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Anti Charles protests on foodbank visit

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OutofEverything · 17/02/2023 13:51

Protests greeted Charles latest visit to a foodbank at Milton Keynes. At least he wasn't egged this time.

Anti Charles protests on foodbank visit
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CathyorClaire · 18/02/2023 11:30

Why do we act surprised or grateful that they do charity work?

Quite.

Especially when a significant amount of the 'work' is either on behalf of their own foundations or involves their pet vanity projects.

Novella4 · 18/02/2023 14:01

@LadyVictoriaSponge
They must have hidden the pens then !

He couldn't use a pen without a tantrum so I doubt he's sanguine about people refusing to accept his unelected presence

MarshaMelrose · 18/02/2023 14:18

CathyorClaire · 18/02/2023 11:30

Why do we act surprised or grateful that they do charity work?

Quite.

Especially when a significant amount of the 'work' is either on behalf of their own foundations or involves their pet vanity projects.

Foodbanks are Charles's pet vanity project? I didn't know that. I thought he went, listened to their concerns, considered what they'd said and arranged a £1m start up fund to help out. How is that a bad thing or an insignificant day's work?

MarshaMelrose · 18/02/2023 14:23

Novella4 · 18/02/2023 14:01

@LadyVictoriaSponge
They must have hidden the pens then !

He couldn't use a pen without a tantrum so I doubt he's sanguine about people refusing to accept his unelected presence

The pen put ink all over his hands when he was having to shake hands with people. I'd be annoyed too.
A tantrum? He didn't have an uncontrollable fit of temper - he moaned to his wife. 🙄

CathyorClaire · 18/02/2023 14:42

Foodbanks are Charles's pet vanity project?

I'm thinking more along the lines of Dumfries House. The place he saved for a nation that didn't know it wanted it and that turned into such a moneypit he wasn't above accepting plastic carrier bags full of cash to help maintain it.

MarshaMelrose · 18/02/2023 15:00

CathyorClaire · 18/02/2023 14:42

Foodbanks are Charles's pet vanity project?

I'm thinking more along the lines of Dumfries House. The place he saved for a nation that didn't know it wanted it and that turned into such a moneypit he wasn't above accepting plastic carrier bags full of cash to help maintain it.

Dumfries house is a fantastic project. It provides jobs for locals, but more importantly, it carries out a lot of trade training for youngsters, not just in general trades but often in areas of specialisation which will provide a good income and secure work in the future.. If you think it's just about saving a house, which I personally think is great too, you should read up on what goes on there.

Novella4 · 18/02/2023 15:10

The 'royals' can stuff their so called 'charities' ( they make no difference and the only people benefiting are the Mountbatten Windsors )

Pay their bloody taxes like everyone else - then they can start putting their hands in their pockets

Start with all the unpaid inheritance tax they owe .

Novella4 · 18/02/2023 15:16

@MarshaMelrose

How interesting that you have deleted Chuck hissing with bared teeth at an assistant during a sign img ceremony .
The assistant's offence was not moving a pen set an inch .
Heaven forbid Chuck has to pick it up himself

Mind you I'm not surprised - to be a royalist you must spend a lot of time 'deleting '
Andrew is a sex offencer - delete !
Charles accepts bags of cash possibly from people who want a gong - delete!
Charles' favourite uncle linked to court case re rape of underage boys - delete !

CathyorClaire · 18/02/2023 15:20

Dumfries house is a fantastic project.

And a financial millstone which has led Charles and his lackeys down all sorts of unsavoury financial avenues over the years:

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/05/dumfries-house-the-stately-home-at-the-heart-of-a-royal-crisis

MarshaMelrose · 18/02/2023 15:48

CathyorClaire · 18/02/2023 15:20

Dumfries house is a fantastic project.

And a financial millstone which has led Charles and his lackeys down all sorts of unsavoury financial avenues over the years:

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/05/dumfries-house-the-stately-home-at-the-heart-of-a-royal-crisis

Seriously, read up about what happens there.

That Guardian article is all about Ruben Vardanyan and hinting at wrongdoing on his part only at the end to say,
It is not suggested Vardanyan was complicit in any fraud.
A typically useless Guaedian article.

Novella4 · 18/02/2023 15:52

@MarshaMelrose
Really Marsha - they way you swerve the whole truth makes me wonder if YOU are PR - paid or otherwise

You are surely aware that the MET police are investigating the donation re Dumfries house

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/met-police-princes-foundation-king-charles-b2174226.html?amp

Novella4 · 18/02/2023 16:13

The flle has not been passed to the crown prosecution service

Hmm.
Yet another reason , if another one were needed, not to have a 'Royal' as head of state

Charles is above the law .

MarshaMelrose · 18/02/2023 16:13

Novella4 · 18/02/2023 15:16

@MarshaMelrose

How interesting that you have deleted Chuck hissing with bared teeth at an assistant during a sign img ceremony .
The assistant's offence was not moving a pen set an inch .
Heaven forbid Chuck has to pick it up himself

Mind you I'm not surprised - to be a royalist you must spend a lot of time 'deleting '
Andrew is a sex offencer - delete !
Charles accepts bags of cash possibly from people who want a gong - delete!
Charles' favourite uncle linked to court case re rape of underage boys - delete !

There were two incidents over pens. One at Hillsborough Castle where it leaked. He was annoyed because he had to shake hands with people with ink on his hands. I'd be annoyed too.

By thecway, moaning to your wife is not a tantrum. 🙄

The other was at one of the most meaningful days of his reign, and the staff that organised it, put him in a small room with a table so tiny, it couldn't accommodate the document and the pen. That's a document that will be kept forever and he wants his signature to be right and he wants to enjoy the signing. And he couldn't. Out of all the rooms in St James Palace, that's the best they could come up with?! I wouldn't have hissed, I'd have sacked them.

By the way, hissing through through your teeth is not a tantrum. 🙄 Me sacking them would have been a (justified) tantrum.

I have never commented on Prince Andrew's actions. But I will say he is not an offender until he's been convicted. So far he's not even been charged, never mind convicted, and his accuser decided not to take him to court.

I believe it was Charles' secretary that was talking about some sort of honour. Whatever, its totally wrong to buy an honour - despite what happens within our main political parties. If Charles was involved and Mubarak received an honour (did he?), Charles should be rebuked for it. And to add, I have no objection to foreign donors giving money to charity projects in this country, but it should be done in an appropriate way.

There is no evidence that Louis Mountbatten was either a paedophile or raped anyone. There is a court case pending based on the claims of one man but LM is not around to defend himself. If the man was indeed a victim of LM, I hope he gets justice.
I don't, however, see what it has to do with Charles at all. Are you saying that if your uncle, grandmother, brother committed a crime, you should be held culpable too? So if your mum got done speeding, the police should put points on your licence? You'd be happy with that? That sounds a bit bonkers to me!

Binfluencer · 18/02/2023 16:16

Well done those people!

#notmyking

MarshaMelrose · 18/02/2023 16:21

Novella4 · 18/02/2023 15:52

@MarshaMelrose
Really Marsha - they way you swerve the whole truth makes me wonder if YOU are PR - paid or otherwise

You are surely aware that the MET police are investigating the donation re Dumfries house

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/met-police-princes-foundation-king-charles-b2174226.html?amp

As I've said, it's wrong to sell an honour or citizenship. The Prince Foundation has done its own investigation and as a result Fawcett was removed. It's still being investigated ny the police but no one has been charged...as far as I know. If he dud break the law, then he should be punished.
No one has implied that Charles was involved.

And none of it takes away from the great work Dumfries House does.

MarshaMelrose · 18/02/2023 16:28

Novella4 · 18/02/2023 16:13

The flle has not been passed to the crown prosecution service

Hmm.
Yet another reason , if another one were needed, not to have a 'Royal' as head of state

Charles is above the law .

Where's your evidence that he broke the law, though? If you want him to be treated the same as everyone else, he should have the same right to have evidence produced against him before be accused or charged.

As far as I know the status is...
The Met said: “A file was passed to the CPS on October 31.
“The investigation remains ongoing and we will not be providing a running commentary on its progress.”

But as it is the Met, it'll probably be several years before they conclude anything.

OutofEverything · 18/02/2023 16:32

Charles will not be charged. None of them are treated like ordinary people before the law.

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derxa · 18/02/2023 16:32

And none of it takes away from the great work Dumfries House does. Absolutely. It provides employment in an area of Ayrshire which is very deprived. The grounds are free for anyone to walk in. Anti Royalists are against everything. I'd like to hear the benefits of a republic. Any money 'saved' would just disappear into a black hole.

MarshaMelrose · 18/02/2023 16:33

OutofEverything · 18/02/2023 16:32

Charles will not be charged. None of them are treated like ordinary people before the law.

Princess Anne was charged.

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 18/02/2023 16:33

@MargaritaRita reported your quite frankly racist comment concerning Qatari supermarkets/carrier bags

Roussette · 18/02/2023 16:40

MarshaMelrose · 18/02/2023 16:13

There were two incidents over pens. One at Hillsborough Castle where it leaked. He was annoyed because he had to shake hands with people with ink on his hands. I'd be annoyed too.

By thecway, moaning to your wife is not a tantrum. 🙄

The other was at one of the most meaningful days of his reign, and the staff that organised it, put him in a small room with a table so tiny, it couldn't accommodate the document and the pen. That's a document that will be kept forever and he wants his signature to be right and he wants to enjoy the signing. And he couldn't. Out of all the rooms in St James Palace, that's the best they could come up with?! I wouldn't have hissed, I'd have sacked them.

By the way, hissing through through your teeth is not a tantrum. 🙄 Me sacking them would have been a (justified) tantrum.

I have never commented on Prince Andrew's actions. But I will say he is not an offender until he's been convicted. So far he's not even been charged, never mind convicted, and his accuser decided not to take him to court.

I believe it was Charles' secretary that was talking about some sort of honour. Whatever, its totally wrong to buy an honour - despite what happens within our main political parties. If Charles was involved and Mubarak received an honour (did he?), Charles should be rebuked for it. And to add, I have no objection to foreign donors giving money to charity projects in this country, but it should be done in an appropriate way.

There is no evidence that Louis Mountbatten was either a paedophile or raped anyone. There is a court case pending based on the claims of one man but LM is not around to defend himself. If the man was indeed a victim of LM, I hope he gets justice.
I don't, however, see what it has to do with Charles at all. Are you saying that if your uncle, grandmother, brother committed a crime, you should be held culpable too? So if your mum got done speeding, the police should put points on your licence? You'd be happy with that? That sounds a bit bonkers to me!

Blimey!

Are you honestly honestly saying you would be incapable of moving an inkwell 2 inches and you'd sack someone for that? Really?
What about being nice and pleasant to staff who run around after you, doing all but wiping your arse, who probably spend 24/7 trying to make sure everything is right for you so you don't have to lift a finger to do anything?

Well done on your robust defence of LM and PA. I've posted on this ad nauseum. Not sure what to say anymore 😳

OutofEverything · 18/02/2023 16:40

@MarshaMelrose I am amazed you are defending Andrew and Mountbatten.
By the way the FBI had files saying that Mountbatten was a paedophile. To pretend this is about one man's allegations is extremely disingenuous.

FBI dossier on Mountbatten revealed that the Americans had deep reservations and distaste for his Lordship. The file states that both he and his wife Edwina were “persons of extremely low morals” and that Mountbatten was a paedophile with “a perversion for young boys.”

In the dossier Baroness Decies stated that Mountbatten was “known to be a homosexual with a perversion for young boys” and was “an unfit man to direct any sort of military operations because of this condition. She stated further that his wife, Lady Mountbatten, was considered equally erratic.” EE Conroy, head of the New York FBI field office, added in the file that she “appears to have no special motive in making the above statements.” The comments from the Baroness show that the behaviour of the Mountbattens was an open secret within elite British circles for some considerable time.

Mountbatten’s preference for boys, as opposed to men, was confirmed by his driver during the war, Norman Nield. Speaking with New Zealand truth, Nield admitted that he transported young boys aged 8 to 12 to his commander and was paid to keep quiet.

Historian Andrew Lownie, whose book, The Mountbattens: Their Lives & Loves exposed much of the scandal, conducted an interview with Anthony Daly who was a sex worker for London’s rich and famous during the 1970s. Daly revealed that “Mountbatten had something of a fetish for uniforms — handsome young men in military uniforms (with high boots) and beautiful boys in school uniform.”

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Puzzledandpissedoff · 18/02/2023 16:40

Charles is above the law

Yes he is - quite literally, since the monarch can't be sued, so talk about him being charged with anything is a bit redundant

FWIW Marsha was correct about the value of the training at Dumfries House, especially as there's little else in the area. It's just a shame that buying it on a whim - and reportedly for a vastly inflated price - created a financial black hole that's led to some very questionable "fundraising"

Roussette · 18/02/2023 16:42

MarshaMelrose · 18/02/2023 16:21

As I've said, it's wrong to sell an honour or citizenship. The Prince Foundation has done its own investigation and as a result Fawcett was removed. It's still being investigated ny the police but no one has been charged...as far as I know. If he dud break the law, then he should be punished.
No one has implied that Charles was involved.

And none of it takes away from the great work Dumfries House does.

Fawcett the Fence has been removed THREE times now.

He'll be back

Roussette · 18/02/2023 16:43

I am amazed you are defending Andrew and Mountbatten

I'm not amazed. I'm depressed

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