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AIBU?

To be fed up of Britain being slated on that day ..

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cookcleanerchaufferetc · 01/05/2011 07:02

Britain was a fantastic place to be on Friday! Whether or not people agree with the wedding of Kate and William, I wish people would see that for once, Britain was a great place to be ... Cheering crowds, Everyone getting one, no openly binge drinking drunkards or fighting, families getting together, everyone united. It made me proud to be British, and with the situation with the EU and PC crap alone, this rarely happens!!

So well done to Kate and William, the public, well done to the police!

Let's get our Britain back!

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breathing · 01/05/2011 12:44

We didnt have one single party round these here parts

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cheesyscones · 01/05/2011 12:45

There were about 10 around me every road seemed to be closed...............if you wanted to go out you had to walk......

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SarkyLady · 01/05/2011 12:49

I'm pleased to hear that you had a lovely day.

But please don't presume to tell me how I should be feeling.

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psychoveggie · 01/05/2011 12:51

But did the whole event not make you proud to be British?

No.

It made me despair in the mass delusion that it's ok to have massive privileges as a birthright. If you wrote that system down in black and white you could not defend it as fair or right. Unless you really believe that they have been selected by god to be the leaders of our country which brings us back to mass delusion.

Call me a miserable killjoy. I don't care. I'm sure they're nice people and very much in love but I do wish they had just eloped (and perhaps got together with some other young members of the royal family and admitted that the whole thing was a bit silly and they wouldn't take up the throne if it was offered).

A republic where church and state are completely separate would be nice. (Perhaps I should move to France).

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cheesyscones · 01/05/2011 13:05

I don't think the royal family are going anywhere so you will just have to lump it.

I did not vote conservative but they won but I dont grumble all the time I just get on with my life as best I can.

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN

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ZZZenAgain · 01/05/2011 13:08

we were in France and the media there reported positively on it. I didn't pick up on anything negative at all really. I did like the bemused looking reporter asking a Londoner at a Soho street party to explain the traditional meal they were eating which looked like a pile of mashed potato and some unappetising meat. There was some consternation about that but otherwise they seemed to like the whole wedding celebration. In particular I noticed they liked Pippa.

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electra · 01/05/2011 13:09

'But did the whole event not make you proud to be British?'

No. What is the point of being proud of something that you had no control over? (ie the fact you were born in Britain)

It's a concept that irritates and confuses me no end......until I hear a soundly worded explanation that convinces me otherwise.

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electra · 01/05/2011 13:10

'It made me despair in the mass delusion that it's ok to have massive privileges as a birthright.'

quite

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cheesyscones · 01/05/2011 13:11

ELECTRA........Are you proud of anything?

To be British and not be proud is not in my vocabulary, I cannot explain it it is just there.

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ZZZenAgain · 01/05/2011 13:14

I feel the same about that. I have nver understood, even as a dc, why bewing born into a certain family gives you privileges. I still cannot understand why people (most of whom are excluded themselves by birth from anything like those privileges) continue to support the whole system. It is just one of things that I will never get.

It was really brought home to me too by all the consideration regarding whether Kate and her family is "good enough" to belong to the royal family. Why are they so "good" that you need to be "good enough" to belong? That's what passes me by.

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electra · 01/05/2011 13:15

Sorry cheesyscones - you've lost me!

If I'm proud of anything it's those things I've had to work hard for, using my own initiative.

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NinkyNonker · 01/05/2011 13:24

I enjoyed the day, don't get me wrong, I just can't pit my finger on why th proud to be British bit just doesn't tally with me. It was a lovely day, a great spectacle etc etc, but we didn't really do anything, did we? So how can we be proud? A nice, young rich chap married a nice, not-quite-so-rich young lady and it was lovely to watch and their families should be very proud of them and the event they organised. But the same could be said of the thousands of weddings every year, mine was great!

I'm sure all other countries could have thrown a similarly great event, so there was nothing inherently British about the day that made it something to make you proud of being British...if you see what I mean?!

I have explained myself really badly!

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NinkyNonker · 01/05/2011 13:25

And screwed up my own italics, thereby losing my emphasis.

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happybubblebrain · 01/05/2011 13:27

There's something about the 'proud to be British' slogan that gets on my nerves, almost as much as the royal family do. People who quote it are usually a bit thick and incapable of an original thought.

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Southcoastsarah · 01/05/2011 14:32

the americans on twitter were pissed off cos #proudtobebritish was trending the entire day lol

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ZZZenAgain · 01/05/2011 14:40

I don't know about every country being able to do something quite like that. Most countries can put on a good show if they want but not every country I think would feel comfortable with that mix of tradition and modernity, pomp and simplicity and pull it off quite the way it went. There was something very British about the whole thing in my eyes. I am not a fan of the concept of royalty because I find it inherently wrong but I do feel the British monarchy put on a good show and the public ran well with it.

On German TV they were remarking on this. Obviously they no longer have a royal family in power of any sort but they remarked on how well everything was done - full pageantry yet without any kind of fussiness to it, and they commented on how well behaved the crowd was, quite amazed there was not more bad-tempered pushing forward and jostling for the best postiion. (Maybe there was but you couldn't see it on the screens). They seemed very intrigued about the whole (silly if you ask me) hat etiquette. I don't think you would get a similar feel or crowd behaviour in their country tbh. Germany would put on a good event as they did for the World Cup etc but they would do it very differently to the way that royal wedding was done. If they tried something similar, it would feel all stilted and false because it just isn't who they are IMO.

Dh was commenting on it and he said he thought Americans would really go to town if they had a royal wedding to put on but they would go much further with it, somehow it would be more I don't know, overblown perhaps. It would still be one hell of a good show but they wouldn't be able to put on a British style royal wedding I odn't think. It would be bigger and brighter but very different

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onagar · 01/05/2011 15:11

It was a wedding. Good luck to the couple in question! I hope it works out for them. But it was just a wedding.

The secret ingredient that makes it special is that these are not mere mortals but ... hushed tone... Royalty!.

How about a party to honour some of the people who have worked to abolish prejudice and inequality instead of bowing and scraping to those who benefit from it.

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TotallyUtterlyDesperate · 01/05/2011 15:15

No, I'm not proud to live in a country where a hugely wealthy family have a wedding and taxpayers have to fund part of it at the same time as services are being cut for disabled people.

My ASD son (21) is having everything he does cut by our county council.

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HerHissyness · 01/05/2011 15:38

Britain is a bloody marvellous country whatever day of the week it is.

Other countries don't have anything like the support we can tap into to help with disability, sickness, maternity or not having a job.

those that sit there slagging Britain off need to go see what life is like outside the UK.

We don't actually fund the Royal Family, they self fund an the profit from the estate that belongs to the royal family is paid to the Exchequer.

It's a bit of pomp, a bit of ceremony, the world watches us, this tiny weeny island and it helps drive tourism. Without what makes us British, and the Royal Family DO, we would not be the high profile nation that we are.

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Continuum · 01/05/2011 15:55

"It made me proud to be British, and with the situation with the EU and PC crap alone, this rarely happens!!"

WTF?!?

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wotnochocs · 01/05/2011 16:36

'We don't actually fund the Royal Family, they self fund an the profit from the estate that belongs to the royal family is paid to the Exchequer'

Firstly I think you need to read up on how this 'crown estate ' was aquired.It was snatched from landowners!!Secondly I the crown estate is held by the monarch by virtue of his/her position it is not his/her personal wealth.They could not sell it for example.

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goodbyemrschips · 01/05/2011 17:56

Britain is a bloody marvellous country whatever day of the week it is.

Other countries don't have anything like the support we can tap into to help with disability, sickness, maternity or not having a job.

those that sit there slagging Britain off need to go see what life is like outside the UK.

We don't actually fund the Royal Family, they self fund an the profit from the estate that belongs to the royal family is paid to the Exchequer.

It's a bit of pomp, a bit of ceremony, the world watches us, this tiny weeny island and it helps drive tourism. Without what makes us British, and the Royal Family DO, we would not be the high profile nation that we are.

PERFECTLY PUT.

Britain is a wonderful country and the sooner people realise this the better we can become, lets face it all the illegals by pass other countries to get here.

Do not slag of Britain as said above try living in the shoes of some other countries and you will be crawling back I am sure.

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giveitago · 01/05/2011 18:25

Nice wedding. I didn't benefit from a day off as I don't work Fridays but I don't get the thing about he peasants. Lots of people there were from overseas taking advantage of an opportunity to see something with loads of over the top ceremony.

That's about it. Very next day we're all back in the midst of economic crisis etc.

Not much that disturbed me.

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ZZZenAgain · 01/05/2011 18:25

he peasants?

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EldritchCleavage · 01/05/2011 18:37

I find the idea of 'pride' in nationality or ethnicity a bit odd, personally. I'm not proud to be British. I do love being British, and love Britain very much (love my other nationality too). But pride doesn't come into it for me.

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