Queens speech, now the Kings speech

[William Treseder]

Does anyone else on here watch or listen to it?
I do my best every yr to catch it. I’m not a royalist, neither am I anti royal. I just feel it’s a festive tradition.

[the other bob wilson]

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Maybe I watched it as a young kid because my parents had it on, but that would have been strange as they never did after I reached an age where I was aware of what was on the telly and I’ve never watched a second of it as an adult.

Don’t think I’ll be watching terrestrial television at all today which I believe will be a first for me on Christmas Day.

[Dorcus]

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Yuk! I'm watching paint dry! It's far more captivating

[NYCBlue]

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I don't remember seeing it much past the late '70s.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Does anyone else on here watch or listen to it?
I do my best every yr to catch it. I’m not a royalist, neither am I anti royal. I just feel it’s a festive tradition.

The concept of a royal family is ludicrous to me. Historically wealthy landowners treated as demi-gods. Having to address them as if they were superior beings and affording them gravitas regarding their mutterings purely due to the bed they were born in.
The honours system based on their predilections and a national anthem that weaves them together with the other infantilisng concept of a god.
It's complete tosh.

[William Treseder]

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The concept of a royal family is ludicrous to me. Historically wealthy landowners treated as demi-gods. Having to address them as if they were superior beings and affording them gravitas regarding their mutterings purely due to the bed they were born in.
The honours system based on their predilections and a national anthem that weaves them together with the other infantilisng concept of a god.
It's complete tosh.

So I take it that’s a no ?

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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So I take it that’s a no ?

How did you guess

[William Treseder]

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How did you guess

😁

[JamesWales]

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I normally watch it, but I didn't this year as dinner was slightly delayed and also I am a big fat pig on Christmas day and had second helpings.

Seemed like a reasonable message from Charlie though.

[jon1959]

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Does anyone else on here watch or listen to it?
I do my best every yr to catch it. I’m not a royalist, neither am I anti royal. I just feel it’s a festive tradition.

Avoiding it is a Christmas tradition!

[William Treseder]

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Avoiding it is a Christmas tradition!

😁👍

[Taffy Blue in Berkshire]

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The concept of a royal family is ludicrous to me. Historically wealthy landowners treated as demi-gods. Having to address them as if they were superior beings and affording them gravitas regarding their mutterings purely due to the bed they were born in.
The honours system based on their predilections and a national anthem that weaves them together with the other infantilisng concept of a god.
It's complete tosh.

They should exist in Madame Tussauds only. Buck Pal should be a theme park.

[Former Labour leader]

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Avoiding it is a Christmas tradition!

Seconded!

[Former Labour leader]

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The concept of a royal family is ludicrous to me. Historically wealthy landowners treated as demi-gods. Having to address them as if they were superior beings and affording them gravitas regarding their mutterings purely due to the bed they were born in.
The honours system based on their predilections and a national anthem that weaves them together with the other infantilisng concept of a god.
It's complete tosh.

It amazes me that in the 21st century many people fawn over them and consider them special.
Perhaps Madamoiselle Guillotine should have paid the UK a visit after finishing off the French aristocracy in 1789. Country may be a far better, less subservient place.

[ToTaL ITK]

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It amazes me that in the 21st century many people fawn over them and consider them special.
Perhaps Madamoiselle Guillotine should have paid the UK a visit after finishing off the French aristocracy in 1789. Country may be a far better, less subservient place.

Agree. The idea that people have a better pedigree than others due to their ancestors being brutal murderers is bonkers