Prince John and Queen Elizabeth.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Hi all,
Just a piece of history I had not seen.
Now I realise I can't post the pic.
Pity we can't post pics.
Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 1970.

https://scontent.fmel15-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/244230250_4532651550106579_4691546418944646569_n.jpg?_nc_cat =103&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=ca434c&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=7VoPrIqjaesAX-YI5jo&_nc_ht=scontent.fmel15-2.fna&oh=6b36b17f688ce826b186f68dcc990a54&oe=618AC2AF

[Twodogs]

I'm pretty sure that was the first ever VFL game held on a Sunday too because it was the space Madge had on her dance card.

[KT31]

Hi all,
Just a piece of history I had not seen.
Now I realise I can't post the pic.
Pity we can't post pics.
Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 1970.

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[Axe Man]

https://i.postimg.cc/3JJvQWLW/queen.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[EasternWest]

https://i.postimg.cc/3JJvQWLW/queen.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Stupid, sexy gentleman John.

[Twodogs]

Stupid, sexy gentleman John.

I reckon that's the year that Stupid Sexy Prince Charles was driven along Somerville road past Kingsville primary school on his way to the airport and we all had to traipse outside and wave as he went past. Except me, my dad told me that I shouldn't wave. I had to sit down when Mrs Monkhouse made us sing God Save the Queen too.

[jeemak]

Which Prince John is this? There was a Prince John who was a sickly child as they would say in the day, and died in his early teens.

[GVGjr]

Which Prince John is this? There was a Prince John who was a sickly child as they would say in the day, and died in his early teens.

Have a good look, it's a club legend.

[jeemak]

Of course, how could I miss it!

[Twodogs]

Which Prince John is this? There was a Prince John who was a sickly child as they would say in the day, and died in his early teens.

Who was that. I have a special interest in Plantagenet kings and King John (1199-1216) *!*!*!*!ed things up so badly that he's the only king never to have his name repeated in the succession. For instance there are plenty of Henrys, Georges and Edwards through the centuries but in more than 900 years no more Johns.

[Axe Man]

Who was that. I have a special interest in Plantagenet kings and King John (1199-1216) *!*!*!*!ed things up so badly that he's the only king never to have his name repeated in the succession. For instance there are plenty of Henrys, Georges and Edwards through the centuries but in more than 900 years no more Johns.

I think this is Prince John, enemy of Robin Hood.

https://i.postimg.cc/RV27cHgp/Robin-hood-1080p-disneyscreencaps-com-3630.jpg (https://postimg.cc/Wh6qVhL0)

[Axe Man]

Or I suppose it could be:


Prince John (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_John_of_the_United_Kingdom) (John Charles Francis; 12 July 1905 – 18 January 1919) was the fifth son and youngest of the six children of King George V and Queen Mary.

[jeemak]

Or I suppose it could be:

Correct.

[jeemak]

Who was that. I have a special interest in Plantagenet kings and King John (1199-1216) *!*!*!*!ed things up so badly that he's the only king never to have his name repeated in the succession. For instance there are plenty of Henrys, Georges and Edwards through the centuries but in more than 900 years no more Johns.

If he was from that era then he'd have been doing a sterling job in getting to the MCG in 1970.

[Twodogs]

If he was from that era then he'd have been doing a sterling job in getting to the MCG in 1970.

It would have been a fair effort, you're quite correct. King John drowned in the Wash (a watery paddock in Suffolk) in 1216. Interestingly his crown jewels and treasure are still submerged there somewhere.

[Twodogs]

I think this is Prince John, enemy of Robin Hood.

https://i.postimg.cc/RV27cHgp/Robin-hood-1080p-disneyscreencaps-com-3630.jpg (https://postimg.cc/Wh6qVhL0)

Thats the guy. He was Richard the Lionhearts brother. The Lionheart spent all but about a year of his ten year reign out of the country campaigning in France (He only spoke French and Latin, not a word of English) and crusading in the holy lands. John spent most of the time Richard was away undermining him and trying to take the throne.

Richard died from a gangrenous infection while besieging a totally unimportant castle in France. He was applauding the valour of one of the defenders when the defender shot him in the shoulder with a crossbow bolt. The wound got infected after they removed the bolt and he died a week or so later. John became king and lost nearly all the land in France that his father (Henry II) and his brother (Richard I) had conquered.

[jeemak]

I reckon that's the year that Stupid Sexy Prince Charles was driven along Somerville road past Kingsville primary school on his way to the airport and we all had to traipse outside and wave as he went past. Except me, my dad told me that I shouldn't wave. I had to sit down when Mrs Monkhouse made us sing God Save the Queen too.

Norris, a legend and a man of conviction. I could imagine he gave it straight to Mrs Monkhouse when she complained to him about your impropriety.

[Twodogs]

]Norris, a legend and a man of conviction.[/b] I could imagine he gave it straight to Mrs Monkhouse when she complained to him about your impropriety.

He was that for sure. Poor old Mrs Monkhouse didn't stand a chance in the exchange of ideas over that one. I know more about Judaism than about conventional Christianity because he told the school I wasn't to do Religious Education classes so I ended up standing in the corridor with the Jewish kids while everyone else read from the Bible with the local Anglican minister!

[BornInDroopSt'54]

King John redeemed himself with Magna Carta.
In the days before England practised genocide on the Irish.

[Twodogs]

King John redeemed himself with Magna Carta.
In the days before England practised genocide on the Irish.

He did sign Magna Carta but the barons didn't give him a lot of choice in the matter. Then as soon as he signed it he appealed to the pope to get out of the terms of it. He had handed England over to the pope a few years before hand sort of leased it back. It was all as part of a settlement with the church after John had fallen out with it.

https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/bull-of-innocent-iii-taking-england-under-his-protection


John's dad Henry II sent Anglo Norman troops to invade Ireland in 1169. He got the pope's permission to put down an argument between two Irish kings and used it as an excuse to take it over. Ireland was also used as a staging post by Vikings for invasions on the north of England and Henry wanted a standing army over there to prevent it happening again.