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...start buying yer souvenirs now!

Watch this thread for bargains.

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Brilliant! Does this mean an official day off work?

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Aye,I reckon so - thats if people have jobs to go to.

Innit funny how history repeats itself. When his parents got married back in '81 we were two years into Thatcherism...unemployment was going through the roof, factories shutting down, Accy a mess..etc. Come next summer it will be a year of coalitionism - if it lasts that long. Unemployment will be going through the roof, market stalls shutting down, Accy a mess....

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Funny, isn't it, how this story breaks just a few hours after this one...

BBC News - Government to compensate ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees

Surely that nice Mr Cameron wouldn't indulge in something so underhand as diversionary tactics...would he? ;)

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It will take the poor downtrodden masses minds off all the gloom that they are going through. Just think of all the street parties and celebrations no doubt paid for by tax payers. :D:D:D:D

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its obvious to all but the braindead.:rolleyes::D

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Oh joy!

I hope they get the timing right, I wouldn't want it interfering with the broadcast of one of the major soaps.
:eek:

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just wondering if lancsdave will be doing a special range of willykate tshirts .....:D:D:D

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He should make a few bob if he knocks out some "Stuff the Wedding" T shirts.

I trust he's already got the "Stuff Tesco" T shirts for the weekend.

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Perhaps Katywill would be a better seller?:D:D:D:D

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....especially if it shows that Katyalwaysdoes!

:D

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Who I wonder will be the first to comment on helicopters ? ;) :D

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anyone noticed that 'willykate' is an anagram of 'willytake'
:D

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I wonder how long this marriage will last? I can't see it going more than five years.

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Diana's lovers, dad is still alive and no doubt planning revenge!

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They have rotors don't they:rolleyes:

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they are talking about the proposal on bbc one right now and wills said 'i took her up somewhere nice' yeah i bet he did

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I wish Prince William and Kate much happiness in their marriage .

Also I hope it brings much happiness to his grandmother , our Queen . She deserves it . No one can match the duty and service she has given to her country .

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Spot on JCB green karma from me;)

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I've been awarded a grant to crochet commerative tea cosies, celebrating the fact that this is the first Royal bride in history, of a direct heir to the throne, that's known to have lost her virginity to someone else.

Orders now being taken.

www.willamsmarryingaslapper.com

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Does the palace have a back alley?

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I planned to have tonight in and watch a bit of t'telly. Now all the schedules are mucked up so I don't know what to watch. Disgusting.

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Eastenders is on now Tealeaf:rolleyes:

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Has it really been announced?

Been at the seaside all day.

Think I'll go back, and paddle in the Irish sea until it's over.

Though I suppose I beter check my messages first, in case I'm doing the frock.

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I though you Pearly Kings and Queens liked a good old fashioned royal knees up?

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If I want to see that nonsense I just have to step out the door. No thanks - never seen it and never intend to. I ain't seen Corrie for fifteen years either - thats now total garbage as well.

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Well it was only a suggestion :idunno::D

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Prince William gives Kate Middleton his mother's ring.

Prince William Gives Kate Middleton Princess Diana’s Engagement Ring – Style News - StyleWatch - People.com

Kate gives William her mother's emergency life belt and oxygen mask.


:Banane41::Banane41::Banane41:

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Ok Dot, calm down.

(See, eastenders..miserable beggars.)

;)

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So I'm told. Just like some of you lot on here.

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We have a right to know exactly how much you have been awarded and which body made this grant. By the way, how much is the Victorian swimming gala costing?

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I will tell you the actual cost only after you've given me your credit card details, and payment has been received, and your cosy has been dispatched to your home.

Otherwise your enjoyment of this delightful commerative souvenir could be spoiled.

What Victorian swimming gala?

:confused:

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I was going to watch the news tonight,but nothing else would seem to be happening in the world, except the wedding. I even switched to Fox news, and guess what was on that.We are not going 12 months this are we.

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The waterless one on Broadway. Surely you haven't forgotten?:D

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I see leg o'mutton sleeves.

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Try Russia News Today, Bernard, (Channel 85 Freeview...dunno about SKY). There's nowt on there yet - no surprise, really.

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Oh, THE art happening of the cultural year?

That Victorian Swimming Gala actually receives capitalisation, because of it's value to us.

I believe extra funding was secured, to faciltate this.

HYNDBURN ACTIVITY | Creativity Works

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I will tell you after the event even if my freedom if information gets back before the event :rolleyes::D

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Is there not too many 'ifs' in there, even for you?

That's probably why it's going close to the deadline...supplying so many requests for the same information.

:rolleyes::D

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Darts on itv4 Tealeaf. :D:D

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All very nice...who pays for the wedding?...what with all the cuts and "we are all in this together" ;)

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Now, come on, Mancie, you can do better than that. I was really looking forward to a classic "this elitist charade is a mere sideshow devised by the capitalist state to protect its vested class interests, an outmoded relic from our feudal, imperialist past, a grotesque mockery of the sufferings of the noble proletariat ground underfoot by the robber-barons of the ruling classes etc etc etc..." type rant. So, come on, let rip! ;)

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Terrible...I went down the pub and that's all they were talking about there. It's like Colditz - you can't escape from it. There's even Colditz on the telly..that seems to be the only alternative.

Anyway, some clever buggar was saying that at the '81 Royal Wedding, each Borough sent a wedding present. So I'm just wandering now what Britcliffe will send - if he's still head honcho. Maybe we can send Katie a crotched hat and maybe Wills a Stanley season ticket..it's only about a three hour drive up from North Wales.

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Funny how things work out, william and kate announce their engagement this morning, then the winner of the first race at fakenham today is called Tocatchaprince at 8/1 wonder how many had a bet on that after this morning.

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He could just drive over the border and get a lift from most of the Stanley team :D

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Don't worry folks ya will be the first to know when the big day arrives, soon as i get my invite i will post on here.;)

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Took the words right out of my mouth Wynonie..and in these times of inflation and cuts in the incomes of the lowest earners... the tax payer will have to pay out millions for someones wedding... or will the Con-Dems tone down the expense of this wedding to reflect the misery they are causing ?... like down to the registry office, then all pile back to the community centre for salmon paste sarnie's and sausage rolls from Iceland? :)

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no wonder the cabinet cheered they will be able to push anything through parliament without any media coverage;)

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like fixed term parliaments bill http://services.parliament.uk/bills/...rliaments.html

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yep like they pushed that compen through today - 6-00 news bbc= 22mins royal wedding,3 mins compen.;)

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I don't suppose they will be taking their vows in the Maldives.:hothothot :D

But good luck to them both anyway.

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the annoucement that there is to be a royal wedding next year , brought back memories of the street party we had when Charles and Di got wed , i'd have been about 6 or 7 at then time and me and the rest of the kids were all in fancy dress , there were flags and banners and balloons and long tables were everyone sat down to eat , 2 children dressed up as bride and groom and when had a mock wedding

it got me thinking if it would happen again ? is the communinty spirit still there ? Is the Royal Family still what is was ?

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I watched the Charles 'n' Di wedding on a beach in St. Tropez.

A hefty German woman was stood right behind me, with her burnt, free hanging baps, threatening to suffocate me.

I saw this as a bad omen, that one day they'd go their separate ways.

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I spent Silver Jubilee week in Italy - such drastic avoidance measures will not be possible for me next year, but I have developed the habit of not watching TV so I don't expect it will intrude in my life much.

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I shall be living on the moon until it goes away.................:rolleyes:

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Frankly my dears I don't give a damn.

I bet the day of the wedding there will be plenty of money to flood the streets of London with police while the poor souls of Lancashire can't get a response to kids trashing their cars.

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can't even remember watching Charlie 'n' Di's wedding, i was only 5

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The wedding or the marriage?:D

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Spent the Silver Jubilee, in the Coach and Horses and Charlie Wedding in the Great Tree:drink::drink::drink:

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Remote control, press off, sorted:D

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It X Factor off the front page which is good. But moving page 3 is bad. All I can see is all the police bills and a rise in crime. Security will be tighter than any corset or chastity belt.

Though there was some mumbles of an extra holiday for it which I will believe when I see it.

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Oh Dear.....looks like we now have two threads with the same title. Anyway - this one's the lad's thread, for anyone who is somewhat cynical about the timing of the announcement, the cost of the event, the wider implications and whether or not it's going to make any difference to anyone in Accy.

The other thread is the girlie thread - so if you want to talk about wedding dresses, street parties with trifle and wearing daft hats on the day - stick to the other one - and don't waste out time coming on here with your silly little nonsense.

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So, any indication as to whether it's going to be a public holiday?...and will it be on a Friday like Chas and Di's do? Could be ideal for a weekend bender! ;)

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Heard nowt yet down here...although there I was listening to a few journo's earlier who were speculating that the bash would be held in St Georges, Windsor under special license; cut out the security and all the rest of the costs and flog the TV rights for lots of wonga.

The other point they raised was on the PM's/Royal Perogative; they found Cameron's bare-faced cheek in standing outside No 10, saying he knew nowt about the announcement hillarious; as PM, HM the Queen would have been constitutionally obliged to inform him of the engagement, probably as long as two or three weeks ago. Pizz easy for him, then, to release the news on the G'Mo payments on the morning of the event.

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As soon as you mentioned the wedding dress rindy disappeared onto the other thread.
:confused:

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when will you stop buying the sun :rolleyes::D:D:D...... buy a decent paper .....

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Got to admit, it worked spectacularly well for him. The story broke, the first rumblings of discontent were growing, then suddenly...Wills'n'Kate mania hit and the whole thing was totally buried. In normal circumstances, we'd probably be on the sixth page of a "How dare they pay compensation to these people?" thread, but instead we're discussing weddings (in a manly, cynical way of course ;) ). Meanwhile the news spotlight has moved on to the potential collapse of the Irish economy and the boy David's got off, scot-free!

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Yeah...that's another Six Billion we are potentially liable for, thanks to this EU nonsense...about a hundred quid for every man, woman & child in this country. What's Graham have to say about this? I notice he was lurking around earlier on here.

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And so every man, women and child in this country that will already see thier standard of living drop because of this government cuts, will now be told we can afford to give a foreign country 7bn! :eek:

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Yeah, Mancie - another country which 3 years ago had a GDP per capita about 25% higher than here in the UK.

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Ireland - Let's hope they don't win the Eurovision song contest next year. Having to host it again will be more devastating than the Potato Famine.

Compensation - It is disgusting. It was sold as a bargain, speculating it would have cost the country about £500 million pounds in legal costs, if their claims resulted in a court case.

Wedding - Silk charmeuse satin in Isabelline white.

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Just to let you all know there was 2 threads on this fascinating subject so i have merged them into one thread:s_love::mar:

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Just like the family of party planners are being merged with that German family.

Very fitting.

:D

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Just trying to find out how many of William's German great aunts were alive, came across this...

Prince Philip pictured at Nazi funeral | Mail Online

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Well never much liked the guy, but respect his honesty, hope politicians read the comments of ordinary folk on that article, but doubt it.:rolleyes:

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Spugs we don't want to know personal traits on here thank you:D

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You are so cruel Less:D

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THE head of Exeter's cleansing services says the date for next year's royal wedding has left the council with a major headache.

the bin collectors are complaining about the date of the wedding!!!

Mr Trim told the Echo: "I just don't think William and Kate took waste collections into consideration when they were sorting through dates for their nuptials.

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Its blood considerate of um init

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I am chuffed that the course of events enables me to resurrect this post I made nearly 5 years ago .

It is a post I remember well.....not least because I received green karma for it from Jaysay , RIP , and that made me feel that I had at last "arrived" at Accy Web after a bumpy start .

So today the Queen will become the longest reigning British Monarch .

What I said 5 years ago I still believe...... No one can match the duty and service she has given to her country .

In fact my respect for her grows as the years go by .

She has done , and still does a fantastic job .

So , well done Ma'am , and may you have plenty more years to carry on what you do so superbly .

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I second that.

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and I agree with that 100%

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I whole heartedly agree. I noticed in the press along with all the positive articles the Repubicans are saying now is a good time to abolish the monarchy. I think they would find a President would cost the country far far more than a monarch and where in the world would they have found someone as dedicated as our present Queen has been over all these years. For me she is a National Treasure and Long May She Reign.

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The other thing about a President, is that it is a political position, therefore likely to be subject to bias and corruption.
There are enough politicians in this country.....no there are too many.....and many of them could not lie straight in bed.
They are not like the queen....who is not in it for the money or political kudos, all they really care about is maintaining their place at the trough, and being on a lucrative gravy train.

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Exactly !!! I cannot imagine any president generating the interest to overseas visitors as the Queen does along with all the pageantry that goes along with Royalty. As you say Margaret, politicians are two a penny and in it for what they can get out of it unlike H.M. who has an unbelievable sense of duty. Still doing all the public appearances etc at almost 90yrs old is marvellous too. The cynics who say that is because of her privileged life I think are wrong. Money does not buy good health.

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Can you imagine Blair, Brown or Cameron as the President of our country :eek:

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That would be Nightmare on Downing Street !!!

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I support the idea of a Head of State who stands ABOVE the cut and thrust of political arguments. It gives a stability and permanence to our whole political process.

I hate the obsequious, crawling approach of ANYONE brown nosing around the Royals - mainly Royal Correspondents.

William and Kate are NOT just like any other young couple. George is NOT just like any other toddler. Charlotte is NOT just like any little girl. And together, the LAST way to describe them is 'Just like any other young family'. They represent the ULTIMATE in privilege.

But that is what we get.

I admire the Queen, not for her privilege, but in the way she has handled herself. She is just a little old lady given a thankless task.

Prince Philip provides plenty of entertainment as a pompous buffoon always putting his foot in it.

Which probably is his biggest contribution to the ongoing popularity of the monarchy.

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Prince Philip may be a buffoon to many but to the Queen he has been her rock since they married almost 68 yrs ago. I suspect she would not have been able to carry out her duties as well as she has done without him supporting her.

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I don't like going against the grain,so I'll keep it short,all she really had to do was not die :D
Congratulations to her for becoming the longest migrant that has managed to scrounge our benefits......it'll take some going to beat her.

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Your revealing ignorance yet again, she is not a migrant, her ancestors have lived here probably longer than yours, as for scrounging our benefits, the income from Crown lands of Lancasire which have been in the hand of the monachy since the 1300's which go to the goverment, far outweigh her cost to the country.

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She is of far greater value to this country than the dipstick with his perverse obsession for the sexual abuse of children

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But I've prehistoric ancestors buried under Accy Stanley football club that use to hunt dinosaurs ;)

I know she adds to our economy (and served during the war :rolleyes:) and as much as I prefer her to having a scameron&co as president etc,taking money from the civil list (when your a multimillionaire(ess) is scrounging taxpayers hard earned brass.


:rolleyes:

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Who are you trying to kid?:p

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So you don't mind the money that is being taken from your pocket by greedy self serving MP's but you do no like the queen taking what is her due from the privy purse.
This is an 89 year old lady who continues to work for this country. She could have put her feet up years ago and handed the crown to her (loony) son Charles....but she vowed to serve the people of this country for all of her life. That is what she is doing.
If you cannot say anything positive, then perhaps you should say nothing, rather than making yourself sound ridiculous.....and back pedalling again(you'd rather have her than scameron is what you said)

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Your trying to put words into my mouth M,you know I despise MP's (nearly as much as I despiae the royals).Could we not have a ceremonial President like Germany :D

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No I am not trying to do anything of the sort.
A ceremonial President would still need to be paid, would claim expenses, would still be corruptible and would not bring in the same revenue as the queen does(in tourism).
If you value your history, and the history of the country so poorly then I feel very sad for you.
The Queen has, and is doing a sterling job.
I would rather have her on the throne than her son, Charlie boy....So long may she reign!(I hope she lives to be 110)

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Why do you despise the Queen ?

At least you can do so without being in fear of being carted off to the Tower to await beheading . :rolleyes:

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It is not generally known that the queen and philip have been charged with complicity in the disappearance of some canadian orphans - case referred to-
International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State (ITCCS)

The only surviving witness to the event has died unexpectedly shortly before he was due to give evidence.
The following links are just two mentions of this on the web - there are more.

Star Eyewitness who named Queen of England in Abduction of Aboriginal Children dies suddenly in Vancouver Hospital | Welcome to ITCCS.ORG and The International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State

https://inpursuitofhappiness.wordpre...-missing-kids/

Philip is said to have had several affairs, including the queens cousin Alexandra of Kent.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?n...5,292467&hl=en

I do not care whether the allegations are true or lies.
I just choose not to automatically assume they are not true.

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Many people, me included choose not to believe everything reported is true, I am no royalist by any stretch, but i fail to see the the point of highlighting allegations of Phillips affairs, have anything at all to do with the Queens long reign.:rolleyes: