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Gfamily wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 5:02 pm

Tessa K wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 12:29 pm Would they really have the coronation on the same day as the FA Cup Final? June 3 is the widely touted date

But they've gone for 6th May


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Tessa K wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 5:20 pm

Gfamily wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 5:02 pm

Tessa K wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 12:29 pm Would they really have the coronation on the same day as the FA Cup Final? June 3 is the widely touted date

But they've gone for 6th May
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It's turtles all the way down - a bit like the monarchy in a way...

Gfamily wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 5:02 pm

Tessa K wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 12:29 pm Would they really have the coronation on the same day as the FA Cup Final? June 3 is the widely touted date

But they've gone for 6th May


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Couldn't it be two days earlier?

Spoiler:

6 May 2023?

That's one of the days when I refuse to recognise Charles Windsor as anyone special, even if on that date he styles himself king in some farcical aquatic ceremony.

lpm wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 6:27 pm 6 May 2023?

That's one of the days when I refuse to recognise Charles Windsor as anyone special, even if on that date he styles himself king in some farcical aquatic ceremony.

So you're hoping for heavy rain, leading to the Thames bursting its banks at Westminster, all because some hapless Tory minister got the Thames Barrier switched off in the closed position?

... with sewage from Thames Water filling the Abbey and some of Putin's dolphins swimming in with mines.

So we don't even get a Bank Holiday.

dyqik wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 5:35 pm Couldn't it be two days earlier?

Got me thinking about the royal family in Star Wars. According to the Wookiepedia, Princess Leia's father was King Kayos. Which sounds beautifully appropriate for our times*

*well; with enough hindsight the people who enjoy the re-built world will think it beautifully appropriate

It can't be that day, Pompey are playing Wycombe - last game of the season.

TimW wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 8:35 pm It can't be that day, Pompey are playing Wycombe - last game of the season.

Don't worry, he's said he wants a pared back ceremony; so it'll be done in a Register Office, and it'll be a platter of sandwiches from Greggs on the side for the celebration (maybe a box of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts if the budget allows). I'm sure the match will go ahead.

Yaye - I'll be out of the country. But only in France and the French seem quite besotted with the Royal Family.

[Also, I'll be there for the Cup Final on the 13th]

I dunno. Sounds like an excuse for a knees-up.

You can always drop republican talking points if you go to one.

Bird on a Fire wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:42 pm I dunno. Sounds like an excuse for a knees-up.

You can always drop republican talking points if you go to one.

A knees up with morons. f.ck that.

plodder wrote: Wed Oct 12, 2022 7:56 am

Bird on a Fire wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:42 pm I dunno. Sounds like an excuse for a knees-up.

You can always drop republican talking points if you go to one.

A knees up with morons. f.ck that.

Or an anti-coronation party? That could be fun. Can you get a cake shaped like a guillotine?

Tessa K wrote: Wed Oct 12, 2022 12:40 pm ... Can you get a cake shaped like a guillotine?

Self-slicing. What a brilliant idea.

Martin Y wrote: Wed Oct 12, 2022 12:41 pm

Tessa K wrote: Wed Oct 12, 2022 12:40 pm ... Can you get a cake shaped like a guillotine?

Self-slicing. What a brilliant idea.

It's the best thing since sliced cake.

(because there's no bread etc.)

Speaking of the king, I was in a Conservative club tonight. Can report they still have a pic of the queen in the bar. Presumably until there’s an official portrait of Charles III, but maybe they haven’t heard?

Perhaps I should tell them, loudly and clearly.

Grumble wrote: Wed Oct 12, 2022 10:21 pm Speaking of the king, I was in a Conservative club tonight. Can report they still have a pic of the queen in the bar. Presumably until there’s an official portrait of Charles III, but maybe they haven’t heard?

Perhaps I should tell them, loudly and clearly.

It being a Con Club, they might put up a pic of Liz Truss!

Martin_B wrote: Wed Oct 12, 2022 11:58 pm

Grumble wrote: Wed Oct 12, 2022 10:21 pm Speaking of the king, I was in a Conservative club tonight. Can report they still have a pic of the queen in the bar. Presumably until there’s an official portrait of Charles III, but maybe they haven’t heard?

Perhaps I should tell them, loudly and clearly.

It being a Con Club, they might put up a pic of Liz Truss!

Only in the toilet. She's not going to displace Saint Maggie of Grantham.

Charles to Truss, when she comes for her weekly meeting: "So you've come back again", and "Dear oh dear": https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/ ... 8885204992

Brightonian wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 4:56 am Charles to Truss, when she comes for her weekly meeting: "So you've come back again", and "Dear oh dear": https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/ ... 8885204992

I’m sure he’s staying completely neutral

Grumble wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 10:35 pm

Brightonian wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 4:56 am Charles to Truss, when she comes for her weekly meeting: "So you've come back again", and "Dear oh dear": https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/ ... 8885204992

I’m sure he’s staying completely neutral

Those are merely expressions of sympathy.

Good bantz from the king there IMHO.

Bird on a Fire wrote: Fri Oct 14, 2022 12:04 am Good bantz from the king there IMHO.

"You've survived long enough to come to the palace again?"

dyqik wrote: Fri Oct 14, 2022 12:13 am

Bird on a Fire wrote: Fri Oct 14, 2022 12:04 am Good bantz from the king there IMHO.

"You've survived long enough to come to the palace again?"

Yes, that's how I heard it. "Surprised to see you! Still in the job then?"