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Future Wars according to the Book of Doom
Or just posing figures on hand. Finally had some good lighting to work with.
Thinking of making scale dioramas with LEGO in the future.
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The Postcard
A Photocolour Series postcard that was printed and published by E. T. W. Dennis & Sons Ltd. of Scarborough.
The card was posted in Tywyn, Gwynedd on Tuesday the 8th. July 1986 to:
Miss Mary Christian,
24, Shaftesbury Court,
Rectory Road,
Pitsea,
Basildon,
Essex.
The message on the divided back was as follows:
"Dear Mary,
A view of our High Street
taken from the railway
station.
All the family are here and
send their love to you.
Hope you are well and
hope to see you very soon.
Sincere best wishes,
Tom".
Alice Levine
So what else happened on the day that Tom posted the card to Mary?
Well, the 8th. July 1986 marked the birth in Beeston, Nottinghamshire of Alice Esme Levine. Alice became a TV and radio presenter.
-- Alice Levine - The Early Years
Alice's father is a retired lecturer at the University of Nottingham. Her mother is a caterer and former artist. She attended Alderman White School in Bramcote, where she was head girl.
Alice studied English at the University of Leeds, where she met her future 'My Dad Wrote a Porno' collaborators, Jamie Morton and James Cooper. She was an active part of Leeds Student Television, the University's TV station.
-- Alice Levine's Career
Levine was voted "Best On-Screen Female" at the National Student Television Awards in 2008. Her first television job was hosting Celebrity Bites for MTV, which later led to other shows including coverage of the EMAs.
Levine hosted Big Brother's Bit on the Side with Jamie East, from the reality show's revival in 2011 on Channel 5, until 2013 when they left the show. During this time, she was one of the voices of "Big Brother" herself, which included talking to housemates in the diary room and announcing tasks and news to the housemates.
Alice worked on Channel 4's Pop Up Pop Quiz, and in 2012 she appeared on Channel 4's 8 Out of 10 Cats.
On the 7th. January 2013, Levine joined BBC Radio 1 to present a show with Phil Taggart in the much coveted John Peel slot. The show was broadcast from 10pm to midnight on Mondays to Thursdays.
Alice hosted Lovebox coverage for Xbox, and she was a presenter on the Red Bull Soap Box Race on Dave TV. In October 2013 she appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks on BBC2 on Noel Fielding's team.
In August 2014, she left her weeknight slot with Taggart to present a solo weekend afternoon show on the station (1pm–4pm) taking over from Huw Stephens. In 2014, she hosted the Barclaycard Mercury Music Sessions for Channel 4, as well as coverage of the Mercury Music Prize later that year.
On the 16th. November 2014, it was announced that Levine, along with several other celebrities and the choirmaster Gareth Malone had reached Number 1 in the UK music chart with their cover version of Avicii's "Wake Me Up" in aid of the charity Children In Need.
She is one of the three co-creators of the podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno.
In 2016, Levine presented the red carpet for the British Independent Film Awards with Geoff Lloyd.
In February 2017, as well as in 2018 and 2019, Levine presented backstage at the BRIT Awards for ITV2. She was also the red carpet and backstage host for the BAFTA Craft Awards, followed by the BAFTA TV Awards in May the same year.
Levine presented Levine on Love, a series on BBC iPlayer in which she explored the world of modern romance. She also appeared in the fifth series of Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled for Dave.
In 2018, Levine was one of five contestants in the sixth series of the comedy game show Taskmaster on Dave. She appeared in series 7 of Room 101 on BBC2. Levine also co-hosted a series of Channel 4's reality show, The Circle, with Maya Jama.
In 2019, Levine visited Tallinn in Travel Man for Channel 4, as well as presenting Sleeping With the Far Right, also for Channel 4.
Levine hosted the Women in Music Awards for five years running to 2019.
In addition to her broadcast work, Levine co-founded a food and lifestyle brand, Jackson & Levine, with business partner Laura Jackson. As a pair, they are the food columnists for Marie Claire, take part in the monthly column, the Food Club with Jackson for Company magazine, and have published a book.
Levine has designed three blouses for Finery and designed two ranges for Habitat under Jackson & Levine; the first range was a linen collection followed by a ceramics range which sold out within three hours.
On the 15th. July 2020, Levine announced that she was leaving Radio 1 after 9 years at the station. She revealed the news via an Instagram post. Her last show was on the 9th. August 2020 after a series of three farewell shows.
In August 2020, it was announced that Alice Levine would become curator of a BBC Radio 4 programme The Museum of Curiosity alongside John Lloyd, its chief host.
Our Father In Heaven "Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?" [Matthew 6:26]
God’s people are doubly His children, they are His offspring by creation, and they are His sons by adoption in Christ. Hence they are privileged to call Him, “Our Father in heaven [Matthew 6:9].” Father! Oh, what precious word is that. Here is authority: “If I be a Father, where is Mine honour?” If you be sons, where is your obedience? Here is affection mingled with authority; an authority which does not provoke rebellion; an obedience demanded which is most cheerfully rendered, which would not be withheld even if it might. The obedience which God’s children yield to Him must be loving obedience. Do not go about the service of God as slaves to their taskmaster’s toil, but run in the way of His commands because it is your Father's way. Yield your bodies as instruments of righteousness, because righteousness is your Father’s will, and His will should be the will of His child. Father!—Here is a kingly attribute so sweetly veiled in love, that the King’s crown is forgotten in the King’s face, and His sceptre becomes, not a rod of iron, but a silver sceptre of mercy—the sceptre indeed seems to be forgotten in the tender hand of Him who wields it. Father!—Here is honour and love. How great is a Father’s love to His children! That which friendship cannot do, and mere benevolence will not attempt, a Father’s heart and hand must do for His sons. They are His offspring, He must bless them; they are His children, He must show Himself strong in their defence. If an earthly father watches over his children with unceasing love and care, how much more does our heavenly Father? Abba, Father! He who can say this, has uttered better music than cherubim or seraphim can reach. There is heaven in the depth of that word, Father! There is all I can ask; all my necessities can demand; all my wishes can desire. I have all in all to all eternity when I can say, “Father.” Alleluia be to Jesus our Sovereign Lord, God bless
Aircraft in Miniature's RAF Super Taskmaster Tractor.
Accessory to 54 Sqn RAF SEPECAT Jaguar Diorama.
Custom printed Udon Taskmaster Lego. Features: custom made energy shield accessory, custom painted hood, brickarms handgun, lego sword and sword holder.
Outside the Printing House in Derge. I love this picture, though I didn't remember taking till I got home and saw it on my computer.
Monks were everywhere in Kham - old monks, young monks, jolly monks, serious monks, fat, skinny, tall, short, friendly and downright surly. I met one prankster monk who seemed to delight in setting off car alarms. The lives of Tibetan monks are an odd mixture of the modern and the medieval. But what I suppose struck me most was the normality of it all. Young monks like these could spend the morning learning sutras under tough old taskmasters and then spend the evenings hanging out with their mates in the town. We stayed next to a big new temple in Kangding which felt more like a kids camp than a place of worship - young monks teasing their sisters, messing around with the temple's musical instruments and laughing at their colleague's clumsy performance in a yak mask.
I imagine Europe must have been a bit like this in the Middle Ages, with religion (and monks) so prevalent but also just a part of everyday life. It's something this atheist finds it difficult to get his head around.
Aircraft in Miniature's RAF Super Taskmaster Tractor.
Accessory to 54 Sqn RAF SEPECAT Jaguar Diorama.
Lego DC Marvel Pogo Bootleg August 2018 PG8117 8120 8121 8122 8127 8146 8154 Review 4K
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4XRAdEj3Fs
PG8117
PG450 - Cosmic Hulk
PG451 - Winter Soldier (Thunderbolts)
PG452 - Electrocutioner
PG453 - Supergiant
PG454 - Exodus
PG455 - Meteorite
PG456 - Rogue (Age of X)
PG457 - Luke Cage
PG8120
PG474 - Black Mamba
PG475 - Red Arrow
PG476 - Firestar
PG477 - Hope Summers
PG478 - Catwoman (Batman Returns)
PG479 - Taskmaster (Udon)
PG480 - Deadshot
PG481 - Mister Terrific
PG8121
PG1501 - Thanos (Infinity War)
PG1502 - Sentinel
PG1503 - Batman Ninja
PG1504 - Deadpool (Hip-Hop)
PG1505 - Nightwing
PG1506 - Hulk (World War Hulk)
PG1507 - Ultimate Punisher
PG1508 - Hawkeye (Classic)
PG8122
PG1509 - Valkyrie (Classic)
PG1510 - Taskmaster (Udon)
PG1511 - Thanos
PG1512 - Thane, Son of Thanos
PG1513 - Skaar
PG1514 - Ares
PG1515 - Gorgon
PG1516 - Catwoman
PG8127
PG458 - Aquaman
PG459 - Elsa Bloodstone
PG460 - Scarlet Witch
PG461 - Commander A
PG462 - Inque
PG463 - Snowflame
PG464 - Surge
PG465 - Mockingbird
PG8146
PG1581 - Batman (Purple)
PG1582 - Nick Fury
PG1583 - Old Man Logan
PG1584 - Anti-Venom
PG1585 - Deadpool x Spider-Man
PG1586 - Batman x Deadpool
PG1587 - Batman (Prehistoric)
PG1588 - Batman (Black Lantern)
PG8154
PG482 - Arnim Zola
PG483 - Killmonger
PG484 - Batman (Witch Hunter)
PG485 - Batman (Gas Suit)
PG486 - Batman (Violet Suit)
PG487 - Batman (Lightning Suit)
PG488 - Punisher (Frankencastle)
PG489 - Darkseid
Those BrickWarrior parts (death in a box) will be pretty cool toys for joker.
The taskmaster heads are of course not custom parts but I bought them twice to use them for Doctor Destiny and Silver Banshee.
Lego DC Marvel Pogo Bootleg August 2018 PG8117 8120 8121 8122 8127 8146 8154 Review 4K
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4XRAdEj3Fs
PG8117
PG450 - Cosmic Hulk
PG451 - Winter Soldier (Thunderbolts)
PG452 - Electrocutioner
PG453 - Supergiant
PG454 - Exodus
PG455 - Meteorite
PG456 - Rogue (Age of X)
PG457 - Luke Cage
PG8120
PG474 - Black Mamba
PG475 - Red Arrow
PG476 - Firestar
PG477 - Hope Summers
PG478 - Catwoman (Batman Returns)
PG479 - Taskmaster (Udon)
PG480 - Deadshot
PG481 - Mister Terrific
PG8121
PG1501 - Thanos (Infinity War)
PG1502 - Sentinel
PG1503 - Batman Ninja
PG1504 - Deadpool (Hip-Hop)
PG1505 - Nightwing
PG1506 - Hulk (World War Hulk)
PG1507 - Ultimate Punisher
PG1508 - Hawkeye (Classic)
PG8122
PG1509 - Valkyrie (Classic)
PG1510 - Taskmaster (Udon)
PG1511 - Thanos
PG1512 - Thane, Son of Thanos
PG1513 - Skaar
PG1514 - Ares
PG1515 - Gorgon
PG1516 - Catwoman
PG8127
PG458 - Aquaman
PG459 - Elsa Bloodstone
PG460 - Scarlet Witch
PG461 - Commander A
PG462 - Inque
PG463 - Snowflame
PG464 - Surge
PG465 - Mockingbird
PG8146
PG1581 - Batman (Purple)
PG1582 - Nick Fury
PG1583 - Old Man Logan
PG1584 - Anti-Venom
PG1585 - Deadpool x Spider-Man
PG1586 - Batman x Deadpool
PG1587 - Batman (Prehistoric)
PG1588 - Batman (Black Lantern)
PG8154
PG482 - Arnim Zola
PG483 - Killmonger
PG484 - Batman (Witch Hunter)
PG485 - Batman (Gas Suit)
PG486 - Batman (Violet Suit)
PG487 - Batman (Lightning Suit)
PG488 - Punisher (Frankencastle)
PG489 - Darkseid
Lego DC Marvel Pogo Bootleg August 2018 PG8117 8120 8121 8122 8127 8146 8154 Review 4K
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4XRAdEj3Fs
PG8117
PG450 - Cosmic Hulk
PG451 - Winter Soldier (Thunderbolts)
PG452 - Electrocutioner
PG453 - Supergiant
PG454 - Exodus
PG455 - Meteorite
PG456 - Rogue (Age of X)
PG457 - Luke Cage
PG8120
PG474 - Black Mamba
PG475 - Red Arrow
PG476 - Firestar
PG477 - Hope Summers
PG478 - Catwoman (Batman Returns)
PG479 - Taskmaster (Udon)
PG480 - Deadshot
PG481 - Mister Terrific
PG8121
PG1501 - Thanos (Infinity War)
PG1502 - Sentinel
PG1503 - Batman Ninja
PG1504 - Deadpool (Hip-Hop)
PG1505 - Nightwing
PG1506 - Hulk (World War Hulk)
PG1507 - Ultimate Punisher
PG1508 - Hawkeye (Classic)
PG8122
PG1509 - Valkyrie (Classic)
PG1510 - Taskmaster (Udon)
PG1511 - Thanos
PG1512 - Thane, Son of Thanos
PG1513 - Skaar
PG1514 - Ares
PG1515 - Gorgon
PG1516 - Catwoman
PG8127
PG458 - Aquaman
PG459 - Elsa Bloodstone
PG460 - Scarlet Witch
PG461 - Commander A
PG462 - Inque
PG463 - Snowflame
PG464 - Surge
PG465 - Mockingbird
PG8146
PG1581 - Batman (Purple)
PG1582 - Nick Fury
PG1583 - Old Man Logan
PG1584 - Anti-Venom
PG1585 - Deadpool x Spider-Man
PG1586 - Batman x Deadpool
PG1587 - Batman (Prehistoric)
PG1588 - Batman (Black Lantern)
PG8154
PG482 - Arnim Zola
PG483 - Killmonger
PG484 - Batman (Witch Hunter)
PG485 - Batman (Gas Suit)
PG486 - Batman (Violet Suit)
PG487 - Batman (Lightning Suit)
PG488 - Punisher (Frankencastle)
PG489 - Darkseid
Lego DC Marvel Pogo Bootleg August 2018 PG8117 8120 8121 8122 8127 8146 8154 Review 4K
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4XRAdEj3Fs
PG8117
PG450 - Cosmic Hulk
PG451 - Winter Soldier (Thunderbolts)
PG452 - Electrocutioner
PG453 - Supergiant
PG454 - Exodus
PG455 - Meteorite
PG456 - Rogue (Age of X)
PG457 - Luke Cage
PG8120
PG474 - Black Mamba
PG475 - Red Arrow
PG476 - Firestar
PG477 - Hope Summers
PG478 - Catwoman (Batman Returns)
PG479 - Taskmaster (Udon)
PG480 - Deadshot
PG481 - Mister Terrific
PG8121
PG1501 - Thanos (Infinity War)
PG1502 - Sentinel
PG1503 - Batman Ninja
PG1504 - Deadpool (Hip-Hop)
PG1505 - Nightwing
PG1506 - Hulk (World War Hulk)
PG1507 - Ultimate Punisher
PG1508 - Hawkeye (Classic)
PG8122
PG1509 - Valkyrie (Classic)
PG1510 - Taskmaster (Udon)
PG1511 - Thanos
PG1512 - Thane, Son of Thanos
PG1513 - Skaar
PG1514 - Ares
PG1515 - Gorgon
PG1516 - Catwoman
PG8127
PG458 - Aquaman
PG459 - Elsa Bloodstone
PG460 - Scarlet Witch
PG461 - Commander A
PG462 - Inque
PG463 - Snowflame
PG464 - Surge
PG465 - Mockingbird
PG8146
PG1581 - Batman (Purple)
PG1582 - Nick Fury
PG1583 - Old Man Logan
PG1584 - Anti-Venom
PG1585 - Deadpool x Spider-Man
PG1586 - Batman x Deadpool
PG1587 - Batman (Prehistoric)
PG1588 - Batman (Black Lantern)
PG8154
PG482 - Arnim Zola
PG483 - Killmonger
PG484 - Batman (Witch Hunter)
PG485 - Batman (Gas Suit)
PG486 - Batman (Violet Suit)
PG487 - Batman (Lightning Suit)
PG488 - Punisher (Frankencastle)
PG489 - Darkseid
Iron Man Hulkbuster, Vengeance, Wonder Man, Yellow Jacket, Scarlet Witch, Ultron, Taskmaster, Thing, Wolverine
Lizard, Taskmaster, Cameleon, Sandman, Mysterio, Black Cat, Punisher, Vulture, Scorpion, Sin Eater, Green Goblin, Carnage, Modok, Kingpin, Hobgoblin, Dr Octorpus,, Venom
Aircraft in Miniature's RAF Super Taskmaster Tractor.
Accessory to 54 Sqn RAF SEPECAT Jaguar Diorama.
Roswell King, a former slave taskmaster from the notorious Butler Plantation on the Georgia coast saw prosperity in the rushing waters of Vickery Creek. He moved in and invited friends like James Bulloch from coastal Georgia, and a community was formed. His son, Barrington King, founded a mill along Vickery Creek. By 1839, the Roswell Manufacturing Company was in full operation making cotton products and Roswell earned a name as one of the most important manufacturing towns in Georgia. Great homes, mill cottages, a church and school were built. Today's city of Roswell grew up around the mill.
As a Southern town, Roswell was not immune to the major issue of slavery. When Georgia seceded from the Union in January 1861, Roswell residents who could afford to do so packed up as many possessions as possible and headed to safer havens. Then the Civil War blazed a trail through town and left a mark on Roswell that is still visible today. In July 1864, Roswell was occupied by about 36,000 troops, yet the only structures destroyed were the mills along Vickery Creek. Soldiers were ordered to protect private property - the reason many of Roswell's original structures still stand.
Under the leadership of General William Tecumseh Sherman, the Union armies began moving south from Chattanooga to capture Atlanta. General Kenner Garrard's cavalry arrived in Roswell in July 1864. Retreating Confederates burned the covered bridge at the Chattahoochee River, hoping to slow Union advancement. But Union troops crossed the waist-deep waters at the Shallow Ford (near today's river park on Azalea Drive). It is said that this was the first time in history that a rifle was successfully fired under water during armed conflict.
The mill manager - a French citizen -- took desperate measures to save the Ivy Woolen Mill near the river. He flew a French flag over the mill in an attempt to claim neutrality. This worked for two days, until Sherman's army discovered the letters "CSA" on the cloth from the mill. Sherman ordered the mill burned and everyone connected with it to be charged with treason. Four hundred mill workers, mostly women and children, were sent north to prison in Louisville, Kentucky. They were never tried for the crime for which they were accused, and many never returned. Today, a monument honoring the 400 lost mill workers keeps their memory alive in Old Mill Park on Sloan Street.
White Clothing:
Vallejo: Light Grey (Airbrushed)
Vallejo: White (Airbrushed Highlights)
Vallejo White (Glazed & Stippled to Reinforce Highlights
Vallejo: Black Grey & White (Glazed Shadows)
Orange Cape:
Vallejo: Aramanth Red (Airbrushed)
Vallejo: White (Airbrushed Highlights)
Citadel: Lamenters Yellow (Airbrushed Highlights)
Citadel: Lamenters Yellow (Glazed Reinforce Highlights)
Vallejo: Aramanth Red (Glazed Shading)
Dirt on Cape:
Citadel: Tallarn Sand (Sponged & Stippled Dirt)
Citadel: Rhinox Hide (Sponged & Stippled Dirt)
Orange Suit
Vallejo: Hull Red
Vallejo: Amaranth Red (Blended Highlights)
Citadel: Averland Sunset (Blended Highlights)
Blue Suit
Vallejo: Deep Sea Blue
Citadel: Sotek Green (Blended Highlights)
Vallejo: Sky Blue (Blended & Glazed Highlights)
Vallejo: Sky Blue (Stippled Highlights)
Sword
Vallejo Dark Green (Glazed Shadow)
Vallejo: White (Glazed & Edge Highlights)
Brown Leather
Citadel: Rhinox Hide
Citadel: Mournfang Brown (Blended Highlights)
Citadel: Averland Sunset (Blended Highlights)
Silver Elements
Vallejo: Dark Grey
Vallejo: White (Increasing White into blended highlights)
Vallejo: White (Spot Highlights)
Gold Elements
Citadel: Averland Sunset
Citadel: Rhinox Hide (Blended Glazed Shadows)
Citadel: Averland Sunset & White (Highlights)
Vallajo: White (Spit Highlights)
Lego DC Marvel Pogo Bootleg August 2018 PG8117 8120 8121 8122 8127 8146 8154 Review 4K
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4XRAdEj3Fs
PG8117
PG450 - Cosmic Hulk
PG451 - Winter Soldier (Thunderbolts)
PG452 - Electrocutioner
PG453 - Supergiant
PG454 - Exodus
PG455 - Meteorite
PG456 - Rogue (Age of X)
PG457 - Luke Cage
PG8120
PG474 - Black Mamba
PG475 - Red Arrow
PG476 - Firestar
PG477 - Hope Summers
PG478 - Catwoman (Batman Returns)
PG479 - Taskmaster (Udon)
PG480 - Deadshot
PG481 - Mister Terrific
PG8121
PG1501 - Thanos (Infinity War)
PG1502 - Sentinel
PG1503 - Batman Ninja
PG1504 - Deadpool (Hip-Hop)
PG1505 - Nightwing
PG1506 - Hulk (World War Hulk)
PG1507 - Ultimate Punisher
PG1508 - Hawkeye (Classic)
PG8122
PG1509 - Valkyrie (Classic)
PG1510 - Taskmaster (Udon)
PG1511 - Thanos
PG1512 - Thane, Son of Thanos
PG1513 - Skaar
PG1514 - Ares
PG1515 - Gorgon
PG1516 - Catwoman
PG8127
PG458 - Aquaman
PG459 - Elsa Bloodstone
PG460 - Scarlet Witch
PG461 - Commander A
PG462 - Inque
PG463 - Snowflame
PG464 - Surge
PG465 - Mockingbird
PG8146
PG1581 - Batman (Purple)
PG1582 - Nick Fury
PG1583 - Old Man Logan
PG1584 - Anti-Venom
PG1585 - Deadpool x Spider-Man
PG1586 - Batman x Deadpool
PG1587 - Batman (Prehistoric)
PG1588 - Batman (Black Lantern)
PG8154
PG482 - Arnim Zola
PG483 - Killmonger
PG484 - Batman (Witch Hunter)
PG485 - Batman (Gas Suit)
PG486 - Batman (Violet Suit)
PG487 - Batman (Lightning Suit)
PG488 - Punisher (Frankencastle)
PG489 - Darkseid
This papercraft is a life size Taskmaster (Tony Masters) Udon Costume Mask for Cosplay, created by Koyn. The size of finished modelis about 244 (H) x 184 (W) x 153 (D) mm.
You can download this paper model template here: Marvel Comics - Life Size Taskmaster Udon Costume Mask for Cosplay Free Pap...
www.papercraftsquare.com/marvel-comics-life-size-taskmast...
Nissan 14th 5774, full moon of Pesach
"And the Lord said : I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows. And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land unto a good and spacious land, unto a land flowing with milk and honey."
Exodus 3:7-8
Lego 76017
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Marvel Super Heroes
Captain America vs. Hydra
Captain America contre Hydra
The Postcard
A postally unused postcard that was published by Charles Skilton & Fry Ltd. The card, which has a divided back, was printed in Great Britain. The photography was by Norman Parkinson.
Anne, Princess Royal
Anne, Princess Royal, was born Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise on the 15th. August 1950. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of King Charles III.
Anne is 16th. in the line of succession to the British throne, and has been Princess Royal since 1987.
The Princess Royal's ancestry can be traced as far back as Cerdic, King of Wessex (519–534).
Born at Clarence House, Anne was educated at Benenden School and began undertaking royal duties upon reaching adulthood.
She became a respected equestrian, winning one gold medal in 1971 and two silver medals in 1975 at the European Eventing Championships.
In 1976, she became the first member of the British royal family to compete in the Olympic Games. In 1988, the Princess Royal became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The Princess Royal performs official duties and engagements on behalf of her brother, the King. She holds patronage of over 300 organisations, including WISE, Riders for Health, and Carers Trust.
Her charity work revolves around sport, sciences, people with disabilities, and health in developing countries. She has been associated with Save the Children for over fifty years, and has visited a number of their projects.
Anne married Captain Mark Phillips in 1973; they separated in 1989 and divorced in 1992. They have two children, Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall, and five grandchildren.
Within months of her divorce, Anne married Commander (later Vice Admiral) Sir Timothy Laurence, whom she had met while he served as her mother's equerry between 1986 and 1989.
Princess Anne - The Early Years
Anne was born during the reign of her maternal grandfather, King George VI, at Clarence House on the 15th. August 1950 at 11:50 am, the second child and only daughter of Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, later Queen Elizabeth II from 1952, and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
A 21-gun salute in Hyde Park signalled the birth. Anne was christened in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace on the 21st. October 1950 by the Archbishop of York, Cyril Garbett.
At the time of her birth, Anne was third in the line of succession to the British throne, behind her mother – at that time Princess Elizabeth – and older brother, Charles. She rose to second after her mother's accession; she is currently 16th in line.
A governess, Catherine Peebles, was appointed to look after Anne and her other siblings, Charles, Andrew, and Edward, and was responsible for her early education at Buckingham Palace. After the death of George VI in February 1952, Anne's mother ascended the throne as Queen Elizabeth II.
Given her young age at the time, Anne did not attend the coronation in June 1953.
A Girl Guides company, the 1st. Buckingham Palace Company to include the Holy Trinity Brompton Brownie pack, was re-formed in May 1959, specifically so that, as her mother and aunt had done as children, Anne could socialise with girls her own age.
The company was active until 1963, when Anne went to boarding school. Anne enrolled at Benenden School in 1963. In 1968, she left school with six GCE O-Levels and two A-Levels. She began to undertake royal engagements in 1969, at the age of 18.
In 1970, she briefly had a relationship with Andrew Parker Bowles, who later married Camilla Shand. Shand much later married Anne's brother Charles as his second wife. Anne was also briefly linked to Olympic equestrian Richard Meade.
Princess Anne's Equestrianism
In spring 1971, Princess Anne finished fourth at the Rushall Horse Trials. At age 21, Anne won the individual title at the European Eventing Championship, and was voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1971.
She also rode winners in horse racing, competing in the Grand Military Steeplechase at Sandown Park Racecourse and Diamond Stakes at Royal Ascot.
For more than five years, Anne also competed with the British eventing team, with her home-bred horse, Doublet suffering an injury during the 1972 Badminton Horse Trials, and winning a silver medal in both individual and team disciplines in the 1975 European Eventing Championship.
The following year, Anne participated in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal as a member of the British team, riding the Queen's horse, Goodwill, in Eventing.
Anne suffered a concussion halfway through the course, but remounted and finished the event; she has stated she cannot remember making the rest of the jumps. The British team had to pull out of the competition after two horses were injured.
Anne finished sixth at the Badminton Horse Trials in 1979.
In 1985, she rode in a charity horse race at the Epsom Derby, finishing fourth. Anne became President of the Fédération Équestre Internationale from 1986 until 1994.
On the 5th. February 1987, she became the first member of the royal family to appear as a contestant on a television quiz show when she competed on the BBC panel game A Question of Sport.
The princess has been a patron of the Riding for the Disabled Association since 1971, and became its president in 1985, a position she still holds.
Princess Anne's Marriages and Children
-- Marriage to Mark Phillips
Anne met Mark Phillips, a lieutenant in the 1st. Queen's Dragoon Guards, in 1968 at a party for horse lovers. Their engagement was announced on the 29th. May 1973.
On the 14th. November 1973, the couple married at Westminster Abbey in a televised ceremony, with an estimated audience of 100 million. They subsequently took up residence at Gatcombe Park.
As was customary for untitled men marrying into the royal family, Phillips was offered an earldom, which he declined; consequently their children were born without titles. Anne and her husband had two children: Peter (born 1977) and Zara Phillips (born 1981). Anne and Phillips have five grandchildren.
On the 31st. August 1989, Anne and Phillips announced their intention to separate; the couple had been rarely seen in public together, and both were romantically linked with other people.
They shared custody of their children, and initially announced that there were no plans for divorce. However, on the 13th. April 1992 the Palace announced that Anne had filed for divorce, which was finalised ten days later.
-- Marriage to Sir Timothy Laurence
Anne met Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, a commander in the Royal Navy, while he was serving on the Royal Yacht Britannia. Their relationship developed in early 1989, three years after he was appointed as an equerry to the Queen.
In 1989, the existence of private letters from Laurence to the Princess was revealed by The Sun newspaper. The couple married at Crathie Kirk near Balmoral Castle in Scotland, on the 12th. December 1992.
Approximately 30 guests were invited for the private marriage service. Unlike the Church of England at the time, the Church of Scotland permitted the remarriage of divorced persons under certain circumstances.
Anne became the first royal divorcée to remarry since Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
For the wedding ceremony, Anne wore a white jacket over a demure, cropped-to-the-knee dress and a spray of white flowers in her hair. Her engagement ring was made of a cabochon sapphire flanked by three small diamonds on each side.
Following the marriage service, the couple and guests headed to Craigowan Lodge for a private reception. Laurence received no peerage.
The Kidnapping Attempt
On the 20th. March 1974, Princess Anne and Mark Phillips were returning to Buckingham Palace from a charity event when a Ford Escort forced their Princess IV car to stop on the Mall.
The driver of the Escort, Ian Ball, jumped out and began firing a pistol. Inspector James Beaton, Anne's personal police officer, exited the car to shield her and to try to disarm Ball.
Beaton's firearm, a Walther PPK, jammed, and he was shot by Ball, as was Anne's chauffeur, Alex Callender, when he tried to disarm Ball. Brian McConnell, a nearby tabloid journalist, also intervened, and was shot in the chest.
Ball approached Anne's car and told her that he intended to kidnap her and hold her for ransom, the sum given by varying sources as £2 million or £3 million, which he claimed he intended to give to the National Health Service.
Ball told Anne to get out of the car, to which she replied, "Not bloody likely!" She reportedly briefly considered hitting Ball.
Eventually, she exited the other side of the limousine, as had her lady-in-waiting, Rowena Brassey. A passing pedestrian, a former boxer named Ron Russell, punched Ball and led Anne away from the scene.
At that point, Police Constable Michael Hills happened upon the scene; he too was shot by Ball, but he had already called for police backup. Detective Constable Peter Edmonds answered, gave chase, and finally arrested Ball.
Beaton, Hills, Callender, and McConnell were hospitalised, and recovered from their wounds. For his defence of Princess Anne, Beaton was awarded the George Cross by the Queen, who was visiting Indonesia when the incident occurred.
Hills and Russell were awarded the George Medal, and Callender, McConnell, and Edmonds were awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal.
It was widely reported that the Queen paid off Russell's mortgage, but this is not true. Russell said in 2020 that a police officer suggested that it might happen, so he stopped paying his mortgage in anticipation, and nearly had his house repossessed after four months.
Anne visited Beaton in hospital and thanked him for his assistance. In 1983, she spoke about the event on Parkinson, saying she was scrupulously polite to Ball as she thought it would be 'silly to be too rude at that stage'.
Beaton, who had been Anne's sole bodyguard, later said about royal security:
"I had nothing… There was no back-up
vehicle. The training was non-existent;
but then again, we thought nothing was
going to happen.
They are highly specialised now, highly
trained."
Immediately after the attack, the use of only a single protection officer was stopped, and the Walther PPK pistol was replaced.
Ball pleaded guilty to attempted murder and kidnapping. As of September 2022, he was still detained under the Mental Health Act at Broadmoor Hospital, having been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
The attempted kidnapping of Princess Anne was the focus of the Granada Television-produced docudrama To Kidnap a Princess (2006) and inspired story lines in Tom Clancy's novel Patriot Games.
Activities
Anne undertakes a number of duties and engagements on behalf of the sovereign. Kevin S. MacLeod, the then Canadian Secretary to the Queen, said of Anne in 2014:
"Her credo is, 'Keep me busy. I'm here
to work. I'm here to do good things.
I'm here to meet as many people as
possible'."
It was reported in December 2017 that the Princess Royal had undertaken the most official engagements that year out of all the royal family, her mother the Queen included. Among her royal visits, the Princess has toured Norway, Jamaica, Germany, Austria, New Zealand, and Australia.
Anne's first public engagement was at the opening of an educational and training centre in Shropshire in 1969. Anne travels abroad on behalf of the United Kingdom up to three times a year.
She began to undertake overseas visits upon leaving secondary school, and accompanied her parents on a state visit to Austria in the same year.
Her first tour of Australia was with her parents in 1970, since when she has returned many times to undertake official engagements as a colonel-in-chief of an Australian regiment, or to attend memorials and services such as the National Memorial Service for victims of the Black Saturday bushfires in Melbourne on the 22nd. February 2009.
In 1990 she was the first member of the royal family to make an official visit to the Soviet Union when she went there as a guest of President Mikhail Gorbachev and his government.
Anne is involved with over 200 charities and organisations in an official capacity. She works extensively for Save the Children, serving as president from 1970 to 2017, and has been patron since 2017. Anne has visited the organisation's projects in Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Mozambique, Ethiopia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
As a result of her work, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 by Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia.
She initiated The Princess Royal Trust for Carers in 1991.
Anne is the patron of Transaid, a charity which aims to provide safe and sustainable transport in developing countries. She is also the royal patron of WISE, an organisation that encourages young women to pursue careers in science, engineering and construction.
Her extensive work for St. John Ambulance as Commandant-in-Chief of St. John Ambulance Cadets has helped to develop many young people, as she annually attends the Grand Prior Award Reception.
Anne is patron of St. Andrew's First Aid. She is a British representative in the International Olympic Committee as an administrator, and was a member of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. She also serves as president of the British Olympic Association.
She was president of BAFTA from 1973 to 2001. In 1985 she became president of the Riding for the Disabled Association after serving as their patron for fourteen years.
In 1986 she was appointed Master of the Worshipful Company of Carmen. She maintains a relationship with student sport, and is the patron of British Universities and Colleges Sport.
Anne has been patron of the Royal National Children's Foundation since 2002 and the Industrial Heritage Museum since 2016.
Following the retirement of the Queen Mother in 1981, Anne was elected by graduates of the University of London as the Chancellor, and has been in the position since that year.
Throughout May 1996, Anne served as Her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and held the post again in 2017.
In 2007, she was appointed by the Queen as Grand Master of the Royal Victorian Order, a position her grandmother had also held.
Anne is a Royal Fellow of the Royal Society, and the Academy of Medical Sciences. Royal Fellows are members of the royal family who are recommended and elected by the Society's Council.
Anne was elected Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh effective 31st. March 2011, succeeding her father, who stepped down from the role in 2010. Likewise, she accepted in 2011 the roles of president of City and Guilds of London Institute, Master of the Corporation of Trinity House, and president of the Royal Society of Arts, also in succession to her father.
Anne has been the president of the Commonwealth Study Conference, an initiative founded by her father. She is also patron of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists, Royal College of Midwives, Magpas Air Ambulance, Edinburgh University's Royal School of Veterinary Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London, International Students House, London, Acid Survivors Trust International, Townswomen's Guilds, Citizens Advice, and the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
Anne represented Great Britain in the International Olympic Committee at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia. In August 2016, she returned to the country to visit the Russian city of Arkhangelsk for the 75th. anniversary of Operation Dervish, which was one of the first Arctic convoys of World War II.
In September 2016, the Princess had a chest infection and was required to cancel official engagements. In late October 2016, she visited the Malaysian state of Sarawak for a two-day study tour.
In 2017, she became Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers and a Governor of Gresham's School.
In 2021, Anne became patron of Mercy Ships, an international charity that operates the largest non-governmental hospital ships in the world.
In April 2022, Anne and her husband toured Australia and Papua New Guinea to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. In the same year, Anne was named honorary chair of National Lighthouse Museum's Illuminating Future Generations campaign, a project aimed at raising funds for the museum's gallery space.
On the 12th. September 2022, in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, Anne became the first woman to participate in a Vigil of the Princes, guarding her mother's coffin. This was repeated at Westminster Hall on the 16th. September.
It was later revealed that she had been the informant at her mother's death at Balmoral, a witness who signs, along with the doctor, the death certificate.
Princess Anne's Public Image and Style
Anne has been called the royal family's "trustiest anchor" and a "beacon of good, old-fashioned public service", having carried out over 20,000 engagements since her 18th. birthday.
In her early adulthood, she was cited as a "royal renegade" for choosing to forgo titles for her children despite being the "spare to the heir".
The media often called the young Anne "aloof" and "haughty", giving her the nickname "her royal rudeness".
She spurred controversy for telling photographers to "naff off" at the Badminton Horse Trials in 1982. Vanity Fair wrote that:
"Anne has a reputation for having
inherited her father's famously
sharp tongue and waspish wit".
Of her early public role, Anne has said:
"It's not just about 'can I get a tick in the box
for doing this?' No, it's about serving…It took
me probably 10 years before I really felt
confident enough to contribute to Save the
Children's public debates because you needed
to understand how it works on the ground, and
that needed a very wide coverage. So my early
trips were really important."
Anne remains one of Britain's most popular royals. Telegraph Editor Camilla Tominey called her a "national treasure", writing that she is "hailed as one of the great English eccentrics", whose work ethic contributes to her regard.
Tominey wrote that Anne's public role is:
"A contradiction of both protocol
taskmaster and occasional rule-
breaker".
Reportedly, Anne insists on doing her own make-up and hair, and drives herself to engagements, having pleaded guilty to two separate speeding fines on account of being late.
She does not shake hands with the public during walkabouts, saying:
"The theory was that you couldn't
shake hands with everybody, so
don't start."
Members of the public have seen her mending fences at Gatcombe Park, and queuing up for the Portaloos at her daughter's horse competitions.
Her reputation is also coupled with her advocacy for causes out of the mainstream, such as Wetwheels Foundation's commitment to accessible sailing and the National Lighthouse Museum.
On her 60th. and 70th. birthdays, the BBC and Vanity Fair both asked whether she would retire, and she denied it both times, citing her parents' example as well as her commitment to her royal duties.
Anne's public personality has been described as "not suffering fools lightly" while maintaining a "still-impressive level of grace and courtesy".
British Vogue editor Edward Enninful has said that:
"Princess Anne is a true style icon
and was all about sustainable fashion
before the rest of us really knew what
that meant".
Her style has been noted for its timelessness; she relies almost solely on British fashion brands, with tweed and tailored suits as her hallmarks.
She is known for recycling outfits, such as her floral-print dress worn both to the wedding of the Prince of Wales in 1981 and the wedding of Lady Rose Windsor in 2008.
Anne is the patron of the U.K. Fashion and Textile Association. She has been noted for wearing "bold patterns and vibrant pops of colour".
Her style choices often reflect her equestrian interests as well as the practicality of her fast-paced schedule.
In the 1970's and 1980's, she was often photographed wearing trends such as puff sleeves, cardigans, bright floral patterns, and multicoloured stripes. Anne is also one of the few women in the royal family to wear a military uniform.
According to The Guardian, she is rarely seen without a brooch during royal events. Her millinery styles have included jockey caps and hats of multiple colours and bold patterns.
She presented the Queen Elizabeth II award for British design at London Fashion Week in 2020.
Anne has appeared on three British Vogue covers; after first appearing on the 1971 September issue at age 21, she also featured in the May and November 1973 issues, commemorating her engagement to Mark Phillips. She was featured in the cover story for the May 2020 issue of Vanity Fair.
Anne is the first member of the royal family to have been convicted of a criminal offence. In November 2002, she pleaded guilty to one charge of having a dog dangerously out of control, an offence under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, and was fined £500.
To the surprise of probably nobody that knows my habits, I preordered what is probably the last Scarlett Johansson Black Widow Figuarts release - of course, I'm speaking of the one for her movie, which we would have seen by now under normal circumstances.
Interestingly enough though, despite being seen in at least two costumes, there was only one Widow figure solicited, and the entire movie only generated two figures - Widow and Taskmaster, which I didn't bother to get.
A bit about the box art first.. bottom right hand corner of the front shows Natasha with her hair down, but wearing the black costume. So for those keeping score, that's now potentially four different hair styles I've seen within the scope of one movie, which will make things interesting if Hot Toys decides to actually make anything for this movie.
If you bought the Endgame release of Natasha, you're basically already familiar with the payload - there's the figure in her all new suit and one of several hair new hair styles, no additional faces this time, two baton handles for her backpack, two batons, one sickle, two empty holsters, two pistols, two filled holsters, Widow's Bite effects mounted on two fists, and pretty much the same extra hands (except her left hand no longer has the Quantum Watch).
If the face looks familiar, it's because she's had that face since Infinity War, and somehow I think maybe Tamashii Nations intended it to be a two faced package, but the same MSRP as before, might have nixed that idea.
If you look at the profile view of her head, you'll see the surgical scars there.
Otherwise, you'll notice that the batons and the handles have paint on them this time, which was not present on the Endgame version (not in the movie anyway) but was lacking from the Infinity War version, and naturally the paint is on the sickles.
A bit more before we move on from comparisons to the previous versions.
You'll notice that this version of Nat is shorter than previously. After a bit of staring.. and more staring, I FINALLY arrived at the conclusion she's not shorter, she's just not wearing platform boots anymore.
Finally, I don't know what happened, but the Endgame version ended up looking much more jaundiced compared to both her predecessor and her successor. Thank goodness they fixed that because it certainly wasn't a one time thing, seeing how my backup Endgame Nat has the same complexion.
The new Widow suit appears to be a very stylized version of her comic suit, including finally gold accents, and she gains some neat elbow pads. It'll be interesting to see if they explain how her movie suits evolve into the IW ensemble that displeased many a viewer, as it appears to borrow many elements from her Endgame outfit, despite taking place between Civil War and Infinity War.
I don't know what to make of her hair. I mean, it's hair.. it's red.. so I guess that's a good start. Her massive ponytail is well detailed and painted for something of this scale. It just feels to me that they might have made her head too square at the forehead and the overall shape of her hair, making her head seem a tad undersized. The ponytail is relatively pliable, so you don't have to worry about it snapping off easily.
Articulation is effectively identical to what Endgame got you - toes, ankles, double jointed knees, hips on ball joints with a floating crotch section for improved range of motion, waist, mid torso, shoulders with some collapse and bicep swivel, single jointed elbows with forearm pivot, wrists, neck, and head. Her upper torso (bust to neck) has more restrictions on range of motion compared to Endgame as she no longer has that gap at the bottom of the piece and her abs.
The good news is that she looks slightly better from the side with fuller bust.
Paint work is once again an area with no real concerns (especially since I'm going forward in time for a review for once). The base black that Nat has all over the body is smooth, and there are no concerns I have to raise with regards to the gold, silver, and red accents on her body, though some of the silver paint on her weapons have seen better days (arguably the fault of the less than stellar finish).
Hands are consistent, which is to say they've been.. alright. You can tell they're fingers and that's about it - the Figma guys definitely have a better product from this perspective.
Hair and face I touched up on earlier. Solid stuff, especially with a decent Scar Jo sculpt and that digital painting stuff that has been working well for the past three iterations (AoU, IW, Endgame) and the new healthy complexion.
Finally there's build quality.. which strangely enough feels a slight step back. There's the anal retentive stuff (to my fingers, the box feels flimsier), and then there's the fact this is first Marvel Figuarts I've picked up that actually had a joint pop apart (fortunately it was something you could snap back together) and the left arm actually popped out of the socket (again, easily reassembled)
There are no other issues with QC (the rough finish on the baton handles were probably always there, just no paint to highlight them). The plastic itself definitely feels softer than Endgame (bringing it back more in line with Infinity War) and this is probably due to the lack of extensive fine textures, which were prevalent on the Endgame suit.
Well that about wraps it up for this Widow. It's still pretty good, despite trading aesthetics for articulation, having only one face, and some minor quality quips. She won't be the one travelling with me (my Endgame Nat is already play worn, so not point damaging another figure) but she'll be at home in the horde, keeping order when I'm not around.