to let my ten-year-old DD dress as an anarchist for the royal wedding?

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At DD's school they've been asked to dress like royalty for a day to celebrate the royal wedding. Felt slightly sick at the thought of all those little princesses and, knowing my DD is distinctly anti-girly and not especially pro-royal, I suggested she go as a republican. Oliver Cromwell is tricky to do (suit of armour, anyone?), so we settled on an anarchist - all in black, anarchy symbol splashed on T-shirt, bomb etc. Now I'm wondering if it's a bit inappropriate and in bad taste. Maybe I should lighten up a bit about royalty? Otoh, she REALLY doesn't want to be a queen or a princess, it's just not her style.

Hmmmmm army school might not take well. But sometimes I feel the need to scream 'there is a difference between Monarchism and Patriotism!'

I like the idea of all anarchists looking like your description!

I'm VERY anti-royal and love your sentiment. Would her peers understand the anarchy logo etc though?

BeerTricks Potter your comment - "I'd be a hypocrite to teach him to think for himself then say he has to do what everyone else is doing so he doesn't stand out." Please think about that statement. Children are sent to school to learn from a variety of experiences and to join in. When they graduate they are able to reflect on that variety and therefore think for themselves. Mum really does not need to do it in advance for them. It's a bit militant to think that you are teaching children to think for themselves by disregarding the school's efforts. It comes accross as narrow minded tbh.

Dress as her Nazi. When the teachers question her she can say she has come as Prince Harry.

Now that WOULD be bad taste, Grovel

I'd avoid the bomb, but you can think a little differently. You could send her as the woman who supposedly berated Alfred for burning the cakes, or you could send her as Alfred himself. The former because the woman did not realise it was Alfred, thereby showing he did not want any special treatment during his campaigns against the Danes, that he was just a normal person. The latter because she would be making a comment that she has selected a royal who did a fair bit for his kingdom (improved education, made some reasonable laws, successfully fought against the invading Vikings/Danes).
Or send her as Canute, who deliberately pretended to try and send the tide back, to prove to his courtiers that even a king was not omnipotent.

how about danny la rue.......well he's A queen!!!!!!!
seriously though, drag queens aside, i like the freddy mercury idea or poss brian may (complete with nice big curly wig and guitar!)

Send her as Elvis

H & M sell red tartan skinny jean jobbies iirc, stick on a punky t shirt and a pair of pumps.... job done

i think punky more than black and red and no bomb .. anarchy is a peaceful thing when it works you know ... anarchists aren't really violent .. its horrid how the press blames anarchist's for everything... I do like the idea of a punk in an Anarchy A or a crass T shirt tho ... haha

I think you have a wonderful idea there! This republican is buggered if she'd have encouraged her DC to dress up as royals.

I like the idea of dressing as a corgi that someone suggested too. :)

Elvis is an excellent idea.

there are lots of great republican women too ... duchess of portland held off the royalists at Carrisbrooke castle for days during the civil war with a very few men ...

I misread your OP and thought the title said you wanted to send your daughter to school dressed as the antichrist.

Now that would take some doing.

Pfilfaerie, you're absolutely right about anarchists of course, but we were going for a bit of a cartoon version. Can't really see that the small handful of people who smashed up the Ritz on Saturday were anarchists but that's the Daily Mail for you.

Oh I am glad I am not the only one trying to ignore IT.

I think my DC's are off because DD's school village is having a street party. (not in out village) So I can get out of that but she wants to go and watch it at a local shopping village thing

I was hoping to head for the hills until all the crap hype had died down.

Lol at mistaking OP as saying for her to go as the antichrist!

How about Boudica? Wasn't she a bit of a bad ass Monarch? (sorry wildfig - you already suggested her)

DD 4 months, is going to a street party in a Queen Is Dead one piece. I reckon the older ladies will just see a Queen picture and I will offend no one.

I would drop the fake bomb. DH suggests a Highlander with a claymore

Have spoken to DD and presented all your suggestions to her. She absolutely refuses to go as anything royal - see? it's not my malign influence - and wants to be Oliver Cromwell. Now where did I put that 17th-century helmet...

Have you told her about his warts?

and you're not in Ireland or anything?

Can't she just have a wide-brimmed black hat instead of a helmet?

I would just send her in her normal non uniform clothes. 'Royal 'people just dress like everyone else anyway.

OMG @ the blackberry!!

Rather like ScarletCrossbones' early "sick-making" comment, too.

What is it with these sort of dress-up hell things that are inflicted on parents? And this is particularly heinous. Good luck in your quest for a witty (and not too labour-intensive) intervention.

God yeah in Ireland Oliver Cromwell would be even more offensive than the bomb!