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Thread #28786   Message #1753880
Posted By: GUEST,thurg
06-Jun-06 - 01:24 AM
Thread Name: Bonnie Prince Charlie - Good or Bad
Subject: RE: Bonnie Prince Charlie - Good or Bad
I remember a write-up in the Toronto Star Weekly about the New Brunswick James Stuart back in the late '60's. He had formed a court-in-exile, consisting of the late Alden Nowlan, Ray Fraser, and various other poets, philosophers and good-time Charlies - a true Stuart court! There was a great photo of this (handsome and presumably charming) Stuart and his followers - he was in Highland regalia, complete with tinfoil sword and crown, and his courtiers were bedecked in capes and robes from granny's closet, accoutred with ceremonial weapons that looked suspiciously like kitchen-utensils ... He sent a demand to Queen Elizabeth that she vacate the palace and give up the throne forthwith. History fails to record her response. (But note that the Windsors are still the Royals.)

kendall's post is the first I've heard of our rightful king since then. Perhaps it's time to revive his claim ... Sound the pibroch, Mudcatters!