Histsex Prince Albert Discussions April 2000

Histsex Prince Albert Discussions April 2000

Subject: Prince Albert's Prince Albert

Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:55:48 +0100

Hi!

Could I pass on a query from the Victoria List?

Is there any evidence that Prince Albert actually had the type of

body-piercing known as a Prince Albert (a piercing through the urethra,

through which a ring or some other sort of metal jewellery can be slotted)

or is this just a piece of folklore?

All help would be appreciated! Many thanks.

All the best

Chris

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Chris Willis

School of English and Humanities

Birkbeck College

Malet Street

London WC1E 7HX

Chris@chriswillis.freeserve.co.uk

http://www.chriswillis.freeserve.co.uk/

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___________________________________________________________________From: "Donna Larsen" <ladydonna85@hotmail.com>

Subject: Re: Prince Albert's Prince Albert

Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:35:02 PDT

Just talked to a freind of mine who has been piercing for about 15 years.

His story is that While there is no historical evidence that Prince Albert

had the piercing that one of his consorts did. My freind also suggests that

you may want to reach Cold Steel, they do piercing and manufacture jewlry.

They are in the Camden High Distict.

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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 18:00:43 -0500

From: Bob <suannschafer@earthlink.net>

Subject: Re: Prince Albert's Prince Albert

>Just talked to a freind of mine who has been piercing for about 15

>years. His story is that While there is no historical evidence that

>Prince Albert had the piercing that one of his consorts did. My

>freind also suggests that you may want to reach Cold Steel, they do

>piercing and manufacture jewlry. They are in the Camden High

>Distict.

For those of us on the distaff side of the pond, have they a website?

___________________________________________________________________Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:08:15 -0700

From: Eric Grace <ericgrace@home.com>

Subject: Re: Prince Albert's Prince Albert

I received this response courtesy of a learned member on another list:

This is actually unknown. It's most likely folklore. Much of what

we now know as body piercing history was made up by Doug Malloy,

who bankrolled the Gauntlet. He developed most of the techniques

and jewelry for the various piercings. Along the way, he made up

histories for many of them. While there are some, like the nasal

septum, ears, and lips that have actual historical precedents,

there are others that he just sort of made up history for. The

Prince Albert story is one that falls into this category.

There is a bit about piercing history that does not specifically

mention the Prince Albert at:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/bodyart/piercing-faq/historical/

There is another article about this at:

http://www.queernet.org/LeatherOnline/LO_002_Gauntlet.html

And finally, there is one article that speaks directly

about the Prince Albert story at:

http://www.urbanprimitive.com/academia/piercing/main.html

___________________________________________________________________From: "Lesley Hall" <lesleyah@primex.co.uk>

Subject: Re: Prince Albert's Prince Albert

Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 17:25:47 +0100

Aaaargh!!!

(I've just got back from a conference to the numerous postings on the other

list about this subject)

Lesley Hall

lesleyah@primex.co.uk