What would it be like to have people control (or at least, try and control) your life? We just went to see The Young Victoria, which was fantastic... as a young woman her mother insisted she had someone to hold her hand as she walked down the stairs, servants tasted her food before she did and she was even prevented from reading certain books. So she was incredibly rich and was heir to the throne, but all that for a loss of one's identity and independence? no thank you!The story of her love for Prince Albert was beautifully romantic and made me teary - wonderful! Blunt portrayed her very well as a feisty young woman who just wanted control over her own life and the right to make her own decisions. The film sheds new light onto a queen who everyone thinks of as sour faced and straight laced.
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On another note, my riding lesson today went well :) we went for a canter in a field, and I actually managed to be the least panic-y out of all three of us! I think I did well, and I'm looking forward to giving it another go :)Tim's response to me asking what would he do if I died was perhaps the most romantic thing he's ever said to me, and I'm only writing it on here in an effort not to forget it.. "I would die too".
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