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

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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

This is getting crazy.. David Sutphen

With nearly twenty years of experience at the intersection of private industry, government and the social sector, Sutphen joined 2U, Inc. -- the world's leading education technology company -- in 2017. In his role as Chief Strategy and Engagement Officer, Sutphen leads 2U's communications and brand functions, as well as the company's social impact, strategic partnerships, and business development efforts. As a member of the senior leadership team, Sutphen reports directly to the CEO.

Beyond his work at 2U, Sutphen sits on the Board of Trustees of Amherst College, his alma mater, as well as the Boards of GetSchooled, CityBridgeEducation and the US Soccer Foundation -- the official charity of US Soccer.

voat related post on 2U inc :

Real Estate Companies and Agendas 2021 and 2030. A Gender for TRANSformation

Here's a Little Sis networking map for Ms Rudin DeWoody : Interlocks between NYPD, New York City Police Foundation, PAL, and Big Business Interests

The New Hot Spot for NYC Office Space: Brooklyn https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-hot-spot-for-nyc-office-space-brooklyn-1486925530

Like many expanding technology companies in New York, 2U Inc. had been on a hunt for office space in a neighborhood setting surrounded by like-minded businesses. It finally found its spot—not in the usual tech precincts of Manhattan, but over the bridge in Brooklyn’s Dumbo area.

The education-technology company this week is expected to sign a lease for almost 80,000 square feet on the upper floors of 55 Prospect St., a building that is part of a 1.2 million-square-foot redevelopment of former industrial buildings called Dumbo Heights. In December, 2U will vacate its 20,000 square feet of space at Chelsea Piers and make the move.

The Dumbo area, in particular, has pulled a number of tenants from Manhattan’s hot Midtown South neighborhoods. In 2016, advertising agency 72andSunny signed a lease to move from about 13,000 square feet at 30 Cooper Square in Manhattan to 63,000 square feet in the 19th-century warehouse complex called Empire Stores on the Dumbo waterfront. Media firms Laundry Service and Cycle also have signed deals to relocate to Empire Stores this year from 40 W. 25th St. in Manhattan.

Developers say they are expecting an uptick in interest and leasing as the projects get closer to completion. Dock 72, a Brooklyn Navy Yard project anchored by co-working space giant WeWork Cos., will be ready for tenants to build out spaces in 2017. The developers behind it, Rudin Development and Boston Properties Inc., are expecting activity to pick up this spring.

Ties to the Huawei case... links then to Stanford Hotel.. 27club... etc...