ALLAN BARTON - THE ANTIQUARY : AN OUTSTANDING ROYAL BRITAIN HISTORIAN! YOUTUBE STATION

I'm so impressed with the videos this man has posted so I'm highly recommending you learn more about Royal Britain -  the history - the coronations - the symbolic clothing - so many wonderful topics - by listening to his station.  His knowledge is expansive, he's well spoken and every video has plentiful pictures and illustrations.

Here is the link to the ALLAN BARTON - THE ANTIQUARY station on YouTube.

YOUTUBE ALLEN BARTON

In keeping with my policy to not embed videos that have commercials attached to them, I'm sending you to the video that turned me on to this station...

YOUTUBE BARTON ROBES and CORONETS OF THE NOBILITY

As he says, it's not likely that many of the invitees to King Charles III's coronation will be wearing the garments of the peerage, signaling to all who can read the codes, but here he details of their traditional garments worn for special events in the history of Britain.   

This station is simply full of wonderful information!

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KING CHARLES III CORONATION - THE FANTASTICAL GREEN MAN INVITE TO 2000 - HAND PAINTED!

Those of you who love the design and interpretation of Coat of Arms - Heraldry - as one of the oldest European traditions - will love the fantastical Green Man invite to Charles III Coronation which takes place May 6th - English time.  

I will be watching. 

It's not that I'm an Anglophile, because I  .  However, this is a historical event and one that has not taken place in England for 70 years, since his mother Queen Elizabeth's, and it's televised.  Promising a smaller, perhaps updated and more modern version of a coronation, Charles, who long awaited his time to be King, seems to have sought ways to remain Royal as well as being well situated in today's world with climate change and ecology one of his long time concerns. He also said once that he was a guardian of the faiths, not just England's version of Protestantism, showing sensitivity to Britain's citizenry.

I watched Diana and Charles' wedding. I watched Diana's funeral, getting up in the middle of the night to watch it live. I watched much of the Queen's funeral. In the past I read a few books about the Royal family, including Kitty Kelley's expose. I watch the series, The Crown, which I think is terrific; I don't expect accuracy out of biopic's, I figure there is lots of theory and interpretation in film making. And of course it helps that it's all in English, the official language of the United States too.

If you think that it's just Americans a bit obsessed with what happens over there across "the pond" (The Atlantic Ocean) and with one of the last acknowledged Royal families of Europe and on this earth, even Americans with no English or British ancestry, think about this. British are obsessed with American politics and our legal system. We, along with Canada, have never lost our connections that began with immigration from that island to the America's.

This image of the Coronation invite appears on The Guardian.

Called NeoPagan and Puckish, here is the article about heraldry artist Andrew Jamieson's hand painted invitations which is quite funny :

THE GUARDIAN : CHARLES PAGAN PARTY

Excerpt:  However you read its springtime symbolism, the coronation invitation is a witty, skilled performance that speaks well of King Charles III's feel for art and sense of humour, as well as Jamieson's talent. Now all we need is a maypole outside Westminster Abbey.

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P.S. Maypole for the month of May, and May the month for Blessed Mother and all mothers.  Let's clarify that mothering, nurturing, is not exclusive of those who give birth or who have or raise children.  

TITLES OF NOBILITY?

Nobility titles and ranks vary depending on the country or ruling country. Of interest is also the history of when a title was invented. Usually a prevailing King or Queen could elevate a person to the peerage, as a reward, traditionally for defending their rulership through military service.  However,some families were so established long ago, the reasons why they are considered royal, or aristocracy, or noble, may be lost. They may have been from a founding tribe or clan, or have won or acquired great wealth and power. When men died out, the line might have been transferred through a woman's line. Hard to argue with someone who can build a fortress of stone when you live in a wood hut.

That changed in recent time to a reward for noteworthy success, consider the various celebrity entertainers such as musicians and actors who became Sir's during Queen Elizabeth's reign...  Sir Paul McCartney (James Paul McCartney) for an example.  However, very many of those who she elevated were known for service to the Kingdom or humanity, such as Sir Bob Geldof  (  Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof.)  Their wives are known as Ladies.

There are two types of peers who can be elevated.

Those who were born into it are recognized as HEREDITARY peers.

Those who were not, are called LIFE peers.

IS QUEEN ELIZABETH IN PROPHET MOHAMMED'S BLOOD LINE ?

DAILY MAIL : QUEEN ELIZABETH IN PROPHET MOHAMMED BLOOD LINE

This story seems to have kept resurfacing over the last couple years.  This Daily Mail article is one of many articles that have appeared in print media and on the internet.  Archives of Spain, Burke's Peerage (the British authority on royal and aristocratic genealogy), and other countries with large Muslim populations are interested in the connection.  Would it help relationships between Christians and Muslims?  Diplomatically, maybe.  Religiously, I doubt it.

There is an impressive genealogy chart to look at: the connection would be through the Prophet's daughter Fatima.

Excerpt: They claimed the3 Queen descends from a Muslim princess called Zaida, who fled her home town of Seville in the 11th century before converting to Christianity.  Zaida was the fourth wife of King Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad of Seville.  She bore him a son Sancho, whose descendant later married the Earl of Cambridge in the 11th century.