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I have just been debating whether my delightful experience at Buckingham Palace will outweigh the topic I had wanted to discuss with you today. If you may recollect, not too long ago, the former British Prime Minster, Mr. Tony Blair, made some flowery comments about President Ernest Koroma’s leadership and how Sierra Leone is moving forward. Mr. Blair’s comments and some local media reaction to those comments were going to be my topic this week. But it will have to wait for next week’s Post Mark London. This week, I have to tell you about my visit to Buckingham Palace on Monday July 26th.
Since my returned to the United Kingdom in 2000, I have received several invitations to attend functions at both Buckingham Palace and the Court of St James, but for one reason or the other I have always ended up not going. Last Week, when the letter came from the Foreign and Commonwealth Press office informing me that my name has been submitted for Monday July 26th and that I should confirm whether I will be available to attend , I said to myself, why not. So off went my reply via email of course, accepting the invitation.
Back in the old days, when visiting the Palace, men not wearing military uniform would wear knee breeches of an 18th-century design, whilst women would wear evening dress and it was obligatory that trains and tiaras or feather should be worn at all times whilst within the walls of the Palace.
The dress code governing formal court uniform and dress has progressively relaxed. After World War 1, when Queen Mary wished to follow fashion by raising her shirts a few inches from the ground, she requested a Lady-in-waiting to shorten her own skirt first to gauge the King’s reaction. King George V was horrified and her hemline remained unfashionably low. Subsequently, King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth allowed daytime skirts to rise
Thankfully today, the dress code for Buckingham Palace is no longer such a big issue. At the gate, I noticed most of my colleagues’ journalists were dressed in smart formal suit and the women were also looking engagingly beautiful as we negotiated our way through security.
So what was the purpose of the visit? Oh I almost forgot to tell you. But first, please let me tell you how I felt when I walked into the main Palace after going through security.
You see, unless you are a top politician, a senior diplomat, a senior civil servant, Chief Executive, a class A celebrity, a member of the Royal family or married to any of the above, you will probably not have experienced the remarkable feeling of out of this world that I felt, when I walked into the main Palace last Monday morning.
The place is just extraordinarily beautiful, from the moment one walks into the main structure, you realises that yes, there are indeed, people born with silver spoons in their mouth.
So what was the occasion my dear boy! It was the Opening of The Queen’s Year, a special exhibition show-casing not only the spectacular beauty of the Palace but more importantly the very demanding work schedule of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth ll. From the Royal Maundy Service and the Trooping the Colour ceremony to the State Opening of Parliament and Her Majesty’s Christmas broadcast, were all on display for a selected group of journalists to view, study and engage Palace staff before the exhibition was open to the public this past Tuesday.
Every year The Queen undertakes hundreds of duties as Head of State, Head of the Commonwealth, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Head of the British Armed Forces, and Patron of around 600 charities. In 2009 there were over 250 engagements in Her Majesty’s official programme, including 145 Audiences, 24 presentations of credentials, 12 Investitures, 11 regional visits, eight meetings of Privy Council, six large-scale receptions, four garden parties, two inward State Visits, one outward State Visit, and numerous luncheons and dinners for special groups and individuals.
Apart from all of these meetings and state functions, the Queen has a weekly audience alone with British Prime Minister when they are both in London. This takes place at Buckingham Palace at 6.30 on Wednesday evenings.
I will not describe myself as a lover of fine art. I am more into books, fine wine and expensive brandy and of course, a good old Havana cigar, but my closed encounter with fine paintings on Monday has change my views about fine arts. On entering the opulent state rooms, including the grand Ball Room, you are welcome by decoration in gold and walls full of paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens, Titian, Van Dyck, Poussin and Canaletto.
The paintings are not just of jaw-dropping quality, they are priceless, and one can stand in front of these painting and simply lost in admiration because of the brilliances of the painting. The 47 metre (154 foot) gallery now contains works from many period, almost all of them acquired by one of the four most important royal collectors of pictures: George IV; his father George lll and grandfather Frederick, Prince of Wales; and the greatest of them all, Charles l, who appears himself in two colossal paintings by the Flemish painter Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) in the centre of the gallery. The holding of the Royal Collection are simply vast. It has more than 7,000 painting, 500,000 prints and over 30,000 watercolours and drawings.
Officially, Her Majesty holds the collections in trust for the nation, and her successors. Employees of the Royal Collection, however, routinely refer to it as a private collection. When I asked for clarification during the visit, a Royal Spokeswoman told me that; “The Royal Collection has been formed from the private collections of monarchs over 500 years,” She says. “It is held in trust by the Queen as sovereign, however, not as a private individual.”
The public, then, is a “stakeholder” in the collection, in some sense. Most of it, after all was acquired with our money. Indeed, one German journalist who has accepted every invitation since 1999 was very much disappointed that I had never accepted any of the past invitations. As I stood in front of a painting by Van Dycks, she came up to me and said, “that is your money,” your people worked here, and the money spent to get these and the walls they are now hanging have the sweat and blood of your people.” I can’t argue with that statement.
Public access as you may guess is very limited, and even when granted, it is beyond the reach of the majority because of the cost of a ticket to visit the palace during the summer exhibition.
The exhibition also brings examples of Her Majesty’s ceremonial dress with day and evening wear to reflect the full range of events in the royal diary. Ancient symbols of authority and historic ceremonial object are shown alongside gifts presented to Her Majesty on visits around the United Kingdom and indeed, around the World. The centrepiece of the exhibition is the Queen’s magnificent Robe of State, on public display for the first time, and the uniforms of officials and attendants at the State Opening of Parliament.
The State Opening of Parliament marks the beginning of the parliamentary year. Bringing together the three elements of the legislature-the Houses of Commons, the House of Lords and the Queen-it represents the constitutional principle of the Crown in Parliament.
The crimson-velvet Robe of State, first worn by the Queen to her Coronation in 1953, defines beauty. The Robe of State is exhibited alongside the Queen’s husband, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh’s full dress uniform of Admiral of the Fleet. The Duke, known for his outspokenness or un-guarded remarks has been a very loyal consort since their married for over 50 years now. He is always seen walking or standing by the side of Her Majesty.
“What strikes you”, says David Oakley, Assistant to the Deputy Surveyor and co-curator of the exhibition, “is that this is a phenomenal schedule of work for someone in their twenties, let alone someone in their eighties. Through her seasonal activities in different parts of the country, people will get a true impression of all the Queen does and the life of a modern working palace.”
Monarchy, says Edward Griffiths, Deputy Master of the Royal Household, must be associated with events that are done as well as they can be. As the Queen’s de facto head of hospitality, he is responsible for everything from the smooth-running of state banquets to the taste, texture and endurance of every last cucumber sandwich at garden parties. How do you get the water out of the cucumber so it doesn’t make the bread soggy? What is the right amount of butter to make a buffer between the cucumber and the bread?
The palace as it stands today acts as not only the London residence of Her Majesty the Queen but also as the administrative headquarters of the Royal Household. It is in fact one of the few working Royal palaces that remain in the world today.
Buckingham Palace is huge tourist attraction and represents so much British history. It is monument that has been around for 500 years and will continue to be here long into the future. And as I took my leave after two hours inside the palace, I called a darling friend of mine who wanted to know what it is like visiting the palace. On the phone, I simply said; visiting Buckingham Palace is an exercise of royal history but more importantly, a painful reminded of the contribution of the slavery in making Britain what it is today.
By Winston Ojukutu-Macaulay

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Without the bustier it’s just not Wonder Woman

When DC Comics brought us Wonder Woman in 1941 she had big hair, an hourglass waist and was dressed like a trapeze artist. In the 1970s, when Wonder Woman was adapted for television, Lynda Carter — a beauty queen in her previous life — played the heroine and the costume stayed, thus bringing joy to many an adolescent boy and his father.

Lately though, DC Comics got in some writers to update the heroine. First to essay the task (in 2006) was the popular novelist Jodi Picoult: she suggested Wonder Woman’s breasts should be downsized because “as a woman I know you wouldn’t fight crime in a bustier”. The beauty of this suggestion was that though the bosom would have shrunk the costume would have stayed, and I think that would have been a compromise we could all have lived with.

Unfortunately, DC Comics ignored Jodi Picoult and brought in J Michael Straczynski who created the television series Babylon 5 and wrote the screenplay for the 2008 film Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie.

As well as devising some new stories (in his re-imagined version she’s smuggled out of Paradise Island as a baby when unknown forces destroy her home and slaughter its inhabitants) he’s also opted to get Wonder Woman into some new clothes.

“She’s been locked into pretty much the exact same outfit since she made her debut in 1941,” he said in a recent interview with the New York Times in which he explained his changes. “What woman only wears only one outfit for 60-plus years?”

That’s a good point if it’s an ordinary flesh-and-blood mortal you’re talking about. But Wonder Woman, as her name suggests, has special powers so, of course, she doesn’t ever change her clothes. She doesn’t have to. She’s Wonder Woman.

Anyhow, oblivious of this fact, J Michael Straczynski has given her the medieval-squire-meets-Asian-martial-arts-look: he’s trimmed the hair and put her in leggings, a modesty-enhancing jacket and pointy shoes.

I’m sure DC Comics are delighted because lots of young people of both sexes dress like this. They presumably think she’ll appeal to this youthful demographic because they’ll assume she’s one of them.

But the whole point of a super heroine (or hero) is that they stand out from the herd and look unique. Now Wonder Woman has been dressed like an extra from the teenage, Channel 4 television series, Skins we’re going to stop believing in her, and once we withdraw the belief that her superpowers will wane (just as surely as Superman’s fade in the presence of Kryptonite) then no more will she be able to work wonders with her Lasso of Truth or the ruby in her headband.

CAPTION: LYNDA CARTER: Original and best

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How to dress like an emo? (I don’t want to be like one but DRESS like one)I live in the U.K. Can you please tell me how to do my hair, make up and what type of clothes I can wear and buy them from. I’m a 14 year old girl.I already have black layered hair.Thank you for all answers

How to dress like an emo? (I don’t want to be like one but DRESS like one)?

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There are many cute sweater dresses available now in stores. It’s a hot 2010 fashion trend that everyone from two year olds are taking part in. Most obvious is the rise in celebs spotted in this Fall/Winter 2010 trend.
Follow up:Sweater dresses are very versatile. You can wear them with tigh-high boots, leggings, knee socks, skinny jeans, and pants, not to mention all the different footwear styles you can wear with them as well. You can dress them up for evening with nylons and heels shoes, or dress them down for weekends and work with knee high boots and a long necklace.

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I see it on Dark Blue and CSI. Police wear no uniform, and have a badge necklace.. I saw a few today a chipotle. And they had on dress shirt , black slacks, dress shoes, had their gun visible and badge on belt, others had their badge hanging from neck…Are these detectives?

What kind of police officers wear dress clothes and have badge necklace and gun on hip?

Yes on barbie.com or if you like bratz there is a cool one on bratz.com and there are also computer games sold in sores.

Is there a Barbie dress up game ?

1. What s that dress up game for grlss. where they have a membership to it. and their own model game.?
2. Wii game 4 an 8 year old girl?
3. please who can tell me some websites that has barbie free games download?
4. Where can i download Barbie As Rapunzel Game Full Version For Free?
5. Old Cartoon Thing, Kind Of Like Bratz…..?

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