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The king's stamp collection

posted 16 years ago by reade-1
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What was the point of having the King playing with his stamp collection and talking about how much the stamps were worth when he had all that great art all over the place. It made him look like a duffus.

[–] tropical_dream_22 16 years ago

The point the filmmakers were trying to make, and which actually was historically correct, was that the king was rather obsessed with his stamp collection - he pasted together over 300 volumes throughout his life. He was not cultured or an intellectual like Queen Mary and he did not care about palaces, art, furniture, etc. He was raised as a sailor and had very simple tastes which indeed made him very ordinary.

"My care is like my shadow in the sun, follows me flying, flies when I pursue it..."

[–] FiHappy5 16 years ago

It made him look like a duffus.

Much like yourself.

Fiona x

[–] Molly-31 12 years ago

Yeah? And today that one stamp he was going on about is worth millions. We should all be such a dufus.

You've got me?! Who's got you?!

[–] Snarkier 12 years ago

For the record: "doofus".

Thus endeth the lesson.

[–] Molly-31 11 years ago

I stand (sit) corrected. ;)

You've got me?! Who's got you?!

[–] dizexpat 12 years ago

FDR was also obsessed with his stamp collection.

Stamp collecting was the King's hobby and it was quite important to him. He was a fairly simple man, as he himself knew.

Hair today. Goon tomorrow.

[–] ziggystar86 10 years ago

It was rather annoying, couldn't he see that Johnny wasn't interested, he should have put more attention to his son instead when he finally decided to meet him.