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Britain's upcoming royal wedding
#11
RE: Britain's upcoming royal wedding
NONE of the Americans I know give a shit about some prince getting married in England. I'm sure there's a few who want to tune into BBC for that even but no one I know.

We got enough problems with our own imbeciles on parade without me having to keep up with some other country's parade.
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#12
RE: Britain's upcoming royal wedding
(April 18, 2011 at 6:47 pm)Ace Otana Wrote: Did any of you know that the true heir to the throne of Britain lives in Australia? The real king of England? http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/a...32666.html

Just thought I'd add that for no real reason at all. I was pretty surprised to learn of it. Turns out, he has no interest in being king.
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Possession is 9/10th of the law.

There is also a persistent rumour about who sired of Queen Victoria. The sudden appearance of haemophilia in the British royal family adds weight to the speculation. Queen Victoria was a carrier. Eg the czarevich inherited haemophilia from his mother Alexandria,who was Victoria's daughter.


Under English common law,a child is always presumed to be the offspring of the legal husband.This law is crucial under primo genitor, still used in royal/aristocratic succession. IE the heir to the throne (or title) is the first born legitimate male child. In a monarchy, a daughter can inherit if there are no male offspring. However, a female CANNOT inherit any other title. If there is no male offspring and no male relative, a title dies out.This is common.
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#13
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(April 13, 2011 at 4:49 pm)bozo Wrote: As a royal-hating republican, I will be avoiding the upcoming wedding on the 29th April. Don't know where yet, considering the options.
If it were not for the media and royal spin machine plugging it, I am pretty sure it would be a damp squib.
A recent poll found 75% of those polled showing little or no interest.
Where I live I do not see much enthusiasm and some councils have extended the time for those planning street parties to apply for road closures etc. because the requests are few and far between.
Despite public apathy, the establishment will proclaim it a huge success and " good for the country "
The people won't be fooled though!

I'd be interested what others think.

Why did not the British sometime in the past did like what a lot of other European nations did, overthrow and in some cases execute their kings and queens?

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#14
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(April 19, 2011 at 8:04 am)Atman Wrote: Why did not the British sometime in the past did like what a lot of other European nations did, overthrow and in some cases execute their kings and queens?

We did. Big Grin
During the English civil war back in the 15th century. We executed the king and some others. A few royals were forced to leave Briton or face the same fate. For a while, we were royal-less. However, we brought them back, seeing as the country became worse without them. Crap leaders, just like today.
The war was about people power over the monarchy, after brining them back, there was now a monarchy and a parliament. Been this way ever since.
Perhaps we could give it another try and remove the monarchy again.Big Grin
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#15
RE: Britain's upcoming royal wedding
(April 19, 2011 at 8:21 am)Ace Otana Wrote: We did. Big Grin
During the English civil war back in the 15th century. We executed the king and some others. A few royals were forced to leave Briton or face the same fate. For a while, we were royal-less. However, we brought them back, seeing as the country became worse without them. Crap leaders, just like today.
The war was about people power over the monarchy, after brining them back, there was now a monarchy and a parliament. Been this way ever since.
Perhaps we could give it another try and remove the monarchy again.Big Grin

Actually I was meaning in the last 200 years or so.

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#16
RE: Britain's upcoming royal wedding
(April 19, 2011 at 10:39 am)Atman Wrote: Actually I was meaning in the last 200 years or so.

Oh, well that I don't know.Big Grin
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan

Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.

Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.

You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
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#17
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There's a wedding?
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#18
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(April 20, 2011 at 10:07 am)leo-rcc Wrote: There's a wedding?

we get a day off work for it.


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#19
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I liked a quote I saw from Tracy Ullman regarding English royalty. I don't know if this is exactly right, but she said something like, "Why do we pay a privileged group of people so they can pretend to be better than the rest of us?"

As an American, I couldn't give a shit about royalty in any country. They're all unnecessary. Kick 'em all out and make 'em get real jobs.

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#20
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i think we should all play the royal wedding drinking game!:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Royal-...94?sk=info

rules in the info, looks like a good laugh
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