Get this... The sphere on Prince Charles' investiture coronet is actually a gold-plated PING PONG ball (pizzagatewhatever)

submitted ago by letsdothis3

In today's Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6772677/Kate-Meghan-reunite-time-Christmas-Queens-party.html#comments

The gold coronet, placed on Prince Charles's head at Caernarfon Castle by his mother in 1969, will be displayed at the celebration attended by all senior members of the royal family today.

But the coronet, designed by celebrated goldsmith Louis Osman, hides an astonishing secret which makes it rather unique among the monarch's crown jewels.

The orb in its centre is actually made from a ping pong ball.

Now, for the first time, David Mason, a 74-year-old retired chemical research manager from Warwickshire who made the striking gold circlet, tells the true story of the so-called 'imposter coronet' – including how the original design was smashed with just days to go, forcing him to drive with a hastily made replacement in the back of his unguarded Mini van.

Mr Mason was just 28 when he received a call in March 1969 from Mr Osman at his office at Engelhard Industries in Cinderford, then the world's largest refiner of precious metals.

He wanted to discuss a revolutionary new field Mr Mason was working in - gold electroforming - and revealed he had been asked to produce a headpiece for Charles's investiture as Prince of Wales.

Game of wiff waff? Prince Charles receives the crown from the Queen during his investiture as the Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle back in 1969 https://imgur.com/a/m81v5rL

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letsdothis3 ago

Coronet of Charles, Prince of Wales - https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Coronet_of_Charles%2C_Prince_of_Wales.html

The Coronet of Charles, Prince of Wales is a small crown that is part of the Honours of Wales. The gold coronet, with diamonds set in platinum, was made for and used by Prince Charles at his investiture as Prince of Wales in 1969. Designed by the artist Louis Osman, the coronet was a gift from the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths to the prince's mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

In the centre of the arch is a monde (a gold-plated ping-pong ball[5]) engraved with the Prince of Wales's insignia by Malcolm Appleby, surmounted by a plain cross. Orbiting the monde are 13 square diamonds set in platinum arranged as the constellation of Scorpio – the Prince of Wales's star sign. Within the 24-carat textured gold base is a purple velvet cap lined with ermine. The gold was mined in the Mawddach Valley in Merionethshire. It was the last Welsh gold held in stock by Johnson Matthey. Around the base are four crosses and four abstract fleurs-de-lis in 22-carat gold sparsely decorated with diamonds and emeralds.

Johnson Matthey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Matthey

https://matthey.com/news/2018/johnson-matthey-plc-announces-patrick-thomas-as-chairman-designate

The Board of Directors of Johnson Matthey Plc is pleased to announce that Patrick Thomas will succeed Tim Stevenson as Chairman.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/business-big-shot-tim-stevenson-of-johnson-matthey-bpvt6sxgn6p

Mr Stevenson, a father of three daughters who is also the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, brings decades of experience of British industry to JM. This includes 25 years at the lubricants and chemicals group Burmah Castrol, where Mr Stevenson, a qualified barrister, began life in the legal department and where his numerous foreign travels included the Mercedes incident. He eventually became chief executive, a post he held for two years before a £3 billion takeover by BP in 2000.

BP https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/BP

BP (formerly known as "British Petroleum") is a global oil, gas and chemical company headquartered in Britain and responsible for the largest environmental disaster ever in the United States, the April 20, 2010, blowout of its Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico (discussed in more detail below). The company owns numerous refineries and chemical manufacturing plants around the world. [1] BP is the United Kingdom's largest corporation. Its global headquarters are in London, and its U.S. headquarters are in Houston, Texas. Its major brands include BP, AmPm, ARCO, and Castrol. The company reported in 2012 that natural gas makes up more than half of BP's energy production, making us the largest producer and supplier in the U.S

BP has several powerful lobbying connections.[38] They are currently working with the Brunswick Group in response to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Brunswick's Washington, D.C. office includes Hilary Rosen, former Democratic congressional aide; Anthony Coley and David Sutphen, both former aides to the late Senator Edward Kennedy; and Michele Davis, former Treasury Department officer under former president George W. Bush and a GOP congressional aide.[39]

BP also employs the Podesta Group, led by Anthony Podesta.[40] Podesta's brother is John Podesta, former president Bill Clinton's Chief of Staff.

letsdothis3 ago

Brunswick Group http://www.brunswickgroup.com/alan-parker-i1453/

Sir Alan Parker is Chairman of Brunswick, which he founded in 1987. Alan has worked on a wide range of assignments, acts as senior consultant on many of the firm’s retained accounts and takes an active role in special project work. Alan has established a number of group companies to Brunswick, including MerchantCantos, an integrated creative communications agency, and Brunswick Arts, the leading public relations agency for arts and cultural institutions.

From January 2016 to April 2018, Alan was Chair of Save the Children International, the umbrella organisation for the Save the Children movement. He was previously Chair of Save the Children UK from 2008 to 2015. He is also Chairman of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conferences. He was the founder and Vice-Chairman of China Now, a nationwide festival in the UK in 2008 celebrating Chinese arts and culture designed to strengthen understanding and relationships between the UK and China, and was also Chairman of the reciprocal event, UK Now, held in China in 2012.

Alan was knighted in 2014 for services to business, charitable giving and philanthropy

Knighted? Of course he was... voat posts >>

The truth is coming out: Four Major Charities Rocked by Epidemic of Sex Abuse... by @kestrel9

http://archive.is/DzIUY Four Major Charities Rocked by Epidemic of Sex Abuse, Including Crimes Against Children

A staggering 22 aid organizations signed a letter which apologized for what has unraveled as a massive failure to deal with abuse in the sector. ActionAid UK, Christian Aid, Cafod, Care International UK, and Voluntary Service Overseas, as well as Oxfam, Save the Children and others were among those named

... Kevin Watkins, chief executive of Save the Children UK, told MPs that a total of 19 staff are believed to have been dismissed. A further 11 are believed to have been dismissed by Save the Children International. Watkins blamed “predatory men” who seek out work in the charity sector to be able to get to vulnerable people. Staff are also calling for the removal of Sir Alan Parker as the charity’s international chairman.