Rockbiter and his wife nearly split due to the absence of their son and the further effects of the Nasties, who are in possession of the book and Auryn; but the family is reunited at the end of the film. The empty string is the special case where the sequence has length zero, so there are no symbols in the string. Augusta often took pleasure in snubbing her mother-in-law, usually small incidents, such as telling her that she would be wearing a different dress than the one Victoria recommended, that she would not be riding to get her figure back after childbirth as Wilhelm had no intention of stopping at one son, and informing her that Augusta's daughter, Viktoria, was not named after her (though, again, in her memoirs, Viktoria Luise states that she was named after both her grandmother and her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria). On 13 February 2002, Elizabeth fell and cut her arm in her sitting room at Sandringham House; an ambulance and doctor were called, and the wound was dressed. In 1920, the shock of exile and abdication, combined with the breakdown of Joachim's marriage and his subsequent suicide, proved too much for Augusta's health. The house is stepped on by Bastian during his return trip to Fantasia, although it is then completely destroyed by the Nasties. [19] At the same time, Elizabeth was courted by James Stuart, Albert's equerry, until he left the Prince's service for a better-paid job in the American oil business. His parents were killed by a Purple Buffalo soon after he was born, and his entire village raised him; wherefore his name means "son of all" in his native language. Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI.She was the last Empress of India from her husband's accession 1936 until the British Raj was dissolved in August 1947. (Getty), Kate Middleton looks chic as she recycles $3 earrings, Roxy Jacenko to close down PR firm Sweaty Betty, The terrifying moment young mum realises she's being tracked. Gmork, as he appears in the 1984 motion picture. [94][95], Elizabeth oversaw the restoration of the remote Castle of Mey, on the north coast of Scotland, which she used to "get away from everything"[96] for three weeks in August and ten days in October each year. He did not react well, and was adamant that he would soon marry another princess. [72] More representative of the empress' actual apparel, however, was the late 19th-century fashion of the Eugnie paletot, a women's greatcoat with bell sleeves and a single button enclosure at the neck. Augusta was known as "Dona" within the family. Her deposed family's friendly association with the United Kingdom was commemorated in 1887 when she became the godmother of Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (18871969), daughter of Princess Beatrice, who later became queen consort of Alfonso XIII of Spain. [170], Her habits were parodied by the satirical 1980s television programme Spitting Image. In the film, Gmork almost manages to kill Atreyu in the Swamps of Sadness, but Atreyu is saved by Falkor. Her elder brother, Fergus, an officer in the Black Watch Regiment, was killed in action at the Battle of Loos in 1915. [39] On the return journey, via Mauritius, the Suez Canal, Malta and Gibraltar, their transport, HMSRenown, caught fire and they prepared to abandon ship before the fire was brought under control. Distressed at their threats, and following the advice of Sir William Knollys and the Duchess of Teck, Alexandra informed the queen, who then wrote to the Prince of Wales. Ilwan (Iluan) is a blue genie with a bird's beak in place of his nose and mouth. "[162] However, she did distrust Germans; she told Woodrow Wyatt, "Never trust them, never trust them. In the meantime, on 4 September, a group of republican deputies proclaimed the return of the Republic, and the creation of a Government of National Defense. He is shown to have a romantic relationship with a young aviatrix called "Fly Girl", and to be something of a village innocent. [36] She charmed the public in Fiji when, as she was shaking hands with a long line of official guests, a stray dog walked in on the ceremony; she shook its paw as well. In Tales from the Neverending Story, a hero must pass through the Riddle Gate, which tests his confidence in himself. [4] A Catholic and a conservative, her influence countered any liberal tendencies in the emperor's policies. Aylesford was appalled and decided to seek a divorce. 18 August]1870 at Mon Repos, the summer residence of the Greek royal family on the island of Corfu. Prop 30 is supported by a coalition including CalFire Firefighters, the American Lung Association, environmental organizations, electrical workers and businesses that want to improve Californias air quality by fighting and preventing wildfires and reducing air While thousands of people lined the streets, hoping to see the new empress, Sisi was said to be tearful and terrified about the life ahead of her, and for good reason. The Queen Mother stopped and picked these up as though somebody had misplaced them. During the official wedding ceremony, Sisi was said to be "trembling and melancholy" as she officially joined European royalty. [132] At 101years and 238days old she was the first member of the British royal family to live past the age of 100. She accompanied her husband on diplomatic tours to France and North America before the start of the Second World War. [citation needed] It was changed in the English translation because the pronunciation of the original name is similar to an English swear word. Her marriage was not unique there are many stories about reluctant royal brides who are trapped within the walls of a palace and yet forced to live a public life. Sisi wrote: "I want always to be on the move. And it was her sang-froid and her absolute refusal to be shocked by this, which immediately silenced all the students. Her early life was spent moving among the various royal residences in the Carl Conrad Coreander (German spelling: Karl Konrad Koreander) is a cantankerous bookseller; Bastian finds and steals the Neverending Story from his store.The novel states that Mr. Coreander is one of the few humans who has been to Fantastica and returned. 1863 - The Football Association is founded. She was the first woman since 1488 to be made a Lady of the Garter. 18 August]1870 24 September[O.S. In the film, he is ultimately called Teeny Weeny and portrayed by Deep Roy. In the 2001 television series Tales from the Neverending Story, the Empress, again depicted with dark hair, was played by Audrey Gardiner. [173] She was portrayed by Juliet Aubrey in Bertie and Elizabeth, Sylvia Syms in The Queen, Natalie Dormer in W.E., Olivia Colman in Hyde Park on Hudson, Victoria Hamilton (Seasons 1 and 2) and Marion Bailey (Seasons 3 and 4) in The Crown, and in The King's Speech by Helena Bonham Carter, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal. [9] In 1837, Eugnie and Paca briefly attended a boarding school for girls on Royal York Crescent in Clifton, Bristol,[10] to learn English. Princess Augusta Sophia was born at Buckingham House, London, the sixth child and second daughter of George III (17381820) and his wife Queen Charlotte.Her father so much wanted the new baby to be a girl that the doctor presiding over the labour thought fit to protest that "whoever sees those lovely Princes above stairs must be glad to have another." As explained by Morla the Aged One, her lifetime is not measured in years, but by names, which only the imagination of a human child can give her. In the end, he forgets even his name, but with the help of Falkor and Atreyu, he manages to return to the human world with the capability of loving, and brings to his father the Water of Life, curing him of his melancholy. Known by her nickname "Sisi", she was also Queen of Hungary and she was born into the royal Bavarian House of Wittelsbach. [43] Elizabeth was later quoted as referring to the Duchess as "that woman",[44] and the Duchess referred to Elizabeth as "Cookie", because of her supposed resemblance to a fat Scots cook. He is visited by the Childlike Empress and her guard Big Head, who remain with him until the end of the Nasty crisis. George's ill-health had forced him to relocate to Likani, making it impossible for him to return to St. Petersburg for the The young princess was christened on 1 December 1777 in the Great Council Chamber at St James's Palace by Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury.Her godparents were Prince August of Saxe-Gotha ", READ MORE: How Queen Mary's reputation as a royal 'kleptomaniac' began, On September 10, 1898, Sisi was in Switzerland at the same time as Italian anarchist Luigi Luchenid, who'd travelled to Geneva intending to murder Prince Henri of Orlans. They quickly become friends, but as Bastian continues to use AURYN, he becomes arrogant and gradually loses his memories. She was honoured by John Gould who gave the white-headed fruit dove the scientific name Ptilinopus eugeniae. The tragic story of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as 'Sisi', is captivating a new generation of royal fans thanks to a romantic new television drama. [22] Eventually, in January 1923, Elizabeth agreed to marry Albert, despite her misgivings about royal life. 10 August] 1858 at the Constantine Palace, in Strelna in the Tsarskoselsky Uyezd of Saint Petersburg Governorate (now part of Saint Petersburg).His eldest sister Grand Duchess Olga married King The Prussian conquest of former Danish lands heightened Alexandra's profound dislike of the Germans, a feeling which stayed with her for the rest of her life. Engywook and his wife Urgl are a quarrelsome pair of gnomes who live close to the Southern Oracle. In the first film, Falkor is voiced by Alan Oppenheimer. Tri-Face (portrayed by Christopher Burton) is a three-faced scientist who is Xayide's servant in the second film. Paul I (Russian: I Pavel I Petrovich; 1 October [O.S. [23], In public, Alexandra was dignified and charming; in private, affectionate and jolly. An initial miscarriage in 1853, after a three-month pregnancy, frightened and soured her. Alexandra's playmates were her brother Nicholas and her sister Maria, who followed her in age. [29][30] This is disputed by others, who point out Alexandra's frequent pregnancies throughout this period and use family letters to deny the existence of any serious rift. On 18 July 1834, Mara Manuela and her daughters left Madrid for Paris, fleeing a cholera outbreak and the dangers of the First Carlist War. It was an idyllic life, spent horse riding and mountain climbing. [64] She told Frederick Ponsonby, "I feel as if I had been turned into stone, unable to cry, unable to grasp the meaning of it all. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and 15 at the time of her death. For the other uses, see, A request that this article title be changedto, The Queen Mother's funeral carriage. This character is based on a figure from the novel named Four-Quarters Troll (Vier-Vierteltroll) or Temperamentling, who becomes a member of Bastian's entourage. Passing through the first two gates causes Atreyu to first lose all fear, and then all memory of himself. During the prince's tour, one of his friends who was travelling with him, Lord Aylesford, was told by his wife that she was going to leave him for another man: Lord Blandford, who was himself married. The couple and their daughters Elizabeth and Margaret embodied traditional ideas of family and public service. [5] Claims that Elizabeth remained embittered towards the Duchess were denied by her close friends; the Duke of Grafton wrote that she "never said anything nasty about the Duchess of Windsor, except to say she really hadn't got a clue what she was dealing with". [citation needed] Her strong preference was for hereditary monarchy and she made repeated displays of support for members of European royalty who were in crisis, like supporting a restoration of the Bourbons in Spain or trying to help the deposed monarchs of Parma and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. 10 August] 1858 at the Constantine Palace, in Strelna in the Tsarskoselsky Uyezd of Saint Petersburg Governorate (now part of Saint Petersburg).His eldest sister Grand Duchess Olga married King [32] Throughout their marriage Albert Edward continued to keep company with other women, including the actress Lillie Langtry, Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick, humanitarian Agnes Keyser, and society matron Alice Keppel. 12 September]1891), later known as Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (Russian: ), was a member of the Greek royal family and of the Russian imperial family. Her house in Farnborough is now an independent Catholic girls' school, Farnborough Hill. [5] She continued an active public life until just a few months before her death at the age of 101, seven weeks after the death of her younger daughter, Princess Margaret. [51] Eventually, the coronation had to be postponed and Edward had an operation performed by Frederick Treves of the London Hospital to drain the infected appendix. 18 August] 1870 24 September [O.S. The amulet known as the Auryn is her emblem, and those who wear it are her representatives. The young princess was christened on 1 December 1777 in the Great Council Chamber at St James's Palace by Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury.Her godparents were Prince August of Saxe-Gotha Raised by British nannies, English was the children's first language, but they spoke Greek between themselves. In The Neverending Story cartoon series, the Southern Oracle is depicted as two sphinxes facing each other and are voiced by Ellen Ray Hennessy. She funded a military hospital at Farnborough Hill as well as made large donations to French hospitals, for which she was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1919. In the words of Grand Duchess Augusta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, "We must give credit to old Charlotte for really saving [Alexandra's] life. [70] Driven by public opinion, but against his own wishes, the king had the banners removed; but to Alexandra's dismay, he had taken down not only "those vile Prussian banners" but also those of her Hessian relations who were, in her opinion, "simply soldiers or vassals under that brutal German Emperor's orders". Falkor's attitude purely comes from his heart, it is proven that his openness to making friends means a lot to everyone he encounters, into which Falkor in return treasures every friendship he has. [72], Alexandra retained a youthful appearance into her senior years,[73] but during the war her age caught up with her. Bastian Balthazar Bux is a shy and bookish boy 10 or 11 years old who is raised by his father and still mourning the sudden death of his mother (she died of an unspecified illness). She wrote: loved, I lived/I wandered through the world, but never reached what I strove for.". After marriage, it did not take long for her husband to stray as Eugnie found sex with him "disgusting". In the cartoon series, the Giants appear as foot soldiers of Xayide. [40] She set the standard for contemporary fashion at a time when the luxury industries of Paris were flourishing. She smiled her way through the ordeal, which the British press still portrayed in a positive light, describing the crowds as "enthusiastic". READ MORE: Inside the glamour and tragedy of Queen Alexandra's royal life, With Rudolf's death, Sisi was well aware that the Austria-Hungary empire was doomed. [25], They married on 26 April 1923, at Westminster Abbey. [102] She recuperated during a Caribbean cruise aboard the royal yacht, Britannia. Biographers agree that their marriage was in many ways a happy one; however, some have asserted that Albert Edward did not give his wife as much attention as she would have liked and that they gradually became estranged, until his attack of typhoid fever (the disease which was believed to have killed his father) in late 1871 brought about a reconciliation. The location of Elizabeth's birth remains uncertain, but reputedly she was born either in her parents' Westminster home at Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens, or in a horse-drawn ambulance on the way to a hospital. After her husband died, she She opens bazaars, attends concerts, visits hospitals in my place she not only never complains, but endeavours to prove that she has enjoyed what to another would be a tiresome duty. They're all like us. [9] Alexandra and Dagmar were given swimming lessons by the Swedish pioneer of women's swimming, Nancy Edberg. She declared, "The children won't go without me. He marries a woman named Jane and thus gains a new family, along with a daughter named Nicole who plays a main role in the third film. Paul I (Russian: I Pavel I Petrovich; 1 October [O.S. Her father was the reigning British monarch, George III.Her mother was Queen Charlotte, the daughter of Charles, reigning Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.. Mary was baptized on 19 May 1776, in the Great Council Chamber at St. James's Palace, by Frederick Cornwallis, The Archbishop of Canterbury. Formally, a string is a finite, ordered sequence of characters such as letters, digits or spaces. [3] The Duchess undertook a variety of public engagements and became known for her consistently cheerful countenance.[4]. [30] She strongly advocated equality for women; she pressured the Ministry of National Education to give the first baccalaureate diploma to a woman and tried unsuccessfully to induce the Acadmie franaise to elect the writer George Sand as its first female member. Gmork is the servant of the power behind the Nothing. [45], In summer 1938, a state visit to France by the King and Queen was postponed for three weeks because of the death of the Queen's mother, Lady Strathmore. The lingering effects of the poison are nursed out of the two by Urgl, while Engywook, a scholar of the Southern Oracle, instructs Atreyu on the challenges he is to encounter within the Oracle's demesne. They are separate from the gems and jewels of the Royal Collection, and from the coronation and state regalia that make up the Crown Jewels.. [160] Elizabeth made no public comments on race, but according to Robert Rhodes James in private she "abhorred racial discrimination" and decried apartheid as "dreadful". He had the tail of a scorpion, back legs of a grasshopper, body of a rat, and wings of a bat, with the heads of an old man and old woman instead of eyes. Dorment, Richard (January 1980). [89] She was devastated by her husband's death and retired to Scotland. The British court was still in mourning for Prince Albert, so ladies were restricted to wearing grey, lilac, or mauve. The Shadow Goblin wants nothing more than to become the richest creature in Fantasia. Alexandra! [97], Queen Alexandra's arms upon the accession of her husband in 1901 were the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom impaled with the arms of her father, the King of Denmark. The Princess Sophia was born at Buckingham House, London on 3 November 1777, the twelfth child and fifth daughter of King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Although Lord Randolph Churchill later apologised, for years afterwards the Prince of Wales refused to speak to or see him. Vermin's job is to spy all over Fantasia for something worth stealing and the Shadow Goblin is the one who steals it. Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. RMS Empress of Australia was an ocean liner built in 19131919 by Vulcan AG shipyard in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland) for the Hamburg America Line. [4], Seven months into her second pregnancy, Alexandra took a walk with her friends on the bank of the Moskva River and jumped directly into a boat that was permanently moored there, but fell as she got in. In the 1860s, she often attended meetings of the Council of Ministers, even leading the meetings for a brief space of time in 1866 when her husband was away from Paris. [17], Prince Albert, Duke of York"Bertie" to the familywas the second son of King George V. He initially proposed to Elizabeth in 1921, but she turned him down, being "afraid never, never again to be free to think, speak and act as I feel I really ought to". Microsofts Activision Blizzard deal is key to the companys mobile gaming efforts. [61], In 1910, Alexandra became the first queen consort to visit the British House of Commons during a debate. She was the oldest child and daughter of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra. Her grieving husband had to be restrained from throwing himself into the grave with her.[5]. They did not possess great wealth; her father's income from an army commission was about 800 per year and their house was a rent-free grace and favour property. She was born after the early deaths of her two elder brothers, Octavius (17791783) and Alfred (17801782). Empress Elisabeth of Austria was only 16 when she married her first cousin, 23-year-old Emperor Franz Joseph I on April 25, 1854. Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 20 November 1925) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 22 January 1901 to 6 May 1910 as the wife of King-Emperor Edward VII.. Alexandra's family had been relatively obscure until 1852, when her father, Prince Christian of Schleswig The boundary between ironclads and the first battleships, the so-called 'pre-dreadnought battleship', is not obvious, as the characteristics of the pre-dreadnought evolved in the period from 1875 to 1895.. As they can be considered as reduced versions of battleships, coastal defence [164], In his official biography, William Shawcross portrays Elizabeth as a person whose indomitable optimism, zest for life, good manners, mischievous sense of humour, and interest in people and subjects of all kinds contributed to her exceptional popularity and to her longevity. Falkor however never wants to make enemies, only those who are threats to his friends or threats in general towards Fantasia itself. In her later years, she was a consistently popular member of the family, even at times when other royals were suffering from low levels of public approval. An empress and her empire. The hyphenated version of the surname was used in official documents at the time of her marriage, but the family itself tends to omit the hyphen. Civil Registration Indexes: Births, General Register Office, England and Wales. Princess Mary was born on 25 April 1776, at Buckingham Palace, London. "[21] Albert Edward and Alexandra had six children in total: Albert Victor, George, Louise, Victoria, Maud, and Alexander. In the first film, he ultimately reappears, encountered by Atreyu. [148] At her request, after her funeral the wreath that had lain atop her coffin was placed on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, in a gesture that echoed her wedding-day tribute 79 years before. Alexandra to King George V, quoted in Battiscombe, p. 285. The next day, she collapsed in the middle of a ball from violent labour pains. Alexandra knew about most of these relationships, and later permitted Alice Keppel to visit her husband as he lay dying. RMS Empress of Australia was an ocean liner built in 19131919 by Vulcan AG shipyard in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland) for the Hamburg America Line. Alexandras son would be involved in the murder of Grigori Rasputin, a favorite of Tsarina Alexandra Feodorvna, in 1916. She grew up at Dolzig until the death of her grandfather, Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, in 1869. [62] Privately, Alexandra disagreed with the bill. [31] Nevertheless, the prince was severely criticised from many quarters of society for his apparent lack of interest in her very serious illness with rheumatic fever. The empress responded by telegraph: "Don't think of coming back unless you want to unleash a terrible revolution. She was portrayed in film by Helen Ryan again in the 1980 film The Elephant Man, Sara Stewart in the 1997 film Mrs Brown, and Julia Blake in the 1999 film Passion. In The Neverending Story cartoon series, Ygramul is shown in her spider form and is voiced by Marilyn Lightstone. [33] Alexandra herself remained faithful throughout her marriage. It is available to watch in Australia via SBS On Demand. Atreyu finally meets Gmork in Spook City, where he is chained, and Atreyu employs the name Nobody to hide his identity in shame of his failure to complete his quest. [24] She enjoyed many social activities, including dancing and ice-skating, and was an expert horsewoman and tandem driver. The German Confederation successfully invaded Denmark, reducing the area of Denmark by two-fifths. I do love them. "[65] Later that year she moved out of Buckingham Palace to Marlborough House, but she retained possession of Sandringham. [93] This came to be known as the "Alexandra limp". Every ship I see sailing away fills me with the greatest desire to be on it.". With the death of her mother-in-law, Queen Victoria, in 1901, Alexandra became queen-empress as consort to the new king. [119], Elizabeth's 100th birthday was celebrated in a number of ways: a parade that celebrated the highlights of her life included contributions from Sir Norman Wisdom and Sir John Mills;[120] her image appeared on a special commemorative 20 note issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland;[121] and she attended a lunch at the Guildhall, London, at which George Carey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, accidentally attempted to drink her glass of wine. In the 1995 cartoon series, the Nighthob is voiced by Adrian Truss. [65], The former empress died in July 1920, aged 94, during a visit to her relative the 17th duke of Alba, at the Liria Palace in Madrid in her native Spain, and she is interred in the Imperial Crypt at St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough, with her husband and her son. A few months later, Alexandra travelled from Denmark to Britain aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert and arrived in Gravesend, Kent, on 7 March 1863. He promises to return but is ultimately unable to keep his promise. It is often said that she was her father's favourite; he affectionately called her "Emily". [70] When Buckingham Palace itself took several hits during the height of the bombing, Elizabeth said, "I'm glad we've been bombed. After her marriage, her ladies-in-waiting consisted of six (later 12) dames du palais, most of whom were chosen from among the acquaintances to the empress before her marriage, headed by the Grand-Maitresse Anne Debelle, Princesse d'Essling, and the dame d'honneur, Pauline de Bassano. Largely excluded from wielding any political power, she unsuccessfully attempted to sway the opinion of British ministers and her husband's family to favour Greek and Danish interests. Princess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia was born at Pavlovsk on 24 April 1906. [181][183] Under an agreement reached in 1993,[184] property passing from monarch to monarch is exempt from inheritance tax, as is property passing from the consort of a former monarch to the current monarch, so a tax liability estimated at 28million (40 percent of the value of the estate) was not incurred. She was famous for her large crinolines and for rotating her outfits throughout the day, with a different dress for the morning, afternoon, evening, and night. In the words of her grandson, Edward VIII (later the Duke of Windsor), "Her generosity was a source of embarrassment to her financial advisers.