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Christopher Guyver

@cguyver

Historian, NHS employee, @odnb contributor. Currently writing a biography of King Leopold I of the Belgians. Beautiful Surrey.

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Joined November 2009
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@Robin_C_DouglasOct 17
Any experts in 18th century handwriting around? I'm wondering what the words here in red are. The text seems to read "the house wherein [?] [?] the Cooper now dwelleth".
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I think Sean Connery was probably quite a difficult man but he was very kind to have agreed to be Roger Moore's warm-up act as Bond.
DoubleOKevin (@KevBot_007) profile pictureDoubleOKevin@KevBot_007Oct 16
Here’s to the weekend! Have a good one, folks. #JamesBond ⚪️⚪️⚪️🔴
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Dr. Grant T. Harward@GHarwardOct 16
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Inviting History@invitinghistoryOct 16
This is a portrait of her sister Josepha, not Marie Antoinette. The correct identification (done a few years ago) is unfortunately not widely publicized.
Pop Base (@PopBase) profile picturePop Base
@PopBaseOct 16
233 years ago today, Marie Antoinette was guillotined.
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Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The image shows Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (Marie Antoinette's sister), not Marie Antoinette. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meyt… search.scalarchives.com/id/01502737 x.com/invitinghistor…
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how everyone cheered
Paul PD (@atticusfinch104) profile picturePaul PD@atticusfinch104Oct 16
16 October 1834 Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground. #History #HistoryMatters
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Kaiser Wilhelm II was half English, which is to say he was half-German. Did Empress Vicky speak German with an English accent? Or a Coburger accent?
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The comte de Chambord never wore uniform in exile, certainly as an adult. (And he was spared colourization.)
Hans-Joachim Marseille (@MarseilleH41515) profile pictureHans-Joachim Marseille@MarseilleH41515Oct 15
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859–1941) is pictured with his grandsons, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940) and Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1907–1994), members of the House of Hohenzollern, which ruled Prussia and the German Empire.
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Do film stars get divorced more often than other people? (=other people, i.e. the rest of the human race)
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he has inherited Leopold I's didacticism
[Wim Dehandschutter] (@WDehandschutter) profile picture[Wim Dehandschutter]@WDehandschutterOct 14
🇧🇪🇰🇿 Belgian State Visit to Kazachstan 💬 “My name Philippe means friend of horses [in Greek],” King Philippe says while visiting a country club in #Almaty, #Kazakhstan today. 🐴 The horses also show great interest in him and Queen Mathilde. They try to pet them a few times.
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but William the Conqueror was a Hanoverian usurper
Minoo Dinshaw (@MinooFramroze) profile pictureMinoo Dinshaw@MinooFramrozeOct 15
Do people not know that Harold Godwinson was a largely Danish usurper without a shred of legitimacy save an elite election in circumstances without precedent, whose family (quite probably including himself) were deeply involved in the murder of an English prince, or not care?
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@007Oct 14
Bringing style, wit and charisma to the role of Bond. Remembering Sir Roger Moore on what would have been his 99th birthday.
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Mr Jolly@mrjolly23Oct 14
New #Stickers on the Streets of #Chertsey discovered at lunchtime today
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dave ainsworth@daveainsworth63Oct 14
Remembering the wonderful English actor Roger Moore who was born on this day in 1927. He played James Bond in 7 films and died in 2017. #RogerMoore #TheSpyWhoLovedMe #TheSaint #Maverick #ThePersuaders #Ivanhoe #Crossplot #ShoutAtTheDevil #TheSeaWolves #TheWildGeese
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Quite early change of name (esp. as it stayed Bourbon-Vendée throughout the July Monarchy)
David Masson-Weyl (@DMdoubleV) profile pictureDavid Masson-Weyl@DMdoubleVOct 14
Du bon usage du papier à en-tête en changement de régime.
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having a conversation while standing in a doorway, thus blocking other people. (I must do this myself.)
Angela💙 (@amangieh) profile pictureAngela💙
@amangiehOct 13
What is something people do that instantly makes you think they’re stupid?
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though that could be classed as annoying & selfish
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Shock as anti-Semite doesn't like women either.
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