Say something nice about the Queen and /or the Royal family

badabing106

The Queen : What a remarkable lady. She's been representing her country since world War 2 in a dignified and exemplary way. Someone that their nation is very proud of and looks up to in a big way

The Queen and the Royal family are the best brand that the United Kingdom have today.

The United Kingdom will never have the same quality of a states person than the Queen ever again

When she was 90 years old. She had 350 UK and 35 foreign engagements. She is very important to the image of the UK

The United Kingdom will lose a lot when she is gone, especially in this time of sleazy politicians and boris johnson

Gorgeousgeorge

badabing106 wrote: »

The Queen : What a remarkable lady. She's been representing her country since world War 2 in a dignified and exemplary way. Someone that their nation is very proud of and looks up to in a big way

*Do not take the bait*

Sirsok

They were a good band

I like ricky tomilson as mike basset but thats it

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Motive is clear so I'm keeping clear too.


2/10.

OldMrBrennan83

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frag420

Harry is doing ok for a ginger eh...

TheToughest

Some great actors in it. Ricky Tomlinson the best.

Roger Hassenforder

I really hope none of them die of some pox, screaming and sh1tting themselves to death.
Every one of them.

PeterParker957

By all accounts she likes to sit on her arse and watch the racing with a few drinks sp fair dos there.

barney 20v

TheToughest wrote: »

Some great actors in it. Ricky Tomlinson the best.

Fair man on the banjo!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Helen Mirren was superb .

megadodge

badabing106 wrote: »

The Queen : What a remarkable lady. She's been representing her country since world War 2 in a dignified and exemplary way. Someone that their nation is very proud of and looks up to in a big way

The Queen of where?

Tom Mann Centuria

Well we have a good few months before the next Poppy thread so some threads need to step into the breach and fill the gap.

WoollyRedHat

They know how to cook a turkey.

suicide_circus

The more liberal and tolerant European societies tend to have monarchies.

McMurphy

They all have great resemblances to their parents.

Look at Anne/ the Queen

Beatrice/ Fergie

Edward/ Philip

Harry/James Hewitt

Agent Coulson

William and Harry have done well for themselves with the women in their lives.



I wouldn't mind a night out on the tear with Harry I bet he is some craic.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Rick Shaw wrote: »

They all have great resemblances to their parents.

Look at Anne/ the Queen

Beatrice/ Fergie

Edward/ Philip

Harry/James Hewitt

Margaret was the Queen's mother? Wow!

Harry Palmr

They have prevented the UK from having a scheming retired politician as President for centuries (well, decades in the cast of her Madge)

Jim Bob Scratcher

megadodge wrote: »

The Queen of where?

The Queen of Sheba, one of the best Royal Family episodes

Bob Harris

Philip says something funny every now and then.

The_Valeyard

Id go for Pints with Prince Philip, id say that racist auld git would be a laugh.

trashcan

frag420 wrote: »

Harry is doing ok for a ginger eh...

Ah yeah,but not a real royal though, so does he count:p

badabing106

Gorgeousgeorge wrote: »

*Do not take the bait*

The Queen and the Royal family are the best brand that the United Kingdom have today.

Gorgeousgeorge

badabing106 wrote: »

The Queen and the Royal family are the best brand that the United Kingdom have today.

i disagree, Sainsbury's is far superior

murpho999

What is the point of this thread on an Irish forum?

Do they discuss the Irish presidency on any UK sites?

El Tarangu

I am not a fan of monarchy in general or the British royals in particular, but when I saw footage of them visiting the Guinness factory during their visit a few years ago, I developed a new respect for them.

Can you imagine spending sixty years touring around breweries/cheese factories/shoe factories, and having to feign interest in these things each time?

I wouldn't want to do it, anyhow.

Oops69

murpho999 wrote: »

What is the point of this thread on an Irish forum?

Do they discuss the Irish presidency on any UK sites?

Because we like freedom of expression in this country maybe ?

McMurphy

murpho999 wrote: »

What is the point of this thread on an Irish forum?

Do they discuss the Irish presidency on any UK sites?

Dunno, but they discuss the American one on this site.

There's a big wide world beyond Ireland, the royal family are a pretty well known monarchy.

I don't see the problem in Irish people discussing them tbh. Especially as we live in an island that has a sizable enough amount of people that are "loyal" to them.

OnDraught

Just finished the latest season of the Crown yesterday. Good show. Anything I know about them is based on that programme and I have come to the conclusion that they're some crowd of madsers. It's amazing that you can have all these European monarchies that are all the same family and the citizens of each country is loyal to whatever family member happens to be ruling at the time. Fly's in the face of nationhood and all the wars that went on.

bobbysands81

badabing106 wrote: »

The Queen : What a remarkable lady. She's been representing her country since world War 2 in a dignified and exemplary way. Someone that their nation is very proud of and looks up to in a big way

The Queen and the Royal family are the best brand that the United Kingdom have today.

The United Kingdom will never have the same quality of a states person than the Queen ever again

When she was 90 years old. She had 350 UK and 35 foreign engagements. She is very important to the image of the UK

The United Kingdom will lose a lot when she is gone, especially in this time of sleazy politicians and boris johnson

They’re the biggest recipients of Social Welfare in the “United” Kingdom.

EICVD

I suppose we wouldn’t have Royal Ascot without them, a nice sporting occasion in mid June where usually the Irish dominate

js35

Ah I like the royal family cause Ricky Tomlinson is the image of me da

murpho999

Rick Shaw wrote: »

Dunno, but they discuss the American one on this site.

There's a big wide world beyond Ireland, the royal family are a pretty well known monarchy.

I don't see the problem in Irish people discussing them tbh. Especially as we live in an island that has a sizable enough amount of people that are "loyal" to them.

Well the American presidency has a lot more political impact on the world than a royal family.

As somebody who is very much anti monarchy and pro-republican I just don't understand what people would find interesting about a family put into a position of power by an elitist system.

It's more to do with celeb culture with weddings, affairs etc. rather than achieving anything of note.

murpho999

EICVD wrote: »

I suppose we wouldn’t have Royal Ascot without them, a nice sporting occasion in mid June where usually the Irish dominate

Then it would just be Ascot. Simple.

js35 wrote: »

Ah I like the royal family cause Ricky Tomlinson is the image of me da

That's "The Royle Family".:pac:

FTA69

Nothing positive to say about them the archaic horrible bunch of parasitic bastards. The Bolsheviks had the right idea with royalty, and the French before them.

If you seriously believe in democracy then you could have no truck with monarchy.

Jordoo

Nazi sympathisers

McMurphy

murpho999 wrote: »

Well the American presidency has a lot more political impact on the world than a royal family.

As somebody who is very much anti monarchy and pro-republican I just don't understand what people would find interesting about a family put into a position of power by an elitist system.

It's more to do with celeb culture with weddings, affairs etc. rather than achieving anything of note.

I hear ya, and meet your brother, but they're great to poke fun at.

Foxhound38

Prince Harry seems reasonably well adjusted and normalish given his circumstances. I felt fairly sorry for him (if that's the right word - it certainly was a gilded cage he was in after all) growing up as a teenager with everything he did or said scrutinized by tabloid scum. I always got the feeling that he just wanted to be left alone and let be himself.

Foxhound38

FTA69 wrote: »

The Bolsheviks had the right idea with royalty

Yeah... it seems like the Kim family in the DPRK missed the memo though.

c_man

I was well impressed with the Queen's visit to Ireland a few years back.

William and Kate, and Harry seem like nice people.

The system of monarchy seems to work well for the Brits.

The way their detractors get so bent out of shape in reaction to any news on them is hilarious.

weldoninhio

They are quite clever around branding. The switch from Saxe-Coburg Gotha to Windsor in 1917 was very clever.

A Little Pony

c_man wrote: »

I was well impressed with the Queen's visit to Ireland a few years back.

William and Kate, and Harry seem like nice people.

The system of monarchy seems to work well for the Brits.

The way their detractors get so bent out of shape in reaction to any news on them is hilarious.

It's because Irish people have been brought up on lies on the Royal Family. Long live the Parliamentary constitutional Monarchy, the greatest form of Government ever invented.

Avatar MIA

Ah here, in fairness a good chunk of the Brits love them, so who are we to judge? It works for them.

And don't give me that, 'why are people interested in them.' They are probably the most famous family in the world, a world where vacuous Kim Kardashian is a goddess. FFS!


Oh, as for the thread. They have lovely faces for tea-towels

FrancieBrady

Having done what one wishes one's army and government hadn't done one time too many, she has been the best thing ever for our independence movement. A royal Ian Paisley so to speak.

The Queen is a figure of stability and familiarity in a turbulent time of constant change. People like that.

Odhinn

They don't eat human flesh, afaik.

Kimbot

Odhinn wrote: »

They don't eat human flesh, afaik.

I need proof before I believe it.......

riffmongous

Odhinn wrote: »

They don't eat human flesh, afaik.

That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard


Everyone knows they bathe in infant blood, nothing to do with eating

c_man

Oh oh, and if you're in the UK you'll get a day off for the big events involving them.

SuperSean11

I liked her appearance on Cribbs