King Charles III's time is up

[andysays]

Possibly interesting development in the 'royal counsellor' situation

Prince Andrew and Prince Harry royal counsellor roles challenged​

Prince Andrew's and Prince Harry's role in being allowed to stand in for King Charles for official duties has been challenged in the House of Lords.
They remain two of the five "counsellors of state" who can carry out important constitutional duties if the monarch is unwell or overseas.
Viscount Stansgate questioned their status when one had "left public life" and the other had "left the country".

Interesting that "left public life" and "left the country" are in quotes there, because the reality is that neither of them has actually done that.

 

[tim]

Possibly interesting development in the 'royal counsellor' situation

Prince Andrew and Prince Harry royal counsellor roles challenged​

Interesting that "left public life" and "left the country" are in quotes there, because the reality is that neither of them has actually done that.

Interesting that this challenge to hereditary absurdity comes from Tony Benn's son who has reclaimed the title his father fought to get rid of and is now ensconced in the House of Lords as a hereditary elected by his hereditary peers.

 

[Pickman's model]

Possibly interesting development in the 'royal counsellor' situation

Prince Andrew and Prince Harry royal counsellor roles challenged​

Interesting that "left public life" and "left the country" are in quotes there, because the reality is that neither of them has actually done that.

Surely Andrew could sweep the beach at grytviken while Harry could clean the bird shit at desolation island in the south shetlands. Then they would both have left public life and the country

 

[MickiQ]

I love the phrase 'working royals' I have this mental vision of Chucky getting out a rag and giving his office a once over before getting down to doing some actual 'Kinging'. It is a phrase so disconnected from the reality of the rest of us as to seem truly bizarre. However I'm sure that before the saga of Dead Brenda and the Great Queue of Grief and PhotoOps there was some article saying that Chucky himself favoured getting shut of He Who Cannot Sweat and Harry Hewit as royal counsellors anyway.

 

[Elpenor]

I honestly thought this was a parody story when I read it earlier, perhaps his sausage fingers make it hard to operate an alarm clock

King Charles starts his day with sound of bagpipes for first time at London home

As part of a centuries-old tradition, the King's piper plays a morning set for the first time at Clarence House.

www.bbc.com

 

[quiet guy]

"Dead Brenda and the Great Queue of Grief"
I must have missed that Harry Potter episode

 

[Yossarian]

I honestly thought this was a parody story when I read it earlier, perhaps his sausage fingers make it hard to operate an alarm clock

King Charles starts his day with sound of bagpipes for first time at London home

As part of a centuries-old tradition, the King's piper plays a morning set for the first time at Clarence House.

www.bbc.com

"Good news, your majesty, you're going to get woken up by bagpipes at 9am every morning seven days a week because that's what your great-great-great-grandmother was into."

 

[MickiQ]

"Good news, your majesty, you're going to get woken up by bagpipes at 9am every morning seven days a week because that's what your great-great-great-grandmother was into."

I wonder how long it will take him to crack and start shouting "Shut the Fuck Up!" out of the window,

 

[moochedit]

So he is the only non-royal permitted to wear balmoral tartan? What would they do if someone else wore it?

 

[eatmorecheese]

So he is the only non-royal permitted to wear balmoral tartan? What would they do if someone else wore it?

 

[WouldBe]

Possibly interesting development in the 'royal counsellor' situation

Prince Andrew and Prince Harry royal counsellor roles challenged​

Interesting that "left public life" and "left the country" are in quotes there, because the reality is that neither of them has actually done that.

According to ceefax he's looking at  expanding the number that can stand in for him including Andy, Harry, Anne and Eddie.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I honestly thought this was a parody story when I read it earlier, perhaps his sausage fingers make it hard to operate an alarm clock

King Charles starts his day with sound of bagpipes for first time at London home

As part of a centuries-old tradition, the King's piper plays a morning set for the first time at Clarence House.

www.bbc.com

Surprised if he's getting much sleep without medication, given - if his fingers are anything to go by - his gout is quite severe.

 

[8ball]

Surprised if he's getting much sleep without medication, given - if his fingers are anything to go by - his gout is quite severe.

I'd expect he'd have more trouble walking if the fingers thing was down to gout.

 

[Pickman's model]

I'd love to s

I'd expect he'd have more trouble walking if the fingers thing was down to gout.

it's just an ill-fitting suit for a lizard

 

[ViolentPanda]

I'd expect he'd have more trouble walking if the fingers thing was down to gout.

Doesn't always affect the feet & lower legs - in Chuck's case, I'm very fucking disappointed about that.

 

[surreybrowncap]

Yippee - another Bank Holiday next year!!!

Extra bank holiday approved to mark King's coronation

The holiday will fall on Monday, 8 May, two days after the coronation of King Charles III.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Pickman's model]

Yippee - another Bank Holiday next year!!!

Extra bank holiday approved to mark King's coronation

The holiday will fall on Monday, 8 May, two days after the coronation of King Charles III.

www.bbc.co.uk

Let us erect guillotines outside every town hall in the land

 

[Serene]

Let us erect guillotines outside every town hall in the land

The National Razor. I am a pacifist, and wouldnt wish that. I am tongue in cheek, silly humour.

 

[A380]

Let us erect guillotines outside every town hall in the land

Fucking liberal.

 

[8ball]

Doesn't always affect the feet & lower legs - in Chuck's case, I'm very fucking disappointed about that.

Quite rare that this happens.
Internet diagnosis of something rare without considering other more likely causes is a bit odd.

 

[Tanya1982]

So he is the only non-royal permitted to wear balmoral tartan? What would they do if someone else wore it?

They'd do that Bucks Fizz style 'ripping the skirt off' move.

 

[killer b]

egged in York this afternoon.

 

[Orang Utan]

He passed me yesterday when I was on my bike. Wasn’t expecting it but got a sly double V in at him. Motorcade bikers are very redfaced angry shouty pointy men.

 

[not a trot]

egged in York this afternoon.

Waste of a fucking egg. Should have used a brick.

 

[Raheem]

egged in York this afternoon.

Slain by the Yolkists.

 

[WouldBe]

egged in York this afternoon.

Attempted. They all missed.

 

[friedaweed]

He passed me yesterday when I was on my bike. Wasn’t expecting it but got a sly double V in at him. Motorcade bikers are very redfaced angry shouty pointy men.

T'is cos there helmets are too tight. They make them like that these days to stop their heads falling off apparently.

 

[friedaweed]

Slain by the Yolkists.

A surprise shelling.

 

[killer b]

Attempted. They all missed.

Today the yolkists were unlucky, but remember they only have to be lucky once - he will have to be lucky always.

 

[friedaweed]

What about the whites hey? Every time we talk about eggs it's always the yolk that gets the attention. It's a woke yolk egg-wash every time.

*Gets coat.