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Entry: The Legend of the Tower of London Ravens and the Fall of the British Monarchy - A88012000
Author: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor - U128652

I've been round the Tower of London (with Bel) and I wish I'd taken more notice of the Tower ravens now.

GB

Are the royal ravens like a writing desk?

I thought you'd mention that after complaining that the ravens were always leaving dirty marks on his telescope and asking for them to be killed and being told that they couldn't be killed without the country falling, John Flamsteed managed to persuade Charles to build him a new observatory somewhere ravenless, founding the Greenwich Observatory.

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cheers BB

Excellent Entry Linktastic! I like how you weave the different threads together

"blue-bloodied" - blooded?

"Yeomen Wardens" - Yeoman Warders?

"This entry is about another queen entirely – the queen of the Tower ravens" - is there a bit more you can say about Merlina (eg how old she was in 2020, etc)? or is it more the case that the Entry "features" another queen, rather than being "about" the queen of the Tower ravens?

Perfect concluding sentences

Thanks Sasha!

I have corrected the mistakes

It is reported that Merlina was 14 when she disappeared - although some sources say she joined the Tower ravens in 2007, including the Ravenmaster's Twitter feed (yes, I've checked), which would make her more than 14.

Thank you for your kind comments. I love linking obscure things, so glad you enjoyed the read.

I have found my Tower of London photos!

I have photos of the Tower ravens! And me with a Beefeater!

http://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipNLn4La7RXJK5WnrbroMykvCrgfZK4Oc-jJu_re/photo/AF1QipPjX0TDdHFb3iBkumyCorPZjOKPRiAdXZux6M63

http://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipNLn4La7RXJK5WnrbroMykvCrgfZK4Oc-jJu_re/photo/AF1QipMNZbfz7vZJY89770Rzo21z4j9fGE6yLmC_Mfb2
http://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipNLn4La7RXJK5WnrbroMykvCrgfZK4Oc-jJu_re/photo/AF1QipM6mfl5MpyAxCjXsWBruEHbQJDL61s_T_zJ7Uwk
http://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipNLn4La7RXJK5WnrbroMykvCrgfZK4Oc-jJu_re/photo/AF1QipOyyX478E4p3sHTDKsxR2ZTAO9oQLnZwG04HgQQ

I understand these links aren't working for everybody, so I have created an album at Facebook, which I've made public. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10158568561276185&type=3

Very entry!

I always wondered where that raven business got started! I didn't know about the stuffed raven at the Free Library, either, wow.

Shameless plug: could you add the Poe entry at A87950721 ?

Thanks! I am always pleased to read/learn something new so am happy to hear I have contributed to others' knowledge

I added that nugget for you, as I know it's in your neck of the woods. Perhaps add to your visit-post-pandemic list?

I've added that link

Definitely! A nostalgic visit to Philly is overdue.

The only point I'd dispute is whether or not Charles II can be considered unlucky. His reign may have been an unlucky one, with the big Fake News scandal of the non-existent Popish Plot, but he didn't personally burn in London or die of the plague. He was born in exile and became king of England, Scotland and Ireland - which seems a huge stroke of luck to me. Not only did he become king but reigned for a reasonable period - almost 25 years, which is the 7th longest reign for an English monarch between Alfred the Great and the Acts of Union in 1707 when the kingdom of England became part of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
He wasn't murdered, executed or died in battle, unlike Edmund I, Edward the Elder, Edward the Martyr, Harold, William Rufus, Richard the Lionheart, Edward II, Richard II, Henry VI, Edward V, Richard III, Jane, Charles I...

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On the other hand, his father WAS executed, he had to flee as a young man, and he was forced to live in precarious exile for years, so there's that.

Sorry - I didn't mean 'born in exile' but changed what I was typing halfway through. I meant he fled to exile with the luck of not being found in a tree (just like a squirrel chased by a ). 'Course not expecting the entry to be changed, just a fun discussion point

He had luck both good and bad

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He did, indeed.

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