tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post1157202625784636122..comments2024-01-26T19:48:37.576+00:00Comments on crivens jings and help ma blog: Death of a Prince – Bonnie Prince CharlieAlistairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-50834486493378414622011-08-29T04:41:23.831+01:002011-08-29T04:41:23.831+01:00Hi Indigo - It seems bosoms have had an inordinate...Hi Indigo - It seems bosoms have had an inordinately high effect of our education as mine was oft deflected by similar thoughts.<br /><br />Hullo MM - Many pensions for life were granted from various noble dynasties and lower rank supporters and those with political axes to grind. James VII had made huge provision for his exile too. These were the super-rich of their day.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-48171936675311236592011-08-29T04:29:02.985+01:002011-08-29T04:29:02.985+01:00Like any romantic teenager, I bought into the myth...Like any romantic teenager, I bought into the myth of the 'bonnie prince' and doomed Jacobite rebellion. I later read some of the history of that time which was more accurate--describing the dissipated weakling of later years, clinging to a lost cause and posturing as a prince. I didn't know the details of his lawful wedded wife. <br />I wonder how these dethroned 'royals' managed to go on living in style--you'd think they would have run out of creditors and backers very early on.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-7918086457818459732011-08-29T01:48:20.013+01:002011-08-29T01:48:20.013+01:00Hey Alistair! Good grief, I knew none of this. Tha...Hey Alistair! Good grief, I knew none of this. That'll teach me to stare at Mildred Fletcher's magnificent bosom rather than listen to my history teacher. Tho, of course, she WAS my history teacher. Thank you! IndigoIndigo Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957870121933442627noreply@blogger.com