Prince William to marry Kate Middleton

Clarion

Yeah, two more scroungers get married. No story.

Zombie_donkey

I just hope she wears a seatbelt if she ever goes to Paris.

NGale

Zombie_donkey wrote:

I just hope she wears a seatbelt if she ever goes to Paris.

:roll:

jimmypippa

TailWindHome wrote:

End the monarchy.

It is an outdated insitituion with no place in modern society (just like religion).

I doubt the mental well being of any human being who refers another as "Your Majesty"

I used to not mind, then I realised that people took them seriously.

I personally wouldn't end the monarchy - I'd just want Edward to become king, to give the institution the dignity it deserves. With It's a royal knockout playing on continuous loop on a plasma screen in the Mall.

greg66_tri_v2.0

Ok. Now bored of the avalanche of utterly trite detail that has been elevated to "news".

She has a "nice smile". I'm sure she has. It's not what I need to hear on the 10 o'clock news though.

redvee

Was thinking the same. Missed the teatime news and want ot know whats happened in the world today besides some bloke getting engaged.

Wallace1492

I hear the poor girl got William's mothers ring.
1. I hope they cleaned it first and
2. was it the one that Doddie gave her?

secretsam

lost_in_thought wrote:

SecretSam wrote:

And LiT, Socialism and Republicanism are not the same thing. You can be a raving Tory and be anti-Monarcy - I believe Alan Clark was a republican, and he was hardly a Trot?

Did I say otherwise?

I can't do the double quote thing - not clever enough:

"Oh blah blah socialism blah blah anti-monarchy"

Anyhoo, he used his Mum's ring - ewwww, just wrong

georgee

Someone please shut down this threat, why anyone gives two hoots about a some inbred krout giving his fairly easy mothers ring to some sloan is beyond me, back to normality please and roll on the republic.

tarquin_foxglove

SecretSam wrote:

Anyhoo, he used his Mum's ring - ewwww, just wrong

I think the french had the right idea & the wall to wall coverage of two people I have no interest in getting engaged is incredibly annoying but... when I heard he had given her Diana's ring so that 'his mum was part of the day' (or whatever he said), I did think 'aw, they are human after all and not 7ft lizards'.

notsoblue

tarquin_foxglove wrote:

SecretSam wrote:

Anyhoo, he used his Mum's ring - ewwww, just wrong

I think the french had the right idea & the wall to wall coverage of two people I have no interest in getting engaged is incredibly annoying but... when I heard he had given her Diana's ring so that 'his mum was part of the day' (or whatever he said), I did think 'aw, they are human after all and not 7ft lizards'.

Thats what they want you to think...

FWIW, I'd consider myself a 'bit of a socialist', and the monarchy doesn't really bother me. Lots of people enjoy being deferential, and the royal family allows them to do this publicly. I have no problem with that. I'll be following the reaction to these two people getting married with bemused interest.

DonDaddyD

1). I think the Diana jokes are tasteless - and that's me saying that.

I think they're tasteless not because of who she is but because she wasn't evil or did anything wrong and she's dead. I never dishonor the dead or those who lived right and justly.

2). I don't see anything wrong with him proposing with his Mother's ring.

Dude's Mum died when he was young, I have a very close friend lose his Father young I can say that its just a terrible thing and not something to be trivialised. If he wants to honor the memory of his mother by giving the love of his life her engagement ring - espcially given that his family is built on and in someways forged English/British tradition - to honor his mother. Then I can't see how any decent person can feel anything but respect for such a decision.

3). The news coverage is annoying

Seriously how much news can you get out of an engagement annoucement. He proposed in Kenya, she said yes, wedding is planned next year, they'll be living in Wales. They broke up in 2007 because she wanted to get back to her life but ultimately wanted to live a life with him more. She fancied him before they met at Uni, she had pictures of him in polo gear on her bedroom wall (next to the rabbit I presume). They lived together at Uni, she convinced him to stay on and not drop out. William prefers not to have all the attention adorned on him because he is a Prince. He can't cook, she saves him from burning the Kitchen down.

One piece of bad reporting, "The millionaire Middletons are yet another example of common/middle class people married into the Royal Family" - paraphrase.

OK since when is being a millionaire considered common and/or ''middle class' Greg, LiT, GregT, RJTerry your all either common, millionaires, blue bloods, middle class explain?

I hate myself for asorbing all of that in. But if I hear or see something chances are I can remember it.

4). She is fit isn't she.

Bom chika wah wah! In a pencil skirt suit, hells, glasses.. no, no glasses and hair up sweet mother of Patrick I would combust!

Sewinman

DDD - Re 'common' - I think they meant 'not aristocracy', but a ‘commoner’ with no title. Basically in days gone bye he would have been married off to some minor European princess or the daughter of the Earl of xyz.

From Daily Mash:

Royal engagement newspaper bullshit round-up:

Each and every one us will be deeply affected by the looming royal marriage... (Peter Oborne, Daily Telegraph)

In an important sense, this betrothal has far more to teach a new generation about relationships - and fidelity, too. (Bel Mooney, Daily Mail)

For Kate and William, their engagement has profound national significance. They will help form our collective imagination. They are now part of what we are as a nation, how we define ourselves as individuals. (Peter Oborne, Daily Telegraph)

As somebody whose business it is to study the human heart.. (Bel Mooney, Daily Mail - she actually wrote those words)

Today we are wiser and perhaps more humane. The unrealistic expectations that destroyed Charles and Diana have gone. (Peter Oborne, Daily Telegraph - he's playing a blinder)

It is rare these days that we glimpse broad sunlit uplands, but this is one such moment. (Daily Telegraph editorial - sweet fucking Jesus)

And the winner is (obviously)...

Diana, the bride at every royal funeral and the mourner at every royal wedding, was present in more than just the engagement ring which sat so heavily on the hand of this young woman who must now walk a mile in her bloodied shoes, on a road leading who knows where. (Julie Burchill, The Independent)

greg66_tri_v2.0

DonDaddyD wrote:

3). The news coverage is annoying

Seriously how much news can you get out of an engagement annoucement. He proposed in Kenya, she said yes, wedding is planned next year, they'll be living in Wales. They broke up in 2007 because she wanted to get back to her life but ultimately wanted to live a life with him more. She fancied him before they met at Uni, she had pictures of him in polo gear on her bedroom wall (next to the rabbit I presume). They lived together at Uni, she convinced him to stay on and not drop out. William prefers not to have all the attention adorned on him because he is a Prince. He can't cook, she saves him from burning the Kitchen down.

Well, you can get this, which is possibly the most banal tripe I've read in ages.

One piece of bad reporting, "The millionaire Middletons are yet another example of common/middle class people married into the Royal Family" - paraphrase.

Simple factoids handed to journos on day 1 of journo school:
- poor people are "working class heroes". Unless they're criminals, which case they're "scum".
- landed gentry are "toffs"
- anyone who lives in the South East, and who is a professional or in banking management is a "millionaire". "Millionaire" is used in the sense of +/- (and more usually -) £500k or so.
- owners of their own business who are not bankrupt are "top" or "high flying" "millionaire businessmen".
- everyone else is middle class.

The news behind this story is that Harry hasn't married some webbed-digited horse-scarer from a minor European royal clan or the sub-set of England that is the "toffs" (see supra).

4). She is fit isn't she.

Bom chika wah wah! In a pencil skirt suit, hells, glasses.. no, no glasses and hair up sweet mother of Patrick I would combust!

Wonder who'll be captain of the England Rugby Union team in ten years...

Heckler1974

How about a lottery to see who gets to test-ride the future queen?

I'd pay for a quid for that.......

Sewinman

Greg66 wrote:

The news behind this story is that Harry hasn't married some webbed-digited horse-scarer from a minor European royal clan or the sub-set of England that is the "toffs" (see supra).

You put that waaaaay better than me.

Edit - think you are having a senior moment - re Harry.

asprilla

The Daily Mash wrote:

Royal engagement newspaper bullshit round-up:

Each and every one us will be deeply affected by the looming royal marriage... (Peter Oborne, Daily Telegraph)

In an important sense, this betrothal has far more to teach a new generation about relationships - and fidelity, too. (Bel Mooney, Daily Mail)

For Kate and William, their engagement has profound national significance. They will help form our collective imagination. They are now part of what we are as a nation, how we define ourselves as individuals. (Peter Oborne, Daily Telegraph)

As somebody whose business it is to study the human heart.. (Bel Mooney, Daily Mail - she actually wrote those words)

Today we are wiser and perhaps more humane. The unrealistic expectations that destroyed Charles and Diana have gone. (Peter Oborne, Daily Telegraph - he's playing a blinder)

It is rare these days that we glimpse broad sunlit uplands, but this is one such moment. (Daily Telegraph editorial - sweet fucking Jesus)

And the winner is (obviously)...

Diana, the bride at every royal funeral and the mourner at every royal wedding, was present in more than just the engagement ring which sat so heavily on the hand of this young woman who must now walk a mile in her bloodied shoes, on a road leading who knows where. (Julie Burchill, The Independent)

It's all bollocks, isn't it.

rjsterry

DonDaddyD wrote:

One piece of bad reporting, "The millionaire Middletons are yet another example of common/middle class people married into the Royal Family" - paraphrase.

OK since when is being a millionaire considered common and/or ''middle class' Greg, LiT, GregT, RJTerry your all either common, millionaires, blue bloods, middle class explain?

I hate myself for asorbing all of that in. But if I hear or see something chances are I can remember it.

Not quite sure why I'm in that quartet, but I'm fairly sure all four of us are middle class commoners - i.e. not aristocracy/titled. As for the rest, errr, no, and no. The middle class is a broad category.

greg66_tri_v2.0

Sewinman wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

The news behind this story is that Harry hasn't married some webbed-digited horse-scarer from a minor European royal clan or the sub-set of England that is the "toffs" (see supra).

You put that waaaaay better than me.

Edit - think you are having a senior moment - re Harry.

Ah yes. It's William this time isn't it? He's the one with the familial resemblance to the Windsors. Harry's the other one. Who no doubt looks just like someone.

DonDaddyD

Greg wrote:

Ah yes. It's William this time isn't it? He's the one with the familial resemblance to the Windsors. Harry's the other one. Who no doubt looks just like someone.

About as much resemblance as Michael Jackson has with his (biological) kids.

Clever Pun

DonDaddyD wrote:

Greg wrote:

Ah yes. It's William this time isn't it? He's the one with the familial resemblance to the Windsors. Harry's the other one. Who no doubt looks just like someone.

About as much resemblance as Michael Jackson has with his (biological) kids.

DonDaddyD wrote:

1). I think the Diana jokes are tasteless - and that's me saying that.

I think they're tasteless not because of who she is but because she wasn't evil or did anything wrong and she's dead. I never dishonor the dead or those who lived right and justly.

yeah right

Sewinman

Greg66/Hewitt- it's uncanny!!? :shock:

spen666

diana lived righ and justly?

Yep, committing adultery throught her marriage with more than one person is living justly is it?

DonDaddyD

Sewinman wrote:

Greg66/Hewitt- it's uncanny!!? :shock:

Probably why he got all pissy earlier and wrote

Greg66 wrote:

OTOH, the post-death of Diana national hysteria was appalling to behold. "She was one of us". Err, no mate, she really wasn't. She was completely unlike you.

He's been flipping England's Rose!

DonDaddyD

spen666 wrote:

diana lived righ and justly?

Yep, committing adultery throught her marriage with more than one person is living justly is it?

Posh people can't commit adultery, the concept is beneath them.

Sewinman

DonDaddyD wrote:

Sewinman wrote:

Greg66/Hewitt- it's uncanny!!? :shock:

Probably why he got all pissy earlier and wrote

Greg66 wrote:

OTOH, the post-death of Diana national hysteria was appalling to behold. "She was one of us". Err, no mate, she really wasn't. She was completely unlike you.

He's been flipping England's Rose!

Unsuprising really - you can tell he is a rake and a bounder by looking at his fancy-dan bikes and yellow spectacles.

Agent57

That Middleton chick's quite the stunna. Prettier than that Diana woman; self-serving, manipulative cow that she was.

Anyway, I don't mind if they get married. I just don't want to bloody well pay for it. They've got enough cash; they can pay for it themselves.

MonkeyMonster

Blimey we still at this?

notsoblue

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Blimey we still at this?

I just want my commemorative gravy boat already.

W1

notsoblue wrote:

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Blimey we still at this?

I just want my commemorative gravy boat already.

Factories in china must be running 24/7 at the moment. They'll be on e-bay within 15 minutes of the date being announced.

I might get the whole set, for "best".