.. A Royal Visit and Donation

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

the Middle Kingdom is to be visited this noontide by those modern usurpers of the authority and providence of the ancient peoples of these islands; the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall .... She will present a horseshoe to add to the Kingdom's Great Collection of Spurious Horseshoes [much beloved by the tourist board &c]

the local Tesco has painted it's bollards:

no purple vests on show so far .... but rather skimpy bunting and many Special Branch Persons are noticeable ... the place has had a bit of a clean and tidy in honour of the visit ... i wonder if the Duchess still has the Sarah Lund pullover? [perhaps too warm today]


what music should one play loudly through one's open windows as the gentlepersons progress?

[BBMmk2]

Well, as far as I am concerned, this dynasty from the reign of King George I, have been usurpers!! (Or even the Tudors!!)

[Pianorak]

Usurpers? Cf. Act of Settlement 1701

[Richard Tarleton]

what music should one play loudly through one's open windows as the gentlepersons progress?

Calum, only just seen this so too late to be of use, but how about a rousing rendition of Hey Johnnie Cope, although its significance would be entirely lost on the current generation of graeco-german hanoverians....

[BBMmk2]

Usurpers? Cf. Act of Settlement 1701

Maybe Pianorak, but that's just a bit of paper, imo.

[Pianorak]

Maybe Pianorak, but that's just a bit of paper, imo.

Can't argue with that, BBM

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Well, as far as I am concerned, this dynasty from the reign of King George I, have been usurpers!! (Or even the Tudors!!)

The Tudors??!!! I blame the bloody Normans. (We have long memories in the North! )

[MrGongGong]

[Flosshilde]

Well, as far as I am concerned, this dynasty from the reign of King George I, have been usurpers!! (Or even the Tudors!!)

Never mind usurped - the legitimate Stuart king was deposed & that bloke from Holland installed in his place.

[Richard Tarleton]

Never mind usurped - the legitimate Stuart king was deposed & that bloke from Holland installed in his place.

At least his wife was a Stuart. The Hanoverians' claim to the throne was tenuous, and Victoria's (and hence that of her descendents) non-existent.

Beginning tonight on BBC2 - Dr Clare Jackson's series on the Stuarts. Our friends in Scotland have already had a chance to see it.

[Serial_Apologist]

For want of anything better this is preferable to the Sex Pistols' God Save the Queen, which I never liked at all; but as Terry Christian said yesterday, really, the political status quo is past satirising.

[BBMmk2]

At least his wife was a Stuart. The Hanoverians' claim to the throne was tenuous, and Victoria's (and hence that of her descendents) non-existent.

Beginning tonight on BBC2 - Dr Clare Jackson's series on the Stuarts. Our friends in Scotland have already had a chance to see it.

That be good, apart from all the sport that's being dished out, at the moment!! This is what I am getti8ng at, The Hanoverians, were asked over here! Not much claim at all. Bring back the rightrful Royal Family I say! :)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Bring back the rightrful Royal Family I say! :)

Yes: the Godwinsons!

[Flosshilde]

Beginning tonight on BBC2 - Dr Clare Jackson's series on the Stuarts. Our friends in Scotland have already had a chance to see it.

According to the write-up in the Guardian the series starts with James VI, so misses out rather a lot of them, including Mary, who would have provided a touch of glamour & intrigue