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nekomatic wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:19 pm Is Radio 3 playing Solemn Music, or just solemn music?

Ah, just the latter. Surprised they didn’t save that piece up for when they may need it. It was Sheku Kanneh-Mason as well.

nekomatic wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 3:13 pm

Bird on a Fire wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 2:29 pm I wonder what the queen's favourite crisps are? Can't say I've ever spotted one of those "by appointment" thingies on a bag of quavers.

Well you’ve left it a bit flipping late to try and find out, haven’t you?

I can’t see any crisp-related Royal Warrant holders , unless one counts Waitrose. HM appears to be (or have been) more of a chocolate kind of a woman.

Kellogg's and United Biscuits are on the list, who make Pringles and Twiglets respectively.

lpm wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:25 pm Quiz question: who was the last monarch to die in Scotland.

Previous to this one just now?

shpalman wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:32 pm

lpm wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:25 pm Quiz question: who was the last monarch to die in Scotland.

Previous to this one just now?

(the announcement has just been made)

Long live the King.

discovolante wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:09 pm

bjn wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 4:29 pm I have it on good authority that “London Bridge” going to be announced tomorrow in the a.m.

LBC eh. Sneaky leaky.

I know people that know.

Well they were wrong...

discovolante wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:41 pm Well they were wrong...

It probably will be announced in the morning. It's been announced today, too, though.

Also even if they'd planned to delay the announcement, everybody already knew so why prolong the charade?

BC website has gone all black. Oh god, here we go

lpm wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:25 pm Quiz question: who was the last monarch to die in Scotland.

Do we get the definitive answer as it was when you asked ?? <curious of Shropshire>

veravista wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:51 pm BC website has gone all black. Oh god, here we go

Nicholas Witchell doing the haka?

I spend time in an online group that is very useful for information about the Ukraine war, with a lot of ex-service people and generally right-of-centre leanings. (To be fair, everyone apart from the full-Trump right and the tankies seems to be pro-Ukraine.) They tolerate my wokeness (e.g., the fact that I don't think that paedophiles should be castrated in public), but I'm going to be keeping my head down for a while. I suspect that my reluctance to change my avatar to a black blob will not go down very well. I expect a lot of mourning one-upmanship in the next few days, like poppy season on steroids.

Bird on a Fire wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:52 pm

veravista wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:51 pm BC website has gone all black. Oh god, here we go

Nicholas Witchell doing the haka?

Genuine cava/keyboard interface moment. Thanks.

sTeamTraen wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:54 pm

Bird on a Fire wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:52 pm

veravista wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:51 pm BC website has gone all black. Oh god, here we go

Nicholas Witchell doing the haka?

Genuine cava/keyboard interface moment. Thanks.

Hahaha I like that you've cracked out the cava already!

She's dead. She was 96 and lived in splendour her entire life, she was alright, for a Queen so I'm pretty much meh about the whole thing.

However, I just sicked a bit when I realised Charlie is king. Someone dig the guillotine out of storage, be a dear.

nezumi wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:13 pm She's dead. She was 96 and lived in splendour her entire life, she was alright, for a Queen so I'm pretty much meh about the whole thing.

However, I just sicked a bit when I realised Charlie is king. Someone dig the guillotine out of storage, be a dear.

The original guillotine blade what did Marie Antoinette was the first item in the Madame Tussaud’s exhibition and is still there.

Grumble wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:16 pm

nezumi wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:13 pm She's dead. She was 96 and lived in splendour her entire life, she was alright, for a Queen so I'm pretty much meh about the whole thing.

However, I just sicked a bit when I realised Charlie is king. Someone dig the guillotine out of storage, be a dear.

The original guillotine blade what did Marie Antoinette was the first item in the Madame Tussaud’s exhibition and is still there.

Brilliant, got any polish?

Grumble wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:16 pm

nezumi wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:13 pm She's dead. She was 96 and lived in splendour her entire life, she was alright, for a Queen so I'm pretty much meh about the whole thing.

However, I just sicked a bit when I realised Charlie is king. Someone dig the guillotine out of storage, be a dear.

The original guillotine blade what did Marie Antoinette was the first item in the Madame Tussaud’s exhibition and is still there.

Wouldn't it be better to find the axe that did for Charles I?

monkey wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:20 pm

Grumble wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:16 pm

nezumi wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:13 pm She's dead. She was 96 and lived in splendour her entire life, she was alright, for a Queen so I'm pretty much meh about the whole thing.

However, I just sicked a bit when I realised Charlie is king. Someone dig the guillotine out of storage, be a dear.

The original guillotine blade what did Marie Antoinette was the first item in the Madame Tussaud’s exhibition and is still there.

Wouldn't it be better to find the axe that did for Charles I?

Judge Bradshaw was a Stockport man I’m proud to say.

monkey wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:20 pm

Grumble wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:16 pm

nezumi wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:13 pm She's dead. She was 96 and lived in splendour her entire life, she was alright, for a Queen so I'm pretty much meh about the whole thing.

However, I just sicked a bit when I realised Charlie is king. Someone dig the guillotine out of storage, be a dear.

The original guillotine blade what did Marie Antoinette was the first item in the Madame Tussaud’s exhibition and is still there.

Wouldn't it be better to find the axe that did for Charles I?

It would be poetic. And I prefer the sound of a bludgeoning over a swift sharp strike.

Axe it is.

I don't hate the individual people (mostly, although Andrew can get in the f.cking sea) but the institution needs to go. I do see royalism declining a lot once we have Charles on the throne. I doubt it'd come to a beheading but... well... I wouldn't be attending the protest against it.

nezumi wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:30 pm

monkey wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:20 pm

Grumble wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:16 pm

The original guillotine blade what did Marie Antoinette was the first item in the Madame Tussaud’s exhibition and is still there.

Wouldn't it be better to find the axe that did for Charles I?

It would be poetic. And I prefer the sound of a bludgeoning over a swift sharp strike.

Axe it is.

I don't hate the individual people (mostly, although Andrew can get in the f.cking sea) but the institution needs to go. I do see royalism declining a lot once we have Charles on the throne. I doubt it'd come to a beheading but... well... I wouldn't be attending the protest against it.

Jokes aside, I want the monarchy gone, but I'm absolutist on capital punishment, so I would be against chopping someone's head off.

Did William become Prince of Wales instantly? With an investiture to follow? Or does it only happen with the ceremony?

nezumi wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:19 pm

Grumble wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:16 pm

nezumi wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:13 pm She's dead. She was 96 and lived in splendour her entire life, she was alright, for a Queen so I'm pretty much meh about the whole thing.

However, I just sicked a bit when I realised Charlie is king. Someone dig the guillotine out of storage, be a dear.

The original guillotine blade what did Marie Antoinette was the first item in the Madame Tussaud’s exhibition and is still there.

Brilliant, got any polish?

Of course.

Oryginalne ostrze gilotyny, które zrobiła Maria Antonina, było pierwszym przedmiotem na wystawie Madame Tussaud i nadal tam jest.

lpm wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:44 pm Did William become Prince of Wales instantly? With an investiture to follow? Or does it only happen with the ceremony?

He becomes Duke of Cornwall (and Rothesay) instantly, but Prince of Wales is an awarded title. Charles obviously becomes Duke of Lancaster.

Feel quite sad. Probably going to avoid this thread.