his instagram post.

**Nov. 17, 2019 (Sun.) (p. 74) — 11:04 a.m. EST: Henry receives a box of Ellen Claremont campaign buttons with Alex’s face on them. Sniffer dogs were nearly called after the security theme thought it was a bomb. Alex and Henry text about it.

**Nov. 25, 2019 (Mon.) (p. 75-84) — Alex finds out that the turkeys his mom will be pardoning have been staying in the Willard Hotel on taxpayers dime. He convinces her to put them in his room.

10 p.m. EST/3 a.m. GMT: Alex regrets his decisions. He calls Henry to prove they’re as terrifying as Alex claims and they have a long conversation about the turkeys, Henry’s pets, and how Henry surprises Alex.

**Dec. 8, 2019 (Sun.) (p. 84) — 8:53 p.m. EST: Alex texts Henry about a Bond marathon happening on TV. He asks if Henry knows his dad was a total babe, which Henry replies with “I BEG YOU NOT”

*Dec. 20, 2019 (Fri.) (p. 84-85) — Ellen reads an article in the Post with the headline “Senator Oscar Diaz Returns to DC For Holidays With Ex-Wife President Claremont”. She continues to stress about decorations in the Lincoln Bedroom for Oscar.

*Dec. 21, 2019 (Sat.) (p. 85) — Oscar Diaz arrives at the White House. June nearly breaks a vase launching herself into his arms. Oscar and June disappear to the chocolate shop on the ground floor.

*Dec. 22, 2019 (Sun.) (p. 85-86) — Oscar and Alex bond over a cigar on the Truman Balcony.

*Dec. 23, 2019 (Mon.) (p. 87) — Alex catches Oscar in the kitchens with two of the cooks, laughing and dumping peppers into a pot.

*Dec. 21-23, 2019 (Sat.-Mon.) (p. 86-87) — Alex wishes it could be like this more often and misses having everyone under one roof.

**Dec. 24, 2019 (Tue.) (p. 87-95) — Christmas dinner is held on Christmas Eve so Zahra can still attend. Zahra wears a sensible red turtleneck. Alex wears a sweater covered in bright green tinsel. ‘O Christmas Tree” plays out of a speaker near his armpit when he presses a button on the inside of his sleeve. Dinner conversation moves to the election. Oscar and Ellen argue. Alex loses his temper and leaves.

9:30 p.m. EST/2:30 a.m. GMT: Alex changes into an old lacrosse shirt and calls Henry. Henry is wearing candy cane pjs. Alex tells Henry about the divorce and what happened at dinner and only realizes he’s been talking for an hour when henry says “It sounds like you did your best.) June knocks on the door and Alex hangs up after thanking Henry and wishing him a Merry Christmas.

10:30 p.m.: June and Alex talk about what happened after Alex left and then Alex tells her he was talking to Henry, not Nora.

**Dec. 26, 2019 (Th.) (p. 95-97) — Alex spends the day going over waivers for the “Legendary Balls Out Bananas White House Trio New Year’s Eve Party” aka “The Young America New Year’s Eve Gala” aka “The Millennial Correspondents Dinner”.

Dec. 27, 2019 (Fri.) (p. 96-97) — Alex discovers Henry is coming to the party and bringing Pez when he glances at the final guest list while the Trio are looking at confetti samples and eating cake samples.

**Dec. 31, 2019 (Tue.) (p. 97-103) — Pez posts a picture of him and Henry on a private jet headed to DC with the caption “USA bound! #YoungAmericaGala2019” Pez has dyed his hair pastel pink, and Henry is wearing a grey sweatshirt. Alex texts Henry that he will be wearing a burgundy suit and warns Henry to not attempt to outshine Alex, as he will fail and Alex will be embarrassed for him. Henry replies “Wouldn’t dream of it”. After that the Trio begins getting ready. Nora’s short curls are swept to the side with a matching silver pin to the geometric designs on the bodice of her black dress. June’s gown is midnight blue and perfectly compliments the navy-and-gold color palette they chose for the party.

8 p.m.: Guests begin to arrive. The first wave includes some White House interns, and the daughter of a first time Senator and her girlfriend. The second wave is the politically strategic invites chosen by the press team, and finally the fashionably late, including Minor to mid-range popstars and the children of major celebrities.

Pez and Henry show up. Pez is in a colorful floral print shiny silk bomber jacket. Henry is wearing a simple dark blue suit with a bright coppery-mustard tie in a narrow cut. Alex realizes this is the first time they’ve seen each other in person since their weekend in London and feels like he’s meeting a new person.

There's dancing and mingling, and June makes a speech about the immigration fund they’re supporting with their donations. June and Henry talk at the bar.

The live band breaks and the DJ takes over. Alex finds out Henry hasn’t ever dry humped to “Get Low”. There’s more dancing and crowd pleasers until midnight.

11:59 p.m.: They huddle together for the countdown.

**Jan. 1, 2020 (Wed.) (p. 103-108) — 12:00 a.m. Nora kisses Alex

Alex loses track of things. Alex goes looking for Henry. He eventually finds him under a tree. They talk. Henry is vague and Alex is dummy thicc. Henry calls Alex thick and kisses him. Henry pulls away and disappears from the party.

*Jan. 1-Jan. 4, 2020 (Th.-Sat.) (p. 109) — Alex tries listening in on his mom’s meeting as a distraction but can’t pay attention. Zahra bans him from the West Wing.

*Jan. 5-Jan 7, 2020 (Sun.-Tue.) (p. 109) — Alex studies bills going through Congress and considers making the rounds at the Senate or starting a rumor with Nora, but he has no enthusiasm.

**Jan. 8, 2020 (Wed.) (p. 109) — Alex begins his final semester at Georgetown.

*Jan. 9-Jan. 14, 2020 (Th.-Tue.) (p. 109) — Alex throws himself into classwork, meets with the social secretary to plan his graduation dinner. Henry doesn’t answer his texts.

*Jan. 15, 2020 (Wed.) (p. 110-114) — June is fed up with Alex’s pacing and takes him out for a run. Alex does some introspection. Alex tells his mom he wants to start his campaign job now, instead of waiting until he graduates.

*Jan. 20, 2020 (Mon.) (p. 115) — Alex starts his new job at the campaign offices.

*Jan. 20-Jan. 25, 2020 (Mon.-Fri.) (p. 115-116) — Alex puts 23 hours into his new job and Definitely Does Not Think About Henry.

*Sometime between Jan. 25 and Jan 29, 2020 (Fri.-Wed.) (p. 116-122) — Alex comes out to Nora and tells her about Henry.

*Jan. 30, 2020 (Th.) (p. 122-127) — Alex rushes from work to his lecture and review and returns to the White House in a bad mood. June has the week’s tabloids. Alex freaks out at the idea that Henry is going on a date with a girl. Alex finally realizes he’s not straight. Alex calls Liam.

*Jan. 31, 2020 (Fri.) (p. 128-146)  — The state dinner. There's a hot makeout session and Alexander Hamilton watches.

10:48 p.m.: Alex paces around his room.

10:54 p.m. Henry arrives at Alex’s rooms

*Feb. 1, 2020 (Sat.) (p. 122) — Alex has a campaign event in Nebraska

Feb. 13, 2020 (Th.) (p. 146-147) — Henry informs Alex of a charity polo match in Greenwich, Connecticut. That evening, June asks why he’s bailing on the fund-raiser he’s meant to be at

**Feb. 15, 2020 (Sat.) (p. 147-152) — The polo match. Alex spends 4.5 hours driving up, stays for 3 hours, and then drives 4.5 hours back.

**March 3, 2020 (Tue.) (p. 152) — 7:32 p.m. EST: Alex sends Henry an email asking if he will be in Paris for a fundraiser that weekend.

**March 4, 2020, (Wed.) (p. 152-156) — 2:14 a.m.-2:43 a.m.: Henry replies, and eventually concedes after a brief back and forth.

*March 7-8, 2020 (Sat.-Sun.) (p. 157-158) — Henry and Alex have a clandestine hookup in Paris and spend the night together.

*March 8, 2020 (Sun.) (p. 158) — Zahra texts Alex a screenshot of a buzzfeed article about him and Henry.

*March 9-March 27, 2020 (Mon.-Fri.) (p. 158-159) — Alex and Henry continue to text.

Sometime between March 23 and 26, 2020 (Mon.-Th.) (p. 159) — Alex tells Henry about a voter drive he will be attending in NYC at the end of March and Henry re-schedules his visit to NYC for that weekend.

*March 27, 2020 (Fri.) (p. 159) — Alex and Henry celebrate their birthdays with champagne and a buttercream cupcake.

April 1, 2020 (Wed.) (p. 159) — Alex convinces Henry to download Snapchat.

April 4, 2020 (Sat.) (p. 159) — Henry sends a snap of him on a sailboat.

April 5, 2020 (Sun.) (p. 182) — Bea walks in on an after-dark FaceTime session.

April 9, 2020 (Th.) (p. 160) — Henry is right that Remus John Lupin is gay as the day is long and won’t hear a word against it.

April 10, 2020 (Fri.) (p. 161) — June notices the photo of the man with AIDS protesting pinned over Alex’s desk

*April 11, 2020 (Sat.) (p. 162) — Henry and Alex meet at a gala in Berlin. Alex ties Henry’s wrists to the bedpost.

*April 13, 2020 (Mon.) (p. 162-163) — Zahra notices the hickeys on Alex’s neck at the weekly briefing.

*April 25, 2020 (Sat.) (p. 163-173) — Someone paints “Powder Princess” on the side of Bea’s car. Late afternoon EST: Henry and Alex have a phone call largely centered around family.

April 30, 2020 (Th.) (p. 173-182) — 9:44 p.m.: Alex redraws districts in Texas and misses dinner with June. After getting back to the Residence, June reveals she’s known about Alex and Henry the whole time.

*May 2, 2020 (Sat.) (p. 183-185) — 4 a.m. EST/9 a.m. BST: Alex FaceTimes Henry and Pez at Llwynywermod.

**May 1-9, 2020 (Fri.-Sat.) (p. 185) — Georgetown finals week

**May 15, 2020 (Fri.) (p. 186-189) — Alex graduates summa cum laude from Georgetown. Jacinto drops out, making Richards the official Republican nominee. Alex eavesdrops on a conversation between Rafael Luna and Oscar Diaz.

Sometime between May 16 and May 22, 2020 (Sat.-Fri.) (p. 189) — Henry invites the Trio to a fund-raiser in LA the next weekend.

*May 30, 2020 (Sat.) (p. 189-200) — Alex gets lunch with his dad, who changes the subject every time Alex brings up the conversation with Luba. Alex attends the fund-raiser in LA followed by partying. Henry and Alex fuck.

*May 31, 2020 (Sun.) (p. 200-201) — 7:00 a.m.: Alex and Henry wake up. June, Nora, and Pez are heavily implied to have had a threesome. Alex realizes he has friends now.

**June 8, 2020 (Mon.) (p. 202-206) — 3:23 p.m.-7:21 p.m. EST:  Henry and Alex exchange emails.

**June 13, 2020 (Sat.) (p. 207) — Alex misses his first DC pride while in Nevada. He “talks to his minibar about it”

*June 20, 2020 (Sat.) (p. 207) — Houston rally at Minute Maid Park.

*June 22, 2020 (Mon.) (p. 207-210) — Alex argues with WASPy Hunter about Texas. Alex looks up LSAT testing centers in DC.

*June 23, 2020 (Tue.) (p. 210-213) — Alex texts the groupchat “3 Geniuses and Alex” with Nora, Bea, and Henry asking where his speech for Milwaukee is.

Sometime between June 24 and July 3, 2020 (Wed.-Fri.) (p. 213) — Alex receives an invitation to Wimbledon

*July 5, 2020 (Sun.) (p. 213) — 10:20 p.m. EST: Alex takes off from DC for London.

**July 6, 2020 (Mon.) (p. 213-221) — Alex spends his one day off from the campaign at Wimbledon with Henry.

10:35 a.m. BST: Alex lands in London.

11:30 a.m.: Alex makes it through customs and Henry and Shaan pick him up at the airport.

12:30 p.m.: Arrival at Wimbledon

1:00 p.m.: The first game at Central Court begins

4:00 p.m.: Philip and Martha show up. Philip is an idiot that says “Morning”. Bea, like a smart person, says “Afternoon”. Henry and Philip argue, and Henry runs off.

4:10 p.m.: Alex finds Henry in the clubhouse

4:12 p.m.: Henry “shows Alex round the clubhouse”. Alex and Henry cum for the first time

After that they go to Kensington. Henry plays the piano for a while. They make out for what could be hours. They move to Henry’s room where Henry, at least, cums for the second time that day. Alex spends almost an hour making Henry cum for a third time. After that, Henry asks Alex to fuck him again, where Henry cums for the fourth time that day, and Alex cums for at least the second time, possibly a third time.

Alex takes hours to sleep.

*July 7, 2020 (Tue.) (p. 221-222) — 9:00 a.m. BST: Alex flies home to DC and lands around 9:10 a.m. EST for DNC prep.

The Richards campaign leaks they’ve tapped an independant.

*July 9, 2020 (Th.) (p. 222) — Claremont campaign releases the official platform.

*July 11, 2020 (Sun.) (p. 221-222) — Richards holds a rally at Vanderbilt University. 

**July 14, 2020 (Tue.) (p. 223-224) — The gang flies to NYC on the evening of the second day of the DNC.

9:00 p.m.: The Richards campaign announces that the Independent senator joining Richards’s cabinet is Rafael Luna.

9:15 p.m.: Air Force One lands and the White House crew goes into crisis management meetings. Alex texts Luna “What the fuck”

11:00 p.m.: Luna responds “I don’t expect you to understand”.

*July 15, 2020 (Wed.) (p. 224-234) — 12:00 a.m.: Alex and June leave meetings and get harassed by a Post reporter. June goes to bed, and Alex goes to the bar where he meets Henry. They retire to Alex’s room.

6:45 a.m.: Zahra wakes Alex (and Henry) up, and discovers their relationship.

July 20, 2020 (Mon.) (p. 235-239) — 1:00 p.m.: Alex comes out to his mother.

2:00 p.m. — Ellen gives a PowerPoint presentation, then makes Alex do paperwork and kicks him off the campaign.

**Aug. 10, 2020 (Mon.) (p. 239-247) 1:04 a.m.-8:22 p.m. EST — Henry and Alex exchange emails about the complex nature of their relationship, and Alex extends an invite to the lake house.

*Aug. 22, 2020 (Sat.) (p. 247-257) — Day one of the lake house. The Trio arrive earlier, possibly on Friday. Early morning: They gas up the car before taking it to the hangar to pick up Henry in Austin. 1.5 hours — The drive to the lake. They arrive, Oscar welcomes everyone. Alex barbecues ribs. They spend the evening after dinner singing and playing guitar. Alex and Henry sleep in separate bunks

*Aug. 23, 2020 (Sun.) (p. 257-264) — Day two of the lake house. Alex makes breakfast. In the afternoon, Henry talks to Oscar about boats and outboard motors. They swim. That night, Henry and Alex go skinny dipping

*Aug. 24, 2020 (Mon.) (p. 264-265) — Alex wakes up to find that Henry has left.

*Aug. 25, 2020 (Tue.) (p. 266, 267) —  Alex sends five texts to Henry. He also paces on the roof of the residence and wrecks his heels.

*Aug. 26, 2020 (Wed.) (p. 266) — Alex sends two texts to Henry.

*Aug. 27, 2020 (Thu.) (p. 266) — Alex sends no texts to Henry.

*Aug. 28, 2020 (Fri.) (p. 266) — Alex trains himself to check his phone after two hours instead of one.

Sometime between Aug. 25-28 (Tue.-Fri.) (p. 267) — Alex’s Claremont for America mug is smashed in the sink. 2.5 different dreams of Henry’s hair. An email is drafted and deleted.

*Aug. 29, 2020 (Sat.) (p. 267) — Luna makes his fifth campaign stop for Richards. Alex breaks his phone screen and it is replaced by the end of the day.

*Aug. 31, 2020 (Mon.) (p. 267-276) —  Alex finds the note Henry left in the pocket of his kimono and smashes his phone.

5:45 a.m. EST/10 a.m. BST: Alex buys first class nonstop tickets for him and Cash and sends Cash a text.

7:45 a.m./12:45 p.m.: Alex and Cash’s flight begins boarding

8:00 a.m./1:00 p.m.: Alex and Cash’s flight leaves Dulles for London. Alex calls Zahra on the runways and asks her to call them a car in London

3:15 p.m./8:15 p.m.: The plane lands and they leave for Kensington

4:00 p.m./9:00 p.m.: They arrive in Kensington.

*Sep. 1, 2020 (Tue.) (p. 276-284) — Henry goes for a run. Philip eats plain toast. They have a conversation in the kitchen. Alex wakes up alone. Henry brings Alex coffee. They spend the day together.

**Sep. 2, 2020 (Wed.) (p. 284-293) — 2:00 a.m.: Henry and Alex sneak out and explore the V&A.

5:00 a.m. EST/10:00 a.m. BST: Alex and Cash’s plane departs from Heathrow to Dulles.

3:00 p.m. EST/8:00 p.m. BST: Alex arrives back home.

5:12 p.m. EST: Alex emails Henry to say he arrived back home

**Sep. 3, 2020 (Th.) (p. 294-297) — 2:49 a.m. EST: Henry replies, mentions he’s considering coming out to Philip and he may have to enlist.

6:20 a.m. EST: Alex responds, worried that Henry might have to enlist. He is supportive of Henry coming out.

**Sep. 4, 2020 (Fri.) (p. 297-304) — 7:58 p.m. EST: Henry says he came out to Philip and talks about putting memories into rooms.

8:31 p.m. EST: Alex responds and sends Henry an incomplete list.

Sep. 14, 2020 (Mon.) (p. 305-310) — Zahra shows up with a diamond ring at the breakfast weekly brief. Footage of Henry and Alex at the DNC is leaked. June posts a photo of her and Henry on instagram and it spreads within hours. 

Alex takes Nora on a fake date as Henry flies to DC. Henry lands in the middle of the night.

Sep. 15, 2020 (Tue.) (310-313) — June lets Alex into her SUV in the morning on the way to her fake date with Henry. After an hour at the cafe, Henry and Alex meet in the SUV and kiss. They don’t notice when someone takes pictures

*Sep. 24, 2020 (Th.) (p. 314-318) — Alex meets with Luna and comes out to him. He returns to the residence, attempts to call Henry, and then gets drunk.

**Sep. 25, 2020 (Fri.) (p. 319-321) — 3:21 a.m. EST/8:21 a.m. BST: Alex sends a drunk email.

6:07 a.m./11:07 a.m.: Henry replies.

**Sep. 27, 2020 (Sun.) (p. 321-344) — Email Leak Day 

3 a.m. EST/8 a.m. BST: News breaks.

3:23 a.m./8:23 a.m. Zahra wakes Alex up and puts him on communications lockdown. Alex meets with his mom.

6:00 a.m./11:00 a.m.: Philip arrives at Kensington

8:00 a.m./3:00 p.m.: Alex gets out of meetings, starts napping

1:00 p.m./6:00 p.m.: Zahra tells Alex to pack a bag

7:00 p.m./12:00: They arrive at Kensington

11:00 p.m./4:00 a.m.: Alex finally climbs into bed next to Henry.

*Sep. 28, 2020 (Mon.) (p. 344-358) — Philip shows up at Kensington, hair uncombed and suit askew. Philip yells at them in the kitchen about breaking the communication embargo. Henry leaves, and Alex follows and leaves Philip red in the kitchen.

6:00 a.m./11:00 a.m.: They meet with the queen.

Alex takes a photo of a mural and posts it on Twitter on his way to the airplane

**Sep. 29, 2020 (Tue.) (p. 358-367) —  9:15 p.m. Jezebel tweets about DC Dykes on Bikes chasing Westboro Baptist protesters down Pennsylvania Ave.

Alex gets back to DC. Nora comes busting in with proof.

*Sep. 30, 2020 (Wed.) (p. 367-370) — The White House leaks proof of the Richarads campaign stalking, surveilling, hacking, and outing Alex. Rafael Luna announces on twitter he has left the campaign. The podcast Bills, Bills, Bills, records an episode about it.

**Oct. 2, 2020 (Fri.) (p. 370-383) — In the morning, Alex gives his speech, which June wrote. Henry is there to support him. They make out for like 45-55 minutes before the speech. Jeffrey Richards goes on CNN. Alex sees Luna in his office. Luna tells Alex about his past with Richards.

*Oct. 3, 2020 (Sat.) (p. 375) —  A crowd at the Mall. Cash, Amy, and Amy’s wife are there.

*Oct. 4, 2020 (Sun.) (p. 383-385, 409) — 7:32 a.m.: The boys wake up. 

9:30 a.m.: Henry leaves back to England.

Alex goes back to the campaign trail. Liam calls.

*Oct. 4-10, 2020 (Sun.-Sat.) (p. 389) — The crown makes decisions about what to do about the emails: re Bea's addiction reveal, and Henry enlisting.

Sometime between Oct. 11-17, 2020 (Sun.-Sat.) (p. 391) — Philip has a falling out with the queen and apologizes to Henry and Bea.

Sometime between Oct. 25-31, 2020 (Sun.-Sat.) (p. 386-392) — The photoshoot in Hyde park.

*Nov. 2, 2020 (Mon.) (p. 393-399) — Day before election day. Alex struggles to pick a tie. June gets a book deal. The Trio falls asleep in the bed together.

**Nov. 3, 2020 (Tue.) (p. 400-418) —  Election day

Alex votes.

6:00 p.m.: The Trio arrives at the election night event.

6:37 p.m. Henry texts Alex about plane troubles.

7:32 p.m.: Oliver Westbrook from Bills, Bills, Bills tweets about GOPers backing Richards even after everything that’s happened.

8:04 p.m.: 538 politics tweets that they’re confused about Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin being too close to call.

9:15 p.m.: NYT tweets that Claremont is at 178 and Richards is at 113

9:30 p.m.: Ellen worries about losing and asks June to write a concession speech. June refuses. Alex makes a speech. Henry finally arrives.

10:30 p.m.: Richards takes Iowa, Utah, and Montana. Claremont gets California’s 55 electoral votes.

12:00 a.m.: Claremont has the lead. Alex runs into Liam. Florida and Nevada go red.

12:30 a.m.: Texas goes blue.

1:00 a.m.: Alex unlocks the door with the key around his neck.

[duchessofostergotlands]

Hi jess! i have a question, don't know if you know the answer to it or not. I noticed that Kate and pippa went to wimbledon a few times together in 2011/12, but not again until 2019 i believe. do you know why this is? was there some kind of rule against it? Also, since i saw pics of Sarah and Jane spencer at an engagement with Diana in the 80s i was wondering if Pippa would ever be able to attend an engagement with kate or if it was just bc the Spencers were aristocrats that they were able to?

Hello :) there’s a few things here so I’m going to answer everything but not in the order you asked it:

1) As we’ve been talking about recently in terms of borrowing clothes, the present day can’t be compared to the 80s in terms of public sentiment and expectations. It was 30-40 years ago, times have changed, and scrutiny on the royals is much higher than it was. So what Diana did and got away with doesn’t really have much weight today. However her sister Sarah was one of her Ladies in Waiting which was why she went with her to lots of events

2) Kate’s visits to Wimbledon weren’t included in the court circular until I believe 2017 which was her first game attending as patron. I don’t know if they counted for Diana either way but only the 2019 match was an official engagement.

3) As with many things to do with British royals, it’s not written down anywhere that “Middletons may not come to a royal event.” So some things are just about how the culture at the time will respond. But it does state that taxpayer funds should be spent on furthering royal work which leads me to...

4) This topic came up when Pippa went to the match with Kate in 2019. And also when Doria went to an event with Meghan which is why I have phrased it the way I have lol: https://duchessofostergotlands.tumblr.com/post/186258129079/wait-what-i-almost-always-agree-with-you-put

Basically it doesn’t bother me that she was there. She’s a member of the club who would have access to the royal box theoretically anyway and anyone can buy tickets. Just like I didn’t mind Cressida going with Harry to We Day when they dated even though it was an official engagement, because anyone can buy a ticket and they just had seats next to each other. It’s also a family event for her as her sister married a Branson and Holly Branson is co-chair of the day. But the transportation was the issue for me because that is not just for any person they like; taxpayer funds should not be used for family members who don’t serve the monarchy. It did lead to some great jokes about Pippa saving the environment by doing mundane everyday tasks though which I thoroughly enjoyed

[anonymoushouseplantfan]

Favourite Catherine Looks.

Look 1.

Also from the Canada visit. This outfit is GENIUS. I love this navy blue coat with the red scarf, the red in this scarf is so beautiful. She looks semi-divine in these pictures.

Look 2.

This Alexander McQueen dress from a Canada visit.

Look 3.

Irish Guards. I love the earthy green with the brown shoes and hat. And I love round-toed shoes.

Look 4.

Erdem, Very sexy regal-ness. Pictures speak for themselves!

Look 5.

Los Angeles. This is a whistles outfit, yet she makes it look like it was made for her, it was so feminine and lovely. 

Look 6.

The polo dress. She looks like a goddess.

Look 7.

A more recent look, from 2019. She visited King Henry’s Walk Garden January 2019. A very clever look. Firstly, those Chloe boots are a perfect outdoorsy boot, I absolutely adore them. Secondly, the jumper underneath that jacket is the most exquisite red. I found it online when I saw it, and the red was sold out, I found the green colour it came in to have the same sort of rich earthy feeling. Truly a testament to whoever finds her clothes, that this reasonably priced item is one of the most regal gorgeous jumpers I have seen. I love how the amazing colour peaks out from under her jacket. Just those little touches of the deep red visible at her neck and wrists make this look legendary.

Look 8.

This red dress, I believe she was visiting a portrait gallery. I can immediately recognise when she is wearing McQueen. When I saw this I KNEW it was McQueen. Shockingly… this is a Whistles dress. Isn’t that extraordinary. I think this dress is stunning, it is one of my favourite looks. (Rounded shoes !)

Look 9.

This Wimbledon dress is Regal Modernity personified. McQueen of course. The Insect print is just genius. GENIUS. Look how well it fits in with the surrounding colour palette. Such a clever clever outfit.

Look 10.

Commonwealth Day Service, Erdem Coat – and a brilliant, elegant hat. 

Look 11.

This is becoming one of my absolute favourites. I think that this hat – is an absolute work of art. It is so quirky and completely elegant at the same time. She's walking around with a literal rose on her head. It’s not rose inspired or themed, it is a giant rose on her head.

Look 12.

From when she was dating Prince William. I included this because to me it shows her unique, special individual style from which her royal style as the Duchess of Cambridge has been built from. This is a Katherine Hooker coat, I found a YouTube video of Katherine Hooker herself talking about dressing Kate Middleton. She said that Kate requested a coat from her at a country fair. This is such a special thing for me because it shows her special enigmatic style as an individual. She has her own tastes. This gorgeous hat, how amazing is it. She is truly a special soul, we are so blessed to have her.

Look 13.

This McQueen look from Singapore. Any one who has been to Singapore will know that the humidity is just cruel. However the sweating make her look like she was glowing. Her tan here is also lovely. Once again the McQueen is just divine. The neckline on this dress is brilliant. The slight frizz in her hair (presumably from the humidity) looks so sexy dare I say!

Look 14.

The final look, is my favourite thing she has ever worn. Arguably not even the most creative, expensive, designer, or particularly royal dress she has ever adorned. But there is something about how she looks in these photos that makes my heart soar. I think that may in fact be why this is my all-time favourite look. The fact that such a simple dress can look so spectacular on her because of who she is as a person. She wears the clothes. The clothes don’t wear her. You do not see anyone walking around who looks like Kate Middleton. She is one of a kind. I feel that in these photos you can see her beautiful spirit shining through, which makes the delightful but quite basic dress look to die for. 

Look 15.

LK Bennett polka-dot dress. A high street dress but it looks like a million dollars, fits perfectly, photographs beautifully. 

[anisanews]

French Open schedule 2021: Full draws, TV coverage, channels & more to watch every tennis match

After a 2020 that saw one Grand Slam cancelled (Wimbledon) and Roland Garros shifted to the fall, things are back to normal this year — kinda. Back in April, the 2021 French Open was moved one week later with the hope of the shift allowing for more fans to attend.

Now with things about to get underway, all eyes will be on the “King of Clay,” Rafael Nadal, as he goes for his 14th title — and fifth consecutive — at Roland Garros. If he wins the tournament, he will break a tie with Roger Federer for most men’s Grand Slam titles. The duo is tied at 20.

MORE: Osaka says she will not speak to press at 2021 French Open, citing mental health

And, now, here’s the kicker — he may have to go through Federer to do it. Nadal, the No. 3 seed, could meet Federer, the No. 8 seed, in the semifinals in Paris. But, that’s not even the best part. Why? Well, the 39-year-old Federer, who hasn’t played much in the last 15 months following two minor knee surgeries, is on a collision course with world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals. Yep, the “Big Three” are on the same side of the draw. 

On the women’s side, world No. 1 and 2019 champ Ash Barty back in Paris after skipping last year’s tourney due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She’ll face some stiff competition with defending champ Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Sofia Kenin and Jennifer Brady all in the same half of the draw. Serena Williams is still looking to make some history of her own — she is one Grand Slam singles title away from tying Margaret Court’s record of 24. Williams has won three times at Roland Garros, the last in 2015. She’ll see the likes of Bianca Andreescu and Naomi Osaka in her side of the draw. 

Here is the full 2021 French Open schedule, including draws, TV coverage breakdown and order of play for each round. 

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French Open 2021 schedule

French Open matches can be viewed on either NBC, NBCSN, Tennis Channel or Peacock. It can also be streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free seven-day trial.

In Canada, TSN will have the matches in addition to TSN.ca and the TSN App.

Date Round Time (ET) TV Channel Sun., May 30 First Round 5 a.m. – 3 p.m. Tennis Channel     Noon – 3 p.m. Peacock Mon., May 31 First Round 5 a.m. – 36p.m. Tennis Channel     11 a.m. – 3 p.m. NBC Tues., June 1 First Round 5 a.m. – 6 p.m. Tennis Channel Wed., June 2 Second Round 5 a.m. – 6 p.m. Tennis Channel Thur., June 3 Second Round 5 a.m. – 6 p.m. Tennis Channel Fri., June 4 Third Round 5 a.m. – 6 p.m. Tennis Channel Sat., June 5 Third Round 5 a.m. – 3 p.m. Tennis Channel     12 p.m. – 2 p.m.  NBC     2 p.m. – 6 p.m. Peacock Sun., June 6 Round of 16 5 a.m. – 12 p.m. Tennis Channel     12 p.m. – 2 p.m.  NBC     2 p.m. – 6 p.m. Peacock Mon., June 7 Round of 16 5 a.m. – 3 p.m. Tennis Channel     3 p.m. – 6 p.m.  Peacock Tues., June 8 Quarterfinals 6 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Tennis Channel Wed., June 9 Quarterfinals 5 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Tennis Channel Thurs., June 10 Women’s semis 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Tennis Channel     11 a.m. – 2 p.m. NBC, NBCSN Fri., June 11 Men’s semis 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Tennis Channel     11 a.m. – 3 p.m. NBC, NBCSN Sat., June 12 Women’s final 9 a.m. NBC   Men’s doubles final 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Peacock Sun., June 13 Men’s final 9 a.m. NBC   Women’s doubles final 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Peacock

When is the 2021 French Open?

The 2021 French Open begins Sunday, May 30, and concludes the weekend of June 12-13 with the women’s final on Saturday and the men’s final on Sunday.

For the first time ever, Roland Garros will host night sessions on Court Philippe Chatrier. There will be 10 night session matches.

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What is the 2021 French Open men’s singles draw?

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2021 French Open odds

The defending champs have the best odds to win in 2021, per FanDuel.

(Odds as of May 27)

Men’s singles

Player Odds Rafael Nadal -115 Novak Djokovic +410 Stefanos Tsitsipas +550 Dominic Thiem +1000 Alexander Zverev +1200 Andrey Rublev +3800 Casper Ruud +4800 Jannik Sinner +4800 Aslan Karatsev +7000 Roger Federer +7000

Women’s singles

Players Odds Iga Swiatek +280 Ash Barty +500 Aryna Sabalenka +700 Garbine Muguruza +1400 Naomi Osaka +1700 Bianca Andreescu +2100 Serena Williams +2100 Petra Kvitova +2500 Coco Gauff +3000 Elina Svitolina +3000 Paula Badosa +3000

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[meghanmarklesmafia]

The Duchess of Sussex and Pippa Matthews during day 12 of the Wimbledon Championships on July 13th, 2019 

[srbachchan]

DAY 4147

Hy Re, Lko                      July 15/16,  2019                   Mon/Tue 12:32 AM

Birthday -Ef Sanjay Agarwal, ABEF Team ASTRUM .. Tuesday, July 16 .. all good wishes to you from the Ef .. greetings ever ..

उम्र का तक़ाज़ा  .. some of the tactual or tactile demands of age  .. 

.. there is a sudden unselfconsciousness that creeps in with regularity .. it be not demanding as the words suggest, but they be the realisation that the demands of age be of some value too .. there is no hidden hesitation on the unpreparedness, or the need to camouflage it with embarrassed humility and a ‘walk away’ from it .. there is a curiosity which one laments of not being what we be now , earlier .. acceptance be the largest and the greatest examination .. appear for it even if it evades you .. fear not the results , there is no pending application dependent on it .. or the fear of parental disposition .. it be just BE ..

.. there is definite apathy .. what could and should have been done, and not done .. in time .. and now that there be the limits of time, a sudden disinterest in the desire to accomplish .. that be one part of the Act 1, before the prologue .. there are several others too .. Acts 2 and 3 and the epilogue .. and there is the wonder why were there just the 3 Acts .. why not more or less .. theatre all over the globe bears testimony to the facts of a 3 Act play .. so exampled are we by a certain Bard, that one dare not trespass the gates of conditioning and confirmed procedure ..

Yet .. in the aloneness .. in the confines of the ‘room with a view’ .. hmm .. where did that Forester- rian title creep in .. but was there not a Hitchcockian reference to the ‘room with a view’ .. or perhaps a film story that dealt with the leading man having a view from his room and being witness to either a crime or a murder , and what transpired thereafter .. or some such tale .. yes got it it was ‘Rear Window’ a film with Jimmy Stewart .. any way .. where were we .. yes , the time of a loneliness and in the confines of a room all day where does the mind drift to .. 

.. it drifts to many regions and areas .. and it urges with immense earnestness to find meaning and value and understand of much that has escaped your early years .. years when it was perhaps of lesser interest, or the need to not be in the same condition or room where you could be questioned or asked opinion on .. or details concerning your own knowledge of the subject under general discussion in a motley crowd of either known or unknown people .. 

FOR ..

.. evenings spent in the company of friends and known acquaintances would often drift in debates on life, politics, morality, principles and behaviour .. et al .. it was the done thing .. it was the College and University temperament exploding in excess .. you or rather the others were not interested in the company of the invited to a gathering of leisure at a common friends place .. not interested in the music or the drinks or the music and dancing that often would be given priority at such venues , but to just accumulate a few like minded debate oriented young, and simply throw a topic in the ring and start an adventure without any purpose .. just to be able to impress the others on the quality of the language used, or the content and its veracity .. some would get very intense .. others would just laugh it off and get back on the floor with their respective glass of poison ..

SO ..

.. is there a desire to express here, a certain comfort of age .. or the discomfort of failed and missed opportunity of gathering a great deal more than what we now possess .. of wasting time and energy on issues and matters of little relevance .. of the feel not being there at all to educate our minds .. minds that begin to have time delays in memory and remembrance .. of misplaced items and not discovering their locale .. of worry on what needs consumption for the body .. and what the body needs to do almost each day to be in relative active motion .. on being faced with one singular attention given from each that you meet and expresses repeatedly “ so how is your health ?” !!

.. it was never there in earlier years .. it is there now .. the grey, the volumed waist , the extended time taken to rise from that sitting position , the need for any other to pick that which may have slipped down to the floor since the bend is a process now .. and on .. 

... BUT ..

.. we soldier on .. at times to dissuade any further comment on conditions of health or well being .. and at times to send impressions that at 77 its still functional , oiled and in regular motion .. 

the Federer Express needs to comment at Wimbledon interview after his loss, that despite his 37, he still stands and is ready for more next year .. Gayle, the force, that slams the ball out of the stadium is commentated upon each passing minute on how at 40 he still dives to save boundaries .. or how absolutely mesmerising it is to see an 18 year old bowl those thunderbolts .. or whack the ball to the other end of the pitch ..

.. at 77 they ask after your health .. 

.. its normal and justified .. keeps you on your toes .. or on to the ‘elixir of life’ .. in excess at times ..

.. dear me this has become such a health rant .. no .. no more .. getting out of it .. just because its another considered off day tomorrow, and just because of that we are still communicating at 3 am, does not give latitude for endless rambling .. 

APOLOGIES ..

.. BRING ON SOME MORE HAPPINESS AND SMILES ..  OK ?

ok ..

.. thats better .. and yellow heart balloons are a worthy addition ..

.. ok so todays Ad., shoot was conducted at the impressive La Martiniere College .. an illustrious institute of great standing and repute and such a huge and attractive complex  ..

.. and the young students giving their show of affection as I get ready in the Vanity ..

.. there still be some that ask for autographs these days .. humbling ..

Love and more ..❤️

Amitabh Bachchan

[battingonjakku]

Thank you for the tag @silverkasienka​ ! 

1. what is the colour of your hair brush? black

2. name of a food you never eat? bananas. cannot stand them at all, will try and leave the room when someone eats one.

3. are you typically too warm or too cold? COLD. have turned into my granny as I’ve gotten older, sitting here with 3/4 layers on and a blanket in the winter. I’m a little old lady.

4. what were you doing 45 minutes ago? playing Zelda

5. what’s your favourite candy bar? dairy milk oreo probably, love a milky bar too

6. have you ever been to a professional sports event? yup! 99% cricket, also saw the tennis at the 2012 Olympics (and I was gonna go to Wimbledon this year, siighh)

7. what is the last thing you said out loud? constantly working on lyrics at the moment so I think it was ‘there’ll be other sunny days’ which sounds very cliche

8. what is your favourite ice cream? raspberry ripple or salted caramel I think

9. what is the last thing you had to drink? apple squash

10. do you like your wallet? yeah 

11. what was the last thing you ate? homemade cornish pasty for lunch yass

12. did you buy any new clothes last week? nah

13. last sporting event you watched? rewatched the 2019 WC final last week. live was I think Liverpool v Atletico

14. what’s your favourite flavour of popcorn? sweet and salty. or maybe just butterscotch.

15. who was the last person you sent a message to? sent a photo of Isla to my auntie

16. ever go camping? once. that was enough.

17. do you take vitamins? nah

18. do you go to church every sunday? nah, work in one though so I tend to be there every day but sunday haha

19. do you have a tan? lmao no

20. do you prefer chinese food or pizza? how can you make me choose

21. do you drink soda with a straw? no

22. what colour socks do you wear? any colour, tend to have ones with cute patterns on until I realised I need some plainish black ones to look better for work. and I have gray slipper socks on a lot too.

23. do you ever drive above the speed limit? gave up on driving

24. what terrifies you? uhhhh most things.

25. look to your left what do you see? a guitar

26. what chore do you hate? ironing

27. what do you think of when you hear an australian accent? (saying) stoinis

28. what’s your favourite soda? love a coca cola

29. do you go into fast food places or drive thru? not that often but sometimes get a cheeky maccy ds whilst I’m in London

30. who was the last person you talked to? mum

31. favourite cut of beef? I know nothing about cuts tbh

32. last song you listened to? Love Thing by Spice Girls

33. last book you read? think the last one I finished was Chocolat by Joanne Harris, near the end of David Copperfield though and it’s v long so that’s been going on a while

34. can you say the alphabet backwards? yea I think, I’m really strong at saying it back from G though because of this weird exercise I did when I started learning guitar

35. how do you like your coffee? iced

36. favourite pair of shoes? red patent docs

37. the time you normally go to bed? aim for 11 at the latest, different with not working though so it varies

38. the time you normally wake up? currently 7.30/8ish, when I’m working it’s 5.30/6 depending on my start time

39. what do you prefer sunrise or sunsets? idk rly, both are good

40. how many blankets are on your bed? duvet and a patchwork quilt depending on how cold I am

41. describe your kitchen plates? mismatched

42. do you have a favourite alcoholic beverage? GIN 

43. do you play cards? nah

44. what colour is your car? never got that far

45. can you change a tire? hahahaha

46. your favourite province? counties in this case I guess? Cornwall

47. favourite job you’ve had? probably my current one, I’m pretty happy rn and it’s the first time I’ve had real job security so that helps. my work placement in a collection was awesome though and that is what I really wanna do

48. how did you get your biggest scar? I have two burn scars on my right wrist, each done the day before my graduations, each done taking pizza out of the oven. only times I have burnt myself doing that.

49. what did you do today that made someone happy? guitar playing

well that was fun, thank you! been a while since I’ve done one. won’t tag anyone so no pressure but do it if you want to! 

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

Assuming Kate has no more engagements this month, this has been her busiest January bar 2018, which involved the two day tour of Sweden. If you take out the tour, it’s been her busiest January.

2011 - Not yet married. 0 engagements

2012 - 1 engagement (War Horse Premiere)

2013 - Pregnant. 1 engagement (Visit to the National Portrait Gallery)

2014 - Maternity leave. 0 engagements

2015 - Pregnant. 4 engagements (Clore Duffield Art Room, Fostering Network, Family Friends, Kensington Aldridge Academy)

2016 - Maternity leave. 0 engagements

2017 - 4 engagements (Early Years Parenting Unit, Child Bereavement UK, Heads Together Campaign Briefing, Quidenham Hospice)

2018 - Pregnant. Tour of Sweden. 20 engagements [9 engagements + 11 tour engagements] (Reach Academy, HeadStart Conference, Coventry Cathedral, Coventry University, Positive Youth Foundation, GOSH, Wimbledon Junior Tennis Initiative, King's College London, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Sweden Tour)

2019 - Maternity leave. 6 engagements (King Henry's Walk Community Garden, Royal Opera House, Family Action, Victoria and Albert Museum, Dundee Michelin tyre factory, Ms. Lorraine Heggessey)

2020 - 12 engagements (Mr. Jason Knauf, Early Years Meeting, Bradford City Hall, MyLahore, Khidmat Centre, Early Years Meeting, UK-Africa Investment Summit, Think Tank, Ely and Caerau Children's Centre, HM Prison Send, Holocaust Memorial Day, Creative Workshop at Evelina London)

[megandcath]

[12 July 2019]: Christmas in July! For this Saturday favorite I’m choosing Kate’s look from her first Christmas as a member of the royal family, 2011 at Sandringham. This is one of my favorite winter hats we’ve seen on Kate, by Jane Corbett. The shape is very elegant, a little out of the ordinary, and it really suits the half-up/half-down hairstyle Kate often favored in those days. I haven’t even mentioned the color, which is a fabulous purply cranberry - so festive, without being over the top. The coat, the silhouette of which is so similar to the McQueen one we saw on Kate at Easter this year, was a few shades darker & made by a private dressmaker. Kate went with black tights and round-toed platform black suede heels by Mascaro (also a signature early style of hers!). Other accessories included a clutch by Mulberry and earrings by Kiki McDonough that we have seen repeated many times over the years. I think Kate looked so pretty this day, and although I am loving our current summer weather (and am SO excited to see the duchesses together at Wimbledon tomorrow), I do really enjoy their cold-weather looks! (Photos owned by @gettyimages & @reuters.) 🎄

[causeiwanttoandican]

“It was a nightmare. She was a nightmare.”

July 10 2019, 12:01am,

Will Humphries, Harry Shukman

The duchess broke Wimbledon protocol by wearing jeans in a members’ area

The duchess broke Wimbledon protocol by wearing jeans in a members’ area.

The Duchess of Sussex may be learning that it is harder than she expected to separate her public duties from her private life. Especially when you try to do it at one of the showpiece events of the British summer.

Meghan has ruffled feathers at the All England Club by wearing jeans in a members’ area while attending No 1 Court “in a private capacity” last week to watch her friend Serena Williams.

She was also accused of “self-regarding paranoia” after a royal bodyguard told tennis fans not to take pictures of her during her visit.

The wearing of denim is frowned upon in members’ areas at Wimbledon. One member of more than 30 years said: “She’s not allowed to wear jeans.”

Officials also complained that organising the visit had been difficult.

The match was being played in a stadium with a capacity of 12,345 and broadcast live on the BBC. An All England Club source said: “She wanted to come incognito but there were problems. They couldn’t invite her into the royal box because she was wearing jeans but that didn’t really matter because all she wanted to do was come and watch Serena.

“Andy Murray was on Court 1 afterwards and it was a massive faux pas not to watch a Brit when she is signed up to the royal family.”

One official involved in organising the visit said: “It was a nightmare, she was a nightmare.”

The All England Club said: “Any suggestion that the duchess’s visit was anything other than a privilege for the club is categorically not the view of the club and she is always welcome to attend the championships.”

A palace source said she had only planned to watch her friend play on No 1 Court and had no intention of going to the royal box on Centre Court.

Sally Jones, 64, a media consultant sitting in the same row as the royal visitor, said that a man had tapped her on the shoulder and asked her not to use her phone to photograph the duchess, even though Ms Jones said she had been zooming in on Serena Williams.

A royal protection officer told her: “Would you not take photographs of the Duchess? She’s here in a private capacity.” Ms Jones said she had not even noticed Meghan, who attended the match with her friends Genevieve Hillis and Lindsay Roth. “I think this royal protection officer was quite embarrassed,” Ms Jones told The Daily Telegraph.

“He appeared a bit mystified as to why he was being asked to make such a request. I told him it was bonkers and that even if I had been trying to snap the duchess, I’d have got a blurry picture of her right ear. Apart from anything else, there were hundreds of people clicking away. I said to him, ‘Have you thought about having a word with any of those television cameras?’ He looked a little uncomfortable.”

She added that the request amounted to “puzzlingly random control freakery” that was in contrast to her experience of the royal family expecting to be photographed by their fans in public. “It saddens me that they are weakening their impact through this behaviour,” she said. “It makes them look silly. It’s childish and takes us for fools.”

The request came days after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were criticised for refusing to publicly name the godparents of their son Archie, the seventh in line to the throne, and denying entry to the media to witness the arrival of guests to the christening.

The Duchess of Cambridge, who is patron of the All England Club, visited Wimbledon last week to watch Harriet Dart, the young British player, face Christina McHale on Court 14. She watched the first set then moved to the royal box on Centre Court.

A palace source said: “It is not unusual for people accompanying members of the royal family at private, or public, engagements to ask members of the public not to take photographs. This is to enable members of the royal family to properly engage with people and events.”

[duchesscambridges]

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