Lion(s) in Winter

December 22, 2016 0 Comments

Perhaps you remember the play, I do remember the movie (1968) Lion in Winter. I had a crush on Katherine Hepburn, closely followed by Anthony Hopkins. Peter O’Toole left me cold….

Wikipedia’s synopsis: Set during Christmas 1183 at Henry II of England’s castle in Chinon, Anjou, Angevin Empire, the story opens with the arrival of Henry’s wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, whom he has had imprisoned since 1173. The story concerns the gamesmanship between Henry, Eleanor, their three surviving sons Richard, Geoffrey, and John, and their Christmas Court guest, the King of France, Philip II Augustus (French: Philippe Auguste), who was the son of Eleanor’s ex-husband, Louis VII of France (by his third wife, Adelaide). Also involved is Philip’s half-sister Alais (by Louis VII’s second wife Constance), who has been at court since she was betrothed to Richard at age eight, but has since become Henry’s mistress.

Let us imagine the lions below in these roles. Or let us exchange them for the current king, his imprisoned wife in the White House North, his three children, and whoever the mistress of the moment might be (Henry II was no slouch on that score either…..)

Henry II:

 

 

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Eleanor of Aquitaine:

The royal boys:

  Anthony on the far right

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 21, 2016

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