The Queen's Jubilee

[Nick Armstrong]

I'll hold him while you find a reputational lawyer, Caliban

I don't have a reputation to defend

Check under his sporran all the same, Ams - he may be armed!!

[Flosshilde]

God Save the Queen(s)!

Does Brenda have a rival? - you know, like the Avignon Popes?

Or are you including Prince Charles?

Or is it Prince Edward?

[amateur51]

I think it's for the flippin' concert in front of 'Er Nibs's gaff

But the beach volleyball on Horseguards' gives me similar misgivings later in the summer (Phil Edinburgh will be alright though, peering at the participantes through the telescope doubtless mounted in the front bedroom )

[amateur51]

Check under his sporran all the same, Ams - he may be armed!!

I'm not going anywhere near there without my Marigolds and a can of Mace, thank you

[scottycelt]

Check under his sporran all the same, Ams - he may be armed!!

And, if a poor victim of such an appalling atrocity, undoubtedly legless as well ...

[Nick Armstrong]

And, if a poor victim of such an appalling atrocity, undoubtedly legless as well ...

Dutch courage required all round, I would have thought!

[scottycelt]

Dutch courage required all round, I would have thought!

You bet ...

[Flosshilde]

Dutch courage required all round, I would have thought!

A spot of Mother's Ruin - the favourite tipple of the Queen Mum - no doubt.

[scottycelt]

A spot of Mother's Ruin - the favourite tipple of the Queen Mum - no doubt.

Didn't seem to ruin the Queen Mum too much ... what do you drink to keep you healthy and hopefully live to 100, Flossie ... ?

[Nick Armstrong]

God Save the Queen(s)!

A propos the above and mother's ruin and the late Queen Mother, now seems to be an appropriate moment to give a favourite old anecdote a trot round the paddock, according to which Her Late Majesty considered that a conversation between her page Billy Tallon and another male servant was holding up her gin and tonic, prompting the comment: "When you two old queens have quite finished, this old Queen would like a drink."

[scottycelt]

A propos the above and mother's ruin and the late Queen Mother, now seems to be an appropriate moment to give a favourite old anecdote a trot round the paddock, according to which Her Late Majesty considered that a conversation between her page Billy Tallon and another male servant was holding up her gin and tonic, prompting the comment: "When you two old queens have quite finished, this old Queen would like a drink."

Sounds like a straight-talking grand old Queen from Aberdeenshire ...

[scottycelt]

Does Brenda have a rival? - you know, like the Avignon Popes?

Or are you including Prince Charles?

Or is it Prince Edward?

Good to see the Avignon Popes have now entered the fray on behalf of the republican cause ...

[Flosshilde]

Didn't seem to ruin the Queen Mum too much ... what do you drink to keep you healthy and hopefully live to 100, Flossie ... ?

'fraid I can't afford the gin, Scotty.

I think it was more the sort of health care that rushed her off to hospital whenever she got a fish bone stuck in her throat that kept her going to 100.

[Flosshilde]

Sounds like a straight-talking grand old Queen from Aberdeenshire ...

Angus & Hertfordshire I thought.

[teamsaint]

'fraid I can't afford the gin, Scotty.

I think it was more the sort of health care that rushed her off to hospital whenever she got a fish bone stuck in her throat that kept her going to 100.

that "long to reign over us " line, isn't just an idle threat.
as you suggest, the best of everything and not having to really do anything for yourself helps longevity, I imagine.