I would take this mark of character as a good indicator of what kind of monarch he would be... I am not anti Charles because of the sainting of Diana, but I would be quite happy if the royal tradition ends with Her Majesty.
Yes, I'm with you on this Shoppy. I find it staggering that over the years, the Duke's rudeness has always been reported as 'his humour', and having watched the tv since the 50's and consequently hundreds of overseas tour reporting I can never remember a single laugh out loud moment from the Duke. There was the 'slitty eyes' moment, the shoddy Indian workmanship comment and others that left people open mouthed, but was past off as his joky manner. Er no, it was crass rudeness.Wether shopping channels went off air or not it wouldn’t affect the sales, not with a website that’s open 24/7.
I noticed Highstreet TV and the other pre-recorded channels stayed on too. QVC never went off when Princess Diana died and although she had the HRH title taken off her, she really was “the peoples Princess” I’m not a Royalist and I wasn’t keen on Prince Philip due to his killing tigers, shooting Grouse and his love of stag, deer and fox hunting, which to be honest I was surprised how much the BBC of all places went in on, not to mention how he spoke to people, but he was someone’s husband, father and grandfather and I’m sorry for their loss.
Just edited to add stag and deer, I forgot to put them in.
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I think she embodies the better qualities of both her parents. She has always been my favourite out of all of them.
Edward actually does a decent amount of engagements but I imagine they don’t attract the national publicity that some of the other royals’ activities do.
They could have a largely ceremonial prez like in Ireland, where the power continues to be with the parliament and government.
Did you see the programme last year to mark her 70th birthday? It was very interesting, she's an incredible woman with the energy of someone half her age & does a huge amount of work.
What an odd question & how rude. He had the reputation of being brusque but that's such a ridiculous thing to ask someone. I like the Wessexes, they both do a lot that never gets reported & her commitment to her charities is from her heart. She's patron of horse sanctuary & I read a report about one of her visits when a horse, blind after years of neglect & naturally wary of people, was so comfortable with her he laid his head on her shoulder, she looked overwhelmed with emotion.
I think she'll stay true to her coronation oath until death. She's made of stern stuff, like her mother, & could live just as long.
My Mr T is republican to the core, he went away on climbing holidays when the last two royal weddings took place. He doesn't think there's any need for another layer of government so the job of head of state could be done by the prime minister & would grudgingly put up with BoJo doing it. I like a bit of pomp & ceremony & I'd rather have a constitutional monarch than a politician in that role; I also think that in times of uncertainty the British look to the royal family for a degree of certainty & reassurance.
Did he give a tribute? I missed that. I did see that he is coming back for the funeral. I hope he is quarantining for the proper length of time, as I don't think California is doing terribly well and has developed it's own C-19 variant.I’ve seen better tributes to pets than the one Harry gave for his Grandfather.
