| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? 18:37 - Dec 25 with 5887 views | noggin |
It really shouldn't but just hearing her elitist voice annoys me. Poor old love had to spend Christmas at Windsor Castle. [Post edited 25 Dec 2021 18:45]
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 18:48 - Dec 25 with 3406 views | Freddies_Ears |
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 18:50 - Dec 25 with 3397 views | noggin |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 18:48 - Dec 25 by Freddies_Ears |
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I didn't listen so can't comment on the quality of the speech. Clearly you weren't impressed. [Post edited 25 Dec 2021 18:51]
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 19:04 - Dec 25 with 3368 views | azuremerlangus |
TBF it sounded less elitist than usual - but I’m no expert. |  |
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 19:10 - Dec 25 with 3333 views | Ryorry |
I wouldn't have her goldfish-bowl life if you paid me a billion a year.
Don't think she had any choice in the voices she heard around her when a baby & growing up either. |  |
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 19:13 - Dec 25 with 3339 views | jeera |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 18:50 - Dec 25 by noggin |
I didn't listen so can't comment on the quality of the speech. Clearly you weren't impressed. [Post edited 25 Dec 2021 18:51]
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I don't/didn't listen but on a human level it's still a year in which an old lady lost her husband and long-term companion.
I have no problem with her, she was here long before I was, doing her duty and served her country.
No amount of privilege in the world could compensate for her life.
The rest of the mob on the other hand should be stripped of the utterly outdated and ridiculous titles connected with 'Royalty' once her time has passed.
She deserves to go out with a bit of respect and dignity in my opinion.
Then, pay off who's left and cut the ties between State and the whole Royal concept. [Post edited 25 Dec 2021 19:15]
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 19:13 - Dec 25 with 3341 views | noggin |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 19:10 - Dec 25 by Ryorry |
I wouldn't have her goldfish-bowl life if you paid me a billion a year.
Don't think she had any choice in the voices she heard around her when a baby & growing up either. |
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against her as a person. Like you say, she hasn't had much choice. It's the whole institution that annoys me. | |
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 20:23 - Dec 25 with 3162 views | PSGBlue |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 19:13 - Dec 25 by noggin |
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against her as a person. Like you say, she hasn't had much choice. It's the whole institution that annoys me. |
I can’t believe that at age 57 she has been queen longer than I have been alive. Just think at the time she had become queen, Ipswich hadn’t won the league under Sir Alf, Kennedy was yet to be shot and the Banana Splits were still ten years away - it’s nuts! |  | | |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 20:27 - Dec 25 with 3145 views | jeera |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 20:23 - Dec 25 by PSGBlue |
I can’t believe that at age 57 she has been queen longer than I have been alive. Just think at the time she had become queen, Ipswich hadn’t won the league under Sir Alf, Kennedy was yet to be shot and the Banana Splits were still ten years away - it’s nuts! |
Says something that the one that's blown me away the most is the Banana Splits yet to be formed for another decade.
I used to watch that on a Saturday morning and then the Double Deckers.
I had a thing for Tiger. It's ok. I was four too. | |
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 21:02 - Dec 25 with 3080 views | J2BLUE |
I managed to avoid it in the UK, i'm sure it wasn't hard to avoid it in Norway. |  |
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 21:03 - Dec 25 with 3078 views | Ftnfwest |
We’ll try to get her to take elocution lessons with Del Boy for next year to keep you happy |  | | |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 21:42 - Dec 25 with 3007 views | itfcjoe |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 18:50 - Dec 25 by noggin |
I didn't listen so can't comment on the quality of the speech. Clearly you weren't impressed. [Post edited 25 Dec 2021 18:51]
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If you didn’t listen then why do you care? |  |
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 21:51 - Dec 25 with 2985 views | wkj |
To be honest, there really wasn't a lot going on in the speech. So I am surprised it came over as elitist.
In Summary:
She misses Philip
Hope the country enjoys the jubilee |  |
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 21:58 - Dec 25 with 2954 views | Pendejo |
Didn't watch but was hoping she'd announce her abdication for the day after the jubilee, I think she deserves to be able to properly retire without Philip.
Also as an act of defiance against the civil service types portrayed as telling her what to do in "The Crown" to decree Wills should replace her, or for full banter Harry. |  |
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 21:59 - Dec 25 with 2954 views | itfcjoe |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 21:51 - Dec 25 by wkj |
To be honest, there really wasn't a lot going on in the speech. So I am surprised it came over as elitist.
In Summary:
She misses Philip
Hope the country enjoys the jubilee |
Well he didn’t listen to the speech so it is even more surprising how it came over as elitest…..!
Whether you are a mega royalist, or a massive republican the first 2 posts from noggin in this thread when put together make him look a total muppet [Post edited 25 Dec 2021 22:00]
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 22:02 - Dec 25 with 2935 views | wkj |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 21:59 - Dec 25 by itfcjoe |
Well he didn’t listen to the speech so it is even more surprising how it came over as elitest…..!
Whether you are a mega royalist, or a massive republican the first 2 posts from noggin in this thread when put together make him look a total muppet [Post edited 25 Dec 2021 22:00]
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I don't wholesale disagree, but why go sh*tflinging on Christmas day? Plenty of time for that tomorrow. | |
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 22:06 - Dec 25 with 2923 views | itfcjoe |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 22:02 - Dec 25 by wkj |
I don't wholesale disagree, but why go sh*tflinging on Christmas day? Plenty of time for that tomorrow. |
It’s the equivalent of saying did anyone watch the NFL tonight? I just can’t get going with the commercialisation of it etc and it’s just Such a poor spectacle……I didn’t watch it though.
Just such a weird mean spirited take when not even watched the speech today | |
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 22:07 - Dec 25 with 2916 views | wkj |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 22:06 - Dec 25 by itfcjoe |
It’s the equivalent of saying did anyone watch the NFL tonight? I just can’t get going with the commercialisation of it etc and it’s just Such a poor spectacle……I didn’t watch it though.
Just such a weird mean spirited take when not even watched the speech today |
I wouldn't worry too much about it Joe, I'm sure you had a lot more to be happy about and enjoy today than this. | |
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 22:10 - Dec 25 with 2891 views | itfcjoe |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 22:07 - Dec 25 by wkj |
I wouldn't worry too much about it Joe, I'm sure you had a lot more to be happy about and enjoy today than this. |
Course, just chilling after a busy one and getting a small second wind after a small snooze! Merry Xmas wkj | |
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 22:11 - Dec 25 with 2878 views | J2BLUE |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 22:06 - Dec 25 by itfcjoe |
It’s the equivalent of saying did anyone watch the NFL tonight? I just can’t get going with the commercialisation of it etc and it’s just Such a poor spectacle……I didn’t watch it though.
Just such a weird mean spirited take when not even watched the speech today |
First quarter has been good! | |
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 22:15 - Dec 25 with 2862 views | wkj |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 22:11 - Dec 25 by J2BLUE |
First quarter has been good! |
sat here desperately wanting a win for Cleveland | |
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 23:00 - Dec 25 with 2702 views | dickie |
Andrew and Harry were conspicuously absent from the family video montage | | | |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 23:21 - Dec 25 with 2639 views | Ryorry |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 23:00 - Dec 25 by dickie |
Andrew and Harry were conspicuously absent from the family video montage |
Harry and Meghan asked for privacy & are no longer part of the "firm', so won't appear in official communications any more.
Andrew's been excommunicated from offical comms for obvious reasons. | |
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 23:42 - Dec 25 with 2608 views | Epiphone |
Most Heads of State in the modern world have a limited time they have to serve. Queenie,bless her, has given up most of her life at a fairly thankless task.Perhaps the whole Monarchy thing can be retired when she passes and we move to a system where the Head of State is decided by something other than accident of birth. [Post edited 25 Dec 2021 23:43]
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 00:03 - Dec 26 with 2547 views | Ryorry |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 23:42 - Dec 25 by Epiphone |
Most Heads of State in the modern world have a limited time they have to serve. Queenie,bless her, has given up most of her life at a fairly thankless task.Perhaps the whole Monarchy thing can be retired when she passes and we move to a system where the Head of State is decided by something other than accident of birth. [Post edited 25 Dec 2021 23:43]
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Problem is in finding a decent system to select a decent President (or whatever you'd call them).
Yes you get the occasional royal bad apple, but royals are trained from toddlers to regard duty as primary, over-riding all else in life. Even where they reject it, eg by abdicating, it means serious heart-searching.
What elected President would feel same moral responsibility? How could you guarantee not ending up with populist scumbags elected on 'charisma', like Johnson or Trump? That's the problem. | |
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| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 00:31 - Dec 26 with 2492 views | BlueNomad |
| Does anyone under 60 watch the Queen's speech? on 00:03 - Dec 26 by Ryorry |
Problem is in finding a decent system to select a decent President (or whatever you'd call them).
Yes you get the occasional royal bad apple, but royals are trained from toddlers to regard duty as primary, over-riding all else in life. Even where they reject it, eg by abdicating, it means serious heart-searching.
What elected President would feel same moral responsibility? How could you guarantee not ending up with populist scumbags elected on 'charisma', like Johnson or Trump? That's the problem. |
You beat me to it! I used to have strong republican views but given the choice of a monarch or a President who, in this day and age, is likely to be a populist like the buffoon we currently have as PM I’ll take the former.
The German or Irish model might work but let’s stay as we are. |  | | |
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