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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 18:44:58 GMT
I'm not 100% either, but I think she was astride. May have been a divided skirt. Should definitely have been side-saddle for accuracy.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 20:22:14 GMT
No apology needed, it could easily be true, I just didn't notice if she was.
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Post by sootycat on Sept 1, 2016 15:17:49 GMT
I read somewhere that she had been taught to ride side saddle and hated the blue contact lenses she had to wear.
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Post by Miranda on Sept 1, 2016 17:16:09 GMT
We had blue contact lenses in the 19th century?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 18:44:04 GMT
I'm enjoying it with reservations. I don't know too much about Victoria's early days as Queen, so am interested to learn things which will point me in the right direction to find out more. I like the two main actors, and think the interplay between Victoria and Lord Melbourne is well done. I'm looking forward to when Disraeli comes on the scene to see how that is handled. I hope the 'Albert' story doesn't turn into a Mills & Boon!  I agree with you, vicky, about the 'downstairs' component. I could well have done with less of that. If the Emily Blunt film is anything like accurate , the courtship and marriage to Albert was a bit mills & Boon |
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Post by sootycat on Sept 3, 2016 11:44:50 GMT
We had blue contact lenses in the 19th century? I got myself a bit confused here. I was talking about the actress not Victoria. (Brain malfunction again)  |
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Post by Miranda on Sept 3, 2016 12:34:17 GMT
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Post by vicky on Sept 3, 2016 14:38:46 GMT
Oh crikey! Now you have made me wonder if I have misremembered that! Apologies if I have! Just accidently caught the repeat of this episode. When you see Victoria on horse back at the parade it looks as though she is riding astride and wearing trousers of some description. However, when you see her walking through the palace after the review and being told by Flora Hastings that she had mistakenly turned her back on the troops, she is definitely wearing a long skirt so she must have been riding side saddle. Also, in the same episode she is seen out riding with Melbourne and is undoubtedly riding side saddle. Apologies for having made a mistake in what I thought I saw first time around.....but the too big military peaked cap was wrong. According to Wikipedia, the peaked cap was first adopted by the British army in 1902 and, at the time when Victoria was young was seen in Europe as working mens' clothing. |
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Post by sootycat on Sept 5, 2016 11:44:31 GMT
Good third episode.
Now we have met Albert.
I will be interested to see how it rated up against Poldark
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Post by Miranda on Sept 5, 2016 16:53:56 GMT
I think ladies used to ride side saddle but wear a circular skirt that would hang on both sides of the horse so there was absolutely no chance of any leg showing at all.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2016 19:50:22 GMT
Now caught up on all three episodes so far and I'm really loving it especially Lord M, phew ! And I am fascinated by the computer graphics of London in that era, very clever. Very well acted and scripted too. Better than downton dare I say ?!!
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Post by marion on Sept 6, 2016 7:33:24 GMT
Was Lord M really such a sexpot??? I just wonder if the casting is rather generous to the character...... Not that I am complaining mind you.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 8:57:24 GMT
Who cares ! 😘😘😘
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Post by Miranda on Sept 6, 2016 9:44:50 GMT
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Post by marion on Sept 6, 2016 10:32:20 GMT
Thank you.
As I suspected, not a,patch on the lovely Rufus. But not revolting and probably a charming old cove.
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Anymore to come?
