Bonnie Prince Charlie Statue
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Elle Turn left at the end, see that bloke on a horse? Go and see him. Careful crossing the road.
Official Derby Walk Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart. Was more aptly and succinctly nicknamed – Bonnie Prince Charlie. This, the only equestrian statue of the prince depicts / him during the Jacobite rising of 1745.
Elle Now this is more like it. Bonnie Prince Charlie, a real crowd pleaser. Have a little walk around him take in his full splendour. He invented dressage, you know that weird horse dancing stuff that you see at the Olympics. Making horses do mind bending things for no discernible reason. Well, that was this dude. He was trying to find a way to seem even more fabulous. Wasn’t satisfied flouncing round court, needed more attention, needed a stage. So popped himself onto a horse and strutted out. I don’t see why he gets all the credit, it’s the horse that does all the work. Yet the horse’s name isn’t even on the stone. Does my head in.
See what I mean about stories… That’s obviously not really who he was, though he did think he was pretty fabulous. And he was looking for a bigger stage. Problem was, that was an entire country. Thought he had the divine right from god to the whole of the UK, (told you religion was tricky) tried marching and fighting his way through it. I don’t really think anyone deserves an entire country, or has the right to it. They called him the ‘young pretender’ which sort of romanticises all the bloodshed. They weren’t big on keeping the peace in those days. Take the left path behind him through the grass.
Official Derby Walk This, the only equestrian statue of the prince depicts him during the Jacobite rising of 1745. He set up camp in Derby on his way south to seize the British throne. This ‘young pretender’ believed he was the legitimate heir to the throne according to the Jacobite succession but his attempts failed and despite significant blood shed he survived and eventually escaped to France, effectively ending the Stuart claim.
