tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post8203060971300566438..comments2024-03-28T04:53:54.362-07:00Comments on daily timewaster: Kaiser Wilhelm II and King George V in 1913c w swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-14689757138672782742021-01-21T20:59:16.476-08:002021-01-21T20:59:16.476-08:00I believe back then, it was the custom for the vis...I believe back then, it was the custom for the visiting Head of State to wear a military uniform of the host country.JLW52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04855291900119719206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-28340266797747106222020-11-29T17:08:17.756-08:002020-11-29T17:08:17.756-08:00This appears to be one of the times when Willi swa...This appears to be one of the times when Willi swapped uniforms with a cousin. Wilhelm was clean shaven except for his upward pointed mustache, while Nicholas II had a full beard. <br /><br />There are also some where Wilhelm is in a British naval uniform and George V is in a German naval oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-57512433387029935312020-11-29T08:26:04.736-08:002020-11-29T08:26:04.736-08:00Queen Vicki, sure was in heat wherever she roamed,...Queen Vicki, sure was in heat wherever she roamed, wasn't she?Gassius Maximushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04150895136081101615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-64196433188941380462020-11-28T17:57:50.206-08:002020-11-28T17:57:50.206-08:00Tsar Nicholas II was also a first cousin to both t...Tsar Nicholas II was also a first cousin to both the Kaiser and George V. The First World War was truly a family affair.Chaddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15067265688304280990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-36261862545302433182020-11-28T16:41:23.174-08:002020-11-28T16:41:23.174-08:00I thought everyone knew that.
But then, I thought ...I thought everyone knew that.<br />But then, I thought everyone knew their 'rights' under the Constitution.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17710024657666605625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-60065121419996402020-11-28T15:29:26.502-08:002020-11-28T15:29:26.502-08:00George and Nicholas could have been mistaken for i...George and Nicholas could have been mistaken for identical twins.ScooterManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552801370700546251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-77866215462330877222020-11-28T13:35:05.605-08:002020-11-28T13:35:05.605-08:00George changed the family name, from the German Sa...George changed the family name, from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the more politically-correct English Windsor in 1917.rickn8orhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911803300343351338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-32836292191033484442020-11-28T10:20:38.855-08:002020-11-28T10:20:38.855-08:00And Germany and France were each others greatest t...And Germany and France were each others greatest trading partners prior to WWI. In this pic King George is wearing a German uniform perhaps because he had German estates inherited from his grandfather Prince Albert. <br /><br />Al_in_OttawaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-28382296940925213922020-11-28T08:49:10.188-08:002020-11-28T08:49:10.188-08:00This is what makes me laugh when people say "...This is what makes me laugh when people say "We'll never go to war with China because we are such huge economic partners". These leaders were straight up close blood relations.Veritashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514780727279204846noreply@blogger.com