The Royal Wedding
#62
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Re: The Royal Wedding
I wish I was in London! Thought it was fab though, she looked gorgeous- definitely something odd going on on the boob area but gorgeous all the same. They look to be a very happy couple, so wish them all the best.
I thought Charles looked very well and Queeny looked great for a lady in her 80's! Beatrice and Eugene looked terrible- and best hat for me was Tamara Palmer Tomkinson- fab Philip Treacy number.
My favorite moment however was when they arrived at Buckingham palace and the coach driver was helping Kate out and was handed the train of her dress, he looked around for a moment as if to say what the hell do I do with this and then just dropped it- very funny. Anyway what a fantastic show of grandeur!
I thought Charles looked very well and Queeny looked great for a lady in her 80's! Beatrice and Eugene looked terrible- and best hat for me was Tamara Palmer Tomkinson- fab Philip Treacy number.
My favorite moment however was when they arrived at Buckingham palace and the coach driver was helping Kate out and was handed the train of her dress, he looked around for a moment as if to say what the hell do I do with this and then just dropped it- very funny. Anyway what a fantastic show of grandeur!
Deanlette reckons she mush have had prominently erect nipples, and they were trying their.... er.... hardest to hide them.
#63
Re: The Royal Wedding
Sure we have fallen out a few times with them (and them with each other and us) but since James II and the Bill of Rights really we've had rather a good thing going. We still trust the monarchy with Royal Assent and ultimate control of that unruly beast of parliament, they trust us in electing a suitable government (something we haven't always been so good at). It's an imperfect system, as all systems of government are, for an imperfect people but what is the point of a country without a sense of place and belonging that history gives us?
I think that's why Americans often have secret Monarch envy. They lack that sense of continued reform and process in government, like a moody teenager trying to distance themselves from their parents but now realizing full well that America needs to confront it's own problems without a constant in government to turn to. Would we want to try and fill those holes with the unjoyful inequality of rampant capitalism and unflinching consumerism?
In summary: Being English has it's merits .
#64
Re: The Royal Wedding
But this is something anti-Royalists wouldn't understand, they see the Monarchy simply as a system of hereditary office but don't know or understand the history of the ordinary people with the Monarchy. In an ever changing world with new politics for every generation we have always had one family we look to for leadership, a constant in the traditional English (if I dare say "British") way of life.
Sure we have fallen out a few times with them (and them with each other and us) but since James II and the Bill of Rights really we've had rather a good thing going. We still trust the monarchy with Royal Assent and ultimate control of that unruly beast of parliament, they trust us in electing a suitable government (something we haven't always been so good at). It's an imperfect system, as all systems of government are, for an imperfect people but what is the point of a country without a sense of place and belonging that history gives us?
I think that's why Americans often have secret Monarch envy. They lack that sense of continued reform and process in government, like a moody teenager trying to distance themselves from their parents but now realizing full well that America needs to confront it's own problems without a constant in government to turn to. Would we want to try and fill those holes with the unjoyful inequality of rampant capitalism and unflinching consumerism?
In summary: Being English has it's merits .
Sure we have fallen out a few times with them (and them with each other and us) but since James II and the Bill of Rights really we've had rather a good thing going. We still trust the monarchy with Royal Assent and ultimate control of that unruly beast of parliament, they trust us in electing a suitable government (something we haven't always been so good at). It's an imperfect system, as all systems of government are, for an imperfect people but what is the point of a country without a sense of place and belonging that history gives us?
I think that's why Americans often have secret Monarch envy. They lack that sense of continued reform and process in government, like a moody teenager trying to distance themselves from their parents but now realizing full well that America needs to confront it's own problems without a constant in government to turn to. Would we want to try and fill those holes with the unjoyful inequality of rampant capitalism and unflinching consumerism?
In summary: Being English has it's merits .
#65
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Re: The Royal Wedding
It's difficult to talk about history in a way that doesn't make it sound like a load of stuffy old nostalgia wheeled out so we can feel good about ourselves. History should be insightful and relevant, even contradictory at times...ours is all the above.
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Re: The Royal Wedding
Over 1,000 Brits at one "street party" in Dubai, really?http://en.news.maktoob.com/200900007...ty/Article.htm
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Re: The Royal Wedding
And lets be honest friends, we all watched the Royal Wedding
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Re: The Royal Wedding
Yes, yes, yes......... but what about little sister Pippa???
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...5875-23096297/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...5875-23096297/