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The UK Monarchy. What do you think of it?  

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  1. 1. What should we do with them?

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1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

I'm actually watching some of the parade thing on TV. It's like a horror show.

I enjoy a nice piece of military pageantry and the military music that goes with it.

In saying that I was hoping to spend the afternoon in a nice canal side beer garden but the pub was full of bunting and flag wavers. I have up so I'm sat with a four pack watching the Big Bang Theory 😞

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5 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

Surely just tomoro … this shit can’t be ruining the weekend as well can it ? Ffs 

The chance of a four day piss up in the UK? I guess I must be living in a different country, New Zealand for instance (my sister moved there and she is a boring twat and a real cock blocker....long story)

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28 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

Surely just tomoro … this shit can’t be ruining the weekend as well can it ? Ffs 

isn't saturday the main day with concert at Buckingham palace and street parties etc?

I am like a lot of people with this I reckon. I am not full on republican, I kind of just ignore it all..some people seem to like it and I leave it up to them. It's all pretty stupid in my opinion, but...well what can you do? It's not like we're going to have a revolution and overthrow them, that just wouldn't be british. For some reason a lot of people like to cram into the mall and wave union jacks at this family as if that's all that matters. Weird.

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1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

isn't saturday the main day with concert at Buckingham palace and street parties etc?

I am like a lot of people with this I reckon. I am not full on republican, I kind of just ignore it all..some people seem to like it and I leave it up to them. It's all pretty stupid in my opinion, but...well what can you do? It's not like we're going to have a revolution and overthrow them, that just wouldn't be british. For some reason a lot of people like to cram into the mall and wave union jacks at this family as if that's all that matters. Weird.

I’m just working as usual makes no difference to me 

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8 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

isn't saturday the main day with concert at Buckingham palace and street parties etc?

I am like a lot of people with this I reckon. I am not full on republican, I kind of just ignore it all..some people seem to like it and I leave it up to them. It's all pretty stupid in my opinion, but...well what can you do? It's not like we're going to have a revolution and overthrow them, that just wouldn't be british. For some reason a lot of people like to cram into the mall and wave union jacks at this family as if that's all that matters. Weird.

I am a similar way of thinking. But when I think of the taxation what we give compared to what the royal family give I am family on the fence. I think that the royal family take a pound or two off everyone in the UK but to be fair they seem to make a lot of people happy and I'm willing to pay that money. If I could make as many people happy for the price of a beer I would and I do. 

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20 minutes ago, Rufus Gwertigan said:

I am a similar way of thinking. But when I think of the taxation what we give compared to what the royal family give I am family on the fence. I think that the royal family take a pound or two off everyone in the UK but to be fair they seem to make a lot of people happy and I'm willing to pay that money. If I could make as many people happy for the price of a beer I would and I do. 

it's kind of weird how they represent the country and the country represents them. They are the country, and we live and work for them and they give our lives meaning.  Our national anthem is all about saving the queen /king, as if that is the sole reason for our nation.  This family from Germany who changed their name to a place with a famous castle to look less German,  with it's tenuous links to royals of the past, this family who stand on the balcony looking down on their adoring subjects waving their flags which doesn't look like a facist rally at all. We laugh at the absurdity of families ruling places like N Korea, but then here we are. But at same time, apparently they don't actually have any political power which means we can like them without prejudice, they are like a building, made of stone. Except they do have power, they can overrule anything, right? But they seem nice, except Andrew, and not sure about Harry and that evil Meghan who led him astray, like Yoko.  Sometimes they wave back at us, what a buzz, we do like it when they're happy, going to the rugby or skiing or visiting the colonies. Especially Kate, she's so beautiful. Looks great in Hello.

Anyway, I'm drunk and I'm going to watch The Smile. God save the Queen.

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I refuse to sing God save the Queen and have no interest in the royal family. I can't really understand why loads of people would congregate in London and wave flags. However I am also aware that many people think it's strange me spending 2 hours on a regular basis watching 22 men kick a ball around the pitch. Therefore if it makes people happy, let them have their happiness.

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37 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

I refuse to sing God save the Queen and have no interest in the royal family. I can't really understand why loads of people would congregate in London and wave flags. However I am also aware that many people think it's strange me spending 2 hours on a regular basis watching 22 men kick a ball around the pitch. Therefore if it makes people happy, let them have their happiness.

can't really compare a sport with a monarchy, a person given supreme authority just because they were born into a family. All these people out waving their union jacks are just deluded imbeciles that will have to be sent to reeducation camps after the revolution. Maybe they could be taught to support a football team instead.

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37 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

I refuse to sing God save the Queen and have no interest in the royal family. I can't really understand why loads of people would congregate in London and wave flags. However I am also aware that many people think it's strange me spending 2 hours on a regular basis watching 22 men kick a ball around the pitch. Therefore if it makes people happy, let them have their happiness.


Going to cheer on the royals is more the equivalent of going to cheer 22 people who are absolutely dogshit at football kick a ball around a pitch, who are only there because a thousand years ago their ancestor killed the board of directors, the manager and all the players of said football clubs and have owned it ever since.

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4 minutes ago, mattiloy said:


Going to cheer on the royals is more the equivalent of going to cheer 22 people who are absolutely dogshit at football kick a ball around a pitch, who are only there because a thousand years ago their ancestor killed the board of directors, the manager and all the players of said football clubs and have owned it ever since.


Oh and if in fairly recent history their football club had dodgy links to slave trading, an international pedofile ring, tax dodging, wining and dining human rights abusing dictators and blocking laws that would benefit all of football because it wouldn’t benefit them. Anyway… God Save the Queen, because after all, only he can, the evil old bag.

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1 minute ago, mattiloy said:


Oh and if in fairly recent history their football club had dodgy links to slave trading, an international pedofile ring, tax dodging, wining and dining human rights abusing dictators and blocking laws that would benefit all of football because it wouldn’t benefit them. Anyway… God Save the Queen, because after all, only he can, the evil old bag.

So Newcastle United? 😂

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I love my horse racing & was looking forward to sitting down to watch The Derby this afternoon. I've had to turn it off, seeing the repulsive, sycophantic little toady Ed Chamberlin - "Good afternoon your majesty, we are so honoured you are watching ITV" - Fucking sickening!

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