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Scheherazade
06-21-2012, 06:53 PM
We did miss the Diamond Jubilee but I think it is never too late to have a royal weekend.

Who are your favourite royals (real or fictional)?
Helga
06-21-2012, 07:11 PM
the pretty princess is me this weekend
Calidore
06-21-2012, 07:35 PM
I'm partial to Queen Victoria just because my great-great-grandfather was one of her Life Guards (lieutenant, First Regiment).

He and his wife would have been quite imposing today, let alone in the mid-late 1800s--he stood about 6-foot-6 or 7, and his wife was 6-foot-4 with hair down to her ankles (we have photos). Three girls would sit next to her with her hair across their laps to help brush it. Apparently she finally cut it off at some point because it was giving her headaches.
papayahed
06-21-2012, 08:33 PM
the pretty princess is me this weekend

doh! you scooped me!
papayahed
06-21-2012, 09:12 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoDS1lWdpjw
Mutatis-Mutandis
06-21-2012, 10:34 PM
the pretty princess is me this weekend

I see your princess and raise you an emperor.
cacian
06-22-2012, 02:28 AM
Henry the Eight because of his Church of England legacy and he had style. His armoury wardrobe was to die for.
JuniperWoolf
06-22-2012, 03:33 AM
Who are your favourite royals (real or fictional)?

Catherine II of course, the greatest woman who ever lived. I like Boudica too, she was a badass warrior queen.
MystyrMystyry
06-22-2012, 04:26 AM
I reckon Charlie because of the ears - imagine his television reception! He can also ride a horse and hit a ball with a stick at the same time.

But historically I'd take virtually any of the Welsh Tudors up to and including Elizabeth I over anything that's appeared since. And Arthur obviously.
Mutatis-Mutandis
06-22-2012, 04:55 AM
I'm also a big fan of King Willy, the Jamaican drug lord from Predator 2.
Emil Miller
06-22-2012, 06:22 AM
It's no contest.


http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/4601/kong3f.jpg
Mutatis-Mutandis
06-22-2012, 06:34 AM
Good pick, Emil. Though I'm a fan of the 30s version--Peter Jackson's remake sucked.
Helga
06-22-2012, 09:46 AM
Good pick, Emil. Though I'm a fan of the 30s version--Peter Jackson's remake sucked.

agreed, oh and my Leia can kick your emperors behind anyday
Lokasenna
06-22-2012, 11:13 AM
Catherine II of course, the greatest woman who ever lived.

I agree entirely.
prendrelemick
06-22-2012, 04:40 PM
Sorry, I have something in my eye.
Mutatis-Mutandis
06-22-2012, 04:57 PM
agreed, oh and my Leia can kick your emperors behind anyday

Oh? Can she shoot lightning out of her hands? . . . I thought not.
Alexander III
06-22-2012, 05:51 PM
I would say Fredrick The great and Alexander the First of Russia, two truly great men. Oh and surely Louis the XIV must be mentioned when it comes to great Royals.
Gilliatt Gurgle
06-23-2012, 01:15 PM
Sorry, I have something in my eye.

Poor Harold; first a stick in the eye followed by a broadsword through the Royal jewels.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/BayeuxTapestryScene57.jpg



Funky Tut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl5dZxA-rZY

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