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I suppose we will see the usual parade of royals wearing medals they haven't earned & uniforms they are only entitled as a result of being given a titular title such as "colonel in chief". Yes, I do know that Harry & Andrew have seen combat, but I doubt either of them will be in evidence.
Trooping the colour on Saturday on 18:25 - Jun 10 by bluejacko
Would you care to go through them with us and explain what they are for?
Any where have I claimed any knowledge on the subject of medals. I have no idea what they are, but it does look impressive. Lot of silver polish needed anyway.
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Trooping the colour on Saturday on 19:52 - Jun 10 with 4063 views
To be fair the royal family have a long history of being involved with the armed forces. I think that they have very close links with various regiments.
I don’t particularly have a problem with Charles wearing a lot of medals as we all know that they are meaningless. Although I’m a republican, Charles has promised to modernise royalty and to streamline it further. I haven’t seen much evidence of this so far but it’s early days.
Abolish the monarchy.
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Trooping the colour on Saturday on 20:06 - Jun 10 with 4030 views
Trooping the colour on Saturday on 19:41 - Jun 10 by mellowblue
Any where have I claimed any knowledge on the subject of medals. I have no idea what they are, but it does look impressive. Lot of silver polish needed anyway.
Most of the King's medals relate to orders of which he is head (Garter, Bath, etc.) or ceremonial events in which he took part (e.g. the Queen's jubilees). There's only a couple of strictly military ones.
Trooping the colour on Saturday on 20:01 - Jun 10 by MattinLondon
To be fair the royal family have a long history of being involved with the armed forces. I think that they have very close links with various regiments.
I don’t particularly have a problem with Charles wearing a lot of medals as we all know that they are meaningless. Although I’m a republican, Charles has promised to modernise royalty and to streamline it further. I haven’t seen much evidence of this so far but it’s early days.
Abolish the monarchy.
He’s gone very lame on his supposed environmental interests as well. If they can’t affect anything, it does make you wonder what the point of them is other than to fill tabloid columns and for people to go ‘rah, rah’ over. A lot of us don’t need that though.
Trooping the colour on Saturday on 20:06 - Jun 10 by Guthrum
Most of the King's medals relate to orders of which he is head (Garter, Bath, etc.) or ceremonial events in which he took part (e.g. the Queen's jubilees). There's only a couple of strictly military ones.
True but he was in the navy. Albeit he didn't like it much.
Trooping the colour on Saturday on 20:01 - Jun 10 by MattinLondon
To be fair the royal family have a long history of being involved with the armed forces. I think that they have very close links with various regiments.
I don’t particularly have a problem with Charles wearing a lot of medals as we all know that they are meaningless. Although I’m a republican, Charles has promised to modernise royalty and to streamline it further. I haven’t seen much evidence of this so far but it’s early days.
Abolish the monarchy.
Most of Charles' decorations aren't military, but chivalric.
Trooping the colour on Saturday on 20:07 - Jun 10 by Swansea_Blue
He’s gone very lame on his supposed environmental interests as well. If they can’t affect anything, it does make you wonder what the point of them is other than to fill tabloid columns and for people to go ‘rah, rah’ over. A lot of us don’t need that though.
Being kind maybe it’s easier for a prince to be ‘outspoken’ on issues than it is for a King. Or maybe the government have simply told him to shut up and he has.
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Trooping the colour on Saturday on 21:35 - Jun 10 with 3848 views
Trooping the colour on Saturday on 21:25 - Jun 10 by MattinLondon
Being kind maybe it’s easier for a prince to be ‘outspoken’ on issues than it is for a King. Or maybe the government have simply told him to shut up and he has.
You are correct though it is a protocol that goes back decades. The late Queen never had the chance to be outspoken as she inherited the throne earlyish in life. At least Charles had the chance to spout forth on his chosen interests.
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Trooping the colour on Saturday on 10:00 - Jun 11 with 3651 views
Trooping the colour on Saturday on 18:17 - Jun 10 by mellowblue
The King did serve, but not to the extent that that luxurious length of medals suggests!
Charles did 5 years of military service, but never saw any action. Will Prince Edward be wearing uniform &medals, to commemorate his 3 years as a university cadet in the Marines?
Trooping the colour on Saturday on 20:01 - Jun 10 by MattinLondon
To be fair the royal family have a long history of being involved with the armed forces. I think that they have very close links with various regiments.
I don’t particularly have a problem with Charles wearing a lot of medals as we all know that they are meaningless. Although I’m a republican, Charles has promised to modernise royalty and to streamline it further. I haven’t seen much evidence of this so far but it’s early days.
Abolish the monarchy.
The whole point is that these honorary titles such as "colonel in chief" are part of the deception to convince us that the royal are still actively involved in the military. I remember us laughing at Ugandan dictator Idi Amin endlessly awarding himself medals; subsequently, our royals have become a parody of Muttley & Dastardly (older readers only).
Trooping the colour on Saturday on 10:04 - Jun 11 by Radlett_blue
The whole point is that these honorary titles such as "colonel in chief" are part of the deception to convince us that the royal are still actively involved in the military. I remember us laughing at Ugandan dictator Idi Amin endlessly awarding himself medals; subsequently, our royals have become a parody of Muttley & Dastardly (older readers only).
I think most people - even the most ardent royalist - knows that the medals that Charles wears are pointless. If he awarded himself the VC etc then there would be a case for being concerned. But it’s the royal family and so it all for show and rather pointless.
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Trooping the colour on Saturday on 11:49 - Jun 11 with 3583 views
Trooping the colour on Saturday on 11:48 - Jun 11 by MattinLondon
I think most people - even the most ardent royalist - knows that the medals that Charles wears are pointless. If he awarded himself the VC etc then there would be a case for being concerned. But it’s the royal family and so it all for show and rather pointless.
I think you are over-estimating the knowledge of a large number of the public. Yes, it's all for show & part of the royal charade.
Trooping the colour on Saturday on 10:04 - Jun 11 by Radlett_blue
The whole point is that these honorary titles such as "colonel in chief" are part of the deception to convince us that the royal are still actively involved in the military. I remember us laughing at Ugandan dictator Idi Amin endlessly awarding himself medals; subsequently, our royals have become a parody of Muttley & Dastardly (older readers only).
Yeah. I was convinced that Charles at 70 odd and with cancer was running the army. Thanks for putting us straight on that.
Trooping the colour on Saturday on 10:04 - Jun 11 by Radlett_blue
The whole point is that these honorary titles such as "colonel in chief" are part of the deception to convince us that the royal are still actively involved in the military. I remember us laughing at Ugandan dictator Idi Amin endlessly awarding himself medals; subsequently, our royals have become a parody of Muttley & Dastardly (older readers only).
Hardly subsequent, the royals have been gonged up to the max back to the 19th century and before no doubt, not something to pin on the last generation or two.
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