Re: Harry and Meghan interview
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City123
I imagine anti-monarchy sentiment will grow once the Queen dies as well, Charles isn't particularly popular
William and Kate appear to be a little more acceptable though, Charlie will not have a chance, straight to Will and Kate
Re: Harry and Meghan interview
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Originally Posted by
City123
I imagine anti-monarchy sentiment will grow once the Queen dies as well, Charles isn't particularly popular
If she dies
Re: Harry and Meghan interview
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delmbox
If she dies
I tihnk public opinion will also turn on her if it becomes apparent that she cannot die
Re: Harry and Meghan interview
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Rjk
I tihnk public opinion will also turn on her if it becomes apparent that she cannot die
I guess it will be Megans fault if she doesnt die and her poularity wanes?
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Chuck is 72 and there's still no sign of his apprenticeship ending.
Re: Harry and Meghan interview
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splott parker
Time to get rid in my opinion, there’s a multitude of them on the civil list all by accident of birth, what use are they bar a drain on society? If Harry and Meghan want to wash their hands of it they should pay his father and grandmother the millions that they spent on their wedding.........oh hang on, we paid for it. How many palaces, castles, mansions, estates does one family need? And a huge question is when is Andrew going to be brought to book? Aside from the accusations against him, the f*cker swans around on our money.... parasites!!!!
Like most on here, you don't understand the principle of having a Monarchy. All those things like the Cenotaph, meeting other heads of states, etc. etc. is done in a non-political way. The U.S. has the president which actually costs the US many times more. The new Airforce 1 is costing $5.4 billion dollars. In 50 days Biden hasn't appeared once. In 50 days the Royal Family have completed 200 public engagements.
Just to give the argument some balance..
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Think Charles should step aside if the queen passes that lets William in and his lovely wife ,they can them apply a younger and fresher approach to the role , in addition Archie become a prince and all the support dosh follows for him and his lovely family.
Re: Harry and Meghan interview
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life on mars
Think Charles should step aside if the queen passes that lets William in and his lovely wife ,they can them apply a younger and fresher approach to the role , in addition Archie become a prince and all the support dosh follows for him and his lovely family.
I have a better idea.
Charles steps aside. and so does everyone else and we end all this silliness when the current queen passes away.
open up all the public owned palaces to tourism (some are private property of the Windsor's). stop giving them millions of pounds every year and let them live their lives in peace
Re: Harry and Meghan interview
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A Quiet Monkfish
Like most on here, you don't understand the principle of having a Monarchy. All those things like the Cenotaph, meeting other heads of states, etc. etc. is done in a non-political way. The U.S. has the president which actually costs the US many times more. The new Airforce 1 is costing $5.4 billion dollars. In 50 days Biden hasn't appeared once. In 50 days the Royal Family have completed 200 public engagements.
Just to give the argument some balance..
Bit weird to say that no one understands the monarchy and then compare it with the us president, but anyway.
Surely all the royal public engagements are quite expensive with security and so on. How many of those 200 will raise more money directly than they cost? Can't imagine it's many.
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lardy
Bit weird to say that no one understands the monarchy and then compare it with the us president, but anyway.
Surely all the royal public engagements are quite expensive with security and so on. How many of those 200 will raise more money directly than they cost? Can't imagine it's many.
it is zero
Re: Harry and Meghan interview
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lardy
Bit weird to say that no one understands the monarchy and then compare it with the us president, but anyway.
Surely all the royal public engagements are quite expensive with security and so on. How many of those 200 will raise more money directly than they cost? Can't imagine it's many.
200 public engagements in 50 days during lockdown. Interesting!
Re: Harry and Meghan interview
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A Quiet Monkfish
Like most on here, you don't understand the principle of having a Monarchy. All those things like the Cenotaph, meeting other heads of states, etc. etc. is done in a non-political way. The U.S. has the president which actually costs the US many times more. The new Airforce 1 is costing $5.4 billion dollars. In 50 days Biden hasn't appeared once. In 50 days the Royal Family have completed 200 public engagements.
Just to give the argument some balance..
nobody wants to replace the kings and queens with a us style president, what people like me want is a ceremonial president with no real power.
like Ireland or Switzerland.
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Rjk
nobody wants to replace the kings and queens with a us style president, what people like me want is a ceremonial president with no real power.
like Ireland or Switzerland.
Like Mark Drakeford ?
Re: Harry and Meghan interview
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Jimmy the Jock
Like Mark Drakeford ?
like whoever the public want (probably not Drakeford then)
it would have the additional benefit that egotists like Boris Johnson or Donald trump who want the prestige of the role but don't actually want to do any of the actual running of the country would probably try to go for that role instead, thus saving us from their harmful leadership.
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cyril evans awaydays
200 public engagements in 50 days during lockdown. Interesting!
Possibly includes visits to Philip in hospital.
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lardy
Possibly includes visits to Philip in hospital.
according to Hello! magazine, the queen made her first royal engagement in person of 2021 at the end of February when :
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Her Majesty made one of her most senior royal aides, Vice-Admiral Sir Tony Johnstone-Burt, a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (RVO).
thank goodness she was around to do that eh?
Re: Harry and Meghan interview
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Rjk
according to Hello! magazine, the queen made her first royal engagement in person of 2021 at the end of February when :
thank goodness she was around to do that eh?
More than Biden, which is the important thing to remember.
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the other bob wilson
:thumbup:
Harry supports Arsenal apparently.
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Elwood Blues
Harry supports Arsenal apparently.
Bit of a travel to aways now.
Re: Harry and Meghan interview
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Rjk
like whoever the public want (probably not Drakeford then)
it would have the additional benefit that egotists like Boris Johnson or Donald trump who want the prestige of the role but don't actually want to do any of the actual running of the country would probably try to go for that role instead, thus saving us from their harmful leadership.
:hehe::hehe:
Re: Harry and Meghan interview
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Jimmy the Jock
:hehe::hehe:
I wonder who the public would vote for? probably someone like prince William :facepalm:
I guess maybe David Attenborough but he's about the same age as the current queen.