Page 7 | King Charles won’t hand throne to Prince William

upinaballoon · 12/04/2025 16:49

OctopusFriend · 12/04/2025 16:39

Military precision! They often do it in the small hours to prevent disruption to London. In the actual run up, it probably is every day.

...and nice exercise for the horses.

upinaballoon · 12/04/2025 16:52

upinaballoon · 12/04/2025 10:01

How do you know she was an apple-cheeked old dear? Could you see her on the radio? If I go to BBC Sounds what do I have to search for? Did they whizz her off quickly, the way they do on Any Answers with anyone the producer doesn't agree with?

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Oh, I found it and that Vine person did the rubbish about Harry being FORCED to walk behind the coffin, so I had to grit my teeth a bit to hang on in there until we got to the apple-cheeked accuser.

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 12/04/2025 16:52

HonoriaBulstrode · 12/04/2025 16:49

Though when you saw all the intimate detail of the Queen's funeral, you'd wonder!! And it all went off perfectly, not one single hitch.

Though I read about it, and it seems there were headaches behind the scenes. So many elements to the procession, for example, some on horseback, some on foot, some pulling the gun carriage, it was difficult to keep them all going at the same pace and not have gaps opening up and timings slipping. But yes it did all seem perfect from the outside.

I don't think you could possibly pull off an event of that scale and solemnity that there wouldn't have been a few panics behind the scenes!

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 12/04/2025 16:54

upinaballoon · 12/04/2025 16:52

Oh, I found it and that Vine person did the rubbish about Harry being FORCED to walk behind the coffin, so I had to grit my teeth a bit to hang on in there until we got to the apple-cheeked accuser.

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I think she of the "apple cheeked accuser" is trying to ape Meghan's word salad there!

upinaballoon · 12/04/2025 16:54

Do you think there's panic about plaiting that lovely ribbon in those lovely horses' manes, or is that one of the calm jobs?

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 12/04/2025 16:57

upinaballoon · 12/04/2025 16:54

Do you think there's panic about plaiting that lovely ribbon in those lovely horses' manes, or is that one of the calm jobs?

I'm not sure any of the jobs are calm! Too much riding on it (no pun intended!)

Imagine being that person who fucked something up...!!!

JustSawJohnny · 12/04/2025 17:18

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 12/04/2025 16:12

On what evidence are you basing that (shit) assertion?

He's probably not as popular as his mother was, but she's only dead a couple of years and he has massive shoes to fill. So far as I can see he's settled himself nicely into the role. He's more jolly and informal than TLQ, and seems very affable when meeting people.

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On the assumption that I don't know a single person who likes him, probably.

Didn't seem that 'jolly' when he had a tantrum over a pen.

Most of us will never get over the 'tampon' incident, frankly.

I also think he is a cheeky bastard for not putting his hand in his pocket to chip in for his own coronation at a time when many in the country were struggling to feed their kids, especially when he'd just inherited hundreds of millions, to add to his fortune made from the Duchy of Cornwall estate, based on land he NEVER BOUGHT, but was just handed to him under some ridiculous, literal 1066 throwback feudal bullshit law!

Even my Nan doesn't like him and she's a big royal-lover.

We don't have to pander to someone just because of their birth right.

upinaballoon · 12/04/2025 17:37

JustSawJohnny · 12/04/2025 17:18

On the assumption that I don't know a single person who likes him, probably.

Didn't seem that 'jolly' when he had a tantrum over a pen.

Most of us will never get over the 'tampon' incident, frankly.

I also think he is a cheeky bastard for not putting his hand in his pocket to chip in for his own coronation at a time when many in the country were struggling to feed their kids, especially when he'd just inherited hundreds of millions, to add to his fortune made from the Duchy of Cornwall estate, based on land he NEVER BOUGHT, but was just handed to him under some ridiculous, literal 1066 throwback feudal bullshit law!

Even my Nan doesn't like him and she's a big royal-lover.

We don't have to pander to someone just because of their birth right.

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If you haven't got over the tampon incident yet do you think you should see a counsellor?

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 12/04/2025 17:42

JustSawJohnny · 12/04/2025 17:18

On the assumption that I don't know a single person who likes him, probably.

Didn't seem that 'jolly' when he had a tantrum over a pen.

Most of us will never get over the 'tampon' incident, frankly.

I also think he is a cheeky bastard for not putting his hand in his pocket to chip in for his own coronation at a time when many in the country were struggling to feed their kids, especially when he'd just inherited hundreds of millions, to add to his fortune made from the Duchy of Cornwall estate, based on land he NEVER BOUGHT, but was just handed to him under some ridiculous, literal 1066 throwback feudal bullshit law!

Even my Nan doesn't like him and she's a big royal-lover.

We don't have to pander to someone just because of their birth right.

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I rather think that is more the company you keep.

The man got irritated and frustrated that the pen didn't work. FFS his mother had just died! It's a bit pathetic to judge him for that.

I don't give a shit about the 'tampon' incident because what he said was absolutely not how it was represented. Google it.

Have any previous monarchs paid for their coronations or were they all "selfish bastards" too?

Nobody has to "pander" to anyone but at least get your facts straight before you rush to condemn! It's not a good look...

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 12/04/2025 17:42

upinaballoon · 12/04/2025 17:37

If you haven't got over the tampon incident yet do you think you should see a counsellor?

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Brilliant!!!! 😂

myrtleWilson · 12/04/2025 17:48

@JustSawJohnny what do you understand the 'tampon incident' to be?

HonoriaBulstrode · 12/04/2025 18:13

Didn't seem that 'jolly' when he had a tantrum over a pen.

If you think that was a tantrum, I assume you've never met a two year old.

It wasn't much to ask, that when the King was required to sign his name to documents of major national and constitutional importance he should be provided with a pen that worked, with a back up available if needed.

They sell packs of three at The Works!

JustSawJohnny · 12/04/2025 21:13

HonoriaBulstrode · 12/04/2025 18:13

Didn't seem that 'jolly' when he had a tantrum over a pen.

If you think that was a tantrum, I assume you've never met a two year old.

It wasn't much to ask, that when the King was required to sign his name to documents of major national and constitutional importance he should be provided with a pen that worked, with a back up available if needed.

They sell packs of three at The Works!

You never saw his Mother behave like that is a reign of how many years?

I'm not making excuses for the man.

JustSawJohnny · 12/04/2025 21:15

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 12/04/2025 17:42

I rather think that is more the company you keep.

The man got irritated and frustrated that the pen didn't work. FFS his mother had just died! It's a bit pathetic to judge him for that.

I don't give a shit about the 'tampon' incident because what he said was absolutely not how it was represented. Google it.

Have any previous monarchs paid for their coronations or were they all "selfish bastards" too?

Nobody has to "pander" to anyone but at least get your facts straight before you rush to condemn! It's not a good look...

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The company I keep is, as is the case of pretty much everyone else, a mix of all ages, professions, abilities, ethnicities etc.

Whether you like it or not, he isn't popular.

Enjoy the toadying, hun.

JustSawJohnny · 12/04/2025 21:17

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 12/04/2025 17:42

Brilliant!!!! 😂

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Is it, tho?

Or is it a bit embarrassing to have a monarch who wrote that he was jealous of a married woman's tampon?

Royalists are feckin weird.

LaMarschallin · 12/04/2025 21:33

Or is it a bit embarrassing to have a monarch who wrote that he was jealous of a married woman's tampon?

He didn't.
The only accurate bit of that is that Camilla was married.
Lots of people may be "feckin weird" in your opinion but at least base your views on what was actually said (not written, btw).

ClearPinkPlum · 12/04/2025 22:38

JandamiHash · 11/04/2025 18:17

Why would a constitutional monarchy need a regent if they became ill? They don’t rule they reign.

They have lots of constitutional and ceremonial duties as Monarch.

Google is your friend here, for more detail

SwanOfThoseThings · 12/04/2025 22:59

From the horse's mouth (Charles's first speech as King)

"...Queen Elizabeth was a life well lived; a promise with destiny kept and she is mourned most deeply in her passing. That promise of lifelong service I renew to you all today."

"... As The Queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, I too now solemnly pledge myself, throughout the remaining time God grants me, to uphold the Constitutional principles at the heart of our nation. " [my italics]

SwanOfThoseThings · 12/04/2025 23:03

JustSawJohnny · 12/04/2025 21:17

Is it, tho?

Or is it a bit embarrassing to have a monarch who wrote that he was jealous of a married woman's tampon?

Royalists are feckin weird.

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His words were "God forbid, a tampon" - it was a joke about reincarnation - that he very much did not want to be a tampon.

ARichtGoodDram · 12/04/2025 23:04

Is there any other (illegally tapped) conversation misquoted as much as the tampon one?

The number of times people spout shite about it, turning it into the opposite of what was said, is unreal.

utterexasperation · 12/04/2025 23:57

JustSawJohnny · 12/04/2025 17:18

On the assumption that I don't know a single person who likes him, probably.

Didn't seem that 'jolly' when he had a tantrum over a pen.

Most of us will never get over the 'tampon' incident, frankly.

I also think he is a cheeky bastard for not putting his hand in his pocket to chip in for his own coronation at a time when many in the country were struggling to feed their kids, especially when he'd just inherited hundreds of millions, to add to his fortune made from the Duchy of Cornwall estate, based on land he NEVER BOUGHT, but was just handed to him under some ridiculous, literal 1066 throwback feudal bullshit law!

Even my Nan doesn't like him and she's a big royal-lover.

We don't have to pander to someone just because of their birth right.

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You do know Harry had a " pen tantrum" in court the other day?

EuclidianGeometryFan · 13/04/2025 09:39

SometimesUnsure · 11/04/2025 18:00

The rule has been there for hundreds of years it just isn't used frequently. I remember speaking with our uni chaplain at the time and he said it was the first voluntary resignation in something like 400 years. Technically Pope Benedict XVI then became Pope Emeritus. There's etiquette around the title, their clothing and burial rites and rituals. As a different poster stated there were different popes claiming the position concurrently too. Politics, mental health and physical health all had a role to play. There's been a Pope in Rome obviously but they've lived elsewhere too as at one time there were three popes all claiming to be head of the RC Church! Ecclesiastical history is actually a fascinating insight into human nature as well as history when you get into it.

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Interesting, thank you.

MrsFinkelstein · 13/04/2025 16:06

utterexasperation · 12/04/2025 23:57

You do know Harry had a " pen tantrum" in court the other day?

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Oh but they're absolutely not a fan of H&M, they just stumbled onto this thread while cooking dinner and they don't have particularly strong feelings either way but the BRF are awful and it's terrible what they did to poor innocent H&M but they have no strong feelings one way or another.
Or something

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 13/04/2025 20:10

JustSawJohnny · 12/04/2025 21:17

Is it, tho?

Or is it a bit embarrassing to have a monarch who wrote that he was jealous of a married woman's tampon?

Royalists are feckin weird.

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Have you ever had a private conversation that you wouldn't like in the public domain?

And he didn't write it - he said it in a private conversation. Google it for the facts and then you might be less likely to make a fool of yourself.

Posting opinions based on inaccuracies is more embarrassing tbh.

Anti-royalists are even weirder.