Toast 16,234 Posted August 4, 2020 12 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Good point. I'd say the Queens elderly and favourite cousin 83 year old Princess Alexandra also deserves her own thread. You sure about that, or is it sarcasm? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,366 Posted August 4, 2020 15 minutes ago, Toast said: You sure about that, or is it sarcasm? It is not sarcasm. https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1291496/Princess-Alexandra-who-is-princess-alexandra-queen-elizabeth-ii-best-friend Tallies with what I have read in parts of numerous royal biographies. Basically in a nutshell the Queen and Princess Alexandra are very close . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,366 Posted August 4, 2020 25 minutes ago, Toast said: Hmmm. I am genuinely shocked and do not know what to think!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,234 Posted August 4, 2020 6 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: I am genuinely shocked and do not know what to think!! This has been common knowledge for years. That's why I thought you were being sarcastic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,366 Posted August 4, 2020 4 minutes ago, Toast said: This has been common knowledge for years. That's why I thought you were being sarcastic. I had heard a rumour that Prince Philip fancied Princess Alexandra and that looks wise she was just his type but I never knew temptation had been given in to If it was just Lady Colin Campbell claiming it I would be sceptical but its clearly not just her. The parts of royal biographies I have read did not allude to this at all. Perhaps some journalists have a devilish pi** taking sense of humour when they say The Queen and Princess Alexandra are close! The other reason it shocked me is I have read in numerous magazine and newspaper articles that Princess Alexandra is very popular and loved within the wider royal family and is a favourite within the family. Perhaps that is journalists being devilish too ... Princess Alexandra's face will be one to try and spot on the day of Prince Philips funeral!! Thank you for the link. I'm shocked but enlightened. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,366 Posted August 4, 2020 Also I think the Queen is more a forgiver by nature. She never really held strong personal grudges against Princess Diana and Sarah Ferguson especially like some other members of the royal family did and still do in relation to Sarah Ferguson eg Prince Philip! I'm not saying they never angered her or had strong disagreements but the personal grudge aspect and long running enmity and hostility was not really present. Her unwillingness to be super harsh on the Duchess of York certainly displeased other members of the royal family. I suspect she has forgiven Princess Alexandra but that does not translate into them being close. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted August 4, 2020 29 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: I had heard a rumour that Prince Philip fancied Princess Alexandra and that looks wise she was just his type but I never knew temptation had been given in to If it was just Lady Colin Campbell claiming it I would be sceptical but its clearly not just her. The parts of royal biographies I have read did not allude to this at all. Perhaps some journalists have a devilish pi** taking sense of humour when they say The Queen and Princess Alexandra are close! The other reason it shocked me is I have read in numerous magazine and newspaper articles that Princess Alexandra is very popular and loved within the wider royal family and is a favourite within the family. Perhaps that is journalists being devilish too ... Princess Alexandra's face will be one to try and spot on the day of Prince Philips funeral!! Thank you for the link. I'm shocked but enlightened. Nothing on royal foibles is true.... it's a fanfic site for royal fantasists..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,234 Posted August 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Miracle Aligner said: Nothing on royal foibles is true.... it's a fanfic site for royal fantasists..... The latter statement may be true, I've never visited the site before as far as I recall. It was just one that came up among a host of other search results. As for the former, I wouldn't dismiss everything on there. As I said, the matter under discussion has been known for years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,104 Posted October 15, 2020 32 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Interesting place to go in the middle of a pandemic. But they probably have lots of masks and disinfectant to hand. They need them because of all the leaking vials of small pox and bubonic plague in their biological warfare department. 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,630 Posted October 15, 2020 https://twitter.com/LBCNews/status/1316772892194021376 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markb4 907 Posted November 1, 2020 "Royal Expert" claims Queen will step down next year when she turns 95 and hand the kingdom to Charles: https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/queen-will-step-down-next-22930246 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fergie86 377 Posted November 1, 2020 22 minutes ago, markb4 said: "Royal Expert" claims Queen will step down next year when she turns 95 and hand the kingdom to Charles: https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/queen-will-step-down-next-22930246 Has been claimed and denied before of course we won’t know until she reaches 95 next year but I don’t think she will step down she will be Queen until she dies in my opinion will have more and more of her responsibilities taken of her as the years go by and will be Queen in name only but will still be Queen. I wouldn’t be surprised if she lasted until she was about 105 or 106 years old to be honest. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,755 Posted November 2, 2020 What Fergie said (and they should know!). It may happen but I doubt it, it's been suggested many times before without foundation. When she was 21, she spoke to the Commonwealth and declared that her whole life, whether long or short would be in service. I've heard it said many times before that she takes that vow as seriously now as she did 70+ years ago and it's the reason she won't abdicate. I don't think she'll do it before Philip dies, after which she may (or may not) wish to withdraw in her final years. She's clearly still in fine fettle for nearly 95 - able to walk unaided and still got all her faculties, there's no physical reason to step down if she doesn't want to. Charles will get a go, but may not get the role til he's nearly 80 - but if he lives as long as his mum that could give him 20 years on the throne. If he chose to go that way. He's a relatively forward-thinking man, I could see him abdicating for William after maybe a decade, but equally, after being groomed for the role for 70 years I'd want to wring every last second out of it. It wouldn't be a particularly stupid or unexpected tradition to get into though: the Dutch have been doing it for going on a century without the country falling apart, the Belgians and Spanish have done it more recently (due to scandals), even the Japanese Emperor managed to get the constitution changed to allow it, and, of course, we have the first abdicated Pope in history still alive. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j0neseur0 118 Posted November 2, 2020 51 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said: Charles will get a go, but may not get the role til he's nearly 80 - but if he lives as long as his mum that could give him 20 years on the throne. I'll eat my hat if sausage fingers manages that! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,875 Posted November 2, 2020 Royal experts have usually been wrong. I'm betting Phil, Elizabeth, Camilla and Charles will go during the next ten years. First two within five, Camilla not long after if not even before. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Cornholio 902 Posted November 2, 2020 Queen's cousin, Lady Elizabeth Shakerly, dies aged 79 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,234 Posted November 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Kenny McCormick said: Queen's cousin, Lady Elizabeth Shakerly, dies aged 79 in the minor Royals thread, before you ask. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
torbrexbones 717 Posted November 12, 2020 With an extra Bank Holiday having been announced for her 70th year on the throne in 2022, it doesn't look like 'Authority' thinks she is going anytime soon. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,755 Posted November 12, 2020 4 hours ago, torbrexbones said: With an extra Bank Holiday having been announced for her 70th year on the throne in 2022, it doesn't look like 'Authority' thinks she is going anytime soon. Saw the story and thought the same. Obviously they start planning these things plenty ahead of time, but there's no need to make it public 18 months early unless they're fairly certain she'll make it. Also seems to scotch the rumour that she's going to abdicate on her 95th birthday next year. Wonder if they expect Phillip to make it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted November 12, 2020 8 hours ago, torbrexbones said: With an extra Bank Holiday having been announced for her 70th year on the throne in 2022, it doesn't look like 'Authority' thinks she is going anytime soon. Does anyone seriously think Her Maj will die in the next 10 years? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,647 Posted November 12, 2020 They will need to plan it now so that it will feature in all the 2022 calendars which will go to print early in 2021. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JQW 288 Posted November 12, 2020 28 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: They will need to plan it now so that it will feature in all the 2022 calendars which will go to print early in 2021. Which they didn't do with this year's change of the May Bank Holiday to a Friday to commemorate VE-Day. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
