Queen Elizabeth II: her Diamond Jubilee weekend is upon us, 02 June - 05 June

[badhorsie]

I wish David Bowie was playing...

 

[The Farm]

Yes him too. Shame on those boys, or did they have to be asked?

Anyway I was looking at pictures on the computer today and they all looked just wonderful!

Kate is so very skinny, it makes me think that the young girls might want to emulate her and she is skinny in a unhealthy way which could just be her. She is beautiful and seems so happy.

 

[wfgodot]

I wish David Bowie was playing...

Banksy's latest.

Mail article: Banksy creates unique Jubilee tribute of the Queen as David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane

 

[wfgodot]

Madness at the jube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Ka17LIIfU

 

[Steely Dan]

I haven't read this thread so if I'm asking a question that's already been asked please forgive me.

I didn't know the Queen was married. I thought she was single and that her husband died years ago. So my question is this. If she's married why is he Prince Phillip and not King Phillip? :waitasec:

 

[Steely Dan]

Ok, I went back and read the entire thread so my question hasn't been asked yet. I will ask forgiveness for being a royal neophyte.

Byron, Mary Shelley, the Brontes, the PRB, Townsend-Warner, Bowie, Rossettis, the Clash and the Pistols, just a few of my cultural heroes that I would raise a toast to, gin of course

How-In-The-Hades did you leave the Beatles off that list!! :what:

"Her majesty's a pretty nice girl, but she doesn't have a lot to say. Her majesty's a pretty nice girl, but she changes from day to day. I want to tell her that I love her a lot, but I gotta get a belly full of wine. Her majesty's a pretty nice girl and someday I'm gonna make her mine. Oh yeah, someday I'm gonna make her mine." - Sir Paul McCartney

[video=youtube;aiV0_rQOp4U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiV0_rQOp4U[/video]

 

[Donjeta]

He's just the spouse and not the reigning monarch who was born into the role. For some reason the female spouses of the reigning monarch get the same title as a female reigning monarch but the male spouses of the reigning monarch get a different title. Kings are married to queens but queens are married to princes. I don't know why... I think it has to do with patriarchal attitudes. It was more often kings on the throne, back in the day, and everybody knew the female spouse played the second fiddle no matter what they were called so they could be given a prestigious title for the marriage. The female reigning monarchs of ancient times had a harder time of it than these days and might have wanted a clear distinction that their partner was just the one who married into it and not the one who calls the shots.

 

[Steely Dan]

He's just the spouse and not the reigning monarch who was born into the role. For some reason the female spouses of the reigning monarch get the same title as a female reigning monarch but the male spouses of the reigning monarch get a different title. Kings are married to queens but queens are married to princes. I don't know why... I think it has to do with patriarchal attitudes. It was more often kings on the throne, back in the day, and everybody knew the female spouse played the second fiddle no matter what they were called so they could be given a prestigious title for the marriage. The female reigning monarchs of ancient times had a harder time of it than these days and might have wanted a clear distinction that their partner was just the one who married into it and not the one who calls the shots.

Thanks, how many kids do they have?

 

[josie1986]

Being British (which personally I don't class myself as,I am Scottish) I couldn't give a hoot about any of this and I know I'm not the only one. The royals aren't really a big thing where I live and I don't see that ever changing since we are voting for independence.

I'm sure she's a nice lady though.

I do have a massive thing for prince Harry good God he is so handsome

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[Steely Dan]

Being British (which personally I don't class myself as,I am Scottish) I couldn't give a hoot about any of this and I know I'm not the only one. The royals aren't really a big thing where I live and I don't see that ever changing since we are voting for independence.

I'm sure she's a nice lady though.

I do have a massive thing for prince Harry good God he is so handsome

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I don't quite get the royal interest either. :dunno: A lot of people do, and that's cool.

 

[josie1986]

I don't quite get the royal interest either. :dunno: A lot of people do, and that's cool.

saying that I did like Kate though,such a good role model for young girls.always so well presented and polite unlike a lot of people young girls idolize

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[Steely Dan]

saying that I did like Kate though,such a good role model for young girls.always so well presented and polite unlike a lot of people young girls idolize

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Is it Prince Harry that is doing service to the country flying helicopters? IIRC, he actually had some time in Iraq. I greatly admire that. Here we only had a couple of house members children in Iraq.

 

[josie1986]

Is it Prince Harry that is doing service to the country flying helicopters? IIRC, he actually had some time in Iraq. I greatly admire that. Here we only had a couple of house members children in Iraq.

I think that's William but he could be doing it too.

I can't imagine how hard that would have been for him over there because obviously everyone knows who he is and to the enemy killing him would have been a good victory for them.

Suppose that's why it wasn't public knowledge until he was home

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[Steely Dan]

Yep it is Harry; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/09/prince-harry-helicopter-pilot_n_1264985.html

Prince Harry Helicopter Pilot Qualification: Capt. Wales Awarded Prize

...In December, a British newspaper said Harry had acknowledged he will be deployed to Afghanistan for a second time. He briefly served there from 2007. The defense ministry has declined to confirm details of the prince's future deployments....

I admire that so much. In the states wealth and power are used to avoid service, most of the time. His award wasn't just given because he's royalty either. I think it was a sixty minutes piece when I first found out about this. He truly is a hell of an helicopter pilot. You really have to respect that he not only enlisted, but he's taking it very seriously too. JMO

 

[Donjeta]

Thanks, how many kids do they have?

Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward.

 

[dog.gone.cute]

Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward.

Thanks for the names -- I forgot about Anne.

And speaking of the Queen's children, I have a question that maybe someone can answer : I watched some of the Royal festivities this morning and when they went to the "Balcony" there was only :

-The Queen
- Pr. Charles and Camilla
- Pr. William and Prcs. Kate
- Pr. Harry

How come the other children, Edward, Andrew and Anne, were not on the balcony with the Queen ?

Just curious ...

TIA !

 

[Donjeta]

The three who are next in line for the throne and who the public is most interested in seeing anyway? Just a guess...

 

[Steely Dan]

The three who are next in line for the throne and who the public is most interested in seeing anyway? Just a guess...

Does anyone get the impression that Charles is frustrated that she's hanging on so long?

 

[wfgodot]

Andrew and his daughters weren't up there with HRM because they'd frighten the horses.

(Sorry, had to work that time-honored phrase in someplace and it fits there!)

 

[Donjeta]

Does anyone get the impression that Charles is frustrated that she's hanging on so long?

Well, other guys his age are considering retiring from their jobs but he hasn't even started doing what everybody told him he's going to do when he grows up...