tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234763472866822975.post2163706488028467578..comments2023-06-13T10:30:09.837-04:00Comments on Susan's Flutterbys: A History Lesson :-)Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498627087140234765noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234763472866822975.post-14697386706591322572011-04-08T09:57:17.211-04:002011-04-08T09:57:17.211-04:00Hi Ma,
I'm watching another series on Youtube...Hi Ma,<br /><br />I'm watching another series on Youtube that is focusing on Prince Albert. <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJVFmWNHrI<br /><br />They really make him out to be a monster, which isn't really how I read it in the book "We Two" and not how he was portrayed in "The Young Victoria"...but it can certainly be inferred from many of the facts that are given about him in the book. He certainly was ambitious, and he did like taking control and having everything orderly. Taken to an extreme, these can be very terrible traits. <br /><br />I put myself in their position and think it would be very difficult to not take myself too seriously if given such "powers" and half a chance. :-PSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498627087140234765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234763472866822975.post-61668414833901726762011-04-08T08:57:49.351-04:002011-04-08T08:57:49.351-04:00We haven't gotten up to this point in our worl...We haven't gotten up to this point in our world history yet. I'll have to keep this in mind when we get there.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00380432930727921469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234763472866822975.post-57628134845994740052011-04-07T11:51:13.307-04:002011-04-07T11:51:13.307-04:00Hi "Emperor" Gregg :) sorry I couldn'...Hi "Emperor" Gregg :) sorry I couldn't resist...<br /><br />Queen Victoria kept a diary from the time she was very young up through her reign after Prince Albert's death. There were numerous volumes that told the most intimate thoughts of the monarch about everything political and personal. I'm about halfway through the book "We Two" which includes some direct quotes of what we still have from her writings. She wrote these journals for herself, to express the thoughts that she could not confide to anyone else. The things she wrote about when she was still under the thumb of her mother, prior to her 18th birthday, were heavily censored because her mother and her mother's advisor, Lord Conroy, regularly read everything that "little Vickie" wrote, even her letters were read prior to being sent out, as well as any letters that she received.<br /><br />Something I find very interesting about Queen Victoria is the strong influence she had allowed Prince Albert to have on her reign. Prior to his death he was king in all but title, and when she used the "royal we" it could be inferred that she meant Prince Albert and herself as the one flesh of holy matrimony.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498627087140234765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234763472866822975.post-69942483905152522342011-04-07T11:30:27.547-04:002011-04-07T11:30:27.547-04:00Very interesting. I did not know Victoria was a wr...Very interesting. I did not know Victoria was a writer nor did I know that she wanted her writings destroyed. Great post!<br /><br /><br />Gregg Metcalf<br />Colossians 1:28-29<br /><br /><a href="http://gospeldrivendisciples.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Gospel-driven Disciples</a>Gregg Metcalfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16413691313803396844noreply@blogger.com