Toast 16,156 Posted May 19, 2016 Anyone else think that the Queen looked exhausted delivering the speech today. Also, a subtle one but her and Prince Philip looked to be physically holding each other up when they walked through parliament. Hmmm... Uses lift instead of taking stairs for the first time: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/queens-speech-2016-elizabeth-parliament-lift-stairs-a7035836.html So would most 90 year olds. Hell, so would most people 20 years younger. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted May 19, 2016 Anyone else think that the Queen looked exhausted delivering the speech today. Also, a subtle one but her and Prince Philip looked to be physically holding each other up when they walked through parliament. Hmmm... Uses lift instead of taking stairs for the first time: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/queens-speech-2016-elizabeth-parliament-lift-stairs-a7035836.html So would most 90 year olds. Hell, so would most people 20 years younger. Yes but it is just interesting to note, especially with regard to that material a few pages earlier about her still being able to walk down those stairs backwards. It is our first really tangible sign of decline but I agree the old girl still has quite a bit of petrol left in her tank yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,337 Posted May 19, 2016 Anyone else think that the Queen looked exhausted delivering the speech today. Also, a subtle one but her and Prince Philip looked to be physically holding each other up when they walked through parliament. Hmmm... Uses lift instead of taking stairs for the first time: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/queens-speech-2016-elizabeth-parliament-lift-stairs-a7035836.html So would most 90 year olds. Hell, so would most people 20 years younger. I certainly would need to at the moment 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted May 20, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36343582 Man who scaled the wall earlier this week was convicted killer Dennis Hennessy. Maybe Ma'am is in a bit more danger than we thought? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 26, 2016 I doubt she's still purring tonight... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 27, 2016 I doubt she's still purring tonight... As I was saying... http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/what-earth-must-queen-thinking-8272789 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 27, 2016 From the Sun: "The source said: “The palace are massively worried about a new Scottish and possibly a Northern Irish referendum, and then the complete dissolution of the United Kingdom. “Her Majesty would see that as a complete disaster, and she doesn’t want to say or do anything to contribute to it.”" Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1338739/queen-in-emergency-brexit-talks-with-david-cameron-to-avert-crisis-after-shock-of-out-vote/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 28, 2016 The Queen kindly confirms to us that she still alive: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/28/queen-says-well-im-still-alive-anyway-when-asked-how-she-is-by-n/ http://www.thejournal.ie/queen-eilizabeth-still-alive-2850106-Jun2016/ ... which is more than we can say for the UK. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted June 28, 2016 Do you think an independent Scotland will keep her? And, oh my God, what happens to Balmoral? Edit: I just read that Balmoral Castle is the Queen's private property. So she may keep it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,487 Posted June 28, 2016 Do you think an independent Scotland will keep her? And, oh my God, what happens to Balmoral? Edit: I just read that Balmoral Castle is the Queen's private property. So she may keep it. Just to be deliberately mischievous, the current United Kingdoms (referring to the head of state, not the Act of Union) started when Elizabeth I was unable to produce any weans. Therefore, Scotland, out of the goodness of its heart, shared its monarchy with England. Despite a few hiccups along the way (the English beheading the Scottish monarch, the whole move to the Windsors, etc) its still the dynastic line of Scottish monarchism. So, the real question to be asked is surely: will an independent England keep her? Will they be allowed to? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,592 Posted June 28, 2016 Do you think an independent Scotland will keep her? And, oh my God, what happens to Balmoral? Edit: I just read that Balmoral Castle is the Queen's private property. So she may keep it. Just to be deliberately mischievous, the current United Kingdoms (referring to the head of state, not the Act of Union) started when Elizabeth I was unable to produce any weans. Therefore, Scotland, out of the goodness of its heart, shared its monarchy with England. Despite a few hiccups along the way (the English beheading the Scottish monarch, the whole move to the Windsors, etc) its still the dynastic line of Scottish monarchism. So, the real question to be asked is surely: will an independent England keep her? Will they be allowed to? We would just have to apply to join the Commonwealth. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted June 28, 2016 Aye but Jimmy VI / I 's great great grand-dad on both his parents' side was Harry VII of England. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,660 Posted June 28, 2016 Do you think an independent Scotland will keep her? And, oh my God, what happens to Balmoral? Edit: I just read that Balmoral Castle is the Queen's private property. So she may keep it. Just to be deliberately mischievous, the current United Kingdoms (referring to the head of state, not the Act of Union) started when Elizabeth I was unable to produce any weans. Therefore, Scotland, out of the goodness of its heart, shared its monarchy with England. Despite a few hiccups along the way (the English beheading the Scottish monarch, the whole move to the Windsors, etc) its still the dynastic line of Scottish monarchism. So, the real question to be asked is surely: will an independent England keep her? Will they be allowed to? We would just have to apply to join the Commonwealth. In the last referendum the Scots were adamant they would continue with the monarchy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,156 Posted June 28, 2016 The Queen's mum was Scottish, after all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted June 29, 2016 To be honest I quite like the sound of an independent Scotland and Wales, a re-united Ireland and the New Republic of Londinistan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,156 Posted June 29, 2016 I'd be quite happy living in the Kingdom of Wessex. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,660 Posted June 29, 2016 I'd be quite happy living in the Kingdom of Wessex. With the royal spare part as your reigning Duke? Think again, Toast. Edward; duke of a place that ain't even real is republicanism's dream boy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,660 Posted June 29, 2016 Oh aye, and according to today's soaraway Sun when the Queen met Martin McGuinniess he asked how she was and she told him she was alive! A wonderfully loaded reply that might owe something to Philip's advice. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,156 Posted June 29, 2016 I'd be quite happy living in the Kingdom of Wessex. With the royal spare part as your reigning Duke? Think again, Toast. Edward; duke of a place that ain't even real is republicanism's dream boy! He's only an Earl. And what do you mean, it's not a real place? I've lived here for years King Alfred would have something to say to you about that! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,660 Posted June 29, 2016 I'd be quite happy living in the Kingdom of Wessex. With the royal spare part as your reigning Duke? Think again, Toast. Edward; duke of a place that ain't even real is republicanism's dream boy! He's only an Earl. And what do you mean, it's not a real place? I've lived here for years King Alfred would have something to say to you about that! Yeah, but Bonnie Prince Charlie would have summat to say about which country - Scotland or England - laid legitimate claim to Carlisle. They die, the world moves on. As Nneil Young once said: "all the great explorers are now in granite laid." Apologies re the Earl of Wessex but I notice you didn't defend his regality beyond disputing the actual Micky Mouse label attaching itself to His Royal Fecklessness Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 29, 2016 To be honest I quite like the sound of an independent Scotland and Wales, a re-united Ireland and the New Republic of Londinistan. J. P. Morgan's calling it for an independent Scotland by 2019: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-scotland-jpmorgan-idUKKCN0ZF165 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted June 29, 2016 I'd be quite happy living in the Kingdom of Wessex. With the royal spare part as your reigning Duke? Think again, Toast. Edward; duke of a place that ain't even real is republicanism's dream boy! He's only an Earl. And what do you mean, it's not a real place? I've lived here for years King Alfred would have something to say to you about that! Together with local boy, Thomas Hardy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 29, 2016 The Queen might lose Scotland but she's just won the lottery! http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/queens-buckingham-palace-address-wins-8312457 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted July 13, 2016 Theresa May becomes the Queen's 13th PM on the 13th of the month. A bad omen for both? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted July 14, 2016 Theresa May becomes the Queen's 13th PM on the 13th of the month. A bad omen for both? May-be. I'll get me coat. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
