The Charles III Years + cancer diagnosis (1 Viewer)

ZenGiraffe said:
Oh we do, we're BRITS. It's our birthright that we wish our sovereigns dead for the bank holiday.

@RJN however is American so he just wants a poor old man to die for no reason.
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I’m sorry that I’m an amazing person who wants my friends to get a day off work
 
Enjoying that we have a Paddington picture before he's even in the GROUND. He's literally leading Charles to the AFTERLIFE :horny:

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Marina Hyde's column on the Kate saga is some of the best witting I've seen in ages. she gets it

www.theguardian.com

The royals bring on their B team, captained by Prince Andrew. No wonder some fans think it’s all over | Marina Hyde

With details scant about the Princess of Wales’s health, diehard royalists are losing their minds. Into the vacuum steps Andy, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Yet we live in an age where the royal family’s chief challenge is itself. All its crises come from within – deaths, divorces, diseases, decampings to America. The trouble for the royals, ultimately, is that you need those diehard fans to be on your side. The base must be rallied. As Queen Elizabeth II famously put it: “I have to be seen to be believed.” Perhaps the monarchy will end up considering the wisdom of slimming itself down to the point it might almost provoke one of those other classic headline templates of intrusive fake concern: “Fears for painfully thin royal family – pals say its health drive has gone too far.” In the meantime, could someone please urgently substitute Prince Andrew, or sell him to the Saudis in the transfer window?
 
octophone said:
Why do they call him 'Brian'?

Also, they seem to be implying that Kate is properly ill too.
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It’s based on Private Eye’s send up of the documentary of the royals (called the Royal
Family) commissioned by the Queen in the 1960s. Private Eye treated it like a soap opera so gave them all soap opera names. The Queen became Brenda, Charles is Brian, Margaret was Yvonne and it has stuck ever since.
 
The King would normally be out and about handing out money on Maundy Thursday. Likely a replacement for that as he’s avoiding crowds.
 
He's not allowed to croak until we've had another 10 or so years out of him. Too expensive for the whole burial/coronation fandango.
 
I actually think that's brilliant. Although it does have a ring of "Britain is on fire" about it, which is UNFORTUNATE all things considered...
 
It's much better than the usual DULLNESS

It's very BLOODY which is apt for a patriarchal and historical British institution
 
Banknotes in circulation. I wasn't sure they'd bother given his stance on the environment and... Other things :eyes:

www.bbc.com

King Charles III banknotes enter circulation

The King is the second monarch to appear on Bank of England notes which will be fed gradually into the system.
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I'd love to see a CIII postbox one day, there'll be so few they'll be a real gold standard, like the Edward VIII ones are now. I wonder if there's a single one yet?
 
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