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

    Posted by LittleMo on January 2, 2012, 11:29 am, in reply to "Re: Introductions- we should all make one! :-)"

    Hi
    I'm Morag and I live in the Midlands of England (between Birmingham and Coventry).
    I work for a global computer company and have two teenage sons.
    My interest in the Royals was started because I grew up with my parents having one book commemorating Queen Elizabeths coronation.
    I used to look at the (few) colour pictures of the young Queen in it and was fascinated by her beauty and, of course jewels.
    This is the particular picture that inspired me.
    Photobucket

    From Diana's engagement to Charles I compiled scrapbooks on her life and collected many royal books and magazines. Gradually broadening my interest to include Royal jewels and the British monarchy in general.
    Since her tragic end I have continuted to follow the Royals and we now have Camilla and Kate to follow. (and my collection is now electronic based except for books and Majesty magazine.
    Thanks to this board, and all of you, I am ever broadening my knowledge to include European and other royals and their wonderful jewels.

    so thanks to you all, and Jan for keeping us together.

    Here's to a great 2012.

    --Previous Message--
    : 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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