King Charles’s staff given redundancy notice during church service for Queen
Exclusive: Employees said to be livid and shaken as up to 100 Clarence House employees told they could lose jobs
www.theguardian.com
HM Queen Elizabeth II
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Charlie boy seems to have had a berrinche after the pen he was using leaked.....silly arse!!
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Really bad timing about putting the staff on notice.
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Really bad timing about putting the staff on notice.
I still think the people would have preferred to see the younger King William on the throne.
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I still think the people would have preferred to see the younger King William on the throne.
True, but rules are rules and it's Charles' turn. Plus, I don't think William and Kate are eager to step up and increase their royal duties with three little children!
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True, but rules are rules and it's Charles' turn. Plus, I don't think William and Kate are eager to step up and increase their royal duties with three little children!
The Queen managed to do it and she was much younger than Wills. He's 40 so not exactly a spring chicken.
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The Queen managed to do it and she was much younger than Wills. He's 40 so not exactly a spring chicken.
Hey, I am just one year younger!
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Hey, I am just one year younger!
Ohhhhh the big 40 for you next then!! It'll be all downhill from then on!!
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The procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall was marked by a metronome drum and very moving to watch.
Did anyone else catch it?
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Yes, I watched it. Very moving indeed.
Once the pallbearers left and the guards assumed their watchful positions at the corners of the catafalque, I couldn’t help wondering how long they would be able to hold that position.
Coverage in the US eventually cut away to the cars taking the Royal family back to Buckingham Palace, so I never saw how long it was until the guards turned their watch over to the next shift.
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Yes, I watched it. Very moving indeed.
Once the pallbearers left and the guards assumed their watchful positions at the corners of the catafalque, I couldn’t help wondering how long they would be able to hold that position.
Coverage in the US eventually cut away to the cars taking the Royal family back to Buckingham Palace, so I never saw how long it was until the guards turned their watch over to the next shift.
I believe they rotate every two hours, but I may be wrong.
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I believe they rotate every two hours, but I may be wrong.
Incredible physical discipline and devotion.
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Here’s another fact: like all churches built before Henry VII’s reign, Westminster Abbey was built by the Roman Catholic Church, and taken over by Henry’s Church of England. (Thinking about that reminds me of the comment attributed to the late Zsa Zsa Gabor: “I never hated any of my ex-husbands enough to give back their diamonds.”)
I was once in Westminster Abbey with a Catholic historian, admiring its beauty and history , when he announced in a stage whisper, “They stole this from us, you know!”
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What a rich collection of topics!
I have a question that isn’t covered on the Royal website: when did the Queen start wearing the Mad Hatter-style of hat almost exclusively?
(And has anyone noticed that in the past week, The Queen Consort has adopted the fashion?)
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I'd feel the same if my pen leaked and I'm not surprised he forgot the date either.
Yeah me as well, its a messy thing to clean up. He's loss a mother in a short space of time after losing his father. Even I would given the circumstances
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For the funeral on Monday, Queen Elizabeth's coffin will be placed on the Royal Navy gun carriage and pulled by 98 sailors with 40 others acting as a brake behind it. This tradition dates back to Queen Victoria's funeral in 1901 when the horses pulling the carriage were spooked and the Royal Navy sailors stepped in to pull the carriage.
Lord Mountbatten and Winston Churchill were the last to receive this honour.
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Very interesting.
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Why 98 and 40?
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