Oh-ffical subsim "Royal Wedding" thread

[nikimcbee]

I'm certain over the next few days all of the UKers will drop off the map to watch the "Royal Wedding."

So, what kind of party are you having to celebrate the wedding?

Will there be a geordie translation/ interpretation?
What about for scousers? Are they allowed?

...Then there's the "Steed factor." What effect will that have on the wedding?

:hmmm:

[Tchocky]

Jim and STEED finally tying the knot, eh?

So brave, so brave!

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Jim and STEED finally tying the knot, eh?

So brave, so brave!
:haha:

[nikimcbee]

Jim and STEED finally tying the knot, eh?

So brave, so brave!

Hear that sound?
That is the sound of Reece's heart breaking.

[nikimcbee]

As an hono(u)rary "Tooner", the mcbee household is planning a major party; There will be a swimming pool of Newcastle Ale, Newcastle's favo(u)rite son, Brian Johnson will be performing, and there will be free party hats.:woot:
http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/1969/boatshow032boudreauxedi.jpg

(Actual mcbee's at the pre-wedding party.)

[Dowly]

Had to go with "Wait, wut?". :hmmm:

*goes to google*

This Friday? Oh...

[nikimcbee]

Had to go with "Wait, wut?". :hmmm:

*goes to google*

This Friday? Oh...

And this was Dowly's 17k post. Historic day, it is!:woot:
Finlandia and ferret snacks on the house!

[GoldenRivet]

I havnt kept up with it.

I couldnt even begin to name the individuals getting married.

It is of complete irrelevance to my life as far as im concerend.

But because of media frenzy i am aware that someone of some importance - either real or imagined importance - is to become married somewhere in the UK.

thats all i could tell you, and i really dont care to know more about the subject.

;)

[frau kaleun]

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[Ducimus]

I've never understood why any American should, or would, give less then a crap about the Royals.

Hmm.. ok... so traditional figureheads that seemingly do nothing but sit there and look pretty from the UK are getting hitched. *shrug* So where's the part where i'm supposed to care?

Of course, thats me being an uneducated "bad American" .:O:

[Dowly]

And this was Dowly's 17k post. Historic day, it is!:woot:

Yay me! :woot:

[AVGWarhawk]

I went with 'what, wut?' I just do not understand the alure. Oh well, to each their own.

[danlisa]

I went with 'what, wut?' I just do not understand the alure. Oh well, to each their own.

Agreed and the alure is also lost on many of us UK'ers. Although, some estimated 2 billion viewers must see something partially interesting.

But hey ho, they gave us the day off work, who am I to squander that inside watching the event.:D

[frau kaleun]

I've never understood why any American should, or would, give less then a crap about the Royals.

Hmm.. ok... so traditional figureheads that seemingly do nothing but sit there and look pretty from the UK are getting hitched.

Of course, thats me being uneducated "bad American" .:O:

They may be a lot of things but the children of the British monarchs typically don't just sit there and look pretty. As far as the princes go, at least in my living memory they have all served in some branch of the military, and not just so they could look good in a uniform. Plus doing work for various charities and whatnot.

As the direct heir to the throne what Prince William is permitted to do as part of his military service is limited, but IIRC he is currently in the first year of a 2-3 year operational tour as a pilot with RAF Search and Rescue.

[Jimbuna]

At best I'll watch it on the late evening news but as far as I'm aware they are quite popular over the pond :DL

[Oberon]

I think I might well watch it, the rate HRH is going there won't be another coronation in my lifetime. :03: I'm too young for Charlie and Di so it'll be something to pass the afternoon.

[Ducimus]

They may be a lot of things but the children of the British monarchs typically don't just sit there and look pretty.

Why i say they seemingly do nothing but sit there and look pretty?

Who runs the UK government again? thats a little fuzzy to me. Was that the King and Queen, or the Prime Minister and Parliment? Who was that Tony Blair fella i used to see on the news all the time who as acting as the leader of his nation? Pretty sure he wasn't a King or Queen. I also vaguely recall some Margret Thatcher lady.

I don't know what the royals do, near as i can tell their existance is purely traditional, serving no practical role. They sit there, wave, and look pretty. BFD.

[mookiemookie]

The funniest thing about the royal wedding had to have been William's bachelor party. Imagine how awkward it must have been stuffing stripper's g-strings full of bank notes with your grandmother's face on them.

[MH]

Why i say they seemingly do nothing but sit there and look pretty?

Who runs the UK government again? thats a little fuzzy to me. Was that the King and Queen, or the Prime Minister and Parliment? Who was that Tony Blair fella i used to see on the news all the time who as acting as the leader of his nation? Pretty sure he wasn't a King or Queen. I also vaguely recall some Margret Thatcher lady.

I don't know what the royals do, near as i can tell their existance is purely traditional, serving no practical role. They sit there, wave, and look pretty. BFD.

I think they traditionally have loads of money with which they make even more while supplying some entertainment to the Brits.
Who doesn't like stories of princes and princesses.
Its like reality soap opera running for 1000 years.

[Ducimus]

Maybe one has to like soaps i guess. *shrug*:O:

Soaps are boring. I'd sooner watch paint dry.

[Bakkels]

At best I'll watch it on the late evening news but as far as I'm aware they are quite popular over the pond :DL

Something I realized lately; I think that royal families are a much bigger deal in countries were they have no royal family themselves. For example our queen made a visit to Germany a couple of weeks ago and it got way more media coverage with our neighbours than it got over here. The wedding in the UK is in the news here too, but it's not huge as far as I can tell. There will be live coverage but I won't take my type IX all the way back to port to view it :D

[Oberon]

Who runs the UK government again? thats a little fuzzy to me. Was that the King and Queen, or the Prime Minister and Parliment? Who was that Tony Blair fella i used to see on the news all the time who as acting as the leader of his nation? Pretty sure he wasn't a King or Queen. I also vaguely recall some Margret Thatcher lady.

Civil Servants. They run governments, not PMs, Kings or Parliaments. IMHO anyway.

[Jimbuna]

Civil Servants. They run governments, not PMs, Kings or Parliaments. IMHO anyway.

Most definitely....whilst the PM is HRH First Minister they remain almost clueless as to what is required to run the country and as such are a figurehead in similar proportions to the Monarch.

Two major differences....the Monarch can't be tried for a criminal offence and no laws are made absolute without said persons signature.

[Rockstar]

Royal wedding? I saw something about this in the news last week. Some prince or something marrying a a model wasn't it, what country is this that still has royalty?

[Lord_magerius]

That's it! I've finally snapped :damn: ROYAL WEDDING! IT'S JUST A DAMN WEDDING! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! :stare:

I'll be laying down in a dark room if you want me...

[Torplexed]

To celebrate the event there seem to be a lot of ads for faux royal wedding rings on late night US television lately. I saw one last night priced at a mere $19.99, complete with "certificate of authenticity." I can't help wondering what that certificate says.

Perhaps something like:

"Congratulations. You are now the proud owner of an AUTHENTIC fake royal wedding ring. Exactly like the one Chuck gave Di and Will gave Kate, except of course for the materials, workmanship, value, history and everything else. It is complete with an AUTHENTIC fake sapphire, surrounded by AUTHENTIC fake diamonds, and set in AUTHENTIC fake sterling silver. You can't get much more AUTHENTIC than that."

[TarJak]

Completely irrelevant to me,but I was looking forward to seeing a bit of the Chaser coverage which got banned yesterday. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/do-you-know-who-we-are-royals--havent-remotest-idea-about-the-chaser-20110428-1dxpo.html

I hope Jim and Steed are very happy together.:woot::woot:

[Sledgehammer427]

To celebrate the event there seem to be a lot of ads for faux royal wedding rings on late night US television lately. I saw one last night priced at a mere $19.99, complete with "certificate of authenticity."

we sell them where I work as kind of a gag. its up at the registers, as kind of an impulse. no certificate though.

Mookiemookie, that post made my night. :rotfl2:

[Sailor Steve]

I had breakfast at a place called the Royal Eatery this morning.

Wait, wut? :zzz:

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

The funniest thing about the royal wedding had to have been William's bachelor party. Imagine how awkward it must have been stuffing stripper's g-strings full of bank notes with your grandmother's face on them.
:har: Can you provide links to that story?

[Jimbuna]

Completely irrelevant to me,but I was looking forward to seeing a bit of the Chaser coverage which got banned yesterday. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/do-you-know-who-we-are-royals--havent-remotest-idea-about-the-chaser-20110428-1dxpo.html

I hope Jim and Steed are very happy together.:woot::woot:

I'm sure STEED will look ravishing in his bridal gown :DL


http://www.andreasfancydress.co.uk/images/costumes/male_bride_large.jpg

[Takeda Shingen]

At best I'll watch it on the late evening news but as far as I'm aware they are quite popular over the pond :DL

I'd agree with that. People in the 'States seem to be, on the whole, much more interested than those who actually live in Great Britian. Personally, I won't be getting up at 0400 to watch. :doh:

[Garion]

Personaly I could not care less about the royal wedding and will spend the day avoiding it.

Cheers

Garion

[nikimcbee]

I'm sure STEED will look ravishing in his bridal gown :DL


http://www.andreasfancydress.co.uk/images/costumes/male_bride_large.jpg

Jim, stop posting pictures of Reece.:haha:

[Jimbuna]

http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1566/200709/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1566-383719.jpg

Oh I shouldn't think he'll mind :DL

[nikimcbee]

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"Will the real Reece, please raise his hand."

[Armistead]

Never understood why being born entitled you to wealth taxpayer wealth. Still, it brings in hundreds of millions in tourism, events, etc.. They say what the Royal family brings in way exceeds the taxpayers cost, but why people still want to worship drama is beyond me.

[mookiemookie]

http://i.imgur.com/KhtTq.jpg

[Sledgehammer427]

so would it become
Royal Royal
Or Crown Crown?

:D

[Skybird]

"It's a joke." (http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,759304,00.html)


The whole thing feels like an aberration of history.

It's wrong if the head of state of a country can only come from one family. It's wrong to furnish this clan with palaces, land and all manner of grants to spare its members the indignity of having to earn their keep and enable them to live in luxury. It is wrong to address the Windsors and, from next Friday the delightful Kate Middleton as well, as Your Royal Highness or even Your Majesty. It is wrong to see them as anything other than people made of flesh and blood, like you and I.

Millions of Britons know that. The Guardian newspaper wants to abolish the monarchy, as does the Independent and the Economist magazine. Many professors, film directors, writers, actors and politicians would like Britain to become a republic -- but they remain in the minority which for years has been constant at around 18 percent of the population.

Cherie Blair, the difficult wife of the former Prime Minister Tony, once refused to curtsey in front of the old Mrs. Elizabeth Windsor, but the majority of Britons enjoy doing that, and much more, for Queen and Country. The Windsors are Europe's most expensive royal family, but the people go on paying, without grumbling, at least as long as Queen Elizabeth remains alive.

But Great Britain is a strange country. It has no written constitution but a rigid class system. The lawyers wear wigs in court and there are no citizens, just subjects. By law, all swans, all whales and all sturgeons are the property of the Queen, but there's no British national football team.

And if the Queen wishes to award an honor to one of her subjects, he can proudly call himself "Officer" or even "Commander of the Order of the British Empire." What on earth do these titles actually refer to? Much in this realm seems at least as antiquated as the London Underground.

British soldiers are fighting for democracy in Afghanistan and Libya, and they fought for it in Iraq. But at home, they defend the absurdly undemocratic idea that nobody but a Windsor can be head of state. As soon as Elizabeth, 85, shuffles off her mortal coil, her son Charles, 62, already worn down by his long wait for the accession, will take the throne, even though opinion polls show the majority of Britons don't want the brooding, esoteric prince to become king.

The pomp and ceremony surrounding the marriage of William and Kate is the latest expression of British eccentricity -- but a large part of the world appears to be succumbing to it as well.

Yes, the carriages of gold and velvet look pretty, the bride's train will be a sight to behold and Westminster Abbey is quite a spectacular backdrop for the ceremony. But is it really worth all the fuss? More than 10,000 journalists are descending on London. The German networks ARD, ZDF, Sat.1, RTL, n-tv and N24 will hardly be broadcasting anything else on Friday. Everyone is pretending that this spectacle is the most important and beautiful event on earth -- but it is not.

Oddly, the British public isn't as interested in the wedding as one might think. Most Britons say they don't really care about the event. Only about a third of them plan to watch the show on TV. And, compared to previous royal nuptials, relatively few of them plan to take part in the traditional street parties. In the center of London, hotels have plenty of spare rooms even though they have been offering discount deals for the weekend.

Millions of British subjects already fled the island on budget airlines before Easter and are now populating the beaches of Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt or the Caribbean. The weather there is guaranteed to be better than in London, where heavy rain is forecast for Friday.

Britain is still mired in its worst economic crisis since World War II. Everyone should be rolling up their sleeves to haul the nation out of the doldrums. But the government declared the wedding day a public holiday, and schools, banks, offices and factories will be closed -- just because the heir to the heir to the throne is getting married. The extra holiday may lead to increased turnover in the nation's pubs, but it will end up costing the economy billions.

In truth, the marriage of William and Kate is a sad spectacle. Two young people aren't getting wed in the way they would like but how the palace, protocol and granny demand it.

William, 28, is accustomed to that because he was born into it. But for Kate, 29, Friday will mark the end of her freedom. For her parents, it will be a bit like the death of their daughter. She won't belong to them anymore -- she will be elevated to some form of distant, aristocratic human being, forever unavailable for that impromptu dinner with Mum and Dad.

Fairytale wedding? No way.

Some friends and relatives will be present in Westminster Abbey, but most of the guests will be strangers, and some of them will be repulsive ones at that. King Mswati, the despot of the impoverished African nation of Swaziland who has 13 wives, will be flying in with his entourage of 50 people. Arab potentates have also been invited, some of whom are currently having pro-democracy demonstrators shot at in their streets. Who would want to get married in such company?

Half the British cabinet is coming, along with opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband, who bears the grand official title "Leader of her Majesty's Loyal Opposition." Former conservative Prime Minister John Major will be present. But the last two Labour prime ministers, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, have not been invited. Is that their punishment for having supported the ban on fox hunting? Why should the autocratic Sultan of Brunei get invited and not the two previous leaders of a democratically elected British government?

The whole world is waiting to admire Kate's wedding dress. The designer will be inundated with work after this. But the wearer of the dress faces a future that shouldn't really be desirable for an intelligent woman in the 21st century. Kate will have only three tasks from now on: serving her husband, looking good and bearing children, preferably boys. Apart from that, all she has to do is shut up.

It's like in the 1950s -- only much worse because she will have to continue curtseying to the Queen and other higher-ranking members of the family she has married in to.

The whole thing feels even worse than just an aberration of history. It's a joke.

[DarkFish]

Never understood why being born entitled you to wealth taxpayer wealth.:sign_yeah:

Still, it brings in hundreds of millions in tourism, events, etc.. They say what the Royal family brings in way exceeds the taxpayers cost, but why people still want to worship drama is beyond me.I don't know about the situation in the UK, but in the Netherlands the costs far outweigh the financial benefits.
And that's just the financial side of things:shifty: As far as I'm concerned, they build a giant prison somewhere far away, preferably Antarctica, and airdrop all the worlds' royal families in it.

[Fish In The Water]

I don't know about the situation in the UK, but in the Netherlands the costs far outweigh the financial benefits.

As far as I'm concerned, they build a giant prison somewhere far away, preferably Antarctica, and airdrop all the worlds' royal families in it.

Then they could setup a pay per view channel called the real "Royal Rumble." Just imagine the financial benefits! :O:

Note: The preceding comment was entirely tongue in cheek. No Royal, real or imagined was actually harmed in the making of this post.

[Oberon]

Well, it looks like it's been a good day for them. Nice to see William saluting the servicemen and women as he passes them.

His mum would be very proud of him. :yep:

Oh, and I must promote this twitter link, it's had me chuckling for a while now:

http://twitter.com/#!/Queen_UK

[Armistead]

All in all she is a very lovely girl, he should be proud to have her. Sad he had to sow his royal oats so many times why she waited for this day. Really appeared to be a case of I'll do as I please until she did as she pleased and he went nuts...Seems with many if you know you have it you don't want it, but if you see it getting along fine without you, you go nuts to get it back....oh love....

[Egan]

I'm spending the day listening to the Sex Pistols instead, but can someone let me know when the bloody thing is done so I can put the TV or the radio back on?

[Oberon]

I'm spending the day listening to the Sex Pistols instead, but can someone let me know when the bloody thing is done so I can put the TV or the radio back on?

Christ mate, you might as well write the day off. :haha: You know how the media loves this kinda thing.

[Egan]

Christ mate, you might as well write the day off. :haha: You know how the media loves this kinda thing.

I know I know. I just put the radio on for about 10 seconds: Richard Bacon talking about the Royals: Probably the Worst Thing In The World. Ever.

I did see a little bit on the TV when I got up. They were driving all these minor Royals to the Cathedral in what basically amounted to transit vans...I take it they were the ones who are so inbred they couldn't be trusted to get there on their own? :yeah:

Sod this for a lark. I'm going to go and watch the Gilmore Girls. Even that couldn't be as saccharine and nauseating - even if the people in the Gilmore Girls are richer than the Royal family.

[Hottentot]

Christ mate, you might as well write the day off. :haha: You know how the media loves this kinda thing.

Aye, and not only your media either. I just opened the homepage of a local big newspaper and there were at least four different articles about this event. The dumbest one was titled along the lines: "We follow this minute by minute" the format was like they were updating a freaking Facebook. One update, for example, stated: "Now they are waving for the crowd!"

Edit: Okay, I just went and counted all the articles I could find. Found 19 of them. This is ridiculous.

[joegrundman]

Just had the flyby of Lancaster and two Spitfires.

What a sound!

Followed by a flyby by some modern zoomie nonsense.

[Egan]

If she's a 'Commoner' I wonder what that makes us?

[Oberon]

If she's a 'Commoner' I wonder what that makes us?

I believe the term rhymes with pheasants. :yep:

[Alex]

The classiest wedding ceremony I've got to watch until now (can't compare with Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding though, since I wasn't born then :88)), as expected :), perfection from start to finish.

Long live Prince William and Princess Catherine ! :ping:

[Egan]

The classiest wedding ceremony I've got to watch until now (can't compare with Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding though, since I wasn't born then :88)), as expected :), perfection from start to finish.

Long live Prince William and Princess Catherine ! :ping:

I was 6 when Charles and Di got married. My Dad decided to take me and my brother to the swimming pool for the morning. When we got there it was, of course, shut. Standing there on the steps with my swimming gear and towel under my arm I became a fervent republican. True story. :DL

I was in the states when Diana died. I was actually out in the Yosemite back country when it happened and didn't know anything about it until we got back down to the village. When people realised we were Brits they kept giving us this look and saying 'I'm so sorry.' It was beginning to freak me out because no one said why they were sorry. I was beginning to wonder whether the UK had blown up or something. Once I found out I just sort of explained that whilst it was very nice of them to be so sympathetic I didn't actually know Dianna so I was more or less alright and did they have anything for a blister?

I was on the plane home during the funeral - first time I've ever been happy to be on a trans Atlantic flight. Missed the whole thing. I had really bad jet lag when I got back but my friends were even worse having had an entire week of media insanity.

[Alex]

I was 6 when Charles and Di got married. My Dad decided to take me and my brother to the swimming pool for the morning. When we got there it was, of course, shut. Standing there on the steps with my swimming gear and towel under my arm I became a fervent republican. True story. :DL
ROFL ! :haha:

:har: :03:
I was on the plane home during the funeral - first time I've ever been happy to be on a trans Atlantic flight. Missed the whole thing. I had really bad jet lag when I got back but my friends were even worse having had an entire week of media insanity.
Personally I'd say I prefer the celebration of any royal ceremony to the constant, ubiquitous anti Khadafi american propaganda, but I guess it is no more than a matter of tastes, after all.

[AVGWarhawk]

I watched for a few minutes. It was very nice. The carriages are beautiful. Deep in tradition in the UK. Overall it looked like a good time. :up:

[Jimbuna]

Gotta admit I eventually sat down and watched it and apart from the actual service I thought it was rather good.

The eyes of the world were on this and I should imagine there is many a country out there who would love the opportunity to have such a worldly respected royal family and all the pomp and tradition that goes with occasions such as this.

The real bonus was the BoB fly over....I wasn't as impressed with the tonkas and tiffies though.

Best wishes to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

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[kranz]

there is many a country out there who would love the opportunity to have such a worldly respected royal family and all the pomp and tradition that goes with...
...all the filth and scandals showing that they are people like us.
I also watched a bit, it was nice and fancy. But being a "subject" to "them"- no, thanks.

[Bakkels]

At best I'll watch it on the late evening news but as far as I'm aware they are quite popular over the pond :DL

That's quite a U-turn you made there Jim! :03:
But I understand, it's quite an event. A few years back when our prince married I watched it too. I'm not what you would call a real supporter of monarchy, but that doesn't mean I hate the royal family.
I don't know, in between all the wars revolutions and political quarrels (both here on the forum and in real life:O:), these festivities are somewhat refreshing.

[Skybird]

Couldn't avoid to just have seen the first pics of the event myself. Maybe I am a heretic, but the sister of the bride looked even more beautiful than the bride herself already did! :yeah:

[frau kaleun]

Caught about a half hour of it live as I was getting ready for work this morning. (No, I didn't go looking for it, I turned on my usual morning news channel and there it was.)

Saw from what I assume was the end of the Archbishop's final speechifying, after which the couple and witnesses went back into a private chapel to sign all the paperwork, up until they got back to Buckingham Warehouse--er, Palace, sorry, that's what my pop always called it. :O:

They looked a lovely couple, her dress was fabulous but not over the top (I still remember Di's, I know it was a different era but PLEASE :o ) and what I saw of "the spectacle" was very nicely done. Have to admit I teared up a bit when they emerged from the chapel and did the long walk down and out of the abbey. :yep:

[Skybird]

Up the road where I live, there are ten or twelve houses where some British soldier families live, from the British garrison in town here, and they had gathered and set up a big BBQ and plenty of colours and flags and children flocking around. Half of the batallion must have gathered there :D I passed there this morning, on bicycle, and while carefully driving cycles and turns around the little kids all around, I threw one of the men some words of greeting, asking "Children birthday, eh?"

I still try to find out what the expression on his face meant. "Shock and awe" might be the best description. :D Maybe I find out for sure and to my disadvantage next time we meet. :haha:

Surely our British guests qualify as being a bit exotic! :D

[DarkFish]

I'm spending the day listening to the Sex Pistols instead, but can someone let me know when the bloody thing is done so I can put the TV or the radio back on?I'd just keep watching the Sex Pistols if I were you. The media will probably need some time to recover from this terrible disease called monarchy, and even if they didn't, the Sex Pistols are good so you'd probably not miss a thing.

[Jimbuna]

Just had the flyby of Lancaster and two Spitfires.

What a sound!

Followed by a flyby by some modern zoomie nonsense.

Sorry Joe but that other Spitfire was actually a Hurricane.

I must agree on the Tiffies and the Tonkas though....nowhere near as enthralling.

[STEED]

Missed it all...

What a bloody relief, I have no time for the royals.

[HunterICX]

Missed it all...

What a bloody relief, I have no time for the royals.

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3880/grumpyi.jpg

:03:

HunterICX

[Jimbuna]

Missed it all...

What a bloody relief, I have no time for the royals.

That's a pity because you've missed what was one of the greatest British success stories/feats in recent years.

[Skybird]

All the rational critical argument I linked in that essay yesterday, is true, is logical, is undeniable. But - British royalty is nothing that qualifies for being rational, or logical. Quite the opposite - it is totally irrational in modern times. And that's why it fits perfectly and touches something inside people even if they are nbot even British but foreigners, because man is a highly irrational being, and in principle we all want to gather around the camp fire, listen to the stories being told of how the shining knight slays the dragon and protects the ordinary people, and the chieftain of the tribe we expect to lead us into the future, and guarantee safety. Seen that way, by our evolutionary heritage, we all are royalists. :D This function forms and creates a strong feeling of identity - something that maybe many foreigners envy the British for, because many other modern nations - Germany being oin my mind before any other - have lost this, and when you start reasoning about national culture and identity, you immediately have the political correctness brigade and the thought police in your neck and spend the rest of the week with avoiding to be burned at the stake.

Of course it is irrational, and costs much moeny, and in my opinion it is completely insane. And right for these reasons I grant it to you Brits, all the fairy tale flair of the day and the pomp and flying colours.

Just saw a summary of events on TV, 20 minutes. Wowh, nobody does royalty like the Brits celebrate it. :yeah: Leaves Hollywood looking like an amateur! For a show like this I just love to be completely irrational!

Would wish we had something like that in Germany. But here we only have political correctness, Schützenfeste and multicultural happenings with Döner and Bratwurst stands in the pedestrian zone. Pitiful.

[mookiemookie]

jimbuna!??!

http://i.imgur.com/jqtk8.jpg

[Jimbuna]

No not me Mark...once wore the Queens uniform....pretty much a royalist I must admit :DL

[frau kaleun]

I think part of it for me is that it's one of Diana's sons that was married, not that I was a "Diana fan" in any strong sense of the word. I was always kindly disposed towards her but never paid any more attention to her than I did any other member of any royal family. However the tragedy of her death and the fact that those two boys lost their mother so young does make me take a more, I dunno, protective and heartfelt interest in them and wish them happiness in a less general way than I might under other circumstances.

[Ducimus]

I still don't get what the big deal is. People get married all the time. Hell, they got reality TV shows about it now. The only thing that really varies, is how much money the dump into it. *shrug*

[Platapus]

I tell you, this wedding has created quite the internet sensation. I think about 90% of the posts on all the websites in the US are from people posting that they don't care. :har::har:

If you don't care about the wedding, why post about it????

[Ducimus]

I tell you, this wedding has created quite the internet sensation. I think about 90% of the posts on all the websites in the US are from people posting that they don't care. :har::har:

If you don't care about the wedding, why post about it????

I post to this thread for a number of reasons.

1.) It's active, and posting here sure beats arguing with a Birther over a stupid topic.

2.) I really don't understand the fascination with the royals.

3.) I find Celebrity worship irksome and irrational, and this bit of celebrity worship goes against our colonial roots. :O: Didn't we have a war to break way from the influence of the crown? Wasn't the word, "King" or "Queen" deliberatly avoided by our forebearers? So why this fascination now? I don't get it.

4.) Im trolling. :O:

[Skybird]

It is strange, and somewhat amusing, that usually I do not care much for the Royals, not at all, and before the wedding said it does not mean anything to me. But when then watching TV summary, all of a sudden - I'm stunned, and moved and touched, no matter my cool blood and desinterest before. This is fascinating for me, since I cannot really explain it.

German press had two very good comments onm the wedding, the first by the conservative FAZ, more serious in tone and examining the meaning of these royal rituals for a nation that has no written constitution and currently is engaged in war actions in foreign countries, and the second comment (the title refers to the author, not the couple!) is more laid-back, perfectly describing the bewldering effect the wedding has had on the author - and happens to be the same effect on me.

A nation reassures itself (http://www.faz.net/s/RubDDBDABB9457A437BAA85A49C26FB23A0/Doc~EE898513260D243859BADE9F6A20357CA~ATpl~Ecommon ~Sspezial.html)

When the heart defeats the brain (http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,759698,00.html)

[TarJak]

No not me Mark...once wore the Queens uniform....pretty much a royalist I must admit :DL
Did you have it cleaned before you sent it back to her?

http://www.allegromusic.com.au/artists/647/images/gerry_connolly_queen_200_2.jpg

This Royal Wedding is an especially joyful occasion in my house because we actually need new tea towels.

Chaser material: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/comedy/blogs/last-laugh/chaser-posts-royal-wedding-sketches-online-20110430-1e1o2.html

[Jimbuna]

Lol....kept the wig and glasses though :DL

[STEED]

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3880/grumpyi.jpg

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HunterICX


:har: :)

That's a pity because you've missed what was one of the greatest British success stories/feats in recent years.


From what I heard, people who watched were cringing at this and that.

[sharkbit]

Best wishes to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.


So maybe some of the Brits can fill in an American ignorant of how all the title stuff works.

The way I read it in the papers here in the States, the Queen gave the title of "Duke and Duchess of Cambridge" to them.
So, do they like rule, govern, etc. over the area around Cambridge or is it more or less a title?
Was there a Duke and/or Duchess of Cambridge prior to all of this and now they are unemployed?
Why aren't they Prince and Princess? Is't Duke and Duchess a "demotion"?

My wife was asking and I haven't got a clue.

Oh, by the way, Catherine's sister is pretty hot too. Somebody needs to scoop her up as well.

:)

[Herr-Berbunch]

There's something wrong with Harry if he doesn't get together with Kate's stunning sister, Pippa. :yep:

[Egan]

Is it over then? Can I watch TV again?

[Gerald]

The rest of the world (including Australia) that's sounds like bullying....

[Gerald]

Is it over then? Can I watch TV again? :yep:

[frau kaleun]

Is it over then? Can I watch TV again?

Not if you planned on tuning in to BBC America. :D



Edit:

Question, one of the commentators said William wore the uniform of the Irish Guards? But what was Harry wearing... because whatever it is, it's fabulous.

[Skybird]

There's something wrong with Harry if he doesn't get together with Kate's stunning sister, Pippa. :yep:
So thought I, but she is already engaged, while he is said to have a girlfriend too. Also, both of their hidden partners are said to have been seen inside the cathedral. So, that the little brother of the prince comes together with the little sister of the princess is extremely unlikely an event.

[Skybird]

Question, one of the commentators said William wore the uniform of the Irish Guards? But what was Harry wearing... because whatever it is, it's fabulous.
Both wore fox-hunt dresses, but Harry wore a darkened night-hunt version of it, meaning to crawl into the foxhole by night and strangling them by hand. Plus one golden badge for every ten foxes. :D

[frau kaleun]

Both wore fox-hunt dresses, but Harry wore a darkened night-hunt version of it, meaning to crawl into the foxhole by night and strangling them by hand. Plus one golden badge for every ten foxes. :D

:hmmm:

http://images2.boxwish.com/profile_images/blog/819/blog_buzz_lightyear_doll_spends_15_months_in_space .jpg

You're... mocking me, aren't you. :O:


Well I don't care what it was, it's now the official uniform of all my imaginary boyfriends. :yep:

[DarkFish]

So maybe some of the Brits can fill in an American ignorant of how all the title stuff works.

The way I read it in the papers here in the States, the Queen gave the title of "Duke and Duchess of Cambridge" to them.
So, do they like rule, govern, etc. over the area around Cambridge or is it more or less a title?
Was there a Duke and/or Duchess of Cambridge prior to all of this and now they are unemployed?
Why aren't they Prince and Princess? Is't Duke and Duchess a "demotion"?

My wife was asking and I haven't got a clue.

Oh, by the way, Catherine's sister is pretty hot too. Somebody needs to scoop her up as well.

:)AFAIK it works the same in the Netherlands, so I can answer this for you.
A title is just a title, they don't govern over anything at all. (which is one reason why monarchy is such a joke, we pay loads of money and get nothing in return)

A quick wikipedia search shows the last duke of Cambridge died in 1904, so no, there wasn't any other duke that now is unemployed (bad wording since duke isn't a job at all, with it come some privileges but no obligations that I'm aware of)

Titles can stack, so they're in no way demoted. As an example, our beloved Her Majesty Beatrix, by the Grace of God, Queen of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld etc. etc. is also count, marquis, viscount, baron, hereditary lord and lord of much too many places.

Oh how I wish a huge hole opened up in the ground and they all fell in:shifty:

[Jimbuna]

Is it over then? Can I watch TV again?

Hang about I'll find out which of the movie channels Braveheart is on :DL

[Jimbuna]

So maybe some of the Brits can fill in an American ignorant of how all the title stuff works.

The way I read it in the papers here in the States, the Queen gave the title of "Duke and Duchess of Cambridge" to them.
So, do they like rule, govern, etc. over the area around Cambridge or is it more or less a title?
Was there a Duke and/or Duchess of Cambridge prior to all of this and now they are unemployed?
Why aren't they Prince and Princess? Is't Duke and Duchess a "demotion"?

My wife was asking and I haven't got a clue.

Oh, by the way, Catherine's sister is pretty hot too. Somebody needs to scoop her up as well.

:)

Pretty much as DarkFish has posted....just a title with a few minor privileges.

[bookworm_020]

Oh, by the way, Catherine's sister is pretty hot too. Somebody needs to scoop her up as well.

:)

And to think she is going out with an English cricketer:damn: When she wakes up to what she's with, tell her I'm available:yep::yep::yep:

[Jimbuna]

And to think she is going out with an English cricketer:damn: When she wakes up to what she's with, tell her I'm available:yep::yep::yep:

But he can offer something atm you can't....The Ashes :DL