In 1911,Emily Davison hid in cupboard in Parliament chapel, part of suffragette effort to avoid being counted on Census Night (one group spent night on Wimb Common). E spotted by a cleaner & entered as ‘found hiding in crypt’. Thank you ⁦@theipaperinews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…
Here’s Emily Wilding Davison’s census form from the Parliament UK site, rights with the National Archives. parliament.uk/about/living-h…
Not Davison’s first time entering clandestinely into Parliament - she hid in the heating system (!) previously to challenge Asquith. St Mary Undercroft, the HoC chapel where she hid was built by Edward I but fell into disrepair & by time of huge fire of 1834 was a wine cellar (?)
St Mary Undercroft was even said to have been used as a stable for Oliver Cromwell’s horses. After 1834 Parliament fire, it was painstakingly restored (they found the embalmed body of a c15 bishop in a wall) and here it is now - hope Emily’s cupboard was equally beautiful..
Pic here from the @UKParliament Twitter - St Mary Undercroft is now mainly used by MPs/lords for christenings, weddings and some lying in state (Margaret Thatcher, Tony Benn and PC Keith Palmer).

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Thank you @CNN⁩ ⁦@PamelaBrownCNN⁩ - talking #HarryandMeghan. We don’t know what will be said with ⁦@Oprah⁩. But the facts don’t look good: a Black woman married into the RF & then comes sexism & racism. #Meghan did what other royal women did -but she got attacked.
Lots of coverage saying interview will be damaging. Point is, what went on in 2018/19 was damaging - prejudice, racism (inc mass meltdown over Frogmore) and they had to leave. Whether she speaks about unfair coverage or not (I expect so), it is the case. #HarryandMeghanonOprah
And as I said, of course everyone must be heard about the workplace - this is vital. But where was the immediate investigation into 2019 Mail story on Andrew shouting and poss physically threatening an aide? Stories on other royals shouting too. Let alone on Andrew’s behaviour.
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