When Imelda wrangled an audience with Queen Elizabeth II

    Press/Media: Research cited

    Description

    Articles citing my research on the “UK’s global footprint.”

    Period10 Sept 2022 → 12 Sept 2022

    Media coverage

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    Media coverage

    • TitlePrince Charles was given a motorboat called “Imelda” by Imelda Marcos.
      Media name/outletManila News
      Media typeWeb
      Date10/09/22
      DescriptionImelda Marcos gifts then Prince Charles speedboat named ‘Imelda’
      The motorboat was identified as a “gift from the First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos”
      Prince Charles was given a motorboat called “Imelda” by Imelda Marcos.
      The speedboat’s actual worth and when it was delivered are unknown, but it is certain that it took place at a time when the Marcos family was actively acquiring illegal fortune using Filipino public money.
      Producer/AuthorHeart Castaneda
      URLhttps://manilanews.ph/imelda-marcos-gifts-then-prince-charles-speedboat-named-imelda/
      PersonsTom Sykes

    Media contributions

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    Media contributions

    • TitleWhen Imelda wrangled an audience with Queen Elizabeth II
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletVera Files
      Media typeWeb
      Duration/Length/Size1500 words
      Country/TerritoryPhilippines
      Date12/09/22
      DescriptionFerdinand and Imelda Marcos were lucky that their conjugal dictatorship existed at a time when media repression was fully possible. Since there was no internet yet, there was no way Filipinos could read foreign accounts of their plunder and squander of the country’s resources like we do today.
      Producer/AuthorAntonio Montalvan
      URLhttps://verafiles.org/articles/when-imelda-wrangled-an-audience-with-queen-elizabeth
      PersonsTom Sykes
    • TitleLOOK BACK: Imelda Marcos gifts then Prince Charles speedboat named ‘Imelda’
      Media name/outletRappler
      Media typeWeb
      Date10/09/22
      DescriptionArticle citing Tom Sykes' speaking to the possibility that Filipino taxpayers may have already unknowingly given a gift to the former Prince of Wales and now King Charles III – at least 40 years prior to his ascension to the throne.
      Producer/AuthorRappler.com
      URLhttps://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/inside-track/look-back-imelda-marcos-speedboat-prince-charles-united-kingdom/
      PersonsTom Sykes

    Keywords

    • British foreign policy
    • international relations
    • Philippines
    • history
    • postcolonialism