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Here is Emma doing her level best to look princess-like and virginal. A nun’s habit would also have been appropriate, but the only nun’s outfit we have in the dressing-up box is more suitable for a Halloween party or Kissogram, and this is supposed to be a serious post. Here begins the lesson. Since 1301 English monarchs have traditionally named their eldest son “Prince of Wales“. (So Charles the Adulterer is our current Prince of Wales, despite the fact that he seldom sets foot in the country.) Our last real and native prince was Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, who was lured into a trap to sign a non-aggression treaty with Edward I of England and treacherously put to death. Llywelyn’s only daughter, Gwenllian, was placed in a nunnery at Sempringham, where she died 54 years later. Edward’s aim, of course, was to prevent her from marrying and having children who would rightly have claim to Wales.
Here is Emma doing her level best to look princess-like and virginal. A nun’s habit would also have been appropriate, but the only nun’s outfit we have in the dressing-up box is more suitable for a Halloween party or Kissogram, and this is supposed to be a serious post. Here begins the lesson. Since 1301 English monarchs have traditionally named their eldest son “Prince of Wales“. (So Charles the Adulterer is our current Prince of Wales, despite the fact that he seldom sets foot in the country.) Our last real and native prince was Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, who was lured into a trap to sign a non-aggression treaty with Edward I of England and treacherously put to death. Llywelyn’s only daughter, Gwenllian, was placed in a nunnery at Sempringham, where she died 54 years later. Edward’s aim, of course, was to prevent her from marrying and having children who would rightly have claim to Wales.
