Oh-ffical subsim "Royal Wedding" thread

[Oberon]

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

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

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]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

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*

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

[Bakkels]

Originally Posted by 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

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

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

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]

Originally Posted by Oberon

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 ROYAL WEDDING! IT'S JUST A DAMN WEDDING! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

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/...428-1dxpo.html

I hope Jim and Steed are very happy together.

[Sledgehammer427]

Originally Posted by 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."

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.

[Sailor Steve]

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

Wait, wut?

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Originally Posted by 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.

Can you provide links to that story?