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...“And I think the V is about a superhero.”...
...Both Sheikh and Pakistani artist Zahoor ul Akhlaq studied at the Royal College of Art in the 1960s, and were astounded by the V&A’s originals after muted reproductions at home....
...In an attempt to win over William, Harry turned to Google, calling up images of their bearded ancestors Edward VII and George V in uniform. Why do beards get some people so hot under the collar?...
...“Elton John was playing with expressions of femininity in the ’70s and then Freddie Mercury and Prince.”...
...But by the time it was completed in 1819, the then monarch, Ferdinand VII, decided that the royal art collection (shaped by his predecessors Charles V and Philip II) should be exhibited instead....
...Some asylum seekers are staying in a squat on Brussels’ Rue de la Loi, just next to the headquarters of De Moor’s party, CD&V....
...The King referred to his eldest son, Prince William, in his speech, saying that “the prince and princess of Wales” had recently made a successful public visit to Wales....
...He assures us that the future king has a “very, very warm manner”; Charles’s only request was that he not be called “Prince”. “In America, he’s called ‘Prince’ all the time,” records Schwartz....
...In contrast, George V and George VI died in winter: some of the 305,000 who saw the latter lying in state had to put up with light snow....
...De Beauvau spent part of her childhood at the Château d’Haroué, the 18th-century estate that belonged to her father, Prince Marc de Beauvau-Caron, who was a great connoisseur of the arts....
...Redman’s job, as the V&A’s senior conservator of metals in the collections care and access department for the last three years, is to decide what to do — or not to do — to help preserve the life of these...
...In the V&A’s latest annual review he also referred to talks with Ghana around the V&A collection of Asante court regalia, including gold ornaments, rings and badges, which entered the collection following...
...Known as Bertie in the family, he was the second son of King George V and expected his elder brother, known as David to the family, to become king....
...In the BBC interview he cited the Shakespeare plays Henry IV and V and the changes in the young King Henry V as he becomes monarch....
...But Stokes’ leadership has been obvious; Prince Hal transformed into Henry V at a succession of Agincourts....
...Covered with gilt and dimly lit with candles . . . powerful or banal/Monuments of riches or repression . . . the Escorial/Cold for ever within like the heart of Philip . . . and in the Prado half/Wit princes...
...Prince Andrew denied any wrongdoing....
...He loves it,” says Strong, the former head of the V&A and author of some waspish diaries in which few of the rich, famous and powerful are spared....
...King George V Park, the Scottish Gallery and Scottish National Portrait Gallery are a short walk away. What A second-floor flat with two to three bedrooms and about 1,060 sq ft of living space....
...After Prince Albert died in 1861, Queen Victoria set a fashion for mourning jewellery made from the black gemstone jet. “Jet was very expensive,” says Katz. “ . . ....
...While following his father George V’s coffin in procession, Edward VIII recalled seeing “a flash of light dancing along the pavement”....
...Royal figures in attendance will also include Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium and King Harald V and Queen...
...At the request of King George V, it mounted the 520-carat Cullinan I diamond, which is also known as the Great Star of Africa, in the royal sceptre....
...On May 9 1921, George V held a state dinner for Crown Prince Hirohito at Buckingham Palace — the first time a Japanese heir-apparent had “ever left his native shores”, according to the king’s toast....
...The three-way wiring between media, crown and public that reshaped the modern monarchy did not, in fact, begin with Elizabeth II, but with her grandfather George V....
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