scar_tissue's realm

Duchess of Cambridge in stunning teal dress at London Olympic gala concert

On an evening out, she usually likes to let her hair down. But the Duchess of Cambridge raised the style stakes last night – opting for an intricate chignon instead. The elegant knotted bun, put in place by a team from the Richard Ward salon in Chelsea, showed off the el …

Diamond Jubilee: Corgis everywhere you look and a right royal barge

The Queen today continued her Diamond Jubilee tour with a visit to the South West of England, where she met a police horse named after the last British soldier to survive the trenches of the First World War

How Prince William overcame the trauma of witnessing his parent's disintegrating marriage

At the age of 13, Prince William faced the daunting prospect of becoming a new boy in a school that was almost ten times the size of his old one. That was hard enough. What made his transition to Eton far more of an ordeal was that no one — from masters to pupils — …

The Queen's bling-bling of a jubilee! Priceless tiaras, necklaces and brooches. The ultimate diamond collection is revealed for the first time

Some had to be smuggled past a revolutionary mob. Some had to be prised from the grasp of a royal mistress. The majority were presented as tokens of esteem, reverence and — for the most part — love. Together, they comprise surely the finest collection of diamonds i …

Inside the Body of Henry VIII

The questions up for grabs are: Did Henry have diabetes? How about syphilis? A hormonal disorder? What effect did those jousting injuries have? Why couldn’t his wives conceive or stay pregnant? Why was he so fat? Why was he so angry?? They start with …

Guns N' Roses, Chili Peppers Bring Magic to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction

"I don't know that it matters who's here tonight, because it's about the music that these bands played," Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan said during his induction speech.

Help Find Man Who Impregnated Woman in Megadeth/Motorhead Concert Bathroom

Anyway I'm pregnant. It's yours. contact me if you want to be part of your child's life.

The Royal Book of Records: No Happily Ever After - less than a year of royal wedded bliss

The Royal Book of Records: No Happily Ever After - less than a year of royal wedded bliss   Alexander III of Scotland and Yolande of Dreux (1285-86), married 4 months, 19 days The widowed Alexander, who had buried the two sons, Alexander and David, from his first marriage to …

Continue reading this entry ...

The Royal Book of Records: But I Can't Even Spell "I Do"! - the youngest royals to wed

The Royal Book of Records: But I Can't Even Spell "I Do"! - the youngest royals to wed       David II of Scotland (4 years, 4 months, 13 days) and Joan of the Tower (7 years, 12 Days), 1328 This was a union between the son of Robert the Bruce and the daughter of E …

Continue reading this entry ...

Royal Roundup

The royals have been here there and everywhere this week, so instead of making you chase around to four different seeds, I'm condensing into one EZ-click royal digest today.  (I'm clever like that.) Off we go! #1 - Reunited on the slopes: William and Kate share an intimate  …

Continue reading this entry ...

The Royal Book of Records: Take the Keys and Lock Them Up - the longest royal imprisonments

The Royal Book of Records: Take the Keys and Lock Them Up - the longest royal imprisonments       Eleanor of Brittany (39 years)

Continue reading this entry ...

The Royal Book of Records: Worst Royal Illnesses - a compendium of interesting maladies

The Royal Book of Records: Worst Royal Illnesses - a compendium of interesting maladies     Pebiau of Ergyng This 6th century ruler of a small then-Welsh kingdom (which is now part of Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, and Gloucestershire) was known as Claforawg (which means …

Continue reading this entry ...

Take hat! Queen's great grand daughter comes to cheer on Auntie Zara at the Gatcombe Horse Trials

She will have to share their affections when she becomes a big sister later this month. But little Savannah Phillips had nothing to worry about on that score yesterday, as she enjoyed a day out in the sunshine with her aunt Zara and her grandmother, Princess Anne. The pair we …

The Royal Book of Records: Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown - a potpourri of some of Britain's most unusual royal deaths

The Royal Book of Records: Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown - a potpourri of some of Britain's most unusual royal deaths            

Continue reading this entry ...

Sculptors create plant pots in the image of Queen and Prince Philip to mark Diamond Jubilee

The 11ft high tub has been created to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee anniversary and takes pride of place next to a similarly sized pot in the image of Prince Philip. Each terracotta tub weighs more than half a tonne and the pair took a team of sculptors more than two months …

Pictured: The Titanic shown on the base of the ocean nearly 100 years from that fateful night

The sinking of the Titanic is one of the 20th century's great dramas, a mystery that has confounded scientists and historians for decades. There is still an aura of mysticism that remains around that fateful ship and new photos that will be published in the April 2012 edition  …

Mind the Crown Jewels, Charles! Future King wields an axe as he hones his wood-chopping skills on Scandinavian tour

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall brushed up on their outdoor skills today as they toured some of Norway's highlights on the second day of their Scandinavian tour. Accompanied by Queen Sonja of Norway, the pair braved rain and cold weather for the trip, during wh …

Decorating the palace... Diana's life in wallpaper

She was the most photographed woman of her time – but this is a rather more off-the-wall way of remembering her life. Sketches based on iconic images of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, have been turned into wallpaper inside the royal residence that was once her home.  …

Duchess of Cambridge presents shamrocks to guardsmen (and she's a knockout for one soldier)

The Duchess of Cambridge looked radiant today as she presented soldiers with shamrocks to mark St Patrick’s Day. Kate wore an elegant green dress coat with a chocolate brown hat and an Irish Guards brooch that belonged to the Queen Mother as she attended the traditional  …

£12 million Victoriana refit of Kensington Palace

A £12 million, two-year refurbishment is due to be finished this week. Upstairs, curators and textile conservators are taking delivery of fragile dresses and objects to display in the newly refitted rooms, while downstairs staff try on their red Jaeger-designed uniforms, …

O those royal hats!

Zara Phillips attended Cheltenham Festival for the fourth day in a row today as she arrived at the Gloucestershire course to celebrate the last day of racing. The Queen's granddaughter, a keen horsewoman herself, attended every single day of the National Hunt meet, and every  …

Prince Charles has a word in privet with the hedge man

He has in the past admitted talking to trees and plants to encourage them to flourish. This may have been the first time one answered back. Prince Charles met the human hedge – or ‘living topiary statue’ – during a visit to the Ideal Home Show in Earl&r …

Kate: It's an iron, Charles. Charles: I get my butler to iron my paper

Asked later if it was the first time Charles had done the ironing, Camilla said with a smile: 'I’ve got him well-trained with an iron.'

Sophie dishes up a feather hat-trick as the Queen looks resplendent in pink at Westminster Abbey

From one angle it looks like she's got a satellite dish attached to her head. From the other the hat mimics a bird displaying its feathers in an extravagant courtship ritual. The Countess of Wessex certainly took the prize yesterday for the most extravagant hat as members of  …

Profile

scar_tissue

Articles Posted: 46
Links Seeded: 172
Member Since: 9/2009

scar_tissue has not filled out a bio yet.

Latest Comments

Recent Votes

  • Our House Under Construction

    These photos were taken yesterday with my new i phone camera. It's my first try at this and then loading them to the computer and then publishing them on KK....LOL...I've entered the tech world. There are some of the house and a couple of the view from the great room and kitchen …

  • Duchess of Cambridge in stunning teal dress at London Olympic gala concert

    On an evening out, she usually likes to let her hair down. But the Duchess of Cambridge raised the style stakes last night – opting for an intricate chignon instead. The elegant knotted bun, put in place by a team from the Richard Ward salon in Chelsea, showed off the el …

  • Lightning Strikes!

    See all those lightning strikes that keep aiming themselves at my head? A Series of Unfortunate Events wasn't sufficient travail for the merry month of May? I mean, you'd think it would be.  It's not every day one ends up in the hospital with lots of bad ju-ju goin' on, rig …

  • Scotch... Sipping or Time for a Party?

    So I just got back from a whisky tasting.  Yep.  That's W-H-I-S-K-Y without the E.  As in Scotch. Now for those of you who nkow your Scotch, you know I'm talking about Single-Malt and not a blend like, say, Johnny Walker. It was put on by a local liquor-chain name …

  • Wiki - A Quick Update - And Now Another One As Of This Evening (Wednesday)

    We spoke to the doctor last night. Wiki is able to control her bladder now, but isn't able to walk yet. She does have movement in her hind quarters and they are doing therapy three times a day to help her improve. She is fighting a uninary tract infection and is on medicatio …

scar_tissue's Feeds

Subscribe to scar_tissue's content using the feeds below. Use RSS for your newsreader and JSS to insert onto your own blog:
  • Articles
  • Seeds
  • Comments