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Buckingham Palace emergency meeting?

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    #152
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users Posts: 34,069 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    Beefy78 wrote: »
    Enjoy your enlightened flawless Republic lads.

    Nobody said it aint, but we don't bow down to people who ancestors made Millions of people slaves and murdered innocent people for bit of land either.


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    #153
    Mrs OBumble
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    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    Nobody said it aint, but we don't bow down to people who ancestors made Millions of people slaves and murdered innocent people for bit of land either.

    Ahh, three quarters of ye still say you're Catholic.

    And in Ireland that means thinking of bishops as princes of the Church and the pope as the king.


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    #154
    Beefy78
    Registered Users Posts: 8,163 ✭✭✭Beefy78


    neverever1 wrote: »
    Uh oh! We've got a fawner here! :D

    Proud one.


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    #155
    Beefy78
    Registered Users Posts: 8,163 ✭✭✭Beefy78


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    Nobody said it aint, but we don't bow down to people who ancestors made Millions of people slaves and murdered innocent people for bit of land either.

    Good for you guy.


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    #156
    Stars and Stripes
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    BlinkingLights wrote: »
    The guy is 95! It's an impressive retirement age.
    Retire from what exactly? The old bast@rd has not done a days work in his life.


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    #157
    topper75
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    The Queen's husband is retired. God save the Queen's husband.

    Or something like that.


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    #158
    The_Kew_Tour
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    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Ahh, three quarters of ye still say you're Catholic.

    And in Ireland that means thinking of bishops as princes of the Church and the pope as the king.

    again nobody is saying its flawless. hear outrage about New Maternity hospital?


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    #159
    Yourself isit
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    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Ahh, three quarters of ye still say you're Catholic.

    And in Ireland that means thinking of bishops as princes of the Church and the pope as the king.

    Ye? I thought you were a Galway bogger.

    To defend catholicism a bishop is not really a prince in the normal sense, although kissing the ring etc was total nonsense.


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    #160
    neverever1
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    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Ahh, three quarters of ye still say you're Catholic.

    And in Ireland that means thinking of bishops as princes of the Church and the pope as the king.

    Ohhhhhh no! Don't ever question our precious queen. :D


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    #161
    The_Kew_Tour
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    Beefy78 wrote: »
    Good for you guy.

    You can counter the argument if you like, but you don't seem to be able to.


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    #162
    neverever1
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    Beefy78 wrote: »
    Proud one.

    :D You have my pity.


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    #163
    Shurimgreat
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    He described himself best when he said he was the "World's most experienced plaque unveiler".

    Nice work if you can get it.


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    #164
    Yourself isit
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    Stars and Stripes wrote: »
    Retire from what exactly? The old bast@rd has not done a days work in his life.

    I personally would hate his non-job. 100s of appointments a year, the vast majority of them boring and worthy and dull.


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    #165
    blinding
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    Yourself isit wrote: »
    I personally would hate his non-job. 100s of appointments a year, the vast majority of them boring and worthy and dull.
    You should be allowed to shoot a few Peasants ........Pheasants,,,,Pheasants afterwards to unwind......;);)


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    #166
    Ragnar Lothbrok
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    “The King’s life is moving peacefully towards its close,” was the final notice issued by George V’s doctor, Lord Dawson, at 9.30pm on the night of 20 January 1936. Not long afterwards, Dawson injected the king with 750mg of morphine and a gram of cocaine – enough to kill him twice over – in order to ease the monarch’s suffering, and to have him expire in time for the printing presses of the Times, which rolled at midnight.

    What a pity that doctor isn't around today to give the whole scrounging lot of them the same treatment.


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    #167
    Shurimgreat
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    I think at this stage the UK is a republic in all but name. The monarchy are symbolic more than anything with little say over the daily running of the country.

    Its a country where the people have far more rights and protections than alleged republics like North Korea and Syria. In fact many Republics around the world are anything but and are ruled at the brutal whim of a strongman who persecutes at will.


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    #168
    Hande hoche!
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    Shurimgreat wrote: »
    I think at this stage the UK is a republic in all but name. The monarchy are symbolic more than anything with little say over the daily running of the country.

    Its a country where the people have far more rights and protections than alleged republics like North Korea and Syria. In fact many Republics around the world are anything but and are ruled at the brutal whim of a strongman who persecutes at will.

    In the case of the latter, they often include the words democratic or people's in their official nomenclature.


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    #169
    FrancieBrady
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    Man who never worked a day in his life - retires.


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    #170
    ScumLord
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    Yourself isit wrote: »
    To defend catholicism a bishop is not really a prince in the normal sense, although kissing the ring etc was total nonsense.
    Aren't the Catholic churches roles carry on's from Roman religious positions, the pope is a title that goes way back, I think Caesar was the pope at one stage. They were positions of power given to elites, so the next best thing to royalty.
    Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »
    Not long afterwards, Dawson injected the king with 750mg of morphine and a gram of cocaine – enough to kill him twice over –
    That's like breakfast for Charlie Sheen.


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    #171
    Fratton Fred
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    Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »
    “The King’s life is moving peacefully towards its close,” was the final notice issued by George V’s doctor, Lord Dawson, at 9.30pm on the night of 20 January 1936. Not long afterwards, Dawson injected the king with 750mg of morphine and a gram of cocaine – enough to kill him twice over – in order to ease the monarch’s suffering, and to have him expire in time for the printing presses of the Times, which rolled at midnight.

    What a pity that doctor isn't around today to give the whole scrounging lot of them the same treatment.

    classy :rolleyes:


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    #172
    seagull
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    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Man who never worked a day in his life - retires.

    You might like to look up his military record some time.


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    #173
    LordSutch
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    Stars and Stripes wrote: »
    BlinkingLights wrote: »
    The guy is 95! It's an impressive retirement age.
    Retire from what exactly? The old bast@rd has not done a days work in his life.

    Such ignorance.


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    #174
    The_Kew_Tour
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    LordSutch wrote: »
    Such ignorance.

    go on....... tell us all about it.

    the solider he was and all that


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    #175
    seamus
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    Stars and Stripes wrote: »
    Retire from what exactly? The old bast@rd has not done a days work in his life.
    I'm certainly no fan of the royals, but I wouldn't trade my life for his.

    Constantly under the media glare, every stupid comment of yours immortalised in lists of "top ten times when Prince Philip insulted everyone", practically every day of your life condensed into a routine of what you do, when you eat, sleep and sh1t? No opportunity to say, "Ah fnck it, I'm going to sit on the couch in my boxers, drink beer and watch Family Guy this evening".

    I'll take anonymity, personal independence and just enough money to live thanks. No amount of ivory back scratchers and fancy homes can make up for a living a life that's not your own.


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    #176
    Jawgap
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    Yourself isit wrote: »
    I personally would hate his non-job. 100s of appointments a year, the vast majority of them boring and worthy and dull.

    Definitely, the opulence he/they live in is very much a gilded cage.....that they choose to remain in it always struck me as bizarre, almost as bizarre as the apparent willingness of the UK taxpayers to fund a good chunk of that lifestyle.
    Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »
    “The King’s life is moving peacefully towards its close,” was the final notice issued by George V’s doctor, Lord Dawson, at 9.30pm on the night of 20 January 1936. Not long afterwards, Dawson injected the king with 750mg of morphine and a gram of cocaine – enough to kill him twice over – in order to ease the monarch’s suffering, and to have him expire in time for the printing presses of the Times, which rolled at midnight.

    What a pity that doctor isn't around today to give the whole scrounging lot of them the same treatment.

    Spongers? Yes
    Parasites? Yes
    Scroungers? Yes
    Winners of the lucky sperm club?

    Deserving of euthanasia? Really? It's not like they are keeping themselves in that position by force of arms.....I'm guessing if the UK voted to become a republic tomorrow they'd toddle off without too much fuss........with the best wishes of President Blair, Major or Cameron echoing in their ears :D


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    #177
    Jawgap
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    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    go on....... tell us all about it.

    the solider he was and all that

    sailor actually.....
    Philip joined the Navy as a cadet after leaving Gordonstoun School in 1939. In January 1941 he joined the battleship HMS Valiant in Alexandria and was in charge of its searchlight control during the night action off Cape Matapan, for which he was mentioned in dispatches. After serving aboard the Wallace, he was appointed first lieutenant of HMS Whelp, which was present in Tokyo Bay when the Japanese signed the surrender.

    ....who seems to have been reasonably well regarded by his men.....
    Hargreaves was a yeoman aboard the destroyer HMS Wallace on which Philip, son of Prince Andrew of Greece, had been appointed first lieutenant - second-in-command - at the age of 21. In July 1943, engaged in the Allied landings in Sicily, the ship came under repeated bombardment at dead of night and its crew realised that they would probably lose their lives.

    It was then Philip conjured up a plan to throw overboard a wooden raft with smoke floats that would create the illusion of debris ablaze on the water. As he hoped, the German plane was fooled into attacking the raft while the Wallace sailed to safety under cover of darkness.


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    #178
    Stars and Stripes
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    seagull wrote: »
    You might like to look up his military record some time.
    Just another UK family living entirely on welfare all their life :rolleyes:, who really cares about them apart from old dears in England and our unionist friends in the six counties with their "poor but still loyal" humbleness with their cheesy Charles and Diana wedding mugs etc


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    #179
    ohnonotgmail
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    Stars and Stripes wrote: »
    Just another UK family living entirely on welfare all their life :rolleyes:, who really cares about them apart from old dears in England and our unionist friends in the six counties with their "poor but still loyal" humbleness with their cheesy Charles and Diana wedding mugs etc


    I'm sure they are devastated at your stinging critique. Devastated.


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    #180
    FrancieBrady
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    seagull wrote: »
    You might like to look up his military record some time.

    I did. Something he did for a year or two 70 years ago doesn't exactly constitute a 'working life'.
    But hey, don't let me get in the way of the fawning and looking the other way.


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    #181
    ohnonotgmail
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    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    I did. Something he did for a year or two 70 years ago doesn't exactly constitute a 'working life'.
    But hey, don't let me get in the way of the fawning and looking the other way.

    i was wondering when you were going to show up.


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