Diamond Jubilee Royal Flotilla

[mountaingal]

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hi, maka - thanks for answering a question posed to me. what you say, of course, i presume applies to your own thinking, as you would not know what my thinking is.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: makabush</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: blakkgiant</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">anybody watching? can see it live on the bbc http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18234049
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noo

de bettar qwestian iss y yuh intarested? </div></div>

Becaw wi black in colour but hwait in tastes. Wi nuh know nuttn bout hafrica.
Ongle bout fancy victorian furniture and glass armoire fi put wi fine utensils inna.

Wi claim seh we a black, but a bare hwait tingz wi lub. </div></div>

[Nunya]

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Man, her legs look amazing!!!! Mek mi go dig out mi thigh master yaw...

[Cultcha]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hi, Milo - the child would be king or queen, but the government would appoint a &quot;regent&quot; - a stand-in monarch - until the child came of age. I think that's how that works.

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Ahh! OK! Thanks!

[Emperah]

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Mi still cyaan ovastan why any a wi would care.
Everybody ha dem own way but dese ppl are at de ROOT of de problems fi not just our ppl but many.

Look how Philip conscience a bine him all now.

[RichD]

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[Tropicana]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Emperah_dahJah2</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mi still cyaan ovastan why any a wi would care.
Everybody ha dem own way but dese ppl are at de ROOT of de problems fi not just our ppl but many.
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Yeah we know all that but they do know how to throw a good bash with all the glitz, glamour, pomp and ceremony. You can spend each and every moment of your life reflecting on the ills of the world.

[Emperah]

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That's so bogus, you call that a good bash, from wah mi si pan de news a good puss nap woulda bin bettah. If anybody had all de ppl tax money fi spenn mi sure nuff ppl could a duh a much betta session den dem boring high flutin so-called royals deh.

But if a dem tings really amuse yuh den Palm beach a de bess place fi yuh

[Tropicana]

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You are going to tell me that you didn't find the Thames River Pageant entertaining? I didn't see the concert so I can't comment about that. When Will and Kate visited Canada last year and Prince Harry visited Jamaica, the activities were very interesting.

As for Palm Beach, let's go back to the Palm Beach thread to discuss.

[Magician]

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Camilla got more wrinkles than the Queen self!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: diabolical_Tanya</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Camilla is looking good

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[Nunya]

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I think the Queen dozed off for a minute ~lol~

[UKBlackLady]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Emperah_dahJah2</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That's so bogus, you call that a good bash, from wah mi si pan de news a good puss nap woulda bin bettah. If anybody had all de ppl tax money fi spenn mi sure nuff ppl could a duh a much betta session den dem boring high flutin so-called royals deh.

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[Wahalla]

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........Till the last royal is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.....

[Emperah]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tropicana</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You are going to tell me that you didn't find the Thames River Pageant entertaining? I didn't see the concert so I can't comment about that. When Will and Kate visited Canada last year and Prince Harry visited Jamaica, the activities were very interesting.

As for Palm Beach, let's go back to the Palm Beach thread to discuss. </div></div>

All I saw was wah mi si pan de news an it neh impress mi one likkle bit.
I don't think we should allow to ppl of Canada to pay for any of them to come here, dem need fi pay dem own way, a bere foolishness dat fi ppl fi stan up in awe a dem. Meanwhile dis government a chat bout how dem a guh tekweh yuh unemployment money dat you've paid into fi de longest while and dem tek millions fi ride dese tegareg roun de country

When de bwoy deh went to Jamaica (ar when anya dem guh a Jamaica) it just shows how low we think of ourselves. I've already said it b4 cah mi kno wah gwaan any time dem ppl visit de blk country dem. Roads are paved, trees are planted, everyting paintup fi look nice <span style="font-weight: bold">only on the route they will travel</span>. Weh dem get de money fi duh all dat? And now de PNP a tell de ppl seh tax goap.
Dem should a tell de bwoy fi tan a him yaad cah dem cyaan afford dem foolishness right now. When eva dem ppl (royals fi unno) come a any place dem should be sent running down de road wid dem leff han pan dem diamond studded hat.

[Wahalla]

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I confess to have watching absolutely nothing of that despite being in the UK over the weekend... But as a project for my sons nursery I made a crown with him for his project.. and two specters!

However from the frenc h who used the British invention the Guliotine on their royals.. 26% watched it ???

Are the French secretly in love with Britain’s royals?By David Chazan

BBC News, Paris
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In republican France, you might have thought that the fanfare of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee would have passed almost unnoticed.

Far from it. The pomp and pageantry of the British Royal Family hold a surprising degree of fascination for the French.

The Jubilee was extensively covered by the French media and some 3.6 million viewers watched a three-and-a-half hour live Jubilee special on France 2 television on Sunday afternoon.

&quot;It's a very good score,&quot; said Yannick Letranchant, the executive behind the programme. &quot;We got 26.3% of the audience, despite the French Open tennis tournament being on at the same time on another channel.&quot;

Since the Royal Wedding last year and the success of the film The King's Speech the British monarchy has been &quot;a la mode&quot; in France.

The wedding was broadcast live, not just on one but on three French television channels, and Mr Letranchant said it attracted huge audiences. Many offices in Paris all but came to a standstill as people took time out to watch it.

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It's picturesque and original, a bit exotic, a real-life fairy tale - and there's a certain respect for the Queen”
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France 2
&quot;Whenever we cover a royal event, we get pretty good ratings,&quot; Mr Letranchant said. &quot;It's partly out of curiosity, it's picturesque and original, a bit exotic, a real-life fairy tale. And there's a certain respect for the Queen.&quot;

Despite the nation's revolutionary history, France's Fifth Republic, with its powerful president, echoes some of the trappings of monarchical grandeur.

'Reassuring' tradition

The French have long been enchanted by the British royals - and their counterparts in Monaco. For decades they have been regular fixtures in the stylish celebrity magazine Paris Match.

In the days leading up to the Jubilee, several television documentaries and programmes about the Queen were broadcast in France.

&quot;There is no doubt that the French are more interested in the British Royal Family than they are in other European royals,&quot; said Marc Roche, London correspondent of Le Monde newspaper and the author of two books about the monarchy.

Many French tuned in to a lengthy Jubilee special on Sunday afternoon &quot;It is as if the French had never recovered from chopping off the heads of their own royal family,&quot; he said. &quot;They don't know much about the Queen, but they like the pomp and circumstance, they like the grandeur of the institution.&quot;

Many French people also see it as a reassuring constant in a changing world, said Mr Letranchant.

&quot;Times are hard in many parts of the world and it's a means of escape,&quot; he said. &quot;The Queen has lived through history, while French presidents and British prime ministers have come and gone.&quot;

But Mr Roche said the French are distinctly uncomfortable with what they see as some of the &quot;undemocratic&quot; associations of the monarchy.

&quot;For a lot of French people, it represents the class society, opposed to Europeanism,&quot; he said, describing the British monarchy as one of the &quot;most anachronistic institutions in the world&quot;.

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These days, presidents can often be seen as mere celebrities, while the royals seem to offer something more”
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Therese Joly

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For Mr Roche, the Queen's position as head of state not just of the United Kingdom but of 15 other Commonwealth countries, most of them former British colonies, has been a &quot;sizeable psychological obstacle&quot; to the UK's attachment to Europe.

In a reflective article about the Jubilee in Le Monde, he argues that the Queen remains a symbol of the old imperial Britain, even if opinion polls show that she has never been as popular as she is today.

Desire for grandeur

Three years ago the former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, found himself in a diplomatic spat after not inviting the Queen to the 65th anniversary of D-Day commemorations in France.

Mr Sarkozy's critics claimed he had wanted to make sure that public attention focused on him and US President Barack Obama, and the presence of the Queen could have detracted from that.

Many French people believe that Mr Sarkozy's personal style while in office failed to match the dignity they demand from a president.

Celebrations were in full swing at the British embassy in Paris &quot;What the French really want is a president who acts with dignity and grandeur, in other words, a king,&quot; said marketing executive Therese Joly. &quot;But these days, presidents can often be seen as mere celebrities, while the royals seem to offer something more.&quot;

Jean-Francois Lascaux, manager of a clothes shop in Paris, said the Jubilee was &quot;mythical&quot;.

&quot;It was splendid, the spectacle of a thousand boats on the Thames was like a painting by Canaletto or Whistler.&quot;

[mountaingal]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Far from it. The pomp and pageantry of the British Royal Family hold a surprising degree of fascination for the French </div></div>

that's pretty much me, too.