tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post4031106938629494779..comments2024-03-18T20:38:40.751+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: BBCFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-75810561467317297722021-05-09T08:39:53.734+01:002021-05-09T08:39:53.734+01:00Last Holy Roman Emperor
relinquished title 1806
b...Last Holy Roman Emperor<br />relinquished title 1806 <br />became Emperor of Austria died 1835E sapelionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09886268559214926797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-9832261634621245362021-05-08T00:07:45.084+01:002021-05-08T00:07:45.084+01:00Every year on the anniversary of his death (5 May ...Every year on the anniversary of his death (5 May 1821) there is a Requiem Mass at St Michael's Abbey Farnborough for Napoleon I.<br /><br />When Empress Eugenie died in 1920 King George V and Queen Mary attended her Pontifical Requiem Mass. In those non-ecumenical days many Anglicans were not best pleased.John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-13299188899105855262021-05-07T18:59:22.345+01:002021-05-07T18:59:22.345+01:00It was a German-French War. Without the brave and ...It was a German-French War. Without the brave and victorious Bavarian army Prussia could not defend herself. Keep in mind that France declared the war and was the agressor.shrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10710259441412335684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-25600133389123755622021-05-07T16:47:38.578+01:002021-05-07T16:47:38.578+01:00Dear Ben,
I apologize and stand corrected. I kne...Dear Ben,<br /><br />I apologize and stand corrected. I knew that Karl had ceased to be be Emperor de facto by 1919, and wrote vaguely "relinquished title" as with the other three Emperors on my list. But of course Karl never formally renounced his title.<br />Grant Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381331872077276383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-83057639127778747732021-05-07T01:49:03.988+01:002021-05-07T01:49:03.988+01:00Not sure why you want to slur the entire nation ba...Not sure why you want to slur the entire nation based upon the failings of the BBC, an institution which routinely goes out of its way to denigrate the country whose name it bears.Wynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725423840111655020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-63287316123404362082021-05-07T00:31:34.427+01:002021-05-07T00:31:34.427+01:00It is true that the latest generation of professio...It is true that the latest generation of professionals no longer benefits from a general educational grounding and general knowledge, but it is an extraordinary mistake for BBC News to make. Bulletins normally go pas several pairs of eyes, and News has factcheckers galore, nor is this some obscure detail but mainstream history. I can only assume the BBC's production and editorial John Vaschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00335331585265267754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-763012697780793472021-05-06T20:19:07.592+01:002021-05-06T20:19:07.592+01:00Dear Mr. Milburn,
It must be some honest mistake,...Dear Mr. Milburn,<br /><br />It must be some honest mistake, truly. You say that, among others listed, the last Emperor of Austria, i.e. Blessed Karl (Charles), relinquished his title in 1919. Are you quite certain of that? I do not believe that I am wrong in thinking that this was the very point of dispute he had with the new Government of Austria after the end of the War. He refused Ben of the Bayouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300583569226801488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-18203797447311965342021-05-06T18:55:12.625+01:002021-05-06T18:55:12.625+01:00Voice from the roof top said...
Napoleon III ...Voice from the roof top said...<br /><br /> Napoleon III was the last Emperor of France.<br /><br />Correction: He was the last Emperor of the French.Dr Paul Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15146168914398104141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-9736736041529454002021-05-06T18:40:16.512+01:002021-05-06T18:40:16.512+01:00I don't know much about the BBC. I recently wa...I don't know much about the BBC. I recently watched their coverage of the funeral of Prince Philip on YouTube and noted that one commentator confused the book of Ecclesiasticus, from which the first lesson was taken, with Ecclesiastes. But this is an excusable mistake, especially if your Bible lacks Ecclesiasticus, or refers to it as Sirach. <br />Grant Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381331872077276383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-81319122699968929352021-05-06T17:44:27.946+01:002021-05-06T17:44:27.946+01:00For future reference:
Last Emperor of France
Reli...For future reference:<br /><br />Last Emperor of France<br />Relinquished title 1870, died 1873<br /><br />Last Emperor of Austria:<br />Relinquished title 1919, died 1922<br /><br />Last Emperor of China<br />Relinquished title 1912, died 1967<br /><br />Last Emperor of India<br />Relinquished title 1947, died 1952<br /><br />Grant Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381331872077276383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-42602859023210451122021-05-06T13:56:37.562+01:002021-05-06T13:56:37.562+01:00Napoleon I obviously the one in the fool's min...Napoleon I <i>obviously the one in the fool's mind</i> died 5 May 1821<br />Napoleon II died 22 July 1832<br />The Last Emperor, Napoleon III, died 9 January 1873<br /><br />Pat & BonusChristophorushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16448269442353234831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-88760374932340650842021-05-06T13:36:44.169+01:002021-05-06T13:36:44.169+01:00Please note, NIII lost his throne in 1870, but die...Please note, NIII lost his throne in 1870, but died in Chislehurst on January 9 three years later.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01824005176362146901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-41277860183699032412021-05-06T13:05:26.304+01:002021-05-06T13:05:26.304+01:00Dear “B flat”.
With respect, you are incorrect wh...Dear “B flat”.<br /><br />With respect, you are incorrect when you state that: “Look up Napoleon III of France in Wikipedia and it will give you the dates of his life (20 April 1808 to 9 January 1870).”<br /><br />The date “9 January 1870”, that you quote, is NOT the date of his departure from this life. That departure date is, of course, 9 January 1873”.<br /><br />1870, that you quote, was the Zephyrinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179350648709554049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-57966977649612804002021-05-06T11:47:42.554+01:002021-05-06T11:47:42.554+01:00At the funeral service for the Duke of Edinburgh t...At the funeral service for the Duke of Edinburgh the first lesson was from Ecclesiasticus. In his post-funeral observations, the BBC commentator said that the reading had been from ‘Ecclesiastes, The Preacher.’Retired Judgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11237868359077944975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-52107974614287827922021-05-06T11:03:43.095+01:002021-05-06T11:03:43.095+01:00Dear Tom Mushroom,
Perhaps you have not followed ...Dear Tom Mushroom,<br /><br />Perhaps you have not followed this Blog for long, but the key to the point Fr Hunwicke is making may very well be in the comment immediately preceding your question. Look up Napoleon III of France in Wikipedia and it will give you the dates of his life (20 April 1808 to 9 January 1870). Being in 2021, we fall woefully of the 200th anniversary of his death or even of B flathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17611595580578224726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-30297252378393626392021-05-06T10:09:41.801+01:002021-05-06T10:09:41.801+01:00Perhaps the BBC took into account the fact the nex...Perhaps the BBC took into account the fact the next Emperor of the French had Swiss nationality.Socrate d'Aquinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02712500441569695530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-32328415919362163152021-05-06T08:13:22.028+01:002021-05-06T08:13:22.028+01:00You ok, Father?
You need to clarify the point you...You ok, Father?<br /><br />You need to clarify the point you’re making.Tom Mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157080098605226913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-2784447600910048652021-05-06T05:29:39.087+01:002021-05-06T05:29:39.087+01:00Napoleon III was the last Emperor of France.Napoleon III was the last Emperor of France.Voice from the roof tophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16297915058711054198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-25700079774906118272021-05-06T00:26:39.431+01:002021-05-06T00:26:39.431+01:00It seems to me that the only French emperor of rea...It seems to me that the only French emperor of real note was Napoleon Bonaparte. As far as the emperors that followed are concerned the only thing worthy of note that I'm aware of is that one of them gave a very fine High Mass set of vestments to a church in France which is now still in use at an Episcopalian church in the U.S.A.<br /><br />But aside from the Revolution and the dreadful davidmorourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06676929540230911870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-69546023214465573712021-05-05T21:30:00.880+01:002021-05-05T21:30:00.880+01:00Perhaps they never went to Farnborough Abbey.Perhaps they never went to Farnborough Abbey.motupropriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06261356560114077508noreply@blogger.com