Are You Republican or Royalist?

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

our charlie is half greek innit .... he does cost a lot to keep in nicely pressed laces warm biscuits and perfect eggs ...

[ahinton]

our charlie is half greek innit .... he does cost a lot to keep in nicely pressed laces warm biscuits and perfect eggs ...

I don't know about the laces but, since he presumably consumes only Duchy Originals' organic biscuits and eggs from his own enterprise, there shouldn't be much external funding required in order to maintain his diet; however, whilst being even half Greek is probably not the best thing for anyone, including the heir to the British throne, to be right now, there's surely no suggestion of a possible referendum over his continued occupancy of that position, still less one of whether or not he merits a 50% bail-out?

Incidentally, a Greek friend and colleague who was born and still lives in Frankfurt has the best answer to any of his Germans who might question him over his country's position vis-à-vis its debt crisis and the validity of its continued membership of the eurozone has the ideal (and honest) answer at the ready, in that he's only half Greek, the other half being Turkish...

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

there's surely no suggestion of a possible referendum over his continued occupancy of that position, still less one of whether or not he merits a 50% bail-out?

i move to so suggest ahinton, i move!

[ahinton]

i move to so suggest ahinton, i move!

OK - but how will you seek and obtain Parliamentary approval for it (assuming that you will) and, perhaps even more importantly, how will you finance it? That said, since he doesn't currently get a 50% bail-out, it would presumably defeat your object to include such a question on it in a proposed referendum, would it not?!...

[Ferretfancy]

I don't know about the laces but, since he presumably consumes only Duchy Originals' organic biscuits and eggs from his own enterprise, there shouldn't be much external funding required in order to maintain his diet; however, whilst being even half Greek is probably not the best thing for anyone, including the heir to the British throne, to be right now, there's surely no suggestion of a possible referendum over his continued occupancy of that position, still less one of whether or not he merits a 50% bail-out?

Incidentally, a Greek friend and colleague who was born and still lives in Frankfurt has the best answer to any of his Germans who might question him over his country's position vis-à-vis its debt crisis and the validity of its continued membership of the eurozone has the ideal (and honest) answer at the ready, in that he's only half Greek, the other half being Turkish...

Back in the mid 1980s Prince Charles came to the Television centre for a couple of sessions recording commentary for a rather dull documentary chronicling his environmental concerns. He was offered a sandwich lunch in a nearby office, and we all joined him. " I hope you don't mind" he said, " I've brought my own sandwiches" These came in tupperware boxes, and were things like bean sprout and marmite in wholemeal bread. He passed them round, and we ate the lot!
A week later he returned, saying " I've brought a lot more sandwiches ! "

[vinteuil]

our charlie is half greek innit .... ...

poor old Charlie - his pa is, sadly, not nearly as Greek as people think...

Prince Philip's pa was a Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg- Glücksburg; his ma was a Battenberg (Hesse-Darmstadt).

And given that Charlie's ma is a Saxe-Coburg-Gotha -

well, they're all German really - and should be funding the Greeks rather than otherwise...

[PatrickOD]

Talking of Battenberg, vinteuil, reminds me that I was once a recipient of a Christmas cake from none other than that grandson of Prince Philip's ma. Oh yes I was! Well, nearly. It was second hand, but it came from the hand that shook the hand of said grandson. And when I was last at the Palace - at a gong ceremony, you know - I was greatly impressed by the gracious efficiency and warmth of that grandson's sister. But of course that's the least you would expect from well brought up young royals. For a republican - note the small r - I'm quite well in with you know who. (various nudges and winks)

[Richard Tarleton]

What's the secret, Patrick? Having been comprehensively ignored, nay cut dead, by Charlie in the (very small) lobby of the Codrington Library in All Souls some 42 years ago - in circumstances where at least a nod or a smile might have been appropriate - I've occasionally speculated what I might say to him if our paths ever crossed again (which in my line of work they well might have done).

[scottycelt]

I'm constantly astonished at the number of left-wing radicals and republicans on this Forum who appear to move in very high social circles, indeed ...

Are there no other working-class royalist nobodies here ... ?

[Flosshilde]

I'm constantly astonished at the number of left-wing radicals and republicans on this Forum who appear to move in very high social circles, indeed ...

Are there no other working-class royalist nobodies here ... ?

Yoo-hoo!!

[MrGongGong]

I'm constantly astonished at the number of left-wing radicals and republicans on this Forum who appear to move in verriy high social circles, indeed ...

Are there no other working-class royalist nobodies here ... ?

I don't know any "left wing radicals" but being a republican makes complete sense IMV
"tradition" is easily made up and most of the "traditions" that we have are more recent that people would imagine

I'm all in favour of organic farming but it seems that charlie has been meddling far too much
and as for the "tourists love em" argument .......... tosh ..... they would still come here
Britain as a theme park ......... is this what we are destined for ? have you not read Daphne De Maurier's "Rule Britannia" ?

[scottycelt]

Yoo-hoo!!

[Flosshilde]

Ooop - I mis-read your post Scotty - let me assure you that I am a true republican, and would be only too pleased to see the Windsors, & all their heirs & descendants (& hangers-on), plus any pretenders still hanging around, sent to the scaffold.

[scottycelt]

Ooop - I mis-read your post Scotty - let me assure you that I am a true republican, and would be only too pleased to see the Windsors, & all their heirs & descendants (& hangers-on), plus any pretenders still hanging around, sent to the scaffold.

Well, it certainly sounds like you must have been educated at a high-class university, Floss ... was it Oxford or Cambridge? ...

[mangerton]

I'm constantly astonished at the number of left-wing radicals and republicans on this Forum who appear to move in very high social circles, indeed ...

Are there no other working-class royalist nobodies here ... ?

I exchanged a few words with the Queen Mother two days before my wedding. That came in handy for my speech - "as I was saying to the QM only last Sunday....." Other than that, I've never seen the point. As far as the tourism thing is concerned, if the royal family attracts tourists, are they the sort of tourists we want to attract?