Anyone watching tv coverage of patron's Lunch?

[member]

I felt sorry for Prince Edward's daughter looking awkward as she was plunged into a walkabout. Never seen so many royals mingling with the Hoi polloi

[member]

Omg just caught up on David Jason's story of Queen's racist comment - what planet is he on??

[exLtEveDallas]

DH and I were shocked. What a fucking awful thing to say. Actually hoping he is losing it. Rude on the Queens behalf (and no proof she actually said it remember), disgusting thing to say in front of Will.I.Am, and horrifying in front of millions of TV viewers.

[MsMermaid]

My mum is at the patrons lunch. She's been incredibly excited ever since she was chosen to go, even though she's not a massive royalist. I should probably be watching in case she makes it onto the telly.

[Justbeingnosey123]

I thought I had missed something with that 'joke' the way Kirsty laughed 😱 I was only half watching and was convinced I had heard it wrong!

[originalmavis]

What did he say?

[exLtEveDallas]

He said that someone had told him a story about the Queen making a racist comment about a foreign dignatory, and laughed about it saying it showed she had a sense of humour .

[originalmavis]

What? Phil yes, but Lizzie? How horrible.

[BeJayKayven]

Don't believe it, he's a vile wee man looking for attention. Rumour mill doesn't like him AT ALL

[Justbeingnosey123]

He said she told someone after talking to foreign dignatory 'oh was that a man a thought it was a gorilla' or something a long those lines! i may not have the exact quote right

[originalmavis]

Nooooooooo. Sure it wasn't Phil? That's a classic Prince Philip.

[Justbeingnosey123]

I'd hope it was neither!!! No he was definitely on about the queen he pulled some stupid face after all bashful like can't seeing it being a Phillip impression

[member]

This was the clip mobile.twitter.com/ThomasRoose92/status/742011587125518336

[MoggyP]

I think that clip looks more like the speaker's casual racism.

After all, he said it was a comment made privately to her family. So how the hell would a random comedian know about it? My guess is that this is not what it seems.

[AllPowerfulLizardPerson]

"Nooooooooo. Sure it wasn't Phil? That's a classic Prince Philip."

Why would you do a falsetto voice for Prince Philip?

[Rdoo]

There's no indication that her comments were in relation to race???

[Justbeingnosey123]

I have no idea how to link but according to the mirror this is what he was referring to,

'David appeared to be referring to a 1969 BBC documentary, entitled Royal Family, during which The Queen tells an anecdote about meeting a diplomat who had "arms like a gorilla".

In the footage, Her Majesty does not mention the diplomat's race or skin colour, and is clearly referring to his body proportions.'.

So it dose seem to say a lot more about him than her??

[Rdoo]

Why does it 'say more about him'?

[agirlhasnomoney]

I thought it was brilliant, especially the walkabout by the royals.

The parade was really good.
This probably isn't in the spirit of things, but we couldn't help noticing that there seemed to be an exceptionally large number of overweight people in the parade in general.

The 60's one didn't make sense, most people back then were stick thin (Twiggy) and dancers, especially from that time wouldn't have been overweight.
They should have had the 90's lot doing the 60's and vice versa.

[agirlhasnomoney]

Agree about Gyles B being annoying - bit of a know-it-all,

He loves to get in a few thinly disguised digs about Princess Diana.
We get it. You didn't like her. Get over it. pompous prick

[WordGetsAround]

Just back from there. It was a brilliant day - especially when the rain stopped! We all got a really good view of all the royals and Sophie and Edward's daughter looked really comfortable walking the crowd (we were on 'their' section). The hamper was delicious and we got to keep them afterwards (and the ponchos!!).

[MoggyP]

Thanks, JustBeingNosy

It sounds as if the person today had got hold of totally the wrong end of the stick, making his comments come across as ill-judged.

[AllPowerfulLizardPerson]

What was in the hamper?

The telly seemed to concentrate on pork pies and piccalilli, and presumably there was more than that!

[agirlhasnomoney]

Yeah, I wanna know what was in the hamper and more importantly
How Much?

[WordGetsAround]

Hopefully this is clear enough - it's the menu. Port pie was delicious!

[icebearforpresident]

She did look a bit fish out of water but I thought lady Louise did very well. Good for her for doing the walkabout on her own.

Missed most of the parade and highlights but what I saw looked ok,probably played better if you were there. Was a bit about Percy pig being included though.

Slightly OT but just going to say,LOVED the queen in green yesterday.