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I love seeing vocational jobs, the skill, the craft, the history.
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Did it show the Beefeaters/ Yeoman Guard getting their new uniforms? I saw quite a bit on social media and they all seemed so proud.
I’m in my early 40s and I am British and LOVE the fact we’ve got the monarchy. They are the best diplomats in the world. Soft power should not be underestimated.
the late queen was wonderful, but for the age in which she reigned. We need a fresh monarchy, and maybe it won’t be a bad thing if the king has some more strident views. It doesn’t mean parliament has to act on anything, but I don’t think it will do any harm having a monarch who has opinions and isn’t just a face wandering in under the chorus of trumpets, someone who wants to DO something. I am sure prince Philip felt constrained by that and I think Charles is perhaps more like his dad than he would like to think.
monarchy hasn’t been ‘a given’ since the 1640s, and yet it has survived in one way or another.
Saturday will be an historic and great day.
the late queen was wonderful, but for the age in which she reigned. We need a fresh monarchy, and maybe it won’t be a bad thing if the king has some more strident views. It doesn’t mean parliament has to act on anything, but I don’t think it will do any harm having a monarch who has opinions and isn’t just a face wandering in under the chorus of trumpets, someone who wants to DO something. I am sure prince Philip felt constrained by that and I think Charles is perhaps more like his dad than he would like to think.
monarchy hasn’t been ‘a given’ since the 1640s, and yet it has survived in one way or another.
Saturday will be an historic and great day.
no but it did show Seamus the Dog get his new uniform!
I hope you do get to see it, I just watched it and it was delightful. Very interesting indeed and getting to look at lovely Patrick for an hour was a distinct bonus!
HMTQ is given too much credit I reckon. People confuse longevity with actually being a good monarch. She was irresponsible in not dealing with some difficult issues, leaving all the mess for Charles to deal with while basking in admiration for herself. Not amongst my favourite royals by a long shot. Much prefer Charles actually, and Anne obviously.
I think the Queen was a bit of a ditherer on the quiet and preferred the wait and see approach (also known as kicking the can down the road) to see if things resolved on their own accord. I also think that what people expected from monarchy under went a huge change towards the later stages of her reign.
I’ve read reports that Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Irish will feature in the Coronation to best represent the languages of the UK. I personally think Cornish should play a part because it’s one of the main regional languages and as most future Kings were the Duchy of Cornwall, I think it would be a good nod to that time period. The flag was also put on the Gloriana barge. Also, I think it would be great if sign language was involved in some aspect in the actual service (if it’s not already).
She killed them with kindness and let them hang themselves on their own rope
I once witnessed this in court with a judge who wasn't known for being soft. There was me thinking he was on the criminals side he was so accommodating. Soon brought out their arrogance thinking they had him in the bag.
We sat up with a start when the judge sternly put his foot down with a bang. Woah! You don't mess with him!
One of the things I like about monarchy and the monarch's role in particular is as they don't give their opinion publicly, they can be a sympathetic sounding board.
It can be lonely at the top not knowing whose got your back or is going to be a smiling assassin despite being your friend.
She was a good monarch up until 2012/2013 but the last decade was a pure nostalgia show
I think the queen was masterful with dealing with most things. The hardest thing to do is nothing and not clap back. But you can't instantly solve issues. Many take time, even decades.
While they don't speak publicly about all these little things, i bet there's a plan in the background.
The biggest problem was in the last decade or so where there was no one at the helm and her health was declining. That's where the biggest mistakes were made. Letting Andrew and his daughters take control with inviting news night in and all that stuff wouldn't have happened when she was more in control.
While they don't speak publicly about all these little things, i bet there's a plan in the background.
The biggest problem was in the last decade or so where there was no one at the helm and her health was declining. That's where the biggest mistakes were made. Letting Andrew and his daughters take control with inviting news night in and all that stuff wouldn't have happened when she was more in control.
I think there were hints with the Princess Margaret situation … which proves really how hard it is to reconcile situations where family issues are at odds monarchy considerations.
I think TQ was fine with affairs of state. It was dealing with family issues that seemed to flummox her.
I’m glad that it will be impossible for Charles to have a long reign. He is just so unlikeable. His wife even more so. Bring on King William!
Regarding the Queen, sometimes she was damned if she did and damned if she didnt.
I was thinking about how she has tried to learn from mistakes.
She has to give permission for her family to marry.
Princess Margaret was denied permission to marry her first choice of husband and Prince Andrew was denied permission to marry Koo Stark.
Then there was a huge knock on effect from those two decisions which probably caused the Queen to feel regret because maybe just maybe they could have been happy marriages.
So along comes Meghan and Harry is given permission to marry ...... look how that is turning out.
Sometimes you get stuck between a rock and a hard place.
I was thinking about how she has tried to learn from mistakes.
She has to give permission for her family to marry.
Princess Margaret was denied permission to marry her first choice of husband and Prince Andrew was denied permission to marry Koo Stark.
Then there was a huge knock on effect from those two decisions which probably caused the Queen to feel regret because maybe just maybe they could have been happy marriages.
So along comes Meghan and Harry is given permission to marry ...... look how that is turning out.
Sometimes you get stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Unfortunately it was the family issues that caused much of the trouble.
I think Philip took control of a lot of the family dealings, once he started getting much older and moved out to the country and then passed away it just fell apart. I don’t think Charles is great at dealing with the family problems either and why would any of them listen to Camilla?
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