‘I worked 7 days a week...I didn’t have my own credit card, money or passport’. #Britney was exploited and depressed, forced to earn money she never saw.
Made to have an IUD. Monstrous.
Her father controls her - for cash. The law lets him. Set her free. #FreeBritney
Britney had a few episodes many years ago. Male stars literally attack people and still get to live their lives. Instead she’s been trapped on a money-making machine, forced into such misery that it would harm anyone’s mental health.
The world got obsessed with Britney, aged 16. Then as she grew up and wouldn’t conform to our fantasy of her, we punished her. This is what happens when women are demonised for expressing anger.
Forced to take medication, forced to have an IUD, forced to earn money she never got to spend or own - and now she basically has to say she wants to sue her family to escape. Father wanted his 40 year old daughter made entirely obedient to him for cash and the law allows it
So (the Times) #Britney expressed herself to court in 2016 but got nowhere. Even now her lawyer told her not to say anything about being forced to work in case her rehab facility sued her (so she hasnt capacity to make her own decisions but can be sued?).
Britney’s father keeps saying he loves her. Word love used to perpetuate his control over her, never letting her have a break, threatening her that she won’t see her kids, taking her money. The law allows him, society turns a blind eye because we can’t see women like B as adults.
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Royal baby names have always been a signifier of (royal) power. eg when Victoria was born, her father was convinced she would be Queen and wanted her to be called a name seen as v royal, such as Charlotte etc. But his brother the Prince Regent, in charge of christening, said no.
He said - give her the mother‘s name. Victoire was anglicised to Victoria. V herself said she was the first person ever to be called Victoria. Her name was meant by Prince Regent to signify she’d never be near the throne.
When it became clear that Victoria would ascend the throne, the government in panic tried to change her name to something properly royal - Charlotte of Elizabeth. V‘s mother refused and she became Queen with an ‘unroyal’ name.
The rosary of #MaryQueenofScots, just stolen from @ArundelCastle. As I’ll be saying to @vicderbyshire@BBCNews at 10.30, they are irreplaceable. Her execution in 1587 In Fotheringhay was brutal and directed to be humiliating, in a hostile country. Denied most dignities -
#MaryQueenofScots was told last minute in her Fotheringhay house arrest she would be executed next day, they tried to deny her her ladies in waiting (so the executioner would unclothe her - shocking treatment) and those who had once been her friends turned hostile witnesses.
The beads are particularly significant because 1) so much of her belongings were taken /lost after she fled Scotland and those at Fotheringhay were nearly all burned to stop them becoming relics - even her heart was removed and hidden in the ground.
Cries to remove titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex from Harry and Meghan. But Harry’s title of Prince cannot be removed. Thus if they were no longer Duke and Duchess, they’d be Prince and Princess. Which would, one might argue, be even more appealing on the world stage..
Meghan’s title would be Princess Henry of Wales. That is her title through marriage but she does not use it now due to the Sussex titles. But if the Sussex titles removed, she would be quickly called in general speech Princess Meghan or indeed Princess Meghan of Wales....
Removing the Sussex titles is v complex, would need to go through Parliament (and gov is v reluctant to get involved), would look v v bad considering all the others who kept theirs and would totally backfire as Harry and Meghan would be then addressed as Prince and Princess.
All my clothes are now covered in cat hair so hope you’re keen for some when hugging is allowed.....
Aw glad you like him! He’s a very fluffy British longhair - and my long term romance with black opaque tights is under threat as they’re covered in fluff....
He was definitely two secs away from getting down at this point!
Was great to hear Hannah Cockcroft, multi times Gold Paralympian talk on @BBCBreakfast about her experience of winning the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Founded in 1956, now running in over 140 countries.
As @BarackObama said yesterday on Prince Philip, ‘he found a way to lead without demanding the spotlight, serving in combat...touring the world to champion British industry’. Thank you for having me today @BBCBreakfast
As we were saying, the Duke had to tell his wife in 1952 her father had died and she was Queen - which they did not expect for some years. Next year is her Platinum Jubilee and would also have marked his 70 years as Consort, both supporting the Queen and creating his own role.
During the Allied Invasions of Sicily in 1943,Philip’s ship HMS Wallace (covering soldiers going ashore) was targeted by German bombers . ‘We were the target for tonight & they would not stop until we had suffered a fatal hit’, said Harry Hargreaves,serving with Philip.
HMS Wallace couldn’t outpace the bombers. The crew were sitting ducks. With 20 mins before Bomber due to return, Philip, the First Lt had an idea. Crew would throw a wooden raft over side & attach smoke floats. So it would look from sky as if Wallace had been hit and was smoking.
Wallace then sailed away fast for a few minutes, shut off engines, waited in silence, hoping the bomber wd be fooled by the raft. We ‘cursed the stars or at least I did’ said Hargreaves. Then heard the scream of bombs. But not for them - plane aimed at raft, to finish the job.