| Coronation 09:12 - May 6 with 19738 views | Sonofpugwash |
The attendance anticipated to be so low they considered paying Just Stop Oil activists to show up.
Enjoy your broadbean flan. |  |
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| Coronation on 12:00 - May 6 with 2936 views | Discodroids |
THe 'Royal company of Girdlers' called into action for the first time in 70 years. [Post edited 6 May 2023 12:01]
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| Coronation on 12:08 - May 6 with 2890 views | GloryHunter |
| Coronation on 10:25 - May 6 by Sonofpugwash |
It's become too Disneyesque/Hollywoodesque.A giant baby carried around Dear Old London in a golden coach and thence to a castle.
Mind you the tourists lap it all up and swell the Treasury coffers with their free spending. |
Part of the myth is that the Royal Family earns the country more in tourist income than it costs in taxpayer funding. This is not true. |  | | |
| Coronation on 12:15 - May 6 with 2851 views | Discodroids |
chas being asked to live longer than forever, or tony blackburn, whichever is the longer. | |
| The Duke Of New York. A-Number One.
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| Coronation on 12:22 - May 6 with 2805 views | Wilkinswatercarrier |
Like balancing a book on your head wearing those crowns. |  | | |
| Coronation on 12:22 - May 6 with 2785 views | W12Mikey |
| Coronation on 12:08 - May 6 by GloryHunter |
Part of the myth is that the Royal Family earns the country more in tourist income than it costs in taxpayer funding. This is not true. |
If you’re going to say a widely held view is a myth I think you need to provide facts, figures and sources. | | | |
| Coronation on 12:22 - May 6 with 2800 views | MedwayR |
| Coronation on 12:08 - May 6 by GloryHunter |
Part of the myth is that the Royal Family earns the country more in tourist income than it costs in taxpayer funding. This is not true. |
So far, the UK taxpayer has missed out on approx. £200m because Charles didn't have to pay inheritance tax, and also paid for his coronation at a cost of over £100m. Is he worth £300m+ of taxpayers money at a time when we allegedly don't have the funds to pay a fair wage to nurses and teachers? I'd say not. Yes this coronation will bring money in, but so would something like properly celebrating St George's day which would be an example of a much better alternative for a national celebration.
As someone said earlier, this isn't a Disney fairy tale. This is real life. A 74 year old man with a personal wealth of over £1.8bn is getting the tax payer to pay for his party so he can play dress up, get carted around in a fancy gold chariot, sit in a big chair and have a fancy hat put on his head. It's a pathetic embarrassment.
We supposedly live in a country that values equality, yet we have a family that play by an entirely different set of rules. That makes a mockery of us all.
This family, put on a pedestal by many, includes and has included Charles (the classy guy who wants to be Camilla's tampon and took bags of cash "for his charity" from the Saudis and Bin Ladens), Andrew (nonce), Philip (every 'ist' and 'ism' going), and Edward (literal nazi). What an upstanding family they are.
An elected head of state is long overdue. |  |
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| Coronation on 12:25 - May 6 with 2791 views | RangersDave |
anyone here who wants to see the flypast assemble etc, currently 5 aircraft airbourne on the following site....
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/
pinch the screen to zoom in, then press the white letter 'U' at the top and the sustem will filter out all the civilian stuff leaving just the Military out of Brize and over the wash at the moment. |  |
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| Coronation on 12:28 - May 6 with 2770 views | aston_hoop |
Is Vera Duckworth still in it? |  |
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| Coronation on 12:41 - May 6 with 2699 views | ted_hendrix |
It's all just passing me by, It's all so strange and alien to me the world gets madder and madder as each day passes.
Either that or I get madder and madder as each day passes.
Difficult to understand I can't understand how one human being has to bow and curtsy before another human being.
Not for me thanks, not for me. |  |
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| Coronation on 12:51 - May 6 with 2630 views | westy |
| Coronation on 12:08 - May 6 by GloryHunter |
Part of the myth is that the Royal Family earns the country more in tourist income than it costs in taxpayer funding. This is not true. |
I don’t agree. Do you have any facts to back this up | | | |
| Coronation on 12:53 - May 6 with 2617 views | westy |
| Coronation on 12:51 - May 6 by westy |
I don’t agree. Do you have any facts to back this up |
Tbh I don’t think any of us know the true costs or income | | | |
| Coronation on 13:01 - May 6 with 2561 views | HantsR |
Probably the wrong thread, but I'm quite taken with Penny Mordaunt and her sword. Father I have sinned. |  | | |
| Coronation on 13:07 - May 6 with 2515 views | Superhoops2808 |
Ah well The Guardian and Independent did it... So it must be right 
Having been a chauffeur back in the 90's as soon as a foreign family was driven into London they always said that was the first thing they wanted to do was visit Buckingham Palace and see things like the changing of the guard.
Its not just about what they actually do, its what they bring to the country and people rely on that for jobs etc |  | | |
| Coronation on 13:08 - May 6 with 2505 views | Rs_Holy |
| Coronation on 13:01 - May 6 by HantsR |
Probably the wrong thread, but I'm quite taken with Penny Mordaunt and her sword. Father I have sinned. |
not the only one Hants ...  |  | | |
| Coronation on 13:08 - May 6 with 2502 views | slmrstid |
I came back from a week in Cyprus (with very little internet thank goodness) at 2.30am this morning. We have it on whilst half asleep here because it is history.
But dear lord that church service dragged on. It needed Homer Simpson at the back crying "booorrrinnnngggg".
He looks old does Charles. I can't imagine it will be that long 'til we're doing this all over again. Dare I say it, the Queens' funeral was more interesting. Maybe this parade will be more interesting. |  | | |
| Coronation on 13:12 - May 6 with 2480 views | BklynRanger |
| Coronation on 13:01 - May 6 by HantsR |
Probably the wrong thread, but I'm quite taken with Penny Mordaunt and her sword. Father I have sinned. |
Was thinking the same thing - she can polish my orb any time. |  | | |
| Coronation on 13:14 - May 6 with 2472 views | Superhoops2808 |
| Coronation on 13:08 - May 6 by Rs_Holy |
not the only one Hants ... |
One here too
I would have had no issue with her being PM - Very easy on the eye, but compared with Truss I guess thats not too difficult  | | | |
| Coronation on 13:23 - May 6 with 2420 views | PlanetHonneywood |
| Coronation on 13:01 - May 6 by HantsR |
Probably the wrong thread, but I'm quite taken with Penny Mordaunt and her sword. Father I have sinned. |
Totally unphased by a large shaft in front of her for a couple of hours. |  |
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| Coronation on 13:40 - May 6 with 2356 views | Wilkinswatercarrier |
| Coronation on 12:41 - May 6 by ted_hendrix |
It's all just passing me by, It's all so strange and alien to me the world gets madder and madder as each day passes.
Either that or I get madder and madder as each day passes.
Difficult to understand I can't understand how one human being has to bow and curtsy before another human being.
Not for me thanks, not for me. |
You dont bow or courtesy to the person, it is to the crown, not the person wearing it. | | | |
| Coronation on 13:40 - May 6 with 2349 views | denhamhoop2 |
| Coronation on 13:07 - May 6 by Superhoops2808 |
Ah well The Guardian and Independent did it... So it must be right
Having been a chauffeur back in the 90's as soon as a foreign family was driven into London they always said that was the first thing they wanted to do was visit Buckingham Palace and see things like the changing of the guard.
Its not just about what they actually do, its what they bring to the country and people rely on that for jobs etc |
Do you actually need a King and the Monarchy to have the Pomp and Circumstance would imagine if you asked anyone visiting Washington DC the remarks would be the same about the White House and Lincolns Memorial and fairly certain they don't have a Monarchy | | | |
| Coronation on 13:47 - May 6 with 2304 views | colinallcars |
It was a preasure and pliviledge to watch it. |  | | |
| Coronation on 14:16 - May 6 with 2209 views | Match82 |
| Coronation on 13:40 - May 6 by Wilkinswatercarrier |
You dont bow or courtesy to the person, it is to the crown, not the person wearing it. |
I'm relatively ambivalent on the monarchy topic in general, but that's actually weirder isn't it? People are literally worshipping stolen goods? |  | | |
| Coronation on 14:24 - May 6 with 2504 views | Wilkinswatercarrier |
| Coronation on 14:16 - May 6 by Match82 |
I'm relatively ambivalent on the monarchy topic in general, but that's actually weirder isn't it? People are literally worshipping stolen goods? |
Not literally the crown, but the constitutional monarchy. Crowns etc are just physical representations of it.
What struck me today was how gawdy the colours were in Westminster Abbey. It looked like a late 1930s Errol Flynn film, I kept expecting him to swing down on a curtain. All show, and that has been going for 1000 years, the full Hollywood show, before Hollywood existed. | | | |
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