Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else feel like the Queen has been holding on to meet Harry’s new baby and then… It’s the end?

More likely holding on for this platinum jubilee.


I wonder if she abdicates after this.

Nope. Her job is for LIFE.

Like the Japanese Emperor.

The Japanese Emperor abdicated in 2019.

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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.

She's a teenager, there no comparison. BTW, the Spanish monarchy is much more interesting. You have a sex addict, a queen who left her H to be with the king while she was pregnant with her 1st husband and then aborted the fetus, and public drama with the MIL. Tie in drama with Monaco.

+2 you’re comparing a 7 year old with someone nearly twice his age? What is wrong with you?

Not to quibble too much, but he’s almost 9 (I am a np here but I have a son born exactly a year later who is a ringer for Prince George so I actually know his bday even though I otherwise don’t know anything about the royals).

It's splitting hairs - the Princess Leonor speech was posted to slam George for being supposedly "shielded from the media" by William. The point is that George is 8, almost 9, and not 13, which was the age Leonor was when she made that speech. She's also the first in line to the Spanish throne and thus would be expected to have a higher public profile.

They don’t seem to be shielded from the media at all, but their media is highly highly curated.

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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.

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

You people do realize a title doesn't automatically make you capable of anything right? Hence the problem with Kate never making a public speech while maintaining the same 'rank' as her husband.

Here is a link to the Duchess of Cambridge's first public speech - in 2012:

You're really getting your lunch eaten today PP.

She can't go 2 words without looking down at her paper. Talk about lunch eaten. Now I know why she's been mute for 10 years.

Funnily enough it seems like Kate had more confidence before her pregnancies and into the mid-years of her marriage. I wonder what happened?

Talk about obnoxious supporters Maybe these kinds of statements undermine your cause?

I'm not the one who wrote any of the posts in this thread, so you're conflating different posters.

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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.

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

You people do realize a title doesn't automatically make you capable of anything right? Hence the problem with Kate never making a public speech while maintaining the same 'rank' as her husband.

Here is a link to the Duchess of Cambridge's first public speech - in 2012:

You're really getting your lunch eaten today PP.

She can't go 2 words without looking down at her paper. Talk about lunch eaten. Now I know why she's been mute for 10 years.

Funnily enough it seems like Kate had more confidence before her pregnancies and into the mid-years of her marriage. I wonder what happened?

Talk about obnoxious supporters Maybe these kinds of statements undermine your cause?

I'm not the one who wrote any of the posts in this thread, so you're conflating different posters.

If you didn't write any posts then obviously I'm not talking about you. It's a reference to a post made a few pages ago where someone with a hypocritical bias only takes issue with negatives posts they don't agree with and called those posters "obnoxious". Clearly there's a lot of negativity in this entire thread.

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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.

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

You people do realize a title doesn't automatically make you capable of anything right? Hence the problem with Kate never making a public speech while maintaining the same 'rank' as her husband.

Here is a link to the Duchess of Cambridge's first public speech - in 2012:

You're really getting your lunch eaten today PP.

She can't go 2 words without looking down at her paper. Talk about lunch eaten. Now I know why she's been mute for 10 years.

Funnily enough it seems like Kate had more confidence before her pregnancies and into the mid-years of her marriage. I wonder what happened?

Talk about obnoxious supporters Maybe these kinds of statements undermine your cause?

I'm not the one who wrote any of the posts in this thread, so you're conflating different posters.

If you didn't write any posts then obviously I'm not talking about you. It's a reference to a post made a few pages ago where someone with a hypocritical bias only takes issue with negatives posts they don't agree with and called those posters "obnoxious". Clearly there's a lot of negativity in this entire thread.

Yes, that was me. But I'm not the one who posted any of the comments in this particular section. BTW, I followed my earlier post with a clarification that I cringe at potshots by both sides. I assume you didn't see it.

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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.

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

You people do realize a title doesn't automatically make you capable of anything right? Hence the problem with Kate never making a public speech while maintaining the same 'rank' as her husband.

Here is a link to the Duchess of Cambridge's first public speech - in 2012:

You're really getting your lunch eaten today PP.

She can't go 2 words without looking down at her paper. Talk about lunch eaten. Now I know why she's been mute for 10 years.

Funnily enough it seems like Kate had more confidence before her pregnancies and into the mid-years of her marriage. I wonder what happened?

Talk about obnoxious supporters Maybe these kinds of statements undermine your cause?

I'm not the one who wrote any of the posts in this thread, so you're conflating different posters.

If you didn't write any posts then obviously I'm not talking about you. It's a reference to a post made a few pages ago where someone with a hypocritical bias only takes issue with negatives posts they don't agree with and called those posters "obnoxious". Clearly there's a lot of negativity in this entire thread.

Yes, that was me. But I'm not the one who posted any of the comments in this particular section. BTW, I followed my earlier post with a clarification that I cringe at potshots by both sides. I assume you didn't see it.

I saw it but didn't find it very sincere. Sorry. It was a stupid comment in light of all the negative comments that preceded it.

[Anonymous]

Just thought I would try to steer the conversation away from all the petty sniping with a reminder of this cute sketch.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10885203/The-Queen-meets-meets-Paddington-bear-hilarious-sketch-ahead-Platinum-Jubilee-concert.html#v-7367672448217858392

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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.

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

You people do realize a title doesn't automatically make you capable of anything right? Hence the problem with Kate never making a public speech while maintaining the same 'rank' as her husband.

Here is a link to the Duchess of Cambridge's first public speech - in 2012:

You're really getting your lunch eaten today PP.

She can't go 2 words without looking down at her paper. Talk about lunch eaten. Now I know why she's been mute for 10 years.

Funnily enough it seems like Kate had more confidence before her pregnancies and into the mid-years of her marriage. I wonder what happened?

Talk about obnoxious supporters Maybe these kinds of statements undermine your cause?

I'm not the one who wrote any of the posts in this thread, so you're conflating different posters.

If you didn't write any posts then obviously I'm not talking about you. It's a reference to a post made a few pages ago where someone with a hypocritical bias only takes issue with negatives posts they don't agree with and called those posters "obnoxious". Clearly there's a lot of negativity in this entire thread.

Yes, that was me. But I'm not the one who posted any of the comments in this particular section. BTW, I followed my earlier post with a clarification that I cringe at potshots by both sides. I assume you didn't see it.

I saw it but didn't find it very sincere. Sorry. It was a stupid comment in light of all the negative comments that preceded it.

No worries. It's shame we can't just have fun in this thread without ugliness.

Did you ever watch Joan Rivers' fashion reviews after red carpet events? I've been thinking of it lately when deciding whether I should post something critical.

While Rivers enjoyed a sharp joke, she wasn't mean spirited. She and her guests would share their unvarnished opinions about celebrities' style choices, but they never criticized the women's bodies, never insinuated any kind of personal criticism, and never made assumptions about things they couldn't know. If an actress was significantly overweight, they critiqued whether a particular dress was flattering on her figure, but they never passed any judgement on the weight itself, and they didn't avoid critiquing her like she didn't matter because she wasn't Hollywood skinny. Everyone got the same treatment. Rivers always played up her comments with exaggerated expressions for a laugh, so I didn't immediately realize how clearly and respectfully she drew a line between fair and unfair commentary.

The BRF are public figures, and they're fair game for vigorous debate. The cheap shots are unnecessary and a distraction.

Whew, sorry for the longwinded response. (I actually deleted a lot of it before hitting submit!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just thought I would try to steer the conversation away from all the petty sniping with a reminder of this cute sketch.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10885203/The-Queen-meets-meets-Paddington-bear-hilarious-sketch-ahead-Platinum-Jubilee-concert.html#v-7367672448217858392

That was adorable!

IIRC, the Queen also did a funny skit for the opening ceremony of the London Olympics.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just thought I would try to steer the conversation away from all the petty sniping with a reminder of this cute sketch.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10885203/The-Queen-meets-meets-Paddington-bear-hilarious-sketch-ahead-Platinum-Jubilee-concert.html#v-7367672448217858392

That was adorable!

IIRC, the Queen also did a funny skit for the opening ceremony of the London Olympics.

The bit she did for the Invictus Games is adorable too!

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2016/apr/29/president-obama-sends-invictus-games-challenge-to-the-queen-prince-harry-video

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just thought I would try to steer the conversation away from all the petty sniping with a reminder of this cute sketch.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10885203/The-Queen-meets-meets-Paddington-bear-hilarious-sketch-ahead-Platinum-Jubilee-concert.html#v-7367672448217858392

This is so sweet. Is there anything more pure than Paddington Bear?

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Beautiful celebration. God save the Queen.

[Anonymous]

This thread is really showing how ugly some of you guys are. I don’t know why the royals and all conversations about them make some of you so unhinged, but it is quite the spectacle.
I like the royals. I like Kate, I like MM, I like Harry and I like William. They are all imperfect people who came from an imperfect family who have their lives scrutinized daily. I don’t get the adoration and I also don’t get the hate. They’re just people.

I came here to see pictures of dresses, hats, cute kids… you guys just made it insufferable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is really showing how ugly some of you guys are. I don’t know why the royals and all conversations about them make some of you so unhinged, but it is quite the spectacle.
I like the royals. I like Kate, I like MM, I like Harry and I like William. They are all imperfect people who came from an imperfect family who have their lives scrutinized daily. I don’t get the adoration and I also don’t get the hate. They’re just people.

I came here to see pictures of dresses, hats, cute kids… you guys just made it insufferable.

+1. Couldn’t agree more, pp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Beautiful celebration. God save the Queen.

Amen. Wish I was there to see it in person.