After Hours, one and only Queen thread

nattyguest · 17-05-2011 03:27PM

mike65 wrote: »

RTE live player can't cope at times, well she's inside! Has the sky fallen in yet?

The BBC stream is more reliable :P

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13424403

super_furry · 17-05-2011 03:27PM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

What is ?

That hat she has on. Someone should have told her that fascinators are in.

humanji · 17-05-2011 03:27PM

dell1211 wrote: »

apparently the 2011 reg range rover is bullet proof, did the irish government really buy one of these just for her(id imagine it would cost hundreds of thousands), could they not have supplied their own car like the US president

It's a British embassy car AFAIK.

mike65 · 17-05-2011 03:27PM

One minutes silence? All I can hear is a helicopter. Would have expected to have heard the strains of protest....

mikemac · 17-05-2011 03:27PM

All the years I spent in Dublin and I never set foot in Garden of Remembrance.
It looks fantastic!

Are they going to the War Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge?

gandalf · 17-05-2011 03:27PM

Feck sake with that bloody helicopter it sounds like an estate in Tallaght on a Saturday night !!!!

Pauleta · 17-05-2011 03:27PM

starviewadams wrote: »

Noise of the Garda helicopter in the background kinda ruins the moment!

I think it drowns out the protesters down the road

Lady Chatterton · 17-05-2011 03:27PM

Are we going to have mass now?

Nijmegen · 17-05-2011 03:27PM

For me the moment that caught my breath wasn't God Save The Queen, it was when the Queen bowed her head to a wreath commemorating those who died for Irish freedom.

That's rather special.

scargill · 17-05-2011 03:28PM

a minutes silence for the helicopter. nice. The gubbernment should've bought one of those stealth choppers that they sent to 'arrest' bin laden.

Happyman42 · 17-05-2011 03:28PM

irish-stew wrote: »

Maybe next time the Monarch comes over the public will be allowed to witness some of it.

I think its quite sad that a small minority spoils what should have been a moment of history for people to witness.

The reason the public can't see her is the reason she should not be here. It's premature and will do more harm than good locally.

ejmaztec · 17-05-2011 03:28PM

gandalf wrote: »

God save the Queen about to be played in the Garden of Remembrance. Eirigi members about to commit hari-kari in protest? Well we can only hope they do

They're used to having no sharp objects on them, so that they can't harm themselves or their fellow patients.

Xivilai · 17-05-2011 03:28PM

This has gotta be uncomofortable for the queen

Liam Byrne · 17-05-2011 03:28PM

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Granted colloquially it's fine to reffer to the Irish tricolour as the "Irish" flag but honestly it is not the flag that represents all people of Ireland and should never be described as such.

And somehow it's OK for you to refer to it as a "republican" flag, thereby detaching it from all of the people of Ireland who detest everything that word has come to represent ?

DrumSteve · 17-05-2011 03:28PM

super_furry wrote: »

The continuity editor is having a shocker - she had green on in the last scene.

They need either a real editor or a provisional editor. They'll know what they are doing.

Lapin · 17-05-2011 03:29PM

Phillip is dying to hit the minibar in Farmleigh to suss out the gin.

TouchingVirus · 17-05-2011 03:29PM

feelingstressed wrote: »

Are they going to the War Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge?

Tomorrow

Lady Chatterton · 17-05-2011 03:29PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

They're used to having no sharp objects on them, so that they can't harm themselves or their fellow patients.

That is an insult to patients :mad:

starviewadams · 17-05-2011 03:29PM

Lovely ceremony,great to see,poem was well read too!

Happyman42 · 17-05-2011 03:30PM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

And somehow it's OK for you to refer to it as a "republican" flag, thereby detaching it from all of the people of Ireland who detest everything that word has come to represent ?

We are still a republic though.

Balmed Out · 17-05-2011 03:30PM

lot of standing for an elderly lady

Xivilai · 17-05-2011 03:30PM

The Duke just whispered during the poem, "I say, I thought we got rid of that silly old language?"

17-05-2011 03:30PM

Happyman42 wrote: »

The reason the public can't see her is the reason she should not be here. It's premature and will do more harm than good locally.

Do you know your taking rubbish or are you oblivious to the fact?

LuckyGent88 · 17-05-2011 03:31PM

at least we should have had Amhran na Bhfiann played aswell

ah there it goes

Dunny · 17-05-2011 03:31PM

Hope they blast out Amhrann na bhFiann before this is over

Liam Byrne · 17-05-2011 03:31PM

Happyman42 wrote: »

The reason the public can't see her is the reason she should not be here. It's premature and will do more harm than good locally.

I thought it was because you guys claimed no-one wanted her here, and therefore no-one would have turned up to see her ? I'm confused ?

The reason the public can't see her is because a bunch of thugs threatened violence and followed that up with bomb scares, necessitating additional security measures.

Lady Chatterton · 17-05-2011 03:31PM

Xivilai wrote: »

The Duke just whispered during the poem, "I say, I thought we got rid of that silly old language?"

Sure isn't he a Greek?

Coillte_Bhoy · 17-05-2011 03:31PM

investment wrote: »

big crowd after here now, started off with 60, about 600 here now, sees to be IRA organised getting the crowd going, giving smokes to get people over and involved

oh ffs:D

scargill · 17-05-2011 03:31PM

Xivilai wrote: »

The Duke just whispered during the poem, "I say, I thought we got rid of that silly old language?"

Is that what we are calling Enda now?

ongarboy · 17-05-2011 03:31PM

At least the Gardai get to go clubbing on their break! (below taken from rte.ie royal visit gallery)

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