Page 12 | The King rejects cut-price coronation in favour of ‘glorious’ pomp and pageantry

tatalan · 2022-12-22T11:56:46+00:00

Monarch wants to use ceremony to showcase ‘UK plc’ internationally, despite being deeply conscious of the cost of living crisis https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/12/21/king-rejects-cut-price-coronation-favour-glorious-pomp-pageantry/ How do you feel about this?

Roussette · 14/04/2023 13:28

Won't

Before you insult me too

4plusthehound · 14/04/2023 13:28

purpledalmation · 14/04/2023 13:22

Lose loose are not typos. It's an error of English language guaranteed to make my teeth itch. Go to pedants corner and see it's a common gripe.

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I think that was probably me?

I take it on the chin - I never could spell.

But I can think!

I stand by my content if not the spelling. :)

Now @Purplecatshopaholic , let's leave the classroom and engage on ideas?

AskMeMore · 14/04/2023 13:29

@purpledalmation have you read the articles about the Royal Family stealing millions in gifts from taxpayers?
What do you think? Should the Royal Family be in jail?

purpledalmation · 14/04/2023 13:30

AskMeMore · 14/04/2023 13:29

@purpledalmation have you read the articles about the Royal Family stealing millions in gifts from taxpayers?
What do you think? Should the Royal Family be in jail?

Show me the accounts of theft and I'll contact the police.

Roussette · 14/04/2023 13:32

Novella4 · 14/04/2023 13:26

@Soothsayer1

I don't think the queen was particularly canny.

Remember she deliberately had herself photographed repeatedly with Andrew after all the Epstein horror came out - that was two fingers up to very sex abuse victim and any appalled citizen ( although there a quite a few royalists who are meh re Andrew's crimes)

She mishandled the response to Diana's death and above all she 'raised' spoilt rude adults .

But she was always there . That's all she had to do - just be alive for a long time and a passive population fed a steady diet of tabloid stealth propaganda and no questions wee asked
But change had to come
And change has given people pause .
This con a nation ( no I won't stop calling it that because it's the perfect summary ) is not necessary . It is not a state occasion
It is quasi religious PR bonanza designed in the days when shiny things hushed the serfs into awe.
It won't work

We know all about Charles and Camillas lies and deceit . Some of the Winsdors sexual abuses are coming to light .
People are asking questions re money as citizens struggle
The timing couldn't be worse

The Windsors are oblivious.
Their focus is on demonising the black woman who married in and who they hounded out of the country -

Well said

I saw a brief bit of footage of them all at the Easter Sunday service. God, there's loads of them! They will all be benefiting in some way.
But won't really got to me, was people were clapping them? I mean seriously? Why in god's name do people clap this family?
Someone wore a nice hat, Louie looked cute, just what????

They are just a rich entitled family, no more, no less

AskMeMore · 14/04/2023 13:33

@purpledalmation Have you read the articles?
Your call for the accounts are ridiculous. These are not publicly available as you well know.

Roussette · 14/04/2023 13:33

purpledalmation · 14/04/2023 13:30

Show me the accounts of theft and I'll contact the police.

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Read the articles. I've listed them upthread

4plusthehound · 14/04/2023 13:35

@Purplecatshopaholic

This is assinine - if you loose your job you do not continue to spend in the same way as when you had a job.

If you lose your job.....

Thank you Purple.

Could I ask for you help with one other thing? Help me find the total spend for the funerals of DoE, QE11, the Jubliee, and this coronation?

I bet there will be many more "o" than my extra one in "loose'. 😁
(Does not quite work but close?).

AskMeMore · 14/04/2023 13:35

@purpledalmation Have you read the articles about the Royal Family stealing?
Although your offer to call the police is a ridiculous one. They are above the law. Surely you know that by now.

purpledalmation · 14/04/2023 13:37

@4plusthehound Don't worry I've seen doctors make the lose/loose error. I respect your point of view and not hiding behind the typo crap. I think the monarchy needs slimming down but it won't happen overnight. Slimming down was why harry is no longer financially supported and Andrew kicked out of his mansion. It will get better I'm sure but it's literally a few months into the kings reign.

I personally enjoy royal weddings and do on but accept these grand occasions are a waste of money. I think the governments of this country are to blame but world circumstances like covid have brought it to its knees.

Fwiw I ask Alexa to spell out things for me.

purpledalmation · 14/04/2023 13:38

AskMeMore · 14/04/2023 13:35

@purpledalmation Have you read the articles about the Royal Family stealing?
Although your offer to call the police is a ridiculous one. They are above the law. Surely you know that by now.

Not more conspiracy theories?

Roussette · 14/04/2023 13:38

Andrew has point blank refused to go. He wants the status that Royal lodge affords him

Novella4 · 14/04/2023 13:38

@Roussette
I read the numbers are falling fast re individuals ( I'm choosing my words carefully here) who want to spend their Easter Sunday morning clapping the Winsdors

The church pap walk would be funny if the Windsors weren't filling their boots and picking a choosing the laws they will and will not follow

I mean it's 2023 ! Can we at least have a head of state who pays his taxes and is subject the the law of the land ! Is that too much to ask ?

4plusthehound · 14/04/2023 13:38

@AskMeMore

@Roussette

@Soothsayer1

Thank you!

4plusthehound · 14/04/2023 13:39

Novella4 · 14/04/2023 13:26

@Soothsayer1

I don't think the queen was particularly canny.

Remember she deliberately had herself photographed repeatedly with Andrew after all the Epstein horror came out - that was two fingers up to very sex abuse victim and any appalled citizen ( although there a quite a few royalists who are meh re Andrew's crimes)

She mishandled the response to Diana's death and above all she 'raised' spoilt rude adults .

But she was always there . That's all she had to do - just be alive for a long time and a passive population fed a steady diet of tabloid stealth propaganda and no questions wee asked
But change had to come
And change has given people pause .
This con a nation ( no I won't stop calling it that because it's the perfect summary ) is not necessary . It is not a state occasion
It is quasi religious PR bonanza designed in the days when shiny things hushed the serfs into awe.
It won't work

We know all about Charles and Camillas lies and deceit . Some of the Winsdors sexual abuses are coming to light .
People are asking questions re money as citizens struggle
The timing couldn't be worse

The Windsors are oblivious.
Their focus is on demonising the black woman who married in and who they hounded out of the country -

100%

AskMeMore · 14/04/2023 13:40

Roussette · 14/04/2023 13:38

Andrew has point blank refused to go. He wants the status that Royal lodge affords him

Andrew will never move out to Frogmore. It is just a PR stunt. Charles knows he will not move out to Frogmore.

Roussette · 14/04/2023 13:43

4plusthehound · 14/04/2023 13:38

@AskMeMore

@Roussette

@Soothsayer1

Thank you!

No worries. All the best to you 🙂🪻

Roussette · 14/04/2023 13:44

AskMeMore · 14/04/2023 13:40

Andrew will never move out to Frogmore. It is just a PR stunt. Charles knows he will not move out to Frogmore.

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Funnily enough, the minute this was announced I said exactly that. He will not go in what is actually quite a grand home, frogmore, he wants a Royal estate

4plusthehound · 14/04/2023 13:45

Roussette · 14/04/2023 13:32

Well said

I saw a brief bit of footage of them all at the Easter Sunday service. God, there's loads of them! They will all be benefiting in some way.
But won't really got to me, was people were clapping them? I mean seriously? Why in god's name do people clap this family?
Someone wore a nice hat, Louie looked cute, just what????

They are just a rich entitled family, no more, no less

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Don't you think that the people clapping would be workers/employees from the estate?

As in - organized by someone to be there and to clap!

AskMeMore · 14/04/2023 13:46

4plusthehound · 14/04/2023 13:38

@AskMeMore

@Roussette

@Soothsayer1

Thank you!

No problem.
Roussette is the one I admire. Posting here for years in spite of constant insults.

Soothsayer1 · 14/04/2023 13:48

I don't think the queen was particularly canny
OK, fair enough, @Novella4 ☝🏻👀 how about....just about canny enough to keep it together at a time when culturally we were more deferential towards the royals than we are today?
Also that she fitted into the sweet old lady category for enough people and was able to score some points because of that.

Roussette · 14/04/2023 13:50

4plusthehound · 14/04/2023 13:45

Don't you think that the people clapping would be workers/employees from the estate?

As in - organized by someone to be there and to clap!

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Haha that is so funny! Real Downton Abbey territory

I wonder if the maids cooks and cleaners line up outside palaces to greet them. I have observed some very very servile people when the crown went on its velvet cushion to wherever in the car

Roussette · 14/04/2023 13:52

AskMeMore · 14/04/2023 13:46

No problem.
Roussette is the one I admire. Posting here for years in spite of constant insults.

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You should know I have the skin of a very old wrinkly hippopotamus lol

(Having said that, I am not going to pretend that I haven't had the odd upset or almost sleepless night when it has been pretty bad)

4plusthehound · 14/04/2023 13:55

Soothsayer1 · 14/04/2023 13:48

I don't think the queen was particularly canny
OK, fair enough, @Novella4 ☝🏻👀 how about....just about canny enough to keep it together at a time when culturally we were more deferential towards the royals than we are today?
Also that she fitted into the sweet old lady category for enough people and was able to score some points because of that.

She was always positioned as brave and there in a crisis from WW11 on. They MILKED that.

She was sensible enough to say nothing, ever.

Roussette · 14/04/2023 14:00

Yes. The QM looking London in the eye after walking round bomb sites

The queen's cornflakes in a tupperware. So thrifty
No. She demanded two prize stallions from Germany as a gift. She got them but it did not go down well and it is the biggest gift Germany has ever given to anyone visiting

but tupperware and two bar fires lol