Saturday 15 June 2019

Putin on Trade Relations, ... and Monkeys and Tigers and stuff, ...


See Putin on US - China - Russia Relations. I don't know about those Chinese proverbs. Watching this series on TV in England when I was a kid must have been what sparked my interest in Taoism and the New World Order, .... well, there was also that essay I wrote when I was six years old, but we won't go into that, right now, at any rate.


At 6 mins 45 seconds: The Dragon King? Made his money by sinking ships? Hmmm, ...

At 17 mins 25 seconds. Honorable Guardian of the Heavenly Peach Garden?! Did you hear that, Pete Good? They gave him your job! Imagine!

From https://www.royal.uk/personal-flags
In addition to his standard as Prince of Wales, the Prince has a personal flag exclusively for use in Wales. The flag is based on the Arms of the Principality of Wales, also known as the Arms of Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, the last native Prince of Wales.
The flag was flown for the first time on June 11, 1969 - three weeks before The Prince's Investiture - at Castle Green, Cardiff, for the inauguration of the Royal Regiment of Wales, of which The Prince is Colonel-in-Chief.
During the Investiture ceremony on 1 July 1969, the Standard for Wales was flown from Caernarfon Castle's Eagle Tower.
The standard, which was devised by the College of Arms, is based on the arms of the principality of Wales, also known as the arms of Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, the last prince of Wales before its conquest by Edward I. The design bears a similarity to that borne by Owain Glyndwr during his rebellion against the English.
But curiously enough, that page does not show the standard. Why? Because There be Dragons, matey!


And there is some more quant history, about the flag being flown next to that of the Queen in 2011. Was that for Obama's visit, by any chance?

I hope I have convinced some people that this TV series is worth watching fairly closely! 😂

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