Defenders shamed Prince William for taking his son hunting (6 photos)

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Prince George of Cambridge

(eng. Prince George of Cambridge; full name
George Alexander Louis
[1], English. George Alexander Louis of Cambridge; born July 22, 2013 (2013-07-22) [2], London) - member of the British royal family, third great-grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, first grandson of Prince Charles of Wales and Princess Diana of Wales, first-born of Duke William of Cambridge and Duchess of Cambridge Catherine.

He is third in line of succession to the British throne.

Even before the prince was born, The Washington Post

called him “the most famous baby in the world”[3]. Prince George of Cambridge became one of the first people in history to have articles about him appear in several language sections of Wikipedia even before his birth[4].

Biography

Born on June 21, 1982 at 9 pm, in London, in the Paddington area. William was the first crown prince to be born outside the royal palace - he was born at St. Mary's Hospital in London. He became the object of attention of the paparazzi as soon as he was born: already upon leaving the maternity hospital, Diana and Charles came under the camera lenses of numerous photographers who wanted to be the first to take a photo of the heir.

On August 4, 1982, the prince was baptized by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Buckingham Palace and received the name William Arthur Philip Louis.

From 1990 to 1995, the prince attended Ludgrove School in Berkshire. It was a boarding school, and William did everything the same as everyone else, even sharing a room with four other students. At school he was captain of the hockey and rugby teams, was an avid swimmer, played football and basketball well, and represented the school in cross-country running marathons on several occasions.

After school, William entered the famous Eton College, where he studied geography, biology and art history. The prince was always a diligent student and received good grades both in specialized subjects and in education, in addition, he easily found a common language with his peers. Thanks to his sociability, natural tact and modesty with an absolute lack of arrogance, he quickly acquired friends and acquaintances. True, in college he lived in a separate room and used a separate shower - but not out of arrogance, but for safety reasons.

When William's parents divorced in August 1996, the prince took it hard. He was always closer to his mother than to his father, but Princess Diana communicated a lot with the children even after the divorce. Even after the divorce, she continued to be considered a member of the royal family and lived in Kensington Palace and did a lot of charity work.

The big blow in the prince's life came on August 31, 1997, when his mother, Princess Diana, died in a car accident in Paris. The prince learned about the tragedy only on September 1 from his father, since Prince Charles forbade the children to have a radio in the house. No matter how hard it was for him to cope with the grief that befell him, William found the strength to take part in organizing the funeral. He and his brother, Prince Harry, followed their mother's coffin in a funeral procession all the way to Westminster Abbey, where the funeral took place. After the death of his mother, William visited a psychoanalyst of his own free will. During this period, William's long-standing hostility towards the press escalated to the limit: he blamed the paparazzi for his mother's death.

In July 2000, after graduating from Eton College, the prince, like many students, decided to take a break from his studies for a year. He traveled a lot, visited Chile, visited African countries following his mother (Princess Diana was actively involved in charity work), and even worked on an English dairy farm. After a year, Prince William chose his future path: he decided to enter the prestigious University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and soon became a student. The prince celebrated his coming of age (according to British law, it comes at 21) with an African-style party, which he held at Windsor Castle under the supervision of the queen herself.

The Prince's thesis in 2005 was on coral reefs. He graduated with very good results (though not with honors), and in this he surpassed his father, a graduate of Cambridge. According to William himself, he spent four happy years in St. Andrew. For some time after graduating from university, William worked and was engaged in socially useful activities, for example, representing Her Majesty in New Zealand, in the cities of Wellington and Auckland at the celebrations dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. In May 2006, Prince William entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was commissioned in December 2006 and joined the Royal Cavalry as a Second Lieutenant. In this regard, his career is no different from that of his male ancestors, starting with Henry V, since in Great Britain the monarch formally heads the country's armed forces. In 2009, after graduating from the RAF flight school in Cranwell, he was transferred to the Royal Air Force and promoted to the rank of captain (Flight Lieutenant). Currently serving as a rescue helicopter pilot. In December 2011, he participated in the operation to rescue Russian sailors from the sinking ship Swanland.

Birth and baptism

St Mary's Hospital in London, where Prince George of Cambridge was born

The prince was born in London, at St. Mary's Hospital - the same place where Princess Diana gave birth to Princes William and Harry in 1982 and 1984, respectively.

Duchess Catherine was admitted to hospital at 5:30 am on July 22, 2013. The boy was born at 16:24 local time (19:24 Moscow time). A birth weight of 8 lb 6 oz (3.8 kg) was recorded[5][6][7].

Prince William was present at the birth[8]. The birth was attended by the Queen's former and current gynecologists, Marcus Satchell and Alan Farthing[9].

In honor of the birth of the heir, 41 salutes were fired in the skies over Hyde Park and the Tower. The newborn received the title of the first-ever Prince of Cambridge.

On 23 October 2013, Prince George of Cambridge was baptized in the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace. The baptism was performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.[10] Prince George's christening at St. James's Palace was a departure from the ancient tradition of baptizing heirs to the British throne at Buckingham Palace.[11]

Prince George's godparents were seven people: Oliver Baker, Emilia Jardine-Paterson, Julia Samuel, William von Cutsem, as well as Lord Hugh Grosvenor[12] (son of the 6th Duke of Westminster), the couple's former private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton and granddaughter Queen Elizabeth Zara Phillips. The names of the godparents were announced several hours before the ceremony.[13]

Family

On November 16, 2010, Clarence House announced the engagement of Prince William and his longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton. The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton took place on April 29, 2011 at London's Cathedral Church of St. Peter's in Westminster Abbey. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams officially proclaimed Prince William and Kate Middleton husband and wife[1], and Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain awarded the young couple the title of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

On December 3, 2012, an official representative of the British Royal Household announced that Prince William's wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, was pregnant and was in the King Edward VII Hospital in central London with symptoms of toxicosis and would remain there for the next few days.[2]

On July 22, 2013 at 16:24 local time, Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton gave birth to a boy[3].
The weight of the newborn was 3.8 kilograms[3]. On July 24, 2013, it was announced that Prince William's first child was named George Alexander Louis.

On September 8, 2014, a royal household spokesman announced that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were expecting their second child. The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to her daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Diana on May 2, 2020 at 8.34 am in the presence of her husband. A birth weight of 8 lb 3 oz (3.71 kg) was recorded.

Prince George of Cambridge

Prince George of Cambridge (eng. Prince George of Cambridge; full name George Alexander Louis, English. George Alexander Louis of Cambridge; born July 22, 2013, London) is a member of the British royal family, the third great-grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, the first grandson of Prince Charles of Wales and Princess Diana of Wales, firstborn of Duke William of Cambridge and Duchess Catherine of Cambridge.

He is third in line of succession to the British throne.

Even before the prince was born, The Washington Post called him “the world’s most famous baby.” Prince George of Cambridge became one of the first people in history to have articles about him appear in several language sections of Wikipedia even before his birth.

Birth and baptism

The prince was born in London, at St. Mary's Hospital - the same place where Princess Diana gave birth to Princes William and Harry in 1982 and 1984, respectively.

Duchess Catherine was admitted to hospital at 5:30 am on July 22, 2013. The boy was born at 16:24 local time (19:24 Moscow time). At birth, a weight of 8 lb 6 oz (3.8 kg) was recorded.

Prince William was present at the birth. The birth was attended by the Queen's former and current gynecologists, Marcus Satchell and Alan Farthing.

In honor of the birth of the heir, 41 salutes were fired in the skies over Hyde Park and the Tower. The newborn received the title of the first-ever Prince of Cambridge.

On 23 October 2013, Prince George of Cambridge was baptized in the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace. The baptism was performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. Prince George's christening at St James's Palace marked a departure from the long-standing tradition of baptizing heirs to the British throne at Buckingham Palace.

Seven people became Prince George's godparents: Oliver Baker, Emilia Jardine-Paterson, Julia Samuel, William von Cutsem, as well as Lord Hugh Grosvenor (son of the 6th Duke of Westminster), the couple's former private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton and Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara Phillips. The names of the godparents were announced several hours before the ceremony.

Name

On July 24, 2013, the prince received the name George Alexandre Louis. For everyday use the name George is used.

He received the name George (George) in honor of King George VI - the father of his great-grandmother Elizabeth II, Alexander - in honor of the middle name of Elizabeth II (her full name is “Elizabeth Alexandra Mary”), Louis (Louis) - in honor of Louis Mountbatten - a military leader , Prince Philip's uncle. The name Louis is also the fourth name of his father, the Duke of Cambridge.

Coat of arms

William, as a member of the royal family, has his own coat of arms, based on the national coat of arms of Great Britain, which he received on his 18th birthday.

Blazon

Four-part shield: in the first and fourth fields the coat of arms of England - three golden leopards with azure armament in a scarlet field, in the second field the coat of arms of Scotland - in a golden field with a scarlet double inner border, overgrown with lilies, a scarlet rising lion with azure armament, in the third field the coat of arms of Ireland - a golden harp with silver strings in an azure field. On top of the shield is a silver title with three ends encumbered with a scarlet scallop shell (escalope).

Around the shield is the symbol of the Order of the Garter.

Shield holders: on the right - a British one, crowned with an open crown of the children of the heir to the throne, a lion with a silver title (as in a shield) on his neck; on the left is a Scottish unicorn with the crown of the children of the heir to the throne and a silver title (as in a shield) on its neck.

The shield is crowned with the crown of the children of the heir to the throne with the peer's cap inside.

On top of the crown is a golden royal helmet. Golden mantle lined with ermine. Crest: gold, crowned with the open crown of the children of the heir to the throne, a leopard with a silver title (as in a shield) on the neck, standing on the crown of the children of the heir to the throne.

Interesting facts about Prince William

• Left-handed[7].
• Height - 191 cm.
• Parodied in the cartoon "Cars 2" under the name Prince Mobileam (Wheelliam). Bentley Continental GT car.
• He is a fan of the Birmingham football club Aston Villa. It is believed that William began to support Aston Villa while studying at Eton and has remained faithful to him for almost two decades.
• According to the tabloid express.co.uk, he was a fan of the American band Linkin Park (while studying at school).
• According to tradition, in Russian it is customary to write the names of British monarchs in German transcription, so that after the coronation, Prince William will become King William V.
• He is the President of the Football Association of England

Notes

1. [www.infox.ru/afisha/gloss/2011/04/29/Princ_Uilyam_i_Kyeyt.phtml Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams officially declared Prince William and Kate Middleton husband and wife, Infox.ru, 04/29/2011.]
2. [www.mignews.com/news/society/world/031212_213921_76141.html Mignews.com. 04.12.2012. UK: Kate and William are expecting a baby.]
3. ↑ 12
   [www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article3822222.ece Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to a son] (English). The Times. Retrieved July 22, 2013. [www.webcitation.org/6IParXcsg Archived from the original on July 27, 2013].
4. [www.princeofwales.gov.uk/newsandgallery/focus/prince_william_is_appointed_to_the_order_of_the_garter_1032800767.html Prince William is appointed to the Order of the Garter] (English)
5. [www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2012/NewappointmentstotheOrderoftheThistle25May2012.aspx New appointments to the Order of the Thistle, 29 May 2012] (English)
6. [www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2008/07/06/prince-william-medal/ Prince William to receive US medal for role in drugs bust] (English)
7. [www.2uk.ru/holidays/holid33 Prince William is left-handed.]

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Defenders shamed Prince William for taking his son hunting (6 photos)

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The other day, the heir to the British throne, Prince William, was hunting partridges in the vicinity of Balmoral. An ordinary event for the royal family would have gone unnoticed if his 7-year-old son, Prince George, who was enthusiastically watching his father, had not participated in the hunt with William. British animal rights activists immediately made a fuss in the press, declaring the father’s behavior “immoral.”

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Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge and heir to the British throne, has come under attack from animal rights activists for taking his son, 7-year-old Prince George, grouse hunting, thereby teaching him to view “killing as normal.” 38-year-old William and his family, including his 7-year-old son, went hunting in Corgraff, Scotland, near Balmoral. This is not the first hunt for 7-year-old George: his father considers it necessary to accustom the heir to the traditional royal sport. However, activists from the animal rights organization PETA constantly condemn it, believing that such sports can have a harmful effect on the child’s psyche and “make him insensitive to the suffering of animals.” “Few people these days consider hunting a ‘sport,’” says PETA Director Mimi Bekechi. “Most people consider it a cruel perversion, a passion for killing innocent birds.” For a child's psyche, watching murders committed by his parents is as fatal as for a killed bird. To grow into a responsible and compassionate leader, the prince must learn to empathize with the suffering of animals."

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Both Prince William and his brother Prince Harry took part in the hunt from a very young age and loved it so much that their mother, Princess Diana, jokingly called them “killer whales.” However, after meeting his current wife Meghan Markle, Harry began to hunt less, although he sometimes takes part in family hunting trips. The Duchess of Cambridge Kate, William's wife, apparently has nothing against her husband's hobbies and her son's involvement in them: she often accompanies them on hunts, leaving her younger children, 5-year-old Charlotte and 2-year-old Louis, at home.

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The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is, like her husband, a longtime lover of hunting. In the photo she is hunting in one of the royal grounds in 2008. Other members of the royal family, including Queen Elizabeth, are equally enthusiastic about hunting, but in the last few years she has avoided being caught on camera with a gun in her hands. But the record holder among royal hunters is considered to be the father of the current queen, the late King George VI, who, on his last hunt in 1952, together with other participants, shot a total of 90 pheasants, 17 rabbits, two pigeons and three ducks.

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Prince William, despite his love of hunting, also participates in animal protection campaigns, for which he also regularly becomes the target of attacks from animal rights activists. This happened in 2014, when he took part in a wild boar hunt in Spain - where the wild pig, by the way, is not a rare or endangered species - and upon his return he immediately became involved in an advertising campaign against poaching and the illegal trade in wild animals .

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The official press service of Kensington Palace traditionally defends the prince's participation in the hunt, pointing out that a legal and well-organized hunt is fundamentally different from illegal poaching, of which William is one of the leaders in the fight against which in Britain. The organization he created, United For Wildlife, protects rare and endangered species - tigers, rhinoceroses, elephants and pangolins.

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“But you didn’t want to use it, prince,” said Speransky, smiling, indicating that he wanted to end the argument, which was awkward for his interlocutor, with courtesy. “If you do me the honor of welcoming me on Wednesday,” he added, “then I, after talking with Magnitsky, will tell you what may interest you, and in addition I will have the pleasure of talking with you in more detail.” “He closed his eyes, bowed, and a la francaise, [in the French manner], without saying goodbye, trying to be unnoticed, he left the hall. During the first time of his stay in St. Petersburg, Prince Andrei felt his entire mindset, developed in his solitary life, completely obscured by those petty worries that gripped him in St. Petersburg. In the evening, returning home, he wrote down in a memory book 4 or 5 necessary visits or rendez vous [meetings] at the appointed hours. The mechanism of life, the order of the day in such a way as to be everywhere on time, took up a large share of the energy of life itself. He did nothing, didn’t even think about anything and didn’t have time to think, but only spoke and successfully said what he had previously thought about in the village. He sometimes noticed with displeasure that he happened to repeat the same thing on the same day, in different societies. But he was so busy all day that he didn’t have time to think about the fact that he didn’t think anything. Speransky, both on his first meeting with him at Kochubey’s, and then in the middle of the house, where Speransky, face to face, having received Bolkonsky, spoke with him for a long time and trustingly, made a strong impression on Prince Andrei. Prince Andrei considered such a huge number of people to be despicable and insignificant creatures, he so wanted to find in another the living ideal of the perfection for which he was striving, that he easily believed that in Speransky he found this ideal of a completely reasonable and virtuous person. If Speransky had been from the same society from which Prince Andrei was, the same upbringing and moral habits, then Bolkonsky would soon have found his weak, human, non-heroic sides, but now this logical mindset, strange to him, inspired him with respect all the more that he did not quite understand it. In addition, Speransky, either because he appreciated the abilities of Prince Andrei, or because he found it necessary to acquire him for himself, Speransky flirted with Prince Andrei with his impartial, calm mind and flattered Prince Andrei with that subtle flattery, combined with arrogance, which consists in silent recognition his interlocutor with himself, together with the only person capable of understanding all the stupidity of everyone else, and the rationality and depth of his thoughts. During their long conversation on Wednesday evening, Speransky said more than once: “We look at everything that comes out of the general level of inveterate habit...” or with a smile: “But we want the wolves to be fed and the sheep to be safe...” or : “They can’t understand this...” and all with an expression that said: “We: you and I, we understand what they are and who we are.” This first, long conversation with Speransky only strengthened in Prince Andrei the feeling with which he saw Speransky for the first time. He saw in him a reasonable, strictly thinking, enormously intelligent man who had achieved power with energy and perseverance and used it only for the good of Russia. Speransky, in the eyes of Prince Andrei, was precisely that person who rationally explains all the phenomena of life, recognizes as valid only what is reasonable, and knows how to apply to everything the standard of rationality, which he himself so wanted to be. Everything seemed so simple and clear in Speransky’s presentation that Prince Andrei involuntarily agreed with him in everything. If he objected and argued, it was only because he deliberately wanted to be independent and not completely submit to Speransky’s opinions. Everything was so, everything was good, but one thing embarrassed Prince Andrei: it was Speransky’s cold, mirror-like gaze, which did not let into his soul, and his white, tender hand, which Prince Andrei involuntarily looked at, as they usually look at people’s hands, having power. For some reason this mirror look and this gentle hand irritated Prince Andrei. Prince Andrei was unpleasantly struck by the too much contempt for people that he noticed in Speransky, and the variety of methods in the evidence that he cited to support his opinions. He used all possible instruments of thought, excluding comparisons, and too boldly, as it seemed to Prince Andrei, he moved from one to another. Either he became a practical activist and condemned dreamers, then he became a satirist and ironically laughed at his opponents, then he became strictly logical, then he suddenly rose into the realm of metaphysics. (He used this last tool of evidence especially often.) He transferred the question to metaphysical heights, moved into the definitions of space, time, thought, and, making refutations from there, again descended to the ground of dispute. In general, the main feature of Speransky’s mind that struck Prince Andrei was an undoubted, unshakable belief in the power and legitimacy of the mind. It was clear that Speransky could never get into the head of that usual thought for Prince Andrei, that it is still impossible to express everything that you think, and the doubt never came to mind that whether everything I think and everything is nonsense. , what do I believe? And this special mindset of Speransky most of all attracted Prince Andrei. During the first time of his acquaintance with Speransky, Prince Andrei had a passionate feeling of admiration for him, similar to the one he once felt for Bonaparte. The fact that Speransky was the son of a priest, whom stupid people could, as many did, despise him as a party boy and priest, forced Prince Andrei to be especially careful with his feelings for Speransky, and unconsciously strengthen it in himself. On that first evening that Bolkonsky spent with him, talking about the commission for drafting laws, Speransky ironically told Prince Andrei that the commission of laws had existed for 150 years, cost millions and had done nothing, that Rosenkampf had stuck labels on all articles of comparative legislation. – And that’s all for which the state paid millions! - he said. “We want to give new judicial power to the Senate, but we have no laws.” Therefore, it is a sin not to serve people like you, prince, now. Prince Andrei said that this requires a legal education, which he does not have. - Yes, no one has it, so what do you want? This is a circulus viciosus, [a vicious circle] from which one must escape through effort. A week later, Prince Andrei was a member of the commission for drawing up military regulations, and, which he did not expect, the head of the department of the commission for drawing up carriages. At the request of Speransky, he took the first part of the civil code being compiled and, with the help of Code Napoleon and Justiniani, [the Code of Napoleon and Justinian,] worked on drawing up the section: Rights of Persons. Two years ago, in 1808, having returned to St. Petersburg from his trip to the estates, Pierre unwittingly became the head of St. Petersburg Freemasonry. He set up dining rooms and funeral lodges, recruited new members, took care of the unification of various lodges and the acquisition of authentic acts. He gave his money for the construction of temples and replenished, as much as he could, alms collections, for which most members were stingy and careless. He almost alone, at his own expense, supported the home of the poor, established by the order in St. Petersburg. Meanwhile, his life went on as before, with the same hobbies and debauchery. He loved to dine and drink well, and although he considered it immoral and degrading, he could not refrain from enjoying the bachelor societies in which he participated. In the midst of his studies and hobbies, Pierre, however, after a year, began to feel how the soil of Freemasonry on which he stood was moving away from under his feet, the more firmly he tried to stand on it. At the same time, he felt that the deeper the soil on which he stood went under his feet, the more involuntarily he was connected with it. When he began Freemasonry, he experienced the feeling of a man trustingly placing his foot on the flat surface of a swamp. Putting his foot down, he fell through. In order to be completely sure of the solidity of the soil on which he stood, he planted his other foot and sank even further, got stuck and involuntarily walked knee-deep in the swamp. Joseph Alekseevich was not in St. Petersburg. (He had recently withdrawn from the affairs of the St. Petersburg lodges and lived in Moscow without a break.) All the brothers, members of the lodges, were people familiar to Pierre in life, and it was difficult for him to see in them only brothers in masonry, and not Prince B., not Ivan Vasilyevich D., whom he knew in life for the most part as weak and insignificant people. From under the Masonic aprons and signs, he saw on them the uniforms and crosses that they sought in life. Often, while collecting alms and counting 20–30 rubles recorded for the parish, and mostly in debt from ten members, half of whom were as rich as he was, Pierre recalled the Masonic oath that each brother promises to give all his property for one's neighbor; and doubts arose in his soul, which he tried not to dwell on. He divided all the brothers he knew into four categories. In the first category he ranked brothers who do not take an active part either in the affairs of lodges or in human affairs, but are occupied exclusively with the mysteries of the science of the order, occupied with questions about the triple name of God, or about the three principles of things, sulfur, mercury and salt, or about the meaning of square and all the figures of Solomon's temple. Pierre respected this category of Freemason brothers, to which mostly old brothers belonged, and Joseph Alekseevich himself, in Pierre's opinion, but did not share their interests. His heart was not in the mystical side of Freemasonry. In the second category, Pierre included himself and his brothers like him, those who are searching, hesitating, who have not yet found a direct and understandable path in Freemasonry, but hoping to find it. In the third category he included brothers (there were the largest number of them) who did not see anything in Freemasonry except the external form and ritual and valued the strict execution of this external form, without caring about its content and meaning. Such were Vilarsky and even the great master of the main lodge. Finally, the fourth category also included a large number of brothers, especially those who had recently joined the brotherhood. These were people, according to Pierre’s observations, who did not believe in anything, did not want anything, and who entered Freemasonry only to get closer to young brothers, rich and strong in connections and nobility, of whom there were quite a lot in the lodge. Pierre began to feel dissatisfied with his activities. Freemasonry, at least the Freemasonry that he knew here, sometimes seemed to him to be based on appearance alone. He did not even think of doubting Freemasonry itself, but he suspected that Russian Freemasonry had taken the wrong path and deviated from its source. And therefore, at the end of the year, Pierre went abroad to initiate himself into the highest secrets of the order. In the summer of 1809, Pierre returned to St. Petersburg. From the correspondence of our Freemasons with those abroad, it was known that Bezukhy managed to gain the trust of many high-ranking officials abroad, penetrated many secrets, was elevated to the highest degree and was carrying with him a lot for the common good of the masonry business in Russia. The St. Petersburg Masons all came to him, fawning on him, and it seemed to everyone that he was hiding something and preparing something. A solemn meeting of the 2nd degree lodge was scheduled, in which Pierre promised to convey what he had to convey to the St. Petersburg brothers from the highest leaders of the order. The meeting was full. After the usual rituals, Pierre stood up and began his speech. “Dear brothers,” he began, blushing and stammering, and holding the written speech in his hand. - It is not enough to observe our sacraments in the silence of the lodge - we need to act... act. We are in a state of sleep, and we need to act. – Pierre took his notebook and began to read. “To spread pure truth and bring about the triumph of virtue,” he read, we must cleanse people from prejudices, spread rules in accordance with the spirit of the times, take upon ourselves the education of youth, unite in unbreakable bonds with the smartest people, boldly and together prudently overcome superstition, unbelief and It is stupidity to form people loyal to us, bound together by a unity of purpose and having power and strength. “To achieve this goal, one must give virtue an advantage over vice, one must try to ensure that an honest person receives an eternal reward for his virtues in this world. But in these great intentions there are many obstacles that hinder us - the current political institutions. What to do in this state of affairs? Should we favor revolutions, overthrow everything, drive out force by force?... No, we are very far from that. Any violent reform is reprehensible, because it will not correct the evil in the least as long as people remain as they are, and because wisdom has no need for violence. “The entire plan of the order must be based on the formation of strong, virtuous people and bound by a unity of conviction, a conviction consisting in everywhere and with all their might to persecute vice and stupidity and to patronize talents and virtue: to extract worthy people from the dust, joining them to our brotherhood. Then only our order will have the power to insensitively tie the hands of the patrons of disorder and control them so that they do not notice it. In a word, it is necessary to establish a universal ruling form of government, which would extend over the whole world, without destroying civil bonds, and under which all other governments could continue in their usual order and do everything except that which interferes with the great goal of our order, then is the achievement of virtue's triumph over vice. Christianity itself presupposed this goal. It taught people to be wise and kind, and for their own benefit to follow the example and instructions of the best and wisest people.

Princes William and Harry have not spoken for 8 months

Princes Harry and William

All fans of the royal family know how close William and Harry were. The early death of their mother brought the brothers very close and united them. The situation changed after Harry's wedding. It is believed that because of Meghan Markle, relations between relatives have become tense. And after she and Harry renounced their royal powers, William completely cut off all ties with his brother.

Journalist Omid Scobie, who is working on a biographical book on Meghan and Harry, spoke about this. The correspondent’s words were confirmed by royal photographer Arthur Edwards, who has been photographing monarchs around the world since 1977.

“I have been watching my brothers since Princess Diana brought them out of the hospital. They were always very close. And the fact that they no longer communicate with each other is a real tragedy. I cannot deny Meghan Markle's guilt in this case. Before meeting her, Harry, Catherine and William created amazing projects together, such as the mental health charity Heads Up. And the fact that Harry has now left the country is sad not only for his family, but also for all the people who loved him,” the photographer emphasized.

In public, the two married couples have always behaved very reservedly

Recall that Harry and Meghan announced their resignation from royal duties on January 8 this year. Soon the lovers moved to Canada, and then to the USA. They explained their decision by saying that they wanted to keep their personal life intact and guarantee their little son a quiet childhood.

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According to Arthur Edwards, the couple's move is largely due to their conflict with journalists. Megan really didn't like the media attention. Recently, she even sued a tabloid that published her personal correspondence with her father. Edwards confirmed that colleagues often behaved inappropriately towards Markle.

“The first year I thought she was amazing. I went on several tours with her, including to Morocco. She's a wonderful person. I asked the palace three or four times to arrange for us, a group of journalists, to meet with Meghan, but this never happened. I think if we had met, everything would have turned out completely differently. She would see that we are people just like her. The press showed her from the bad side, we made mistakes and we ask for forgiveness for this, we ask them to come back,” says the photographer.

Speaking to This Morning presenters, Arthur stressed that there was still a chance for the royal family to reunite. Allegedly, William really misses his brother, and the only thing that is required of Harry is to return to the UK at least for a while.

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