Saturday, 30 October 2010

Prince Albert... Not Just my Favourite Pub

Sometimes you go to places, and you have no idea why that street or that museum have the name they do. Have you ever thought who on earth was the Earl of Whatever? I know you kind of have a life to live so you don't think about this sort of stuff, thinking about the next IPhone or the biggest sale you can find maybe sounds more interesting. But anyway I will tell you something, if you live in London do yourself a favour, google as much as you can to know the history behind things. You wouldn't believe how lovely and amazingly rich this City is. It somehow might sound a bit silly to say, however I doubt that people in general pay real attention to London.

I will give you just two examples, one of them is about a monument that is just outside the National Portrait Gallery, it's a statue of Edith Cavell, an extremely interesting character, she was a nurse that was put down for saving people during the First World War, her biography is delightful, inspiring and deserves to be read, it's a shame people don't know about her.

The second example involves Prince Albert, that is not just my favourite pub in Notting Hill it's as well the name of the coolest prince I've ever heard about. Do you know what a Prince Albert Pierce is? Now I do and so will you, it is one of the most common male genital piercings and it was named after this lovely gentleman just because he carried one himself. Can you imagine that? It's the bloody 19th century and the Queen's husband is some sort of a pervert, I just love it! So it's very easy to guess which book will read next, it will have to be undoubtedly something about him and his cousin, wife and quite naughty Queen Victoria.

So if you want to get your golden star from Mrs. Black, google about London and let me know what you have found, I would most definitely love to hear from someone just because talking to myself is getting rather boring.

B x

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