Community Chat

[ValuSkr]

Prince Michael of Kent is quite good-looking, in a Sean Connery sort of way.

[spiderw]

Pomp and Circumstance!  What a lovely photo of the royals.  It is nice to see this group together celebrating a new era.  Carry on!

[beach-mom]

@chrystaltree and @ValuSkr - I remember when I didn't know a whole lot about the entire royal family, I wondered why A WOMAN was called "Princess Michael." Her given name is Marie-Christine. Of course now I understand.

Prince Michael was yet another first cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II. She had a lot, and it seems they were pretty close to her. 

 I didn't know they had retired from public service either. It seemed like they were always with the late Queen.

They were in the family section of the Coronation, in the 4th row.

[faeriemoon]

Princess Michael has gotten herself into trouble more than once for making racially inappropriate comments, and most recently for wearing an offensive brooch to a public event.  

[Pearlee]

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• @faeriemoon wrote:

Princess Michael has gotten herself into trouble more than once for making racially inappropriate comments, and most recently for wearing an offensive brooch to a public event.  

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My mother had a very pretty Blackamoorel broach she wore in the 1950s & 1960s. She bought it in S. Africa when she went to visit our relatives there (we had many who escaped to there to avoid the rising Nazi-ism in Germany).  Those broaches weren't offensive. They depicted oftentimes African royalty. My mother got many compliments on her beautiful broach from women of color as well as white women.  I truly wish I had it.  I don't know what happened to it after all these years. It wasn't among her jewelry pieces when she died. 

[Lucky Charm]

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@beach-mom wrote:

I'm guessing she's the *royalty*?  But I see a resemblence to Czar Nicholas in him--no? 

[Mersha]

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@Pearlee wrote:

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@faeriemoon wrote:

Princess Michael has gotten herself into trouble more than once for making racially inappropriate comments, and most recently for wearing an offensive brooch to a public event.  

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My mother had a very pretty Blackamoorel broach she wore in the 1950s & 1960s. She bought it in S. Africa when she went to visit our relatives there (we had many who escaped to there to avoid the rising Nazi-ism in Germany).  Those broaches weren't offensive. They depicted oftentimes African royalty. My mother got many compliments on her beautiful broach from women of color as well as white women.  I truly wish I had it.  I don't know what happened to it after all these years. It wasn't among her jewelry pieces when she died. 

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@Pearlee   Perhaps wearing a blackamoor brooch in the 1950's and 1960's was acceptable, as many things were, but today it is outdated and racially insensitive.

Dolce and Gabanna caused all sorts of issues when they used the blackamoor figure in earrings and fabric in 2012.

In this day and age, it is viewed as inappropriate to wear.

[Pearlee]

@Mersha  Yes, well I gathered that at the uproar when Princess Michael wore hers when first meeting Meghan (although it was said she wore it quite often, not just when she met MM).  All the ones I've seen in person have been very beautiful pieces of jewelry, depicting black people of Africa very elegantly and regally.

[beach-mom]

@Lucky Charm - He actually is the royalty- one of Queen Elizabeth II's many cousins. 

I see a resemblance to Czar Nicholas too. It makes sense. Three of Prince Michael's grandparents were first cousins to Czar Nicholas. His DNA, as well as that of the late Prince Philip, was used to help identify the remains of the Czar and his family.

Princess Michael, Marie-Christine, has a German/Czech background. She was born a Baroness. She was divorced when she married Prince Michael. 

[Zernia Rose]

@Pearlee They are offensive to many people, especially Blacks. It is ironic that your mother purchased the brooch while in South Africa for visits with your ancestors that escaped Nazism during a period when Apartiheid laws began in 1948 and didn't end until the 1990s.