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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #175 on: May 06, 2023, 09:32:16 AM »
Giant penis mowed into lawn of Bath's historic Royal Crescent - days before Coronation
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1766390/king-charles-coronation-giant-penis-bath-royal-crescent
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #176 on: May 06, 2023, 10:24:52 AM »
You know, I'm still having problems saying King Charles without adding Cavalier Spaniel after it.
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #177 on: May 06, 2023, 12:06:46 PM »
Just Harry at the coronation no Meghan. He flew in just before and jumped on a jet back home immediately afterwards to report back to his boss, I mean attend his son's 4th birthday.
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #178 on: May 06, 2023, 12:30:14 PM »
You know, I'm still having problems saying King Charles without adding Cavalier Spaniel after it.

Not to insult King Charles Cavalier Spaniels, but he does kind of resemble one.
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #179 on: May 06, 2023, 02:04:43 PM »
Not to insult King Charles Cavalier Spaniels, but he does kind of resemble one.

Reminded me more of a Basset Hound.
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #180 on: May 06, 2023, 02:18:44 PM »
Reminded me more of a Basset Hound.

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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #181 on: May 06, 2023, 02:21:50 PM »
Anyone else laugh at the guy trying to screw on his crown?
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #182 on: May 06, 2023, 03:49:55 PM »
As I was going to bed last night they had started some of the "on the street" interviews. One young lady (I would say 20-30s) mentioned how she was so excited to be at the once in a lifetime event. I have news for her, unless she has some sort of terminal illness or get hits by the bus she will  be around for the next "once in a lifetime" event when they switch the bodies under the crown again.

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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #183 on: May 06, 2023, 04:34:54 PM »


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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #184 on: May 06, 2023, 04:36:18 PM »
Yeah, Chuckles is 70-something.  Good chance Billy will be king in 10-20 years.

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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #185 on: May 07, 2023, 07:45:59 AM »
Apparently Harry didn't bow to the King during the grand procession and he didn't sing the national anthem.

Some people are very unhappy with him.
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #186 on: May 07, 2023, 09:52:44 AM »
And of course someone makes it about race.

Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh stuns ITV presenters by calling the Buckingham Palace balcony 'terribly white' during live Coronation coverage
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/usshowbiz/article-12055129/Bridgerton-star-Adjoa-Andoh-stuns-ITV-calling-Buckingham-Palace-balcony-terribly-white.html
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #187 on: May 07, 2023, 10:59:30 AM »
Anyone else laugh at the guy trying to screw on his crown?

Can you imagine the reaction if it fell off?  Looking at it I'm amazed it stays on as well as it does
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #188 on: May 07, 2023, 11:35:29 AM »
"Why is it OK to dismiss a white family for being white?"

Because whitey ain't righty!

Everyone knows, from the 1066 Project, that Britain didn't start until black Africans put William the Conqueror on the throne.

Blacks are responsible for EVERYTHING good that has happened in Britain since those horrible white Angles, Saxons, and Vikings were put in their place. 
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #189 on: May 08, 2023, 04:56:59 PM »
How many of you have seen that crazy video where a dark, robe figure is seen walking past an open door at the back of the chapel?  It might be photoshopped in but it could also be an omen that "Chuck" won't last that long.
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #190 on: May 09, 2023, 07:20:34 AM »
How many of you have seen that crazy video where a dark, robe figure is seen walking past an open door at the back of the chapel?  It might be photoshopped in but it could also be an omen that "Chuck" won't last that long.

OK, found this. According to multiple sources, it was a verger.

https://news.yahoo.com/unmasked-mysterious-grim-reaper-coronation-075716537.html
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #191 on: May 09, 2023, 09:14:07 AM »
Don't mind him he's just here to finish that chess game
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #192 on: May 09, 2023, 09:39:28 AM »
Yeah, Chuckles is 70-something.  Good chance Billy will be king in 10-20 years.

Not saying he's going to do it but it wouldn't shock me one bit if Chuckles steps down after a handful of years
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #193 on: May 09, 2023, 09:59:49 AM »
"Not saying he's going to do it but it wouldn't shock me one bit if Chuckles steps down after a handful of years"

 ;/

For decades we heard "QE's going to skip over Charles and designate William the new king!" "QE is going to abdicate in favor of William!" and all sorts of other BS scenarios.

It won't happen.

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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #194 on: May 09, 2023, 10:07:41 AM »
"Not saying he's going to do it but it wouldn't shock me one bit if Chuckles steps down after a handful of years"

 ;/

For decades we heard "QE's going to skip over Charles and designate William the new king!" "QE is going to abdicate in favor of William!" and all sorts of other BS scenarios.

It won't happen.

I never took it seriously. William was really too young during most of that talk and skipping Charles would have created a rift in the family that would never heal. Add to that Elizabeth was keenly aware of the wound in the family and the monarchy as a whole caused by Edward VIII's foolishness during her younger years. She wanted everything to go as smoothly as possible to avoid another public scandal despite Charlie throwing a monkey wench in the works with Camilla.
I could be wrong but Charles has often given me the impression he really doesn't want to be there and once his name is solidly in the history books as king will want out. Time will tell.
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #195 on: May 09, 2023, 10:27:07 AM »
In any event they're lucky William is appearing to at least to be far smarter and stable than his brother and the same goes for their respective wives as well.
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #196 on: May 09, 2023, 10:32:53 AM »
Skipping Charles wouldn't have just caused a rift in the family.

It would have caused a Constitutional crisis that likely would have brought the monarchy down. Literally.

There's a mechanism for a reigning monarch to abdicate, which is what Edward VIII did. But there's no mechanism for a reigning monarch to skip over the next hereditary heir to designate someone else to be monarch.
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #197 on: May 09, 2023, 10:36:10 AM »
In any event they're lucky William is appearing to at least to be far smarter and stable than his brother and the same goes for their respective wives as well.

Indeed. It seems like he was always the "mature" one. Harry did some dumb stuff in his youth, but could have stepped up. It seems his military career and the associated discipline was always very important to him, until he met the shrew. And it's not all her fault. The dude just totally simped for her, which in some ways is weird because I'm sure there was a gaggle of potential princesses out there that were in every way better than a spoiled Hollywood d-lister.
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #198 on: May 09, 2023, 10:48:37 AM »
Why is King Charles's wife being referred to as Queen Camilla, while the late Queen Elizabeth's husband was merely Prince Phillip, the Queen Consort? As I understand it neither Camilla nor Phillip are/were in the line of succession, so is it some sort of gender-related courtesy thing? Or is it related to Phillip having some kind of royal title of his own from somewhere else?

Being an American I figure we settled our relationship with the English crown centuries ago so it really doesn't matter much to me other than idle curiosity.
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Re: Long Live The Queen
« Reply #199 on: May 09, 2023, 10:54:06 AM »
Why is King Charles's wife being referred to as Queen Camilla, while the late Queen Elizabeth's husband was merely Prince Phillip, the Queen Consort? As I understand it neither Camilla nor Phillip are/were in the line of succession, so is it some sort of gender-related courtesy thing? Or is it related to Phillip having some kind of royal title of his own from somewhere else?

Being an American I figure we settled our relationship with the English crown centuries ago so it really doesn't matter much to me other than idle curiosity.

I think Queen is the proper title.  Queen Elizabeth was a queen regnant.  There's also a queen regent and a queen consort, and all are addressed by the title Queen.  (I'm kind of overextending my knowledge here)
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