Swear allegiance to our King you peasants

[az city]

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Just to add to the thread, the local newswire in Ceredigion is reporting the council didn't get a single application for a street party.

[JamesWales]

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That's bollocks. Who is paying for all this antiquated tomfoolery while millions visit the foodbanks?

That could be said about a huge number of things though. Why have any celebration of anything whilst some people visit foodbanks? In fact, why do it whilst some people are on benefits?

The fact is, if you aren't interested, you don't have to get involved. Just carry on with your day. :)

[lardy]

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That could be said about a huge number of things though. Why have any celebration of anything whilst some people visit foodbanks? In fact, why do it whilst some people are on benefits?

The fact is, if you aren't interested, you don't have to get involved. Just carry on with your day. :)

It does resonate a bit differently when it costs an estimated £100m and is paid for by taxes. It seems quite a reasonable position to be unhappy with it.


Charles is worth an estimated £1.8bn by the way.

[the other bob wilson]

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Who cares?

Other than being one of the many girl friends of Prince Andrew she has nothing to do with Royal Family.

I do, I take the piss out of Americans at times for their messed up society, but they don’t have our ridiculous class system where talentless, entitled nonentities with half a brain cell are indulged to the extent they are given a stage to spout rubbish like that.

[jon1959]

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The fact is, if you aren't interested, you don't have to get involved. Just carry on with your day. :)

It seems to me that a lot of people on here are very interested - just not in the flag waving, forelock tugging way. Interested in the vast cost, the reinforcement of privilege and deference, the celebration of inherited wealth and power, and the wall to wall deflection from the mess this country is in.

The media will make it very hard to avoid. Not impossible - but ‘just carry on won’t do it.

[the other bob wilson]

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Er. don't think he even hints that Bob

Er, that’s why I said he might be prepared to swear allegiance not will be Elwood.

[superfeathers]

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It does resonate a bit differently when it costs an estimated £100m and is paid for by taxes. It seems quite a reasonable position to be unhappy with it.


Charles is worth an estimated £1.8bn by the way.

Agreed.
If he wants a coronation, let him pay for it. Or set up a crowdfunder so that those who want to subscribe to this nonsense can do so.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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It seems to me that a lot of people on here are very interested - just not in the flag waving, forelock tugging way. Interested in the vast cost, the reinforcement of privilege and deference, the celebration of inherited wealth and power, and the wall to wall deflection from the mess this country is in.

The media will make it very hard to avoid. Not impossible - but ‘just carry on won’t do it.

I sincerely hope for you lot in Blighty that all BBC radio stations across the board are not taken over in North Korean-style on the day (as happened when the last two royal events took place)

[Dorcus]

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I sincerely hope for you lot in Blighty that all BBC radio stations across the board are not taken over in North Korean-style on the day (as happened when the last two royal events took place)

It's brainwashing!!! Who in their right mind wants to watch some sycophantic old fart put a hat on the head of another outrageously rich scrounging old fart whose never done an honest day's work in his life?

[MOZZER2]

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surprising poll results from Wales

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/most-people-wales-want-keep-26829414

by the way has anyone here been asked about a poll about anyhthing ? i haven't

[ninian opinian]

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Incredible stuff, in that last paragraph, she’s near as damnit saying “let them eat cake”.

She should be jailed for wearing the wig

[ninian opinian]

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Shhhhhh! Don't tell people that James,there having so much fun on here.

I don't Ninuan Opinions actually read the article before posting.

If he did it didn't sink in

I doubt you checked your spelling before posting

[Elwood Blues]

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I doubt you checked your spelling before posting

I didn't check my typing.

I know how to spell

[Heathblue]

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I have travelled up and down the Rhine a few times. You might want to think about Cologne/Bonn airport, nearer Bonn which has a train station right outside. Probably a half hour longer to get to where you are going but the stretch of the Rhine from Konigswinter right down to the Lorelei is more attractive than coming from Frankfurt. Low cost flights go there as well.

The rail lines run both sides of the river. Cologne airport is on the west side. From memory ferries stop early in the evening, around 9pm but I don't know if they will remain longer if there is a special event like a festival. There will be a bridge crossing further up river so might be worth checking buses if you are staying on the west bank.

In amongst the bickering banter there is always some good advice on here when required, I have some time to get it sorted and will look at the Cologne/Bonn airport option, I did glance at it but didn't follow it up. Cheers

[JamesWales]

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It seems to me that a lot of people on here are very interested - just not in the flag waving, forelock tugging way. Interested in the vast cost, the reinforcement of privilege and deference, the celebration of inherited wealth and power, and the wall to wall deflection from the mess this country is in.

The media will make it very hard to avoid. Not impossible - but ‘just carry on won’t do it.

Oh yeah, the interest is understandable. And it's good to have good and interesting debates about topics like this. I'm just not sure that a thread moaning about peasants swearing allegiance is that place. It's kinda misleading, and as I said with tongue in cheek...no one is making you do anything.

There's probably a cross over of views between us here, as I'm sympathetic to the thrust of what you say, but I find the people moaning about the royal family are usually pretty privileged themselves and this topic is usually a distraction, often from their own inherited wealth and power.

There is also a pretty big crossover between said people and those who, when push came to shove, actually were pretty keen in cancelling the opinions of 'the people' when they didn't think the same way!

I just think live and let live. And as football fans who pay good money to watch multi millionaires kick a leather ball while we chant their names, we are probably not best places to criticise other people getting some enjoyment, entertainment or community togetherness from a dose of flag-waving pageantry.