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My colourised 1890s Robert French photo featuring Prince Albert’s statue by John Henry Foley together with its companion sculptures representing Art, Science, Industry and Agriculture on Leinster Lawn in #Dublin.#IrishHistory #History pic.twitter.com/cbstlUn5js— Rob Cross (@RobCross247) November 18, 2020
He’s still in the hood.
Prince Albert of Monaco in Dublin in 2011
BREAKING: Palace says Prince Albert of Monaco tests positive for new coronavirus https://t.co/BzIWQoB6yt
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 19, 2020
Hmm.
Earlier: Je Suis Infecté
Statue of Prince Albert, consort to Queen Victoria, in the grounds of Leinster House
Further to the direct action taken against his wife earlier this week.
Via Ken Foxe:
Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin urging the bronze statue of Prince Albert be taken to a museum to ‘make more room for parking’.
Which elicited the following….
The statue is a ‘protected structure’, says the Superintendent of The Houses of the Oireachtas
Protected?
FIGHT!
Meanwhile…
Ken writes:
Response from Oireachtas also shows how some TDs and Senators are not parking where they are supposed to….
Prince is blocking my parking space, TD complains (The Times Ireland Edition)
Tuesday: You May be Amused
Pic: PA
