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    Re: Introductions- we should all make one! :-) Archived Message

    Posted by June on January 2, 2012, 1:10 am, in reply to "Introductions- we should all make one! :-)"

    Hello Everyone,

    My name is June, and I live in Christchurch, New Zealand (currently known to many as "Earthquake City)".

    I was born in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), lived in South Africa for 8 years, then moved to London where I lived for 10 years before coming to New Zealand.

    I remember being interested in Royalty as quite a young girl, and my hobby was collecting pictures of the British Royal Family. At that age, I wasn't aware of any other Royalty! It
    was only when I got older that I became aware that there were many other Countries who had a Monarchy.

    My other passions in life are animals and jewellery, and I spend a lot of time (like all of you) accessing Royalty sites, in particular looking at, and drooling over, the fabulous jewels.




    --Previous Message--
    : John, I suspect from your timeline that we are
    : the same age!
    :
    : My name is Rachel, and I grew up in a small
    : town in Indiana. My first exposure to
    : royalty was the Life magazine from the
    : Swedish Royal wedding in 1976. I spent hours
    : looking at that on my grandmother's
    : "summer porch." By the age of 9 I
    : had read all the books in the children's
    : section of our local library, and the
    : children's librarian took me upstairs to
    : introduce me to one of the "adult"
    : librarians, and the first book she found for
    : me was one of Jean Plaidy's royal history
    : novels, so by the time Prince Charles
    : married Lady Diana Spencer, I was already
    : obsessed. I had the Diana fringe haircut and
    : the backwards black sheep sweater and at one
    : time probably every issue of Majesty
    : magazine from No. 1.
    :
    : I spent part of my high school years in het
    : Gooi, Netherlands (amongst hockeymeisjes and
    : the sort ) and I had the pleasure of
    : meeting Princes Margriet, who has remained
    : one of my favorite royals. Otherwise, my
    : only brushes with royalty were with the
    : (then) Duchess of York and the Duke of
    : Edinburgh and could only be characterized as
    : remote.
    :
    : I am a graphic designer/art director and I
    : have for years specialized in magazines and
    : books (a terrible business to be in
    : currently as everything becomes an
    : "e" venture) and I am putting my
    : literature education to work as I write
    : fiction. I went from being Rachel on
    : Boardhost boards (I've been around since
    : 1998) to Rachel in IN when there was another
    : Rachel posting pre-2000 who was inflammatory
    : and aggressive. If you were someone that was
    : bombed by that Rachel, I apologize and would
    : like to belatedly point out that it wasn't
    : me.
    :
    : I somehow balance my ongoing interest in
    : Royalty and jewels with the fact that my
    : belief system has become primarily Quaker. I
    : have moved back the general area of my
    : hometown 2-1/2 years ago, and currently live
    : in a heavily Amish area. When exchanges get
    : heated on the boards, it is a strange
    : comfort to look out the window, see my
    : neighbors drive by in their buggies and
    : horse drawn wagons and pony carts, and have
    : instant confirmation that there is a life
    : outside the minutiae of royalty, royal
    : history and royal jewels. But there is also
    : a comfort in the shared community of posters
    : and lurkers. I feel I "know" so
    : many of you even though we have not met,
    : your interests and narrative voices are all
    : very distinct.
    :
    : I look forward to the Jubilees this year of
    : the British and Danish queens, and yes, all
    : the glitter that involves! I would love to
    : see the resolution of the Princess Anne
    : mystery tiara, and I'd love to see the
    : Duchess of Cornwall bust open the heritage
    : of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother even
    : more. My longshot fantasy is that we will
    : start to see some of the jewels of Princess
    : Margaret were those of a "lifetime
    : loan" via her mother, and we see them
    : popping up again on either of the two D of
    : C's. It's a fantasy, we will see if it ever
    : happens...
    :
    : To all, a happy 2012! It's been a genuine
    : pleasure to know you all, and I look forward
    : to another year of discoveries and
    : mysteries!
    :

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