Chucks new hat..

[JimD]

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Elizabeth had a long reign-- imagine starting your life's work in your seventies.

A crowning achievement.

[JimD]

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For a few seconds I was a few feet from Charles and Diana when they visited Canada in 1991. Only a flimsy, low, temporary retaining fence separating us. He was gracious, she was radiant. That's about as well as I got to know them personally.

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

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1000 migrants were not rescued in the Phillipines,

I must have missed this. Do you have a link, Martin?

[bob winter]

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I saw Charles and Dianna a couple of times in Ottawa, as I recall, they weren’t attracting much of a crowd. I have mixed feelings about the monarchy. Show me something better, l might bite, but spare me the republican drivel.

[johnw]

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In some respects, it seems better to have a head of state with no real power, all show and ceremony, than to have a president. Charles can be above it all in a way no elected official can.

[lupussonic]

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I must have missed this. Do you have a link, Martin?

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/05/06/philippines-rescues-over-1-000-victims-of-trafficking_6025652_4.html#:~:text=Philippine%20authorities%20have%20rescued%20over,official%20said%20Saturday%2C%20May%206.

[AndyG]

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In some respects, it seems better to have a head of state with no real power, all show and ceremony, than to have a president. Charles can be above it all in a way no elected official can.

Bullocks.

He'll see the PM once a week. Secretly. What goes on there? No-one knows.

He'll send spidery written letters, concealed from the public eye.

There's influence. Of course.

Me? Well simply guillotine the lot of them, and then follow that by guillotining those who say 'but what about president Blair, huh?'

...Because that's not the way it would go.

There are countries which work perfectly well without this insanity.

Andy

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

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https://www.lemonde.fr/en/internatio...%2C%20May%206.

Thanks. This sort of thing seems related to the Chinese online gambling operations that flourished under the last President.

[JimD]

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In some respects, it seems better to have a head of state with no real power, all show and ceremony, than to have a president. Charles can be above it all in a way no elected official can.

It is refreshing to have someone who can rise above the grubby parliamentarianism or republicanism, though for myself in Canada it's hard to think of him as a real king. More like a historical re-enactment of a king, like someone dressing up as the town cryer for festive occasions.

[lupussonic]

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Me? Well simply guillotine the lot of them.

There are countries which work perfectly well without this insanity.

Andy

Not sure ACB would agree with you there Andy, but then he does seem to reserve his anti-republican specifically for me.

£100 million spent on this day in the middle of a food crisis. Sheesh.

[RFNK]

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Nauseating anachronism but, hey, that's entertainment!
Now, why did almost every female guest have a hat mounted at about 45 degrees and why was Nick Cave invited? Sammy Kerr kicked another goal for best outfit. My only other thought was, when will they fix up the abbey floor and get rid of that trip hazard?

[CWSmith]

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I'm not a fan of the monarchy and I don't understand the British fascination with it, but I do have a question:

I can't help but notice that a lot of British headliners refused the request to perform at the coronation.

Why is it that so many of the British (or English) people dislike Charles? Is it because of Diane? Is it the monarchy? Is it just Charles in general?

I can't see through my general ambivalence to see what they seem to be seeing.

[ron ll]

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Regardless, this should get a prize for best thread title.

[skuthorp]

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As one correspondent said this morning, compared to the Kardashians, donald, real housewives and the slew of self declared celebrities, the Windsors beat them all hands down.

[LOKI]

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I, as a Canadian , can't say that I have any thrall to the monarchy but it is part of our heritage.. not like the American thrall to useless celebrities adored by the masses and the diving to the depths politicians..