M & H-as-I-call-him 16

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Well here we are, another thread for those who wish to discuss. We are not nasty, but we do call account on what is going on, and and what taxpayers pay for.

alliwant what a genius solution... unheard of

I read the wedding is in BP as well. They must have a little chapel in there somewhere.
PA can pop out of the priest-hole.

Andrew can go in for heart surgery and Prince Charles can walk Beatrice down the aisle or she can walk herself.

This type of quality post is what I like to read on here!

Apologies for the double posting, MN is funny tonight.
Not apologising for the food posts, scroll on by if not interested.

The problem with having it at Buckingham Palace would be the same problem that Charles and Camilla faced when they wanted to get married at Windsor Castle.

It all came down to the terms of a licence. Until the mid-1990s, civil marriages in England and Wales could only be held in register offices. The Marriages Act 1994 allowed these ceremonies to take place in other buildings, like castles, as long as the venue is licenced. Windsor Castle wasn’t but any fledgeling applications were stopped in their tracks by one rule. The terms of a licence state that the venue must ‘’be regularly available to the public for the solemnization of marriages’’. If Charles and Camilla did get the go ahead to hold their civil wedding at Windsor Castle then, for the next three years, the ancient building had to be open to others to say ‘I do’ there as well.

I don’t think Her Majesty would like the great unwashed rocking up to get married there!

I read a while back that neither Auntie nor ITV were planning to cover the wedding which must have PA spitting.

I suspect part of it may be that neither want to cop the blame for plastering his gurning mug all over national TV for hours on end.

Oh I hope there will be a lovely round up prog, with the guests arriving (no focus on PA I hope), lovely horses (please tell me they will have horses?), the beautiful flowers, the dresses, the vows, the emerging triumphant and happy, cheering crowds etc. I could cope with that for an hour.

Has anyone heard about this flag argument - councils being told to fly the flag to honour PA's 60th birthday? Apparently many are refusing.

The problem with having it at Buckingham Palace would be the same problem that Charles and Camilla faced when they wanted to get married at Windsor Castle.

Wasn't that because they couldn't marry in St George's chapel because Camilla was divorced, so they needed to have a civil ceremony?(Meghan could because it was her first Cof E wedding).

B and E presumably can marry in a chapel at BP.

I did see that about PA and the flags. It's all a bit unseemly isn't it?

@Myimaginarycathasfleas. No. They had the blessing at St George’s chapel but when they announced the wedding they said they were going to get married at Windsor Castle. Two weeks later they had to change their plans.

This is where I found the info. royalcentral.co.uk/uk/wales/why-charles-and-camilla-couldnt-wed-at-windsor-castle-97359/

I saw the reports about the flags too. No indication as to who has 'told' councils they 'must' do this (surely a tin ear situation) and I don't recall any past big birthday flags for anyone other than her maj.

All quite bizarre.

Thanks to the PP who said I was wonderful.

It must be dreadful to get married in a venue that is used by other people.

I want to know what Fergus will wear.

29th May is long enough to get yourself 3 months pregnant, if you’re quick.

29th May is long enough to get yourself 3 months pregnant, if you’re quick.

Ooooof.

Cos the Duchess of York has self ID as a man and is no longer known as Fergie.

It's reception at Buckingham Palace, not wedding isn't it?
Then wanted the Guards Chapel at St James Park, but can't as Andrew is not a serving member of the military as he's had to step back due to his behaviour with JE?
Mind you she must be able to rustle up a few dozen close relatives with military ties to support her case surely? HMQ, Charles, Anne, William...

Apparently Andrew is one of ten royals who have the flag flown and the bells at Westminster Abbey rung on their birthdays.

The sense of entitlement and absolute lack of awareness of the public mood shown by the RF is staggering, imo.

www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/uk/prince-andrew-birthday-flag-scli-gbr-intl/index.html

It is very much not reading the room on someone's part.

10? Blimey. I'd think only the Queen merits that sort of thing.

To be fair the flag flying instruction seems to have come from the Government, not the Royal Family on this occasion?
He's had to cancel the 60th birthday party

It's my hope that refusals to fly the flag have annoyed Andrew, since he is apparently quite the stickler for people bowing and scraping in approved traditional style.

He's had to cancel the 60th birthday party

Never mind, I'm sure they'll fit him in at Woking Pizza Express as a valued customer

To be fair the flag flying instruction seems to have come from the Government, not the Royal Family on this occasion?

That's true and I didn't mean to imply otherwise. It's not like the RF have various employees who are experts on protocol and public relations and could have perhaps foreseen this being a problem and had a quick word with Boris...

A bit more about the whole thing here:

www.itv.com/news/2020-02-06/when-do-flags-fly-and-bells-toll-on-royal-birthdays-and-will-they-do-so-for-prince-andrew-this-year/

Poor old H-as-I-call-him (or Haich for short) doesn't qualify it seems.

Have to say, I'd rather see flags out on his birthday (if they have to be out at all) than Andrew's.

Haich

Very nice - works as an abbreviation AND the way some people pronounce H. Sorry if it was obvious, but I had to stop and admire it for a moment.

7Worfs

It's actually quite tragic how pleased I was when I noticed that

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Please enjoy, I too am my own biggest fan to my puns and jokes, much to DH's eye-rolling.

I should think a lot of councils will be relieved. Aside from not having the money to waste on flags, there's the elf 'n' safety issue of getting the thing up the flagpole.

Mischief do you mean rope burn?

LOLs