re: Princess Leonor of Spain

Bravo, sir.

beautiful woman. I bet she looks great when she's wearing her princess attire

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She doesn’t look Hispanic to me

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Tell that to Canelo Alvarez.....................

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The bigger story is that most Americans are under a misconception that Spain is populated by darker people. There are a ton of lily-white Spaniards.

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Maximus was a Spaniard, baw.

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The bigger story is that most Americans are under a misconception that Spain is populated by darker people. There are a ton of lily-white Spaniards.

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In 1984, my then wife and I drove from Giessen through Switzerland down to the Italian Riveria and headed west from there...I was shocked by a several things in Spain:

Felt like I was back in Korea with the Guardia Civil stations with broken glass atop the fences surrounding them.

That roads on the seafront in places weren't paved.

Very few places outside of hotels would take a credit card.

AND the largest to me, was that the people looked like standard white Europeans.

Finally, when we crossed the border back into France at Biarritz, I felt like we left the 1950's and were back in the mid 1980's.

One other comment about Princess Leonor, she's probably headed to the US to finish college/graduate school. Her parents have Louisiana connections and I think it'd be a hoot to have her at LSU.

If you notice walking around the Quarter, there are Spanish tile street signs telling you what the street was called when NOLA was the capital of Spanish Louisiana.

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One other comment about Princess Leonor, she's probably headed to the US to finish college/graduate school. Her parents have Louisiana connections and I think it'd be a hoot to have her at LSU.

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H.H. Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony

(given names: Andreas Michael Friedrich Hans Armin Siegfried Hubertus; born 21 March 1943) has been the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha since 1998. He is the grandson of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the last ruling duke. He is styled as His Highness.

EARLY LIFE

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I was born 21 March 1943 at Schloss Casel in Lower Lusatia, Germany to Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Viktoria Luise of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha . After their divorce in 1946, I was left in the custody of my mother, who moved to her family home “Steinwaendt” in Austria. It was there that she met and married her second husband, Captain Richard Whitten, who was serving in the American army in Salzburg, Austria.

In 1949, the army transferred our new family to the United States, where I spent most of my childhood and teenage life. On 6 March 1954, at the age of 12, my father became head of the house and I became heir apparent to the headship of the ducal house. When I was 16 I began to make regular visits to Germany in preparation for my future role as head of the Ducal House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. It was during these visits that I was introduced to the old hunting traditions that became my lifelong passion.

In the early 1960s, I attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where I studied Business Administration. I was one of the founding members of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity Chapter at the university. 

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I think he died recently, like within the past few months.

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Imagine the Spanish Navy of old looking at what the Spanish Navy is today. The comparison is stark. Spain used to be a powerhouse and a Naval force to be reckoned with

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Never recovered from 1588

Her and her sister are easy on the eyes.

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Never recovered from 1588

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That’s one of those factoids you learn in HS and do not forget.