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The Royal Thread: Will, Kate, George & Charlotte FAM thread - [UPDATE: Now it's a G A L with a 'D E C' :o!!]
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:kingscross-hps: Platform Nine and Three QuartersThe Platform 9 3/4 sign is situated in the western departures concourse of London King's Cross railway station, close to platforms 9 and 10, below the walkway leading to the main building.
The ride on the Hogwarts Express starts from King's Cross railway station platform 9 3/4, which is invisible to Muggle eyes and is reached by walking through the barrier between platforms 9 and 10.
Rowling discovered after the books were published that she had confused the layout of King's Cross with that of Euston station, and that platforms 9 and 10 at King's Cross were not the ones between which she had meant her magical platform to be placed. There is no platform between lines 9 and 10 at King's Cross. To solve this, the filmmakers re-numbered platforms 4 and 5 for the duration of filming. In reality, at both King's Cross and Euston, platforms 9 and 10 are separated by railway lines. The exterior shots in the film are that of adjacent to Kings Cross and St Pancras station. The exterior shots are not of a railway station, but that of a hotel, St Pancras Renaissance Hotel.
A plaque depicting the supposed location was placed on the wall in the building containing platforms 9 to 11, along with a luggage trolley 'stuck' halfway through the wall. It was later moved to an exterior wall on the Euston Road, and then in 2012 to the western departures concourse. A wrought iron 'Platform 9 3/4' gate used as part of the film set is preserved at the National Railway Museum.
King's Cross is on the historical site of the village named "Battle Bridge", at the ancient city of Londinium crossing of the River Fleet and the Broad Ford Bridge, a battle site between the Romans and the British Iceni tribe led by Boudica, Britain's Warrior Queen, a historical figure in the United Kingdom. Queen Victoria was portrayed as her 'namesake' and restored Boudica as a cultural foundation to Britain. Platform 9 or 10 of King's Cross Station is linked with Boudica's death and possible grave in Britain's historical content.[32]
J. K. Rowling's parents met on a train at King's Cross Station in 1964. **While she was on a train in 1990, J. K. Rowling formed the idea for Harry Potter. [ link to en.wikipedia.org]
Royal correspondent Penny Junor's book reveals Prince William's emergency brain surgery
**...William was rushed to a specialist brain unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital after being hit on the head with a golf club when he was eight.
Tests showed that he had a depressed fracture of the skull and he underwent an operation to relieve the pressure on his brain.
He was left with a small mark that he's dubbed his 'Harry Potter scar'. [ link to www.nowmagazine.co.uk] **Prince William (born 1982) was EIGHT YEARS OLD in 1990!
**J.K. Rowling got the idea of HARRY POTTER same year!!:bad_egg:
HARRY POTTER seriesHarry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of a wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's quest to overcome the Dark wizard Lord Voldemort, whose aims are to become immortal, conquer the wizarding world, subjugate non-magical people, and destroy all those who stand in his way, especially Harry Potter.
Since the release of the first novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone on 30 June 1997, the books have gained immense popularity, critical acclaim and commercial success worldwide.[1] The series has also had some share of criticism, including concern for the increasingly dark tone.The Early YearsHarry's first contact with the wizarding world is through a half-giant, Rubeus Hagrid, keeper of grounds and keys at Hogwarts. Hagrid reveals some of Harry's history. Harry learns that as a baby he witnessed his parents' murder by the power-obsessed dark wizard, Lord Voldemort, who then attempted to kill him also. For reasons not immediately revealed, the spell with which Voldemort tried to kill Harry rebounded. Harry survived with only a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead as a memento of the attack, and Voldemort disappeared. As its inadvertent saviour from Voldemort's reign of terror, Harry has become a living legend in the wizarding world. However, at the orders of the venerable and well-known wizard Albus Dumbledore, the orphaned Harry had been placed in the home of his unpleasant Muggle (non-wizard) relatives, the Dursleys, who had him safe but hid his true heritage from him in hopes that he would grow up "normal". [ link to en.wikipedia.org] After Rowling came up with the idea back in 1990, the first book was released SEVEN years later in 1997.
Prince William obviously couldn't call his post-brain surgery scar a HARRY POTTER scar until he was at least 15 years old when the first book came out... !
William turned 15 on June 21, 1997...NINE DAYS before the book was published.
Two months later, on August 31st, his mother Princess Diana died...but is not 'orphaned' like Harry Potter was.
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