Do we know if Ms. Kopecne was wearing a seat belt???

Marina said later that she was warned to stay away from Ruth by the Secret Service after the assassination as Ruth is likely working intelligence. Those boxes in her garage also had 6 drawers full of pro Castro Communist sympathizers. As well as all the lesbian porn videos confiscated. It seems Ruth and Michael's marriage was a typical intelligence marriage . Kinda like Lee and Marinas , he's CIA and she was a honey pot . So many bizarre aspects to Ruth it's unbelievable. When she was doing "missionary work" in Nicaragua I'm sure she got chased out after the locals accused her of being CIA.

She and her husband are the key one way or the other. Without them Lee Harvey is never in the School Book depository. One thing that is a bit glaring, at the time he gets the job, the Presidential route has yet to be determined. So that's a bit of a wrinkle. Shocking I know that there'd be a wrinkle in this story!

Catherine doesn't have the negative background that Camilla did, so it doesn't matter that she has the title of Princess of Wales. And please cut Diana a bit of slack. If you grew up in that kind of trauma (I did, so I know!), she really needed a supportive husband.

that ruth...just looking at her i feel her malignant dark souless deadness....i cannot look at a n image of it too long because its so disturbimg

Merry Christmas to you and your family Jess. Thank you for your entertaining channel. God bless.

Merry Christmas to you Jess 🙏

This is very interesting and certainly appears accurate, but what is the "White Russian" you refer to several times? Are you saying it's not a "Black Russian"? Are you clarifying a specific race? If so, how many "Black Russians" have you ever seen? Why isn't it just a Russian? Does it really need to have a color attached? Maybe I have been living under a rock and just don't understand.

Merry Christmas Jess! The aristocrats including the queen were brought up by nanny. The nanny would take the children once a day to see their parents for a short while usually around tea time. NO aristocratic woman in the queen's era would have been caught dead pushing a pram. You have to understand the difference in upper class mores and customs vs normal every day people. I find your comments comparing your idea of motherhood behavior's attributed to the queen or not quite amusing. There was very little bonding between an aristo mother and child. In current times some aristo women became more into being hands on mothers, but really very few because bringing up children is work intensive and that is for servants and nanny. The mothers were brought up this way, and so to them bringing up their own children this way is completely normal. You are bumping up against the class system here.

Maybe the Queen was brought up with nannies, etc. and she didn't know any other way to mother.

You are so smart! We love that! 🤗

Jess I was just watching an interesting video about the JFK assignation. It’s called the killing of J.B. Tippet. All of it is intertwined JFK, Tippet and Oswald. Very interesting.

Every discussion of the JFK assassination should include the Dino Brugioni interview given circa 2010.

The Queen Mother had the absolute, hands down, best hats ever!!! I love the hats she wore.🤩👒💖

She might've learned that lesson from Queen Victoria. The reason she had so many babies is because Prince Albert wanted her to be too busy so he could take over and take over he did. He did do a great job and came up with some wonderful solutions, but I think they were like, "Oh, no. We aren't going to let that happen again." 17:33

Simultaneous to your excellent reading of “Palace Papers” I am taking Bower’s “Rebel Prince” at a slow pace, and his text elicits a frequent “Oh dear, Oh dear”. Today’s version was a review of a meeting with high ranking members of the British Medical Association, during which the then Prince of Wales declared that cancer could be cured by the soul. Read in tandem with other commentaries it is somewhat disconcerting. Whilst I fully accept that psychological profiles may play a role in sickness, adamantine assertions are hardly appropriate.

The Catholic Church does not permit priest to marry because a married priest would put his family first. Most fathers, with high powered jobs, often put the job first. I don't see this as a valid reason, as many parents will choose the job over the children. I grew up on a farm and I knew the farm always came first.

QEIi was never exposed to other little children as she grew 0:00 practiced mothering as we do when babysitting. As a princess, she was treated with deference her whole life until she married. All her friends had nannies and partied and traveled while their children were young; children werent considered "interesting". They never expected she would have to be monarch until after Charles was in boarding school, so she had to learn on the fly while mourning. She liked strong opinionated naughty men of action, just as she preferred corgis who are assertive, energetic, and playful, or labs who obey, pay attention, and get the job done. I'm giving her a pass; I think she did the best she could under the circumstances.

Russians came out on top after [the missile crisis .kennedy agreed not to invade Cuba and remove ware heads from turkey?

why wasn't he welcome to stay?

Merry Christmas Jesse.

Looking back into the history of the British Royalty it's helpful to remember that King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church and Rome so he could become the supreme head of the Church Of England and the Pope would no longer have religious authority over England. I wonder how much of this had influence down through the generations. In his quest for a male heir King Henry accumulated 8 wives, of course ridding himself of one before he moved onto the next! It seemed to set a standard where women were seen merely as bearers of the heir and/ or substitutes who played the role of Mistress to the Crown. All the emotional upset and pain was the harsh price they paid particularly in the era of Princess Diana, who would have none of it, and nor would the next generation, the children of Charles and Diana or Camilla and Andrew!

Third attempt to validate the pram. I can attest.

Definitely a valid involuntary manslaughter case. If Ted had told someone what happened immediately rather than hiding it for 10 hours, Mary Jo might have been able to be saved. What a selfish, cowardly little worm.

The idea that the abdication was the reason for QE is wrong. Even if her uncle married at that point, he probably would not have had children. It was not the abdication that made her queen, it was his lifestyle.

I love this book Jesse I so enjoy your commentary, wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and may peace be with you, from hot a very hot and steamy Australia.

" I'm just a patsy "...

Hi Jess, I admire you so much for taking your role as a mother so seriously. Ambition for women is highly prized these days. But motherhood is & should always be the priority. Too many ills of modern society can be laid at the door of parentless children turning feral with no structure to stabilize them. Keep up the good work, & Merry Christmas to you & your lovely family. ❤❤❤

Hello Jess have a very Happy Christmas! Your time and effort so appreciated! Blessings and happy thoughts!😇🙏🧑‍🎄🎉💥🌈🤗💌

A house guest emulating Henry VIII! Renowned for practically impoverishing his hosts, the king moved “the court” to his host’s estate, and proceeded to enjoy the hunting and whatever else. Charles, for his part, is doing the modern equivalent. What an insult to his hosts. I wonder how he would feel if guests at Highgrove removed his furniture and pictures, replacing them with their own. What he is in effect saying is that your style is inferior to mine, and so I’ve refurnished my quarters with my own things. What an insult! Even to the lavatory seat, I understand.

28.13 Celebrating heritage and skills: 100%. What appals me in this throw away age is the indifference expressed for someone else’s labour. The resoling of shoes, replacing a zip, and EVEN the wartime practice of using good fabric from a shabby garment to make a child’s outfit. Immediate post WWII in England that is how I grew up, and I really dislike the shallow disposable culture of today. I once remarked that if everyone threw everything away there would be no antiques - no old Persian carpets in your mother’s home. Our societal values are, for the most part, shallow

42:14 Toe sucking incident??😳 🤮

As a retired medical editor, I can attest to the fact that well developed, well nourished is standard medical report terminology. I’ve never heard a physician comment on the attractiveness of the decedent on a medical report though.

8.34 Very valid point, but I had chicken pox in childhood and in the last year had bad dose of Shingles, so the one does not exclude the other - unfortunately!

7.33 Yes it is, absolutely. I have a vivid and detailed recollection of being in my pram. The arctic white interior, the tunnel like impression of the cover being fastened, and my mother at the end of the white tunnel. Another of a nappy change position, my mother leaning over me in a multi coloured smock. When I asked about it my mother confirmed she had such. Another of my father home on military leave when I was about a year or eighteen months. It is the mood, the atmosphere of these events which renders them particularly “sticky”. Never under estimate the awareness of infants and young children. Only when I was fifty and my mother came to live with me were some of my “mysteries” solved. As to the oft criticised Queen, bearing in mind the rarefied atmosphere of her own formative years, and the undemonstrative parenting style of the day (cuddling was spoiling), my sympathies are all with a new mother in her particular situation. Charles loves to play the victim: millions were raised with remote mothers and haven’t made it their life’s mission to excuse every misstep on account of it.

You are so delightful ❤

I still don't understand why QE2 had 2 more children after Charles & Anne? (especially when she didn't know how to be maternal) 🤔

Sole gunman LHO. Murdered policeman in attempt to escape. Denials by democrats who love communism and refuse to acknowledge one of their own believers murdered JFK

Off topic- but our first house was well over 100 years old. It began as a log cabin that was built by a family that used the house as a summer home as it was cooler (it was located on a mountain overlooking the city). Additions were added on in the 1940’s. It was beautiful- with a flagstone front porch and steps and flagstone walkways in the front and back yards. There was a working well on the front porch; the water was clean and so cold! Great during the summer!

Merry Christmas, Jess!

You might really enjoy Lady Anne Glenconner's book, Lady in Waiting. Life on the Royal sidelines, but she has also had a very interesting and dramatic life herself. Worth checking out.

Merry Christmas to you and your family Jess.

As a mother of three, I completely understand your feelings about the queen as a mother, especially to Charles. I also realize that none of us know what it’s like to be the queen of the Commonwealth of the United Kingdom at the age of 25. So many demands… I can’t even imagine.We’ll never know what it’s like to walk in her shoes.❤

I think Queen Elizabeth only had children because she had to produce an heir. I know she left Charles when he was a baby for about 6 months if I’m not mistaken. I believe it was when she and Phillip went on tour to Australia. I can’t imagine leaving your baby that long. Apparently she loved her horses and her corgis though. Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas Jess! ❤️🌲

Adult kids bring adult problems. We don't stop worrying. I have to resist defaulting to the parent-child relationship.

I thought Quakers were most know for was oatmeal. 😂

Enjoying this book so much. If you haven’t read Lady In Waiting, I think you would love it!

Merry Christmas, Jess-for you and your family!!!! 🎄🎄🎄🎄

QE11 became a mom at a time when she had to work in a mans world. She had something to prove imo😊

The Queen always reminded me of Queen Mary in her royal roles. But softer in real life, many people say she had a great sense of humor. I always wonder if the whole weight of the monarchy was so great she feared putting a foot wrong in the beginning. Although taught well and she knew the day would come It still must have been difficult.