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#102
11-01-2006, 04:15 AM
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I´m for one looking for the painting of Queen Alexandra being anointed at the 1902 - coronation, peeresses holding a canopy over her!
It´s so beautiful it takes almost your breath away. 
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#104
11-03-2006, 10:50 AM
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#105
11-03-2006, 12:14 PM
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Try here
- http://worldroots.com/brigitte/royal...enmark1844.htm - http://pro.corbis.com/search/searchFrame.aspx - http://editorial.gettyimages.com/sou...%7c0&p=4&tag=6
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#106
11-04-2006, 05:44 AM
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A question re; King Edward VII
On another forum (religious discussion) which I frequent, we were discussing the "no Roman Catholics" part of the UK succesion laws. Some asterted that King Edward VII had converted to Roman Catholicism on his deathbed. The only reference he could cite was a book titled London is a Place, by Leonard Feeney. Supposedly he was received into the RC church by a Fr.Bernard Vaughan.
Anyone else ever heard this? I find it hard to believe.
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#107
11-04-2006, 05:58 AM
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 A Protestant King & Head of the Church of England converting Catholicism? I have strong reservations regarding the authenticity of that claim, but again this is the first I have heard of it. Last edited by Madame Royale; 11-04-2006 at 06:01 AM.
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#108
11-04-2006, 06:52 AM
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I have always had a fascination with Edward VII and have read just about everything ever written about him and I have never heard this.
He was raised, confirmed and married as an Anglican, he took his coronation oath as an Anglican etc. I have never read anything that ever suggested that he had an inclination towards RC.
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#109
11-04-2006, 12:02 PM
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I've never heard it either. I don't think his religious faith was strong enough for him to consider anything of this nature, though he did once say "I don't care what faith a man is, but I distrust him who has none".
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#110
11-04-2006, 03:33 PM
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#111
11-04-2006, 08:32 PM
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That may be what chrissy meant by the fact that Edward married as an Anglican. [edited to add: yes, they were married at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle so I'm almost positive that ceremony was Anglican. Here is a website with a couple of pictures from the wedding. The first looks like an engraving from the ceremony; the second is a picture of the couple shortly after the ceremony with Queen Victoria and the bust of the dead Prince Albert.]
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Last edited by ysbel; 11-04-2006 at 08:44 PM.
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#112
11-04-2006, 09:13 PM
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Edward VII was always an Anglican.
Even though his wife was a Lutheran, as was his father, his marriage followed the Anglican tradition as would be expected of the future Head of the COE. He was married at St George's Chapel, which is an Anglican church.
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#115
11-26-2006, 08:01 PM
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Alexandra suffered a serious bout of rheumatic fever in 1867 whilst pregnant with her third child, Louise. She had a permanently stiff knee after that but was still very physically active and fit. She had no notable difficulties with her six confinements though her youngest child, Alexander John, lived only a few hours, sadly.
Could one of the posters claiming Alexandra had "bug eyes" please post such a photo as I have never seen one, and I've seen a lot of photos of Alix. Thank you. 
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#116
11-27-2006, 09:49 AM
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Good Lord if anyone had "bug eyes" it was Edward VII, the Hanoverian bulge it has been called. But I have never seen any photo where Alexandra looks to have bulging eyes.
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#117
01-07-2007, 08:23 PM
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Love the photographs
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#118
01-07-2007, 08:41 PM
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In the fourth and fifth pictures, the resemblance to Diana is uncanny. I see a bit of Uma Thurman too, but I see Diana more.
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#119
01-08-2007, 03:18 AM
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How can Alexandra look like Diana when they aren't related? I don't see the resemblance at all. I do, however, find the resemblance to her sisters Dagmar and Thyra extremely uncanny.
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#120
01-08-2007, 07:21 AM
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The diversity of opinions on looks here is amazing!
Yes, I see a resemblance between the young Alexandra (especially that little smile) and the young Diana. People don't have to be related to look similar, especially in expression. I also occasionally see a resemblance between the young Bertie and Prince Charles as well who, of course, are blood relatives. A similarity between Alix and her two sisters - I see none whatsoever to Thyra and only to Minny (Dagmar) a very little when she was very young!
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