To be enjoying the queens platinum jubilee trooping the colour

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Not a royalist or anything like that but I’m feeling quite emotional watching it! Once in a lifetime thing for most of us I’m sure

With all the awful things going on in the world at the moment this is a welcome distraction, I’m finding it fascinating to watch tbh!

I like the ceremony . Have watched it since I was a child. I always feel quite emotional at various points.

Royals thin on the ground.

I have got it on, finding it pretty boring to be honest.

Loving it. We went to the rehearsal one year, it was fabulous.

Yes I think they're good to see. All credit to those that put the work in. As for the lazy royals.....

I always love Trooping the Colour - love a bit of pomp & ceremony. Full credit to all involved. Their unwavering professionalism and precision is incredible - especially with a couple of horses seemingly deciding they couldn't be arsed!

Why on earth would this be unreasonable?

I’ve seen at least 2 other jubilees. So not once ina. Life time.

The skill of all those on parade is incredible every time you see it. Pure class and the professionalism is top class!

Horses look beautiful as do the uniforms.

The Queen looks very happy and robust standing on the balcony.

I just watched a few minutes, not sure if I can watch loads of it but I agree it looks fantastic

Me too!! I love the royals and all the pomp and circumstance.

@TheOriginalEmu A monarch seeing 70 years on the throne won’t happen again in our lifetime. So it is once in a lifetime…

The cringe factor is too deep with me to want to watch it. It seems that we are a deeply immature country to be still holding this sort of ancient, antiquated pageantry, based on military splendour - men on horses who would be as useful as a marshmallow in, say, Ukraine - for someone whose main claim to honour is Not Having Put A Food Wrong. (Except she has, quite a few times.)

And the flyover is an expensive, polluting tradition that I hope Charles will abandon.

I'm sure enjoying it couldn't be construed to be unreasonable.

Not bothering to watch or not enjoying it isn't unreasonable either.

Men on horses being useless, they are all serving members of the forces and granted they wouldnt be doing cavalry charges but they can all be sent to fight

But you won't see another Platinum Jubilee. Till today, no one has seen a platinum jubilee. It is a big historical event.

As someone who isn't British it's absolutely batshit but in quite an enjoyable, harmless way.

As someone who is Irish, the comments about "The Micks" and how that's a tooooootally fine term to use were

men on horses who would be as useful as a marshmallow in, say, Ukraine

if you’re going to come out with such offensive bollox at least educate yourself for first so you don’t look a complete idiot. The Irish guards involved have recently been serving in Iraq.

www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/03/irish-guards-inspected-and-ready-for-trooping-the-colour/

😮 I'm Irish and have it recorded (cos I do love the pageantry and fly past) but who said that and in what context? 🤯

I missed that, but wasn't it in reference to the Irish Guards regiment? That is their nickname and used by members of the regiment proudly, actually.

From the British Army's website:

"The Irish Guards – known affectionately throughout the Army as ‘The Micks’...."

Yes, the nickname for the Irish Guards.

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How long until the Queen comes out on the balcony? It's 11pm here and I'm getting tired.

I am feeling very emotional. Weird. Not a Royalist at all. I think it’s all the uncertainty in the world. And it’s very British,, stiff upper lip, scones, cream and strawberries.
And I found myself yelling at Prince George to sit up!

She came about just before 1 (and a bit before that). Are you watching live?

I was quite impressed by how quickly the police removed the numpties who ran onto the road. If only they were that quick with XR...