Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee

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Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to see how the monarchy will survive after the Queen has died.
Nobody likes Charles and his wife is cringe worthy.
William is bland and boring and has shielded his kids too much from the media. None of them have the kind of celebrity status he and Harry had.

Harry is right to not be a working royal. His branch of the family is not important, but he is of utmost importance in keeping up the interest in royalty. Nobody else is that interesting

His children are 8, 7, and 4. What exactly do you think they should be doing differently. We see pictures of them here and there and they are at this enormous public celebration. They aren't child actors.

DP. Compare the future Queen of Spain to George and you have your answer.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither has a waist. Kate is stick thin and uncomfortable to look at while Megan has no curve. I wonder how the Queen was able to keep her figure after having 4 children. She never seemed very sporty and wasn’t a smoker.

all she does is ride horses - and that's not sporty?

I don’t think riding horses can be attributed to keeping a slender figure. Maybe she did a lot hiking. She was outdoorsy.

Probably tightly controlled portions too. Not in a bad way; it's so easy to eat more calories than you need. (God knows I do it all the time).

It’s also easier to eat tightly controlled portions when you know that every day of your life, no matter what it costs, you’ll have access to fresh, healthy, wonderfully prepared food.
I’d also argue that riding horses is, indeed, sporty, and can do great things for your core — although I’d agree that the horse is getting the most exercise.

She doesn't eat. Not like starving herself like Kate but if you watch videos of the Queen's chefs - she doesn't like seasoning or anything to add flavor (garlic, rare spices etc) and both she and her mother drank continuously throughout the day.

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/08/queen-elizabeth-four-cocktails-a-day

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Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to see how the monarchy will survive after the Queen has died.
Nobody likes Charles and his wife is cringe worthy.
William is bland and boring and has shielded his kids too much from the media. None of them have the kind of celebrity status he and Harry had.

Harry is right to not be a working royal. His branch of the family is not important, but he is of utmost importance in keeping up the interest in royalty. Nobody else is that interesting

The problem with Will isn’t that he is bland and has protected his kids. If that was his issue, they would be okay. People understand protecting the kids. The problem is that he is a jerk with an anger problem, and people do not like him. Therefore he doesn’t draw people to the monarchy, especially the younger generation. Kate does what she can but Will is a real liability.

It is true Harry is much more interesting and personable. But I agree Harry was right to flee.

There is no factual basis. But at least Will was smart enough to get into University, much less graduate, unlike his brother.

Comments like this, and the ones that fawn over Kate while taking pot shots at Meghan, undermine Will and Kate and the monarchy's popularity. It's hard to like them when their supporters are so obnoxious.

Did you bother to read the posts the above was replying? See any pot shots at anyone else? Curious that you are so blinded by your own bias.

I'm not and cringe at both. My post was meant more as a tip for people who want to see the monarchy survive. They're not helping their cause.

Americans have nothing to do with whether the monarchy survives or not.

True enough, but Twitter is full of the same thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither has a waist. Kate is stick thin and uncomfortable to look at while Megan has no curve. I wonder how the Queen was able to keep her figure after having 4 children. She never seemed very sporty and wasn’t a smoker.

all she does is ride horses - and that's not sporty?

I don’t think riding horses can be attributed to keeping a slender figure. Maybe she did a lot hiking. She was outdoorsy.

Probably tightly controlled portions too. Not in a bad way; it's so easy to eat more calories than you need. (God knows I do it all the time).

It’s also easier to eat tightly controlled portions when you know that every day of your life, no matter what it costs, you’ll have access to fresh, healthy, wonderfully prepared food.
I’d also argue that riding horses is, indeed, sporty, and can do great things for your core — although I’d agree that the horse is getting the most exercise.

She doesn't eat. Not like starving herself like Kate but if you watch videos of the Queen's chefs - she doesn't like seasoning or anything to add flavor (garlic, rare spices etc) and both she and her mother drank continuously throughout the day.

I read somewhere that she had never eaten pizza. She's a product of her generation that didn't grow up on the fast food and junk food we see today. My grandparents wouldn't touch that stuff either. She eats food she's familiar with and maybe like many of her generation believes gluttony is a sin and is careful about what she eats.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to see how the monarchy will survive after the Queen has died.
Nobody likes Charles and his wife is cringe worthy.
William is bland and boring and has shielded his kids too much from the media. None of them have the kind of celebrity status he and Harry had.

Harry is right to not be a working royal. His branch of the family is not important, but he is of utmost importance in keeping up the interest in royalty. Nobody else is that interesting

His children are 8, 7, and 4. What exactly do you think they should be doing differently. We see pictures of them here and there and they are at this enormous public celebration. They aren't child actors.

DP. Compare the future Queen of Spain to George and you have your answer.

You must have extremely long arms to reach that far.

She is THIRTEEN here and she is also first in line to ascend to the throne when her father passes. She is the equivalent of Prince Charles.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought Kate looked amazing, never better, the past two days. She's elegant and wears her clothes very well. Meghan is a beautiful woman but looks a little uncomfortable.

Kate is way too thin.

I agree that Kate is definitely way too thin but at least her clothes flatter her extremely thin figure. Meghan, on the other hand, just wants to fit in but doesn't get her clothes appropriately tailored. I mean, even her wedding dress was off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to see how the monarchy will survive after the Queen has died.
Nobody likes Charles and his wife is cringe worthy.
William is bland and boring and has shielded his kids too much from the media. None of them have the kind of celebrity status he and Harry had.

Harry is right to not be a working royal. His branch of the family is not important, but he is of utmost importance in keeping up the interest in royalty. Nobody else is that interesting

Actually, Camilla is very popular.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neither has a waist. Kate is stick thin and uncomfortable to look at while Megan has no curve. I wonder how the Queen was able to keep her figure after having 4 children. She never seemed very sporty and wasn’t a smoker.

all she does is ride horses - and that's not sporty?

I don’t think riding horses can be attributed to keeping a slender figure. Maybe she did a lot hiking. She was outdoorsy.

Probably tightly controlled portions too. Not in a bad way; it's so easy to eat more calories than you need. (God knows I do it all the time).

It’s also easier to eat tightly controlled portions when you know that every day of your life, no matter what it costs, you’ll have access to fresh, healthy, wonderfully prepared food.
I’d also argue that riding horses is, indeed, sporty, and can do great things for your core — although I’d agree that the horse is getting the most exercise.

She doesn't eat. Not like starving herself like Kate but if you watch videos of the Queen's chefs - she doesn't like seasoning or anything to add flavor (garlic, rare spices etc) and both she and her mother drank continuously throughout the day.

You know that The Crown wasn't a documentary, right?

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Anonymous wrote:Neither has a waist. Kate is stick thin and uncomfortable to look at while Megan has no curve. I wonder how the Queen was able to keep her figure after having 4 children. She never seemed very sporty and wasn’t a smoker.

all she does is ride horses - and that's not sporty?

I don’t think riding horses can be attributed to keeping a slender figure. Maybe she did a lot hiking. She was outdoorsy.

Probably tightly controlled portions too. Not in a bad way; it's so easy to eat more calories than you need. (God knows I do it all the time).

It’s also easier to eat tightly controlled portions when you know that every day of your life, no matter what it costs, you’ll have access to fresh, healthy, wonderfully prepared food.
I’d also argue that riding horses is, indeed, sporty, and can do great things for your core — although I’d agree that the horse is getting the most exercise.

She doesn't eat. Not like starving herself like Kate but if you watch videos of the Queen's chefs - she doesn't like seasoning or anything to add flavor (garlic, rare spices etc) and both she and her mother drank continuously throughout the day.

I read somewhere that she had never eaten pizza. She's a product of her generation that didn't grow up on the fast food and junk food we see today. My grandparents wouldn't touch that stuff either. She eats food she's familiar with and maybe like many of her generation believes gluttony is a sin and is careful about what she eats.

You make it sound like traditional food, especially British, is healthier than 'fast food' or a wood-fired pizza with eggplant.

The traditional British plate is full of starches, beans, lard, pies (savory and sweet), and pork. That is what a Queen, especially one raised during the war rations period, would have been exposed to.

When she was in Balmoral she did really enjoy a diet heavy in salmon though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neither has a waist. Kate is stick thin and uncomfortable to look at while Megan has no curve. I wonder how the Queen was able to keep her figure after having 4 children. She never seemed very sporty and wasn’t a smoker.

all she does is ride horses - and that's not sporty?

I don’t think riding horses can be attributed to keeping a slender figure. Maybe she did a lot hiking. She was outdoorsy.

Probably tightly controlled portions too. Not in a bad way; it's so easy to eat more calories than you need. (God knows I do it all the time).

It’s also easier to eat tightly controlled portions when you know that every day of your life, no matter what it costs, you’ll have access to fresh, healthy, wonderfully prepared food.
I’d also argue that riding horses is, indeed, sporty, and can do great things for your core — although I’d agree that the horse is getting the most exercise.

She doesn't eat. Not like starving herself like Kate but if you watch videos of the Queen's chefs - she doesn't like seasoning or anything to add flavor (garlic, rare spices etc) and both she and her mother drank continuously throughout the day.

You know that The Crown wasn't a documentary, right?

What makes you think I'm talking about the Crown?

In 2000, the BBC revealed that the royal entourage is banned from eating "any food that is too spicy or exotic." There is a risk they won't like it or it might make them ill. The Queen, for example, is said to despise spicy food

Someone else already linked the Queen Mother's drinking habit.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neither has a waist. Kate is stick thin and uncomfortable to look at while Megan has no curve. I wonder how the Queen was able to keep her figure after having 4 children. She never seemed very sporty and wasn’t a smoker.

all she does is ride horses - and that's not sporty?

I don’t think riding horses can be attributed to keeping a slender figure. Maybe she did a lot hiking. She was outdoorsy.

Probably tightly controlled portions too. Not in a bad way; it's so easy to eat more calories than you need. (God knows I do it all the time).

It’s also easier to eat tightly controlled portions when you know that every day of your life, no matter what it costs, you’ll have access to fresh, healthy, wonderfully prepared food.
I’d also argue that riding horses is, indeed, sporty, and can do great things for your core — although I’d agree that the horse is getting the most exercise.

She doesn't eat. Not like starving herself like Kate but if you watch videos of the Queen's chefs - she doesn't like seasoning or anything to add flavor (garlic, rare spices etc) and both she and her mother drank continuously throughout the day.

I read somewhere that she had never eaten pizza. She's a product of her generation that didn't grow up on the fast food and junk food we see today. My grandparents wouldn't touch that stuff either. She eats food she's familiar with and maybe like many of her generation believes gluttony is a sin and is careful about what she eats.

You make it sound like traditional food, especially British, is healthier than 'fast food' or a wood-fired pizza with eggplant.

The traditional British plate is full of starches, beans, lard, pies (savory and sweet), and pork. That is what a Queen, especially one raised during the war rations period, would have been exposed to.

When she was in Balmoral she did really enjoy a diet heavy in salmon though.

The proof is in the pudding. When people ate more home cooked meals, they were thinner than they are now on a steady diet of processed fast junk food. People ate much less food overall and smaller portions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to see how the monarchy will survive after the Queen has died.
Nobody likes Charles and his wife is cringe worthy.
William is bland and boring and has shielded his kids too much from the media. None of them have the kind of celebrity status he and Harry had.

Harry is right to not be a working royal. His branch of the family is not important, but he is of utmost importance in keeping up the interest in royalty. Nobody else is that interesting

His children are 8, 7, and 4. What exactly do you think they should be doing differently. We see pictures of them here and there and they are at this enormous public celebration. They aren't child actors.

DP. Compare the future Queen of Spain to George and you have your answer.

You must have extremely long arms to reach that far.

She is THIRTEEN here and she is also first in line to ascend to the throne when her father passes. She is the equivalent of Prince Charles.

Her being the 'equivalent' to anything doesn't negate the talent it takes to make erudite speeches and the commitment her parents had early to training her for crowd reception and engagement. She didn't suddenly appear at a podium at 13 and with George looking scared of his own shadow I doubt he'll be able to do anything near to what Leonor can do in three languages.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to see how the monarchy will survive after the Queen has died.
Nobody likes Charles and his wife is cringe worthy.
William is bland and boring and has shielded his kids too much from the media. None of them have the kind of celebrity status he and Harry had.

Harry is right to not be a working royal. His branch of the family is not important, but he is of utmost importance in keeping up the interest in royalty. Nobody else is that interesting

His children are 8, 7, and 4. What exactly do you think they should be doing differently. We see pictures of them here and there and they are at this enormous public celebration. They aren't child actors.

DP. Compare the future Queen of Spain to George and you have your answer.

Dead wrong. The correct comparison to the Spanish crown princess is William.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Neither has a waist. Kate is stick thin and uncomfortable to look at while Megan has no curve. I wonder how the Queen was able to keep her figure after having 4 children. She never seemed very sporty and wasn’t a smoker.

all she does is ride horses - and that's not sporty?

I don’t think riding horses can be attributed to keeping a slender figure. Maybe she did a lot hiking. She was outdoorsy.

Probably tightly controlled portions too. Not in a bad way; it's so easy to eat more calories than you need. (God knows I do it all the time).

It’s also easier to eat tightly controlled portions when you know that every day of your life, no matter what it costs, you’ll have access to fresh, healthy, wonderfully prepared food.
I’d also argue that riding horses is, indeed, sporty, and can do great things for your core — although I’d agree that the horse is getting the most exercise.

She doesn't eat. Not like starving herself like Kate but if you watch videos of the Queen's chefs - she doesn't like seasoning or anything to add flavor (garlic, rare spices etc) and both she and her mother drank continuously throughout the day.

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/08/queen-elizabeth-four-cocktails-a-day

I read that the Queen is a “eats to live, not lives to eat” kind of a person.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither has a waist. Kate is stick thin and uncomfortable to look at while Megan has no curve. I wonder how the Queen was able to keep her figure after having 4 children. She never seemed very sporty and wasn’t a smoker.

all she does is ride horses - and that's not sporty?

I don’t think riding horses can be attributed to keeping a slender figure. Maybe she did a lot hiking. She was outdoorsy.

Probably tightly controlled portions too. Not in a bad way; it's so easy to eat more calories than you need. (God knows I do it all the time).

It’s also easier to eat tightly controlled portions when you know that every day of your life, no matter what it costs, you’ll have access to fresh, healthy, wonderfully prepared food.
I’d also argue that riding horses is, indeed, sporty, and can do great things for your core — although I’d agree that the horse is getting the most exercise.

She doesn't eat. Not like starving herself like Kate but if you watch videos of the Queen's chefs - she doesn't like seasoning or anything to add flavor (garlic, rare spices etc) and both she and her mother drank continuously throughout the day.

I read somewhere that she had never eaten pizza. She's a product of her generation that didn't grow up on the fast food and junk food we see today. My grandparents wouldn't touch that stuff either. She eats food she's familiar with and maybe like many of her generation believes gluttony is a sin and is careful about what she eats.

You make it sound like traditional food, especially British, is healthier than 'fast food' or a wood-fired pizza with eggplant.

The traditional British plate is full of starches, beans, lard, pies (savory and sweet), and pork. That is what a Queen, especially one raised during the war rations period, would have been exposed to.

When she was in Balmoral she did really enjoy a diet heavy in salmon though.

The proof is in the pudding. When people ate more home cooked meals, they were thinner than they are now on a steady diet of processed fast junk food. People ate much less food overall and smaller portions.

No. When people had more outdoor exercise and walkability (whether in town or the city or the countryside) they were much thinner than they are. A lot of Europeans still eat home-cooked food and smaller portions but they're getting fatter because they're relying on private transportation more than their own two legs.

Nearly 14 percent of the French adult population is now obese, compared with 8 percent just 10 years ago.
https://www.npr.org/2011/08/06/139042221/the-french-are-getting-fatter-too