The French shouldn’t bow or curtsy The royals were in FRANCE bowing and curtsying Is a symbol of obeisance.
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You had me.
Up until this point anyway. I think this is known as over egging the pudding?
I think the French seem to have a bit of a soft spot for KC, which surprises me.
And the bills from the African and Arab nations? Where slavery still openly continues.
Smegz is 43% Nigerian (allegedly) - Nigeria isn't exactly clean-handed in the slave trade, and I believe that they are one of the nations which continues slaving to this day. Same with Shouty Shola - she shrieks platitudes about "white patriarchal colonialism", but her grandfather apparently dealt in slaves. HER GRANDFATHER - so she will have directly benefitted, most likely.
Frankly, I doubt that there's a nation on this earth which hasn't been involved at some point in history or other. If we want to show an apology for the foul trade of slavery, then by all means do so - by contributing to an international effective force to wipe it out globally. There are more slaves now than at any other time in history. Instead of giving money to people who haven't suffered, use it to free people who are suffering now.
Plus - I'm from the North East. My ancestors weren't slaves - they were worse, because they had no value to their employers. If my great-grandfather was too ill to get himself down a mine for a 12 hour shift 2 miles underground crawling along an 18" seam and hacking out coal and shoving it behind him for a 10 year-old boy to load into a rail cart (a shift that didn't start until he was at the coal face, and that could easily take an hour of travel ), then he didn't get paid and he and his whole family starved. Those pits were often half-filled with water, or oozed toxic gasses.
If pitmen and boys (and women and girls for that matter) died in an explosion, were crushed in roof-falls, or were suffocated or drowned, their families got nothing - compensation was unheard of - and often lost their homes if the wage-earner was in a "tied" cottage. This happened everywhere there were mines, from the coal-mines of the North to the tin and copper mines of the South.
And every other industry was the same. Men, women and children exploited, used and cast aside to fill the pockets of the bosses. A slave-owner had an investment in his "property" and would at least feed and house them (often appallingly, I admit), but these "wage slaves" got nothing at all if they couldn't work for any reason. I'm not trying to minimise the slave trade - it was appalling. No human being should be owned. But you cannot take people out of history.
There are many forms of slavery. None of them are acceptable. Historically all of us have suffered in one way or another. How far back do we go? Can I claim compensation for the Viking Invasions along the NE coastline? Or for the very likely fact that (at least) one of my ancestresses was raped - my blood group indicates that I have Mongol blood coursing through my veins?
This "reparations" stuff - and apologies from "people who have done nothing to people who have suffered nothing" is nonsense.
Stamp out modern slavery and let the past be the past - we must never forget it, and never repeat it. And not to repeat it is the greatest respect and acknowledgement that we can offer,
Plus - I'm from the North East. My ancestors weren't slaves - they were worse, because they had no value to their employers. If my great-grandfather was too ill to get himself down a mine for a 12 hour shift 2 miles underground crawling along an 18" seam and hacking out coal and shoving it behind him for a 10 year-old boy to load into a rail cart (a shift that didn't start until he was at the coal face, and that could easily take an hour of travel ), then he didn't get paid and he and his whole family starved. Those pits were often half-filled with water, or oozed toxic gasses.
If pitmen and boys (and women and girls for that matter) died in an explosion, were crushed in roof-falls, or were suffocated or drowned, their families got nothing - compensation was unheard of - and often lost their homes if the wage-earner was in a "tied" cottage. This happened everywhere there were mines, from the coal-mines of the North to the tin and copper mines of the South.
And every other industry was the same. Men, women and children exploited, used and cast aside to fill the pockets of the bosses. A slave-owner had an investment in his "property" and would at least feed and house them (often appallingly, I admit), but these "wage slaves" got nothing at all if they couldn't work for any reason. I'm not trying to minimise the slave trade - it was appalling. No human being should be owned. But you cannot take people out of history.
There are many forms of slavery. None of them are acceptable. Historically all of us have suffered in one way or another. How far back do we go? Can I claim compensation for the Viking Invasions along the NE coastline? Or for the very likely fact that (at least) one of my ancestresses was raped - my blood group indicates that I have Mongol blood coursing through my veins?
This "reparations" stuff - and apologies from "people who have done nothing to people who have suffered nothing" is nonsense.
Stamp out modern slavery and let the past be the past - we must never forget it, and never repeat it. And not to repeat it is the greatest respect and acknowledgement that we can offer,
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Ho ho ho!!!!
Oh, come on, Nutty!
You have to feel sorry for her - she stands no chance, and how can you blame her for a bit of window shopping? She's only flesh and blood, after all.
A little kindness goes a long way.
That would be worth seeing, maybe it's a play about the IG and her (not) unexpected appearance
Sue Smith
Shamelessly stolen! 
(And, yes. It's old, but it still makes me giggle!)
(And, yes. It's old, but it still makes me giggle!)
I like the "magically inventive" bit!
Very succinctly put. Fully agree with you. Most people's ancestors have been involved in some way either as a slave or as a buyer. We only know about a fraction of the true history. It is an eons old issue. But how is it possible people entertain talk of reparations when so many are still used and abused around the world 
That picture has been massively photoshopped.
Here is the original....
I gave up on it some years ago as it's only for the most hardcore pro-Harkle supporters these days
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Season 3, Episode 3 - Judgement DayOooooooh.....I LOVE Midsomer Murders. Do you remember which season and episode?
I'll leave an extra snack of your choice in the VIP room if you provide the info!
Poor old Joyce Barnaby - they finally let her out of the kitchen when she is invited to be the "Reader judge" of a magazine best village competition when there is a series of murders ....
KC receives a standing ovation....to a packed audience. No empty seats a la harkles
Celeste Crockett is right. It was S.3 episode 3.Oooooooh.....I LOVE Midsomer Murders. Do you remember which season and episode?
I'll leave an extra snack of your choice in the VIP room if you provide the info!
is it the same episode where Cully's tutor takes an arrow to the knee heart while opening the Village festival?
they are very... creative with their murders, no stabbings and shootings, thank you very much, but one in 4 victims will be either skewered on a pitchfork or boiled in claret.
they are very... creative with their murders, no stabbings and shootings, thank you very much, but one in 4 victims will be either skewered on a pitchfork or boiled in claret.
Or killed by cheese wheels or a printing press
Love Brokenwood Mysteries too - the steam punk episode episode was my fav so far - though I'm even more wary of using a portaloo now!!
He is a head of state, he wouldn't be expected to bow and his wife not expected to curtsey. Especially not as citizens of a republic
How humiliating it must have been for her to claim to be fluent in French and then marry into a family with at least four members who are actually fluent (PP, HMTLQ, KCIII and Sophie - there may be others )As usual William focuses on others, rather than his own grief. Imagine if Hazza had been asked to contribute to this.
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And a standing ovation for KC3
H&M must be furious seeing how well both the King and William have been received on their respective visits, love it
I’m not lovely or particularly intelligent but I thought it might refer to her lofty ambition of being President of the USA. Nothing too lowly for our narcissist.
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