The Queen trolled Donald Trump with her brooch and it’s the best thing you’ll read today
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Jewel watchers nearly died, because it is the brooch worn in the famous “Three Queens in Mourning” photo, worn by the Queen Mum: pic.twitter.com/3xS2C56Xcj
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QE rolled up to tea with the tRUmps wearing the brooch her mother wore to her father’s STATE FUNERAL. pic.twitter.com/NjeiP8w1hV
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 15, 2018
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Game, set, and match to Queen Elizabeth. Gods save the Queen, or she’ll kick their asses too. pic.twitter.com/c9bHP9FPMo
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 15, 2018
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Adding more data from a friend, about QE’s outfit.
The suit she wore to tea is the exact same one she wore to open Parliament after the post-Brexit reorganization. “I think this is now her Official Outfit of Don’t Wanna.”
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 15, 2018
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ALL RIGHT! Sheesh, y’all are impatient.
Forty years ago, one of QE’s cousins married a woman, now known as Princess Michael of Kent. She is notoriously racist. Going to the first Christmas lunch with the family where she would be meeting Megan Markle, she wore this:
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 15, 2018
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Fuck, picture. Pictures are good. pic.twitter.com/SF98mGN4oG
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 15, 2018
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If you google “Princess Michael of Kent brooch” you get THAT photo, in a Harper’s article about it. The incident is notorious in a very small corner of jewel-watching territory.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 15, 2018
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In the 17-1800s, British Empire types like to have art made of their ‘subjects’. That’s called a Blackamoor Brooch and it is the jewelry equivalent to one of those statues of a little black boy holding a lantern people put at the end of their drives.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 15, 2018
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To meet Megan Markle.
Who was engaged to Harry at the time.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 15, 2018
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She insists it was all a HUGE misunderstanding and she had NO IDEA that a pin called a BLACKAMOOR BROOCH was in bad taste.
But then a guy who dated her daughter says she has two black sheep on her estate she named Venus and Serena, so you be the judge.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 15, 2018
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We were all hoping for a Serena – Princess Michael throwdown at the wedding reception, but it turned out Serena has too much class to beat the shit out of little old white ladies, even when they deserve it. (There’s no incident I know of other than them being in the same room.)
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 15, 2018
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A good friend has also informed me that Princess Michael of Kent’s father was a major in the Nazi SS.
Her husband also does lots of business in Russia. Which could mean nothing.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 15, 2018
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AND SINCE I’M ADDING ON ANYWAY, @jadewhisk pointed something out:
You know, that Canadian brooch of Elizabeth’s could be considered a SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 15, 2018
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If QE knew the snowflake term, it’s absolutely why this brooch was chosen. It’s never been worn before and she has always before this worn a diamond maple leaf given to her as a young woman by the people of Canada.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 15, 2018
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Ooops, my bad. No. It was given to the Queen Mum for a tour of Canada in the thirties. Given by the King. So it’s a gift between QE’s beloved parents.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 15, 2018
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Since then, it’s been THE “Hi Canada!” brooch: pic.twitter.com/pBNdz6Jndi
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 15, 2018
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I can’t possibly begin to guess what the Queen was thinking, but the facts as I know them are thus:
1. QE has a brooch very heavily associated with Canada to the point it really is a signal flag.
2. She did not wear it.— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 15, 2018
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3. She wore a jewel that she had never worn before.
4. That in the shape of a snowflake, sorta.
5. That was referred to as a snowflake somewhere in the press release about it.
6. QE has amply proven she is a master of brooch warfare.— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 15, 2018
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It has also occurred to me that of the three brooches, two were gifts from heads of major states and the third belonged to her mother, whom Hitler called “the most dangerous woman in Europe” because of how she rallied the people during the Blitz.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 16, 2018
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ADDED ON 7.16.18:
More stuff I forgot people don’t ‘just know’.
The snowflake brooch was new, never before worn. A gift from Canada. QE usually saves that sort of thing for when lots of people will see it. Esp. a gift from a Commonwealth country. From CANADA.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 16, 2018
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Unlike most royal families’ jewelry trusts, in the UK, you need QE’s permission to wear any of the stuff in the vault. No one knows if she will offer things or if Camilla and Kate (most usually) put in requests. Probably a little of both.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 16, 2018
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But whenever any jewelry of any significance – including the tiaras both Kate and Meghan wore – is worn, know that QE gave express permission for it, either for that occasion or as a long term loan.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 16, 2018
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And to officially close out the thread on a happier note than PMoK and her racist brooch, here’s the brooches QE wore to Wils and Harry’s weddings:
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 16, 2018
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By now you’ve realized that QE was VERY close to her mother and grandmother and those three women held the UK together for 150 years. All three are considered to have had happy marriages, though cut short by early deaths for Mary and Elizabeth the Queen Mum.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 16, 2018
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For Will and Kate’s wedding, she wore a bow brooch.
It was originally purchased by her grandmother, and QE inherited it when Mary passed away in the 50s. pic.twitter.com/727oYbyzSL— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 16, 2018
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The bow is called a ‘love knot’ in European symbolism, and bows are used in heraldry to indicate a marriage. It is most often seen holding poppy brooches for Remembrance Day.
QE wore an old family piece that symbolizes love and marriage, and a relative she loves.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 16, 2018
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For jewel watchers, QE showed up in the Lover’s Knot Brooch and we all went “AW.”
So when Harry and Meghan rolled around, we were, well. Rather curious. (Bets may have been placed, but it’s hard to get a good pool going because the woman owns thousands of brooches.)
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 16, 2018
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QE wore The Richmond Brooch to Harry and Meghan’s wedding:
It was originally a WEDDING GIFT from the town of Richmond to her grandmother, Mary. pic.twitter.com/58tFYrB9Rj— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 16, 2018
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This one, I’m missing something. I’m American, I miss a lot of details and I KNOW I’m missing something. Limeys, is there any kind of link between the Sussexes and Richmond?
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 16, 2018
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But, at any rate, QE likes to wear old family pieces to weddings. And that is significant because she owns a LOT of modern things that have been given to her during her own Really Long reign.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 16, 2018
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QE has loaned pieces to Kate, some permanently, some for a single event, but all pieces that have been in the family a LONG time, and I suspect she’s pushing Kate to wear more glitter than Kate would normally go for.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 16, 2018
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But among other pieces, Kate’s been loaned several of the Queen Mum’s favorite tiaras, the Lover’s Knot tiara associated with Diana (it seems like it might become Kate’s go-to), and a bracelet that Phillip gave to QE herself.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 16, 2018
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So far QE’s only loaned Meghan’s wedding tiara to her (from Queen Mary) but I expect more of what Kate’s seen: Classic, old family pieces. There will probably be significance to them. I’ll keep an eye out.
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 16, 2018
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And, we’ll officially end it now, on a happier note. Thanks for reading. Have a quokka. pic.twitter.com/T2WEq1z83s
— Bitch. STILL my superhero name. (@SamuraiKnitter) July 16, 2018
Bravo!
Can’t put it better than these people.
Damn. This is a good thread.
How the Queen stuck two fingers up at Trump simply through her choice of brooches. https://t.co/uR7LhePITg
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THIS IS FANTASTIC. More exciting and thrilling than any action movie I’ve ever seen
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You are simply a genius
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You are simply a genius
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