A now disgraced Sea Lord had came to talk to the graduating class of Easton High, located in the small town of Easton near Belmont California. As it turns out, five of the founding families can trace their lineage back to British aristocracy. They join the British Defense Staff, that President Hank Hooker dissolves in order to make peace with Czar Procov who has given birth to the Romanov Empire. Hooker gives his good friend Alcatraz Island to build a fabulous palace on. There is a fantastic casino where many former Miss Russia contestants work. In six months ,a dark brooding palace overlooks San Francisco Bay.
Then, Sunday morning, six Russian warships sail under the Golden Gate and surround Unity Island, People of the Bay Area are now hearing lectures on how important the U.S. and the Imperial Crown of Russia sign a a peace pact that will last a thousand years.
The Easton Five meet in a old baseball fied, in the dugout, at night!
“This is not right. Something is wrong!”
“They’re essentially destroying people’s lives based on some capricious nature of this administration to impose and create some political ideology,” the advisor said. “And the Department of Defense has actually been the biggest critic of cuts at the State Department. Gen Jim Mattis, the former secretary of defense under Trump, has said if you’re not going to fund the state department, you need to buy me more bullets.”
Philip’s children and grandchildren, including William and Harry, are therefore related to the Romanovs too.
In fact, when the remains of two children thought to be Maria and Alexei Romanov were found in a field in 2007, it was Prince Philip’s DNA that was used to identify them, news which was revealed in 2016.
To add another British connection to the Russian Imperial family, the Queen’s first cousin, Prince Michael of Kent, is also uniquely related to the Romanovs. He’s the grandson of Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, who was a first cousin of Nicholas II.
The future I have been seeing, has arrived. I told Mr. McNoodles two weeks ago, I was putting the chess pieces on the board. Three days ago I told him the game of Battleship was being played in real life. My psychic abilities have been very powerful. In 1987 I got a reading at the Berkeley Psychic Institute and was told my novels are being dictated to me by a powerful entity that roams the universe, and comes to the aid of planets in dire distress. Our military has seen UFOs. I will not be communicating to you from two realities – at the same time. No more straddling the fence. These Starships have taken as side……my side!
The British government remains far too comfortable with the presence of Russian illicit finance on its soil. However, on Wednesday, Britain educated the Biden administration on how to deal with Russian aggression.
The lesson came via the Royal Navy’s deployment of its Type-45 air defense destroyer, the HMS Defender, within 12 nautical miles of the Crimean coast. Twelve miles marks the delineation point between international waters and sovereign waters. Since its military seizure of Crimea in 2014, Russia has asserted that the territory is Russian. Put another way, that the 12 miles of water surrounding Crimea are as Russian as the 12 miles of water off Vladimir Putin’s home city, St. Petersburg. The point of this naval deployment was to reinforce the British government’s, and international community’s, contention that Crimea is Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory. It’s a point that requires emphasis.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Pentagon leaders on Wednesday passionately defended the military’s approach to addressing racism and extremism, pushing back against accusations by Republican lawmakers that the effort is creating division and hurting morale.
After all, the Biden administration has shown distinct weakness in contrast to the British action. The Biden administration recently canceled a U.S. Navy deployment into the Black Sea for what one official toldPolitico was “a ‘myriad’ of reasons, including a desire not to provoke Moscow during a delicate time.”
You won’t hear it from many other U.S. media publications, but this appeasement reflects President Joe Biden’s recent pattern of weakness toward Putin. It’s a pattern that has encouraged the European Union’s natural impulse for similar weakness (the EU on Wednesday called for a summit with Moscow). Unfortunately, Biden’s delusion is strategic in nature. The White House appears to believe that it can forge greater stability in U.S.-Russia relations by compromising with Putin in the face of Russian escalation. This belief is utterly delusional — one might just as soon convince the average Russian to drink whiskey instead of vodka. It will consolidate rather than cool Putin’s instinct to seize the initiative. It will also bring Biden domestic political difficulties when more becomes public on just what Putin has been up to in recent years.
The British deployment allowed the HMS Defender to test its advanced Sea Viper air defense system successfully under intense, near-battle conditions. Infuriated by the Defender’s transit, Russian military and coast guard forces swarmed it with ships and aircraft, and I am told that the Defender was able to track all Russian forces at all times during its transit successfully. The Royal Navy will likely share with the U.S. Navy its radar and sonar data and its monitoring of Russian tactical decisions. The United States will be particularly interested in the data because China’s People’s Liberation Army-navy and Army-air force would likely employ air-saturation strike tactics during any South China Sea conflict.
Ultimately, today’s top line is twofold. At a specific military level, Britain has shown that it can still rule the waves against powerful adversaries. At a political level, Britain has reminded Putin that it will defend the liberal international order. And in that same vein, it has offered Biden a lesson on how to lead.
The mission, according to a statement from the UK government, was against ISIS.
Eighteen UK and U.S. F35B jets were on board the HMS Queen Elizabeth. The mission, according to the UK government, is the largest concentration of maritime and air power to depart the UK in a generation, and the vessel’s first operational deployment.
The mission was also the first operational deployment for HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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“HMS Queen Elizabeth’s first missions against Daesh will be remembered as a significant moment in the 50-year lifespan of this ship,” Commodore Steve Moorhouse, commander of the United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group, said in a statement, referring to ISIS by its Arabic acronym.https://www.dianomi.com/smartads.epl?id=3533
Captain James Blackmore, the commander of the Carrier Air Wing, wrote in a statement that the mission was the first time a U.S. aircraft flew from a foreign carrier since the HMS Victorious in the South Pacific in 1943.
“The level of integration between Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and US Marine Corps is truly seamless, and testament to how close we’ve become since we first embarked together last October,” Blackmore added.
A U.S.-led military coalition in January killed the top ISIS leader, in what was an airstrike meant to beat back a resurging terror campaign following a double suicide bombing in Baghdad.
The leader, Jabbar Salman Ali Farhan al-Issawi, 43, known as Abu Yasser, was killed in a joint mission with U.S. and Iraqi forces.
The mission, according to a statement from the UK government, was against ISIS.
Eighteen UK and U.S. F35B jets were on board the HMS Queen Elizabeth. The mission, according to the UK government, is the largest concentration of maritime and air power to depart the UK in a generation, and the vessel’s first operational deployment.
The mission was also the first operational deployment for HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Commander Fairbanks served in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, from 3 October 1944, until 2 January 1945, when he was transferred to duty at Headquarters, Commander in Chief, US Fleet. After a year’s service in the latter assignment he was order to the US Naval Personnel Separation Center (Officer), Washington, DC, and was released from active duty in the rank of Commander on 5 February 1946.
In addition to the Silver Star Medal and the Legion of Merit, Commander Fairbanks had the American Defense Service Medal, Fleet Clasp, with bronze “A,” (USS MISSISSIPPI); the American Area Campaign Medal; the European-African-Middle Eastern Area Campaign Medal with one bronze star (USS WICHITA); the World War II Victory Medal; and the Expert Pistol Shot Medal. He also had the Decoration and Diploma of Officer of the National Order of the Southern Cross, conferred by the Brazilian Government; the Legion of Honor (Chevalier), and the Croix de Guerre with Palm, by the Government of France; and the Distinguished Service Cross, awarded by the Government of Great Britain.
In civil life, Commander Fairbanks was an actor and writer, and had been assistant producer in the fields of motion pictures and the theater. He had been active in foreign affairs through the State Department, and, prior to entering the Navy, was assigned as the President’s envoy to certain South American countries on a diplomatic and special mission.
Workers at the US state department say firings, resignation buyouts, a proposed budget cut of 48%, and reorganization under the Trump administration has left staff with low morale and will likely have long-term impacts.
Foreign programs and services aimed towards LGBTQ+ communities, maternal and reproductive health, and minority groups have been removed or cut in place of far-right ideological policies being pursued by a 26-year-old senior adviser and Trump appointee at the agency.
Senate Democrats and workers have criticized recent firings at the department, characterizing them as “unlawful”, “sloppy” and “rushed”.
More than 1,350 employees at the state department received Reduction In Force (Rif) notices on 11 July after the supreme court lifted injunctions blocking the Trump administration from moving forward with them, about 15% of the domestic workforce.
Approximately 3,000 employees in total have left the agency through the Rif and early retirement or resignation buyouts.
During a Senate committee hearing on 16 July about the cuts, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, Michael Rigas, claimed: “The 15% number that you referenced came from our initial assessment after consulting with the under secretaries,” and claimed “certainly” that there was an analysis done on the costs and benefits of the cuts.
Jose Mercado, who was recently laid off after working at the state department for 29 years, pushed back. “There was no consulting. There was no analyzing. He is absolutely incorrect in the information that he provided, especially when answering Representative Meeks’ last questioning. It was the least transparent process that you can ever imagine, and it was directed. It was not up to the undersecretaries. It was very directed from top down,” he said.
“By law and by practice, this is why it’s not supposed to happen this way,” added Mercado, who served as deputy director of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor’s office of the western hemisphere affairs. “This was not done within the confines of the law. The procedures were rewritten so they could do this.”
The American Federation of Government Employees, the union for federal workers, has noted it is preparing legal challenges to the Reduction In Force at the state department.
A policy adviser at the state department, who requested to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, claimed veterans and employees with seniority or disabilities would not be terminated without being offered other positions, in addition to personnel who were set up to complete trainings with the Department of Defense.
A spokesperson for the US Department of State cited the supremecourt decision to permit Reduction In Forces by the Trump administration to move forward in arguing the reduction in force was lawful, though the court did not address the legality of the efforts.
They claimed the layoffs were in accordance with applicable law. They had no comment on any additional layoffs or the proposed budget cut.
Low morale and shifting policies to far-right ideologies
The policy adviser noted in recent months the morale at the department has sunk and a culture of “keeping your head down” has prevailed in anticipation of cuts. They also cited staffers were limited to what organizations or embassies they could meet with.
“They were asking that any meetings we had were approved by senior leadership in the bureau, which was unheard of,” they said. “Because of the political sensitivities of this administration.”
They said the cuts affect national security, given human rights and the diplomatic corps have been sidelined in favor of pushing far-right ideologies.skip past newsletter promotion
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They explained the annual human rights reports compiled by staffers and submitted to Congress by February had sections removed by Trump administration officials on anything related to maternal and reproductive health, LGBTQ+ rights, or minority groups because they don’t fall into the administration’s “America first” priority.
The advisor also cited a Trump political appointee as an example, Samuel Samson, 27, who wrote a recent Substack article published by the state department criticizing Europe for “mass migration” and criticizing criminal investigations into far-right factions in the UK and Germany.
Samson has proposed the state department directly fund French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who is currently facing embezzlement charges in France. And he recently went on a trip to South Africa, which the adviser said was also used as a family vacation.
A spokesperson for the state department said the trip was to meet with government leaders and civil society about the Expropriation Act, which has been criticized as unfair to white landowners, the rights of white minorities in South Africa, and Trump administration priorities.
“They’re getting rid of people who are defending human rights across the world, and those are being cut to promote the type of ideology that is completely out of line with mainstream political and foreign policy thought,” the adviser said. “They’re talking about ‘remigration’’, a far-right European concept of cleansing via mass deportations or promoting voluntary return of non white immigrants and their descendants. It’s a madhouse.”
Long-term impacts of cuts
Mercado explained that after the 2024 presidential election, employees anticipated changes that are typical with changing presidential administrations, but were surprised when no guidance was being given to employees even once Donald Trump assumed office in January 2025.
“We were not receiving any guidance whatsoever on what they wanted us to work on, which was, at the time, kind of strange, because we’re used to getting that information relatively quickly,” Mercado said. “We were getting excluded from a lot of the decision making and policy writing, action memos, information memos, so that the regular workflow that we were in, that started getting less and less brought into the fold.”
Then when the administration came in, USAID was dismantled and rumors began swirling around on cuts at the US state department.
“It was a hard pill to swallow once we found out that we were gone, but all of this time, it was understood that this was going to affect the civil service. A lot of folks did not think that the Foreign Service would get touched,” he added. “We served as a check and balance, we provided an outsider’s view to an extent within the department. We understand you want to do x and y with nation z, but here are the things that you need to consider before you do that.”
Mercado noted his department provided information and served as a counterbalance when the National Security Council and other high-level policymakers were looking into making decisions, especially in regard to nations with human rights issues to help improve those in order to facilitate US government and businesses and organizations from doing business with that country.
“The institutional knowledge that’s lost in that, in the end, will affect the American people,” he said on the impacts of the cuts. “Diminished capabilities, weaker foreign policy and by getting rid of their watchdog, which you could consider us that when it comes to human rights and democracy, it now leaves the door open for unsavory business practices.”
The policy adviser argued the national security risks posed by defunding and cutting staff at the state department, that have also been previously claimed by former Trump officials at the Department of Defense.
“They’re essentially destroying people’s lives based on some capricious nature of this administration to impose and create some political ideology,” the advisor said. “And the Department of Defense has actually been the biggest critic of cuts at the State Department. Gen Jim Mattis, the former secretary of defense under Trump, has said if you’re not going to fund the state department, you need to buy me more bullets.”
In 2013, during a Senate hearing, Mattis, as commander of the US Central Command, told senators: “The more that we put into the state department’s diplomacy, hopefully the less we have to put into a military budget.”
A spokesperson for the US Department of State claimed the layoffs and cuts preserved critical functions.
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On this day, June 24, 2023, I John the Nazarite anoint Harry Windsor-Spenser the Tzar of Russia. He will have the surname Romanov. I will post on the Religious Permission tomorrow.
I am asking the Wagner Group to assist in the restoration of the Romanovs to the throne, and act as the Pretorian Guard to Tzar Harry and his family. This is it! All the cards are on the table, and the best marbles are in the game. This is – the meaning of all recent history – made manifest!
Long live the Tzar!
Today is John’s Day. He was not a forerunner but a Nazarite ‘King Maker’ after Samuel the Nazarite. On this day, God did make a vacuum in the grand scheme of Prophets and Kings, and today, that vacuum – is….filled!
John ‘The Nazarite’
“Christians around the world celebrate Saint John the Baptist Day, an important Catholic feast day, on June 24th each year. It commemorates the birth of John the Baptist. He was a relative and forerunner of Jesus Christ. In three of the four gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), we see John commissioning Jesus, in a way, by baptizing Him at the start of His ministry. John, however, protested against the idea.
Hear me, O coastlands, listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth, from my mother’s womb he gave me my name. He made of me a sharp-edged sword and concealed me in the shadow of his arm. He made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me. You are my servant, he said to me, Israel, through whom I show my glory.
Though I thought I had toiled in vain, and for nothing, uselessly, spent my strength, yet my reward is with the LORD, my recompense is with my God. For now the LORD has spoken who formed me as his servant from the womb, that Jacob may be brought back to him and Israel gathered to him; and I am made glorious in the sight of the LORD, and my God is now my strength! It is too little, he says, for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and restore the survivors of Israel; I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.
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Season five, episode six of The Crown, “Ipatiev House,” focuses on the relationship between the British royal family and the Romanovs, and how Prince Philip’s DNA helped to identify the Romanovs’ remains. In light of the episode, we’re resurfacing our 2018 story on how the modern royals, including Princes William and Harry, are related to Russia’s last imperial family.
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, his wife Alexandra, and their five children, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei were brutally murdered at Ipatiev House, on Tuesday, July 16, 1918. But their execution didn’t wipe out the Romanov bloodline entirely; their modern relatives include members of British royal family, including King Charles and Princes William and Harry.
The late Prince Philip is related to the Romanovs through both his mother and his father. Philip is the grandnephew of Alexandra Romanov, Nicholas II’s wife, and the last Tsarina of Russia. He is also a cousin to the Russian royal family (more on that below).
Philip’s children and grandchildren, including William and Harry, are therefore related to the Romanovs too.
In fact, when the remains of two children thought to be Maria and Alexei Romanov were found in a field in 2007, it was Prince Philip’s DNA that was used to identify them, news which was revealed in 2016.
To add another British connection to the Russian Imperial family, the Queen’s first cousin, Prince Michael of Kent, is also uniquely related to the Romanovs. He’s the grandson of Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, who was a first cousin of Nicholas II.
The Queen, Prince Philip, and all of their descendants are also related to the Romanovs through Queen Victoria, as she was Tsarina Alexandra’s grandmother. Alexandra’s mother was Victoria’s second daughter, Princess Alice. Queen Elizabeth is a great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Philip is Victoria’s great-great-grandson.
In fact, it is Queen Victoria’s connection to the Romanov’s that links many members of European royal families to the doomed Russian royals. Victoria is known as the grandmother of Europe as her children married into royal families across the continent.
Similarly, given that Nicholas II and Alexandra lived during a time when royalty almost exclusively married royalty, Russian royals found their way into a number of ruling families in the 19th century
King Constantine II of Greece’s great-grandmother was a Romanov grand duchess for example, and so the Greek royals, including Princess Olympia, are all distant relatives of the Romanov family as well.
Here is the big tattoo that Victoria Bond plays her pipes in. Victoria is The People’s Agent, as is Starfish. Sometimes I wonder if powerful people are not getting to my Bohemian Troopers. I think the Getty and Liz’s children should back my organization ‘Adam’s Rib’ to combat the oppression of Gay People in Putin’s Russia, and defeat his Cyber-Trolls!
The Prince off Kent and Gordon Getty have been playing with the Russians. Princess of Kent has been rude to black people, if not being an outright racist. These players are being held in check by the media, but Trump has taken the shame out of that. We common people, and these royals need to found a Guild or two that sets a higher standard – for the people! All the people! Putin wants to bring back the Czar and Russian Royalty with coats of arms. I saw two black people in the Basle parade, and was startled to see about thirty blue-eyed, blond haired beauties dressed in innocent plaid. Gordon is kin to Ian Flemming who might be directing his show – from on high – after getting a clearer view of things. I have received a divine hint he offers his valence to my muse – My Wing – who cries and screams……….
Chazen is a partner of the Getty family, he investing in Plumpjack, a brand name Gordom Getty took from Shakespeare. Gordon wrote an opera ‘PlumpJack’ and took it to Russia. Getty flew Prince Michael Windsor of Kent to Russia to hear his opera that was not paid for by the National Endowment for the Arts. It was paid for by the tax subsidies collected from the little people who get robbed at all the gas pumps the Gettys and Nobel Oil own.
Garth Benton sued his friend Gordon when he and his wife had a Benton mural painted over. What was the last word my ex-brother-in-law uttered on his death bed? Was it;
“Up the arts!”
The Prince was present when Scottish bagpipes marked into Red Square.
God of Art
ADVOCACY PAYS OFF
The Dec. 5 San Francisco Chronicle carried an article reporting on the recent application of moral rights legislation that National Artists Equity Association (NAEA) promoted first in California (1979 Calif. Art Preservation Act) and then nationally with the passage of the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990. Under this legislation, artists’ sold works are protected against intentional alteration, mutilation or destruction. According to the article, San Francisco collectors Ann and Gordon Getty have settled a $500,000 lawsuit brought by artist Garth Benton, a muralist with an international reputation, when he learned that the Gettys had “whited out” several of his large canvasses.
This is not the first time artists have used the Art Preservation Act, and the Chronicle article reported also that a $175,000 settlement was paid to artist Kent Twitchell when his mural overlooking the Hollywood Freeway, “The Old Woman of the Freeway,” was painted over by a billboard company.
This, and other examples of artists rights legislation (such as the California Artist-Dealer Relations Law, and the California Resale Royalties Act) came about as a result of the efforts of individual artists who joined Artists Equity and organized for collective advocacy. They brought about historic change that continues to serve the visual artists profession today. There is much yet to be done, and all artists are invited to join in the effort.”
Prince Michael of Kent GCVO (Michael George Charles Franklin; born 4 July 1942) is a grandson of King George V and Queen Mary, making him a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. He is also the first cousin once removed of Prince Philip. Prince Michael occasionally carries out royal duties representing the Queen at some functions in Commonwealth realms outside of the United Kingdom. Otherwise, he manages his own consultancy business and undertakes various commercial work around the world. He has also presented some television documentaries on the royal families of Europe. He is named after Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, the younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and first cousin of three of his grandparents.
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Phantoms of the Opera
(Images: Nancy Pelosi and her husband at the SF Opera. Gordon Getty and Janna Bullock in Russia. More Swells in Russia. Benton murals in Getty Villa)
Gordon Getty has written and produced an opera ‘Plump Jack’ based upon his favorite Shakespear character, and his wine and resturant empire. Prince Michael and his family flew to Russia on “The Jetty” Getty’s private Jet. I have already shown the connections between Wagner’s operas and the Swan Knight legand and my Rosemont family who are kin to Princess Michael. Christine was the diva in the movie ‘Phantom of the Opera’. I have compared my late sister, Christine Rosamond, to Sleeping Beauty. Garth Benton recently redid his murals for the Getty Villa. President Putin is moving Western Culture to Russia in preparation for the unvieling of a revived Czarist culture. The Russian Opera and Orchestra – along with Russia’s Art – will launch a New Rennaissance that will bring the West out of its mini Dark Age launched by that screwball from Texas and his insane Doomsday morons that captured our Democracy and turned it into den of religious fanatics, perverts, and thieves.
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“Foreign patrons including Prince Michael and Getty – the billionaire composer and son of late oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, who has given millions to the orchestra and flew in on his private jet “The Jetty” – have been instrumental in its success and kept it alive through a power struggle in recent years that mimicked the wars between fallen oligarchs and Kremlin favorites.Though he sold his PJ shares, Mayor Gavin Newsom was on hand to toast the success of the casually tony Cow Hollow restaurant he founded with Getty’s help.
Getty said that in his wildest dreams, he never imagined this enterprise (now a mini-empire) named after his opera (which in turn was named for his favorite Shakespearean character, the roguish John Falstaff) would last as long or do as well. “I just figured it would give Gavin some experience in how things work,” said the billionaire philanthropist, laughing. “Little did I know!” A third of the original staff remains, including manager Rose Gibson and her sisters, Joan and Kay Power, all who began on the wait staff. “I remember when we first opened — Gavin was still making deliveries from our wine shop down the street.”
Janna Bullock, Zoe Bullock, and Alexey Kuznetsov in St. George’s Palace
Marianne Wyman in St. George’s Palace L. to r.: St. George’s Palace in all its glory;
R. Couri Hay takes an extended look around. From there we paraded on to the White Hall for the concert, a welcome relief from all the gold, which after a while can give you a headache, and sat in the front row with the Kents. The Tchaikovsky concert under the baton of Maestro Mikhail Pletnev, who founded the orchestra, opened with a dramatic excerpt from Sleeping Beauty. This was followed by the 1812 Overture, which was written for the opening of St. George’s Palace to celebrate the Russian victory over the French and was premiered in this very hall. The orchestra has no official connection to the government and is completely supported by private money, making it unique in Russian culture. President Putin, who is best described as all-powerful, allowed the concert — a first in these historic chambers, to take place. It was a wonderful and welcome sign of support from the president. After a few words from Prince Michael, who is also a directly related to the last czar, Nicholas II, we were given a tour of the private treaty and conference rooms as well as all the official rooms of the wings of the original palace that had been spared. After that, there was a reception in yet another perfectly appointed hall. Princess Michael and I talked about the princess’ children: her son Frederick Windsor, who is off climbing in the Andes, and her daughter Gabriella Windsor, who is busy writing a book. Prince Michael presented the RNO’s silver baton to Gordon Getty for his vast contributions (approximately $25 million over 15 years) to the RNO, which he has supported since its inception. The princess and I had the melon balls and lemon custard, the only edible things we were offered. The vodka was fine, the champagne, undrinkable. The food at the Kremlin needs work — make that a lot of work.
The Outer Peristyle garden has been completely replanted, now no longer a “green” garden with only acanthus and laurel, but with roses and other flowers. An additional 1,200 trees including cypress, cedar, oak, sycamore and olive have been added to the 1,500 already on the grounds, plus 100,000 new shrubs, flowers, plants and groundcover, featuring a mix of Mediterranean and native California varieties. The quiet of the original ranch still pervades the grounds, making any visitor feel removed from L.A.’s urban hubbub. The decorated walls of the Outer Peristyle, painted by mural artist Garth Benton 30 years ago, have been repainted by the same artist in the same trompe l’oeil style. But it feels more deliciously exotic and even dazzling.
A royal “whee”: The queen wasn’t home, but scads of other royalty (European and Californian in variety) donned the ermine when Prince Michael of Kent (patron of the Russian National Orchestra) and his wife, Princess Michael of Kent, hosted a concert by the orchestra in usually-not-open-to-the-public St. George’s Chapel (where many British sovereigns and royalty are buried) at Windsor Castle. Honoring the late Sir John Paul Getty Jr. (who died last year), the black-tie invite drew guests such as Sir Getty’s widow, Lady Victoria Getty; his brother Gordon Getty and wife Ann, with sons Peter and Billy and Billy’s wife, Vanessa; and a gaggle of Getty cousins and friends: Mark Getty, Tara Getty, Ariadne Getty Williams; Kathleen Sullivan Alioto and daughter Domenica, and Dodie Rosekrans. Just like the postconcert Davies Symphony Hall crowd, guests headed out afterward for a bite to eat. Unlike Davies Hall, it was only a short stroll to the main castle, where tables were laid with gold place settings.
Gordon and his brother lived half a world apart for most of their lives, and sometimes felt like rivals growing up, but they’d grown close in later years. “Gordon was visibly moved,” said friend and lawyer Bill Prezant. “There was the emotional connection of his brother mixed with the music and the chapel’s excellent choir. He actually got a little misty.”
In addition to Getty’s “Joan and the Bells,” the orchestra also performed the world premiere of a choral piece composed by Russian National Orchestra Artistic Director Mikhail Pletnev and dedicated to Getty. Based on a poem by William Butler Yeats (suggested by a longtime friend, Judge Newsom) the work celebrates Gordon’s recent 70th. Getty is an RNO supporter but doesn’t contribute to events where his music is played. Which made it even better. “This had to be one of the orchestra’s best performances ever,” he said. “It was absolutely knock-down, knock-your-socks-off spectacular.”
Saturday was our most important day. We were off for a private visit of the Kremlin, which is literally across the street from the hotel, and a concert by the Russian National Orchestra in St. George’s Hall, something never allowed before. HRH Prince Michael of Kent, is the RNO’s royal Patron. He and his wife Princess Michael, clad in a sable trimmed raincoat and pearls the size of onions, were the guests of honor.We had a police escort to the gates and upon arrival were escorted by uniformed officers to a private viewing stand past the curious crowds. This particular afternoon was the first of the RNO’s 15th Anniversary celebrations. Trumpets heralded the arrival of the Kents, as we ascended the viewing stand to watch the Changing of the Guard, a recreation of the Imperial Review that took place daily until the 1917 Revolution.
The cavalry did their equestrian dance as the soldiers marched about. It reminded me of a ballet by Balanchine.We then left the pomp and circumstance behind to enter the Kremlin’s inner sanctum, the magnificent St. George’s Palace. Mr. Getty, Mrs. Bullock, her 17-year- old daughter Zoë on a break from her Swiss boarding school, and Janna’s husband Alexis joined us. Alexis was the only member of the party who had been in these rooms before. They are only used for occasions of State to receive visiting kings, queens, presidents and other assorted owner brokers.The palace had been destroyed, and has just been rebuilt in all its gilded glory. The first reception hall is gold and white — that’s 18-karat gold. The complex parquet on the floors is more commonly seen on tables — that’s if your tables are 18th Century and acquired at the Ingrao gallery. The throne room is more impressive than Buckingham Palace’s. Its cathedral ceilings scream power, the three thrones of the Tsars have an ermine canopy the size of a tent you’d see erected for parties in Southampton.
Sunday night was Gordon Getty’s big night. The work he composed, based on the Edgar Alan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” had its premiere in the Great Hall of Conservatory and received a standing ovation. After the concert, the Bullocks gave a dinner for 60 in Mr. Getty’s honor at Gorky, one of the new restaurants that was as good as it was grand. Bowls of caviar and bottles of Dom Perignon kicked things off. Russia’s top gypsy band Loiko played along with a wonderful native folk orchestra. Gordon sang a song to amuse the guests and a cake was brought out to celebrate the 21st birthday of Misha Simonyan, the internationally acclaimed violinist. The Bullocks were so impressed that they are bringing him to New York for a private musical in December.
On Monday, Gordon and the patrons flew off to St. Petersburg for a series of receptions and dinners in the city’s grandest palaces. Alas, I had to return to New York for the opening of the International Designer Showhouse at 9 East 67 Street, a house Janna Bullock had lent the to the American friends of the American Hospital of Paris Foundation who was the beneficiary of the Showhouse.
Gordon Getty’s private 737 is an aircraft of rare beauty that few possess and many envy. It easily accommodated the 24 passengers bound for the former Soviet Union and the Russian National Orchestra’s nine- day patron trip.The forward cabin is done in shades of cream and beige with leather couches and club chairs. There’s a plush bedroom in the mid section that’s just like home if home were a wildly expensive jumbo jet done up by Anne (Mrs. Gordon) Getty, an interior decorator with impeccable taste. The aft cabin is a wood paneled library with antique maps on the walls and chocolate leather banquets. It’s the only way really. Helen Yarmak
The price for this unique experience was a mere $25,000 per person, including essential extras like a sable-lined raincoats by Helen Yarmak for the ladies and cashmere lined trenchcoats by Loro Piana for the men. These are bare essentials for Russia in the fall as it’s chilly, with rains days and nights. The perfect way to make your trip to Russia as smooth as their most expensive vodka, is to begin with knowing someone in the government to facilitate your entrance and exit. I was met by a trio of officials on the tarmac who swept me into a van and through a VIP immigration desk with no lines and no hassles and luggage appearing miraculously.
I was then tucked into a black Mercedes with tinted windows for the forty-five minute trip to Moscow. My car had a crucial accessory for life in Russia, a little blue light on the roof that means you can do almost anything you want short of running people over. You can speed, go down one-way streets, park on the sidewalk — a must in Moscow — and break all the other rules that one needs to survive the hassles of bumper-to-bumper. President Putin is the only person in town who gets to travel by helicopter, so no matter how important you may be, there’s absolutely nothing you can do about the roadway congestion. Even the little blue light only takes you so far.
I suspect the A Team considered un-inviting me to Christine’s funeral. Someone with money wanted a book and movie made. This scheme included Vicki Presco dropping out as Exectuor, and nominating Garth Benton, who just divorced my sister, who formed a partnership with Larry Chazen a month after Vic Presco formed a partnership with his daughters. Chazen set up Noble Oil in the Cayman Islands and Switzerland. He set up tax havens for the Gettys as did Bill Newsom. How about Pelosi?
In ‘Trust’ J.P. insults Gordon Getty for writing an opera. Gordon founded PlumpJack and nine Gettys are/were partners of the ex-Mayor of San Francisco. You can say a lot of people tapped into the Getty cash-flow? In Trust J.P. draws a map showing how money is funneled back into other enterprises. When Judge Richard Silver shot down Garth, Chazen tried to become Executor. He was the No.1 Creditor, and got shot down. I filed a Judicial Complaint against Silver for not honoring Christine’s Will and letting Shannon Rosamond take control – of everything! This is the last thing the A-Team wanted because the IRS was investigating the Benton’s.
I could make a case that Mr. Big Movie Backer wanted the book to fail, and thus he/they employed the worst people possible. They did not want my niece to come out with a book – or me! They did not know if we were a Team. This is why it is important I center OUR FAMILY (HI)STORY around Rosemary THE MOTHER of Rosamond. We all have a mother. Even Jesus Christ. Now that Stormy Daniels appears very credible, I attach DEAD ROSEMARY to Stormy’s Star. She is the idea that a small person can do battle with a billionaire GIANT, and win. How ironic that ‘Trust’ and Stormy aired on the same day.
Above is a pic of Christine at the Getty Mansion in New York where she spent the night. Gordon, Garth, Christine, and Ann, did not know Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, is in our family tree – and the Getty tree! That is Liz in the movie ‘The Sandpiper’. How fucking ironic! That is Chazen at the reopening of the Rosamond Gallery. Was his wife there?
Elizabeth Duquette did the paintings in Sandpiper. He husband, Tony Duquette was an artist and Talitha Getty was in his image. The Getty Art Dynasty needs a magazine. Royal Rosamond Press, is for sale. Note the portal in THE ROCK. The rival movie script written by Julie Lynch, is called ‘Before The Wave’. What a fucking joke and insult to the World of Art. Christine must have seen The Sandpiper, and, studied the violent waves she was terrified. Would you bring your eight year old daughter to this DEATH TRAP?
The Japanese poster looks like a Rosamond. I own THE ART. I…………..WIN! I did all this while living on $740 dollars a month. J. Paul Getty would have loved me. He would have made me his financial advisor, and Art Manager! I quit drugs in 1967 and suggested my hip friends do the same!
Jon Presco
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TALITHA GETTY
ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS
Members of Gavin Newsom’s wine, restaurant, bar, resort and real estate partnerships since 1991:
Kevin & Bronwyn Brunner, John Burton, Casey and Michelle Cadwell, Bob and Barbara Callan, Frank Caufield, Donna Chazen, Lawrence Chazen, Joe & Victoria Cotchett, Michael & Hilary Decesare, Philip DeLimur, Don Dianda, Gretchen Dianda, Edward Everett, Richard Freemon, James Fuller, Stanlee Gatti, Robert Gerry, Andrew Getty, Ann Getty, Anna Getty, Chris Getty, Gordon Getty, Mark Getty, Peter Getty, Ronald Getty, Tara Getty, William “Billy” Getty, Robert Goldberg, Florianne Gordon, Stu Gordon, Gordon Goletto, David Goodman, Arthur Groza, Richard & Martha Guggenhime, Tony and Anthony Guilfoyle, Shelly Guyer, James & Shea Halligan, Bob & Jill Hamer, Erin Howard, Thomas Huntington, Isolep Enterprises (Paul and Nancy Pelosi family personal investment company), Peter Jacobi, Gaye Jenkins, Jeffrey Kanbar, Chad Kawai, David Lamonde, John Larson, Rob Lavoie, Leavitt/Weaver interior designers, Marc Leland, Maryon Davies Lewis, Anne McCutcheon, Chris McCutcheon, Ross McGowan, Rich McNally, Robert & Carole McNeil, Paul Mohun, Robert Mohun, Jeff Morin, Sara Moughan, Terry Moughan, Brian Mueth, Bob Naify, Marshall Naify, John Nees, Barbara Newsom, Brennan Newsom, Catherine & David Newsom, Gavin Newsom, Patrick Newsom,
Tessa Newsom, William Newsom, John O’Hara, Jack Owsley, Pacific Design, Matt Pelosi, Robynne Piggott, James Samuel Powers, Elizabeth Rice, Jeremy Scherer, Paul Scherer, Gary Schnitzer, Steve & Theresa Selover, Steve Siino, Trevor Traina, Chris Vietor, Francesca Vietor, Kenneth Weeman, Nicki West, Justin & Aridne Williams, Kevin Williams, Thomas & Kiyoko Woodhouse.
The Sandpiper is one of the very few major studio pictures ever filmed in Big Sur, and the story is specifically set there. The film includes many location shots of Big Sur landmarks, including Pfeiffer Beach, Point Lobos State Reserve, Bixby Creek Bridge, the Coast Gallery (where Laura exhibits her artwork), and a pivotal scene shot on a sound stage built to resemble the restaurant Nepenthe.[4]
The film was released at the height of Taylor and Burton’s fame. It capitalized on their notoriety as one of the world’s most famous couples and their well-known romantic adventures. Although they portrayed adulterous lovers, they were married on March 15, 1964, shortly before filming began. The film’s theme of adultery closely mirrored their own personal lives at the time, as Taylor very publicly conducted an affair with Burton while married to Eddie Fisher, and Burton had done the same while married to Welsh actress Sybil Williams.
Season 1, Episode 1: ‘The House of Getty’ “Why do people take drugs?” asks the American oil magnate and billionaire J. Paul Getty in the first episode of the new FX series “Trust.” Getty, played by Donald Sutherland, is in a study at his palatial English manor, and he is talking to a doctor who’s about to inject an unregulated erectile dysfunction drug directly into his penis. He is asking in part because of his sons, one of whom squandered his youth on drugs, another of whom has just stabbed himself to death with a two-pronged barbecue fork — also on drugs.
LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 20: Princess Michael of Kent attends a Christmas lunch for the extended Royal Family at Buckingham Palace on December 20, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images)
Capturing Beauty
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Jon Presco
History has played into my hands. My newspaper ‘Royal Rosamond Press’ proudly publishes the Scandal of the Ages! In Russia, Princess Michael of Kent honored the late Sir John Paul Getty, whose son was kidnapped. She is at the epicenter of restoring several monarchies. She knew she was insulting Princess Diana’s second son and his fiancé by wearing her Blackamoor. When millions of Americans flock to the theatre on Christmas Day to watch ‘All The Money In The World’ only a few will know who and what is lurking behind the scenes, and, waiting in the wings. The Princess and Prince of Kent know Putin is wanting to restore…
LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 20: Princess Michael of Kent attends a Christmas lunch for the extended Royal Family at Buckingham Palace on December 20, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images)
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