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Subject: Cool.
Posted May 22, 2003 by
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Cool entry, but:
"Anthony Blunt was allowed to keep his job as Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures"
Does this mean he sat with the Queen to look at her holiday snaps?

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Subject: Cool.
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Not quite Ralph, though he might have done, Surveyor of the Kings/Queens Pictures means he looked after the artwork in the Royal collections

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Subject: Cool.
Posted May 26, 2003 by
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Of course. Makes totall sense.

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Subject: Cool.
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S'ok

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Subject: Cool.
Posted May 28, 2003 by
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So, what kind of art does this Queen person like?

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Subject: Cool.
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I have no idea and I don't know who has the job now

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Subject: Cool.
Posted Jun 2, 2003 by
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Does she like landscapes?

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Subject: Cool.
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I really don't know I know Queen Victoria did, Prince Albert used to paint landscapes in Scotland

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Subject: Cool.
Posted Jun 3, 2003 by
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Wasn't there a guy who had a portrait done after he had his head chopped of?

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Subject: Cool.
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I don't think so

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Subject: Cool.
Posted Jun 3, 2003 by
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I'm pretty sure there was. I'll look it up at home.

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Subject: Cool.
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Ok, it seems a little strange

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Subject: Cool.
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ok









cool

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Subject: Cool.
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biggrin

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Subject: Cool.
Posted Jun 5, 2003 by
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It was an illregitimate son of Charles II, they chopped of his head, then they found out they didn't have a portrait, and since he WAS the king's son, they decided to do one.

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That doesn't surprise me Charles II had lots of illigitamet children

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Subject: Cool.
Posted Jun 5, 2003 by
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erm How many got there heads chopped of then stitched back on?

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Charles II liked to 'spread it around a bit'

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Subject: Cool.
Posted Jun 6, 2003 by
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"king on the job"?

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Subject: Cool.
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yep

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