Big-hat hatpins
Howard C. Scharfe and Marjorie Scharfe Hatpins Collection, King George V, commemorative coppery hatpin
Enter, Royalty. This hatpin is coppery color, shiny, hard to photograph - George V of England. The inscription around the circumference reads, "Georgius V rex et ind imp". The back has a lovely little repeating leaf pattern going around, and the solder needed to affix a button on the rod. The rod is 10 3/4". Width is 15/16".
George married the bride, and they had six children. One child, John, was possibly autistic, and was epileptic, and was hidden, mostly. Out of sight, off on a farm, or peeking through high balconies at everyone else. Do find the TV show on this. Can't have that in the Royal Bloodline. There was also a hemophilia strain stemming from Victoria, see ://www.sciencecases.org/hemo/hemo.asp., and speculate where it came from, paternalistially speaking, at "Victoria's Secret," at //www.anusha.com/secret.htm.
See more on the Royals at FN 1. George V reigned from 1910 to 1936 - a turbulent era. World War I, the increasing independence of countries in the old British Empire, the troubles in Ireland dividing it Catholic against Protestant, and the beginnings of World War II. Some good decisions, some worries of the British were justified, some not so, power and foibles, flaws and circumstances and conflicting demands arising from the times, not easy. On balance, salute?
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FN 1. Edward VII presided over excess; George V presided over change and turmoil. Do look up photos of him and the Queen (Mary, known as May) in India for special ceremonies, a "durobar" or something like that. Have to check. He also was injured seriously while visiting the front in WWI - his horse rolled over him. See ://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/saxe_coburg_gotha.htm; ://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/georgev.htm; ://meerutup.tripod.com/durbar/,
Was he British enough?
Remember that British and other royalty were interrelated, all over Europe, and thrones moved about the different families' branches.
In George's case, there was concern that his loyalties tilted to Germany, Saxony, Russia. So, in 1917, George V by edict changed the family name from the Victoria surname of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (for Victoria, close German royalty connections - before Victoria the British Royal Family had been Hanover, etc.) to the more British "Windsor."
This almost but not quite allayed fears that he harbored allegiance to German interests, and there were echoes of that continuing. Meanwhile, his Russian cousins, Czar Nicholas and his family, sought refuge in 1917 from the Russian Revolution. George did not allow it, out of concern for its effect on his image as well. The Bolsheviks shot the family.
1932 - Rudyard Kipling wrote a script for a Christmas radio speech, George delivered it, and a tradition began for the annual Christmas Royal Message.
George V's children: Two of George's children are important here: 1) Edward, the elder son had met and was seen openly with American divorced lady, Wallis Simpson, and 2) George, the younger son, married and had two daughters, Elizabeth, and Margaret,
1935 - Jubilee celebrations. 1936: George V became sick, comatose, and was euthanized (shots to bring on death at a propitious time). Son Edward became King Edward III in 1938, and abdicated within a year of his coronation, in order to marry Wallis Simpson.
So, the younger brother, that other George, became King George VI. He died in 1952 and his daughter Elizabeth, now Elizabeth II, became Queen. See the whole fam damily at ://www.royal.gov.uk/files/pdf/European%20monarchs%20family%20tree.pdf
Royalty is an impossible puzzle unless it is your life to figure it out. Check out information against ://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/British-Royal-Family#Family_tree_of_members. We may be missing an Albert or an Albert George here, by George, see ://www.english-for-students.com/By-George.html; and ://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/5/messages/1321.htmlearlier on.
We give up. Enough for the Royals.
Howard C. Scharfe and Marjorie Scharfe Hatpins Collection, King George V, commemorative coppery hatpin Enter, Royalty. This hatpin is coppery color, shiny, hard to photograph - George V of England. The inscription around the circumference reads, "Georgius V rex et ind imp". The back has a lovely little repeating leaf pattern going around, and the solder needed to affix a button on the rod. The rod is 10 3/4". Width is 15/16".
- See him as Emperor of India and think of times gone by, at //www.flickr.com/photos/atthealtar/2582921257/. And wars: The Central India Horse, the 21st, King George V's own, fought in World War I and World War II. George the Fifth - see ://www.channel4.com/history/microsites'/R/real_lives/georgev.html.
- Then think of the "Edwardian era" -the glow of wealth and pomp before WWI. That was the reign of the father of George V. The era of the great Edwardian hats and their hatpins - 1901-1910.
George married the bride, and they had six children. One child, John, was possibly autistic, and was epileptic, and was hidden, mostly. Out of sight, off on a farm, or peeking through high balconies at everyone else. Do find the TV show on this. Can't have that in the Royal Bloodline. There was also a hemophilia strain stemming from Victoria, see ://www.sciencecases.org/hemo/hemo.asp., and speculate where it came from, paternalistially speaking, at "Victoria's Secret," at //www.anusha.com/secret.htm.
See more on the Royals at FN 1. George V reigned from 1910 to 1936 - a turbulent era. World War I, the increasing independence of countries in the old British Empire, the troubles in Ireland dividing it Catholic against Protestant, and the beginnings of World War II. Some good decisions, some worries of the British were justified, some not so, power and foibles, flaws and circumstances and conflicting demands arising from the times, not easy. On balance, salute?
.............................................
FN 1. Edward VII presided over excess; George V presided over change and turmoil. Do look up photos of him and the Queen (Mary, known as May) in India for special ceremonies, a "durobar" or something like that. Have to check. He also was injured seriously while visiting the front in WWI - his horse rolled over him. See ://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/saxe_coburg_gotha.htm; ://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/georgev.htm; ://meerutup.tripod.com/durbar/,
Was he British enough?
Remember that British and other royalty were interrelated, all over Europe, and thrones moved about the different families' branches.
In George's case, there was concern that his loyalties tilted to Germany, Saxony, Russia. So, in 1917, George V by edict changed the family name from the Victoria surname of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (for Victoria, close German royalty connections - before Victoria the British Royal Family had been Hanover, etc.) to the more British "Windsor."
This almost but not quite allayed fears that he harbored allegiance to German interests, and there were echoes of that continuing. Meanwhile, his Russian cousins, Czar Nicholas and his family, sought refuge in 1917 from the Russian Revolution. George did not allow it, out of concern for its effect on his image as well. The Bolsheviks shot the family.
1932 - Rudyard Kipling wrote a script for a Christmas radio speech, George delivered it, and a tradition began for the annual Christmas Royal Message.
George V's children: Two of George's children are important here: 1) Edward, the elder son had met and was seen openly with American divorced lady, Wallis Simpson, and 2) George, the younger son, married and had two daughters, Elizabeth, and Margaret,
1935 - Jubilee celebrations. 1936: George V became sick, comatose, and was euthanized (shots to bring on death at a propitious time). Son Edward became King Edward III in 1938, and abdicated within a year of his coronation, in order to marry Wallis Simpson.
So, the younger brother, that other George, became King George VI. He died in 1952 and his daughter Elizabeth, now Elizabeth II, became Queen. See the whole fam damily at ://www.royal.gov.uk/files/pdf/European%20monarchs%20family%20tree.pdf
Royalty is an impossible puzzle unless it is your life to figure it out. Check out information against ://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/British-Royal-Family#Family_tree_of_members. We may be missing an Albert or an Albert George here, by George, see ://www.english-for-students.com/By-George.html; and ://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/5/messages/1321.htmlearlier on.
We give up. Enough for the Royals.
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