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Post by Lavendel on Dec 29, 2017 13:45:42 GMT
The Queen gives BoJo his orders
“Now that Charles has passed on, you are the best person for the job of heir – provided that you marry Camilla of course.” I was looking at this Picture and its an interesting one. That means camila is close to bojo and the Queen. If bojo is pm he will vouch for the divorces. May has shown preference for the York girls. Woman power I guess. I remember when the pippa middletons wanted a duet with Johnsons family in tennis game. Thats the time pippa embarrassed the Queen by coming to court the Queen was to appear and somehow was contrato protocol. Bojo does get on with middletons somehow
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Post by UnseenI on Dec 30, 2017 14:52:10 GMT
BoJo gets some good news
The Queen tells him that he is her preferred heir to the throne:
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 21, 2018 9:41:19 GMT
Has Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, made a very big mistake? Lavendel you thought that this was funny when I posted it in December: “Someone on the other forum said that the newspaper magnate Rupert Murdoch has been sitting on a lot of scandalous information about the royals, and is not publishing it out of respect for the Queen. He will reveal it all after her death. This is not good.” Sarah Ferguson, or ‘Fergie’, is doing something very stupid. She is demanding £40 million compensation for ‘lost earnings’ from Rupert Murdoch. I don’t know whether you know the story of how she was tricked by Murdoch’s newspaper News of the World and was filmed offering cash for access to Prince Andrew. This did even more damage to her reputation, and now she is trying to get compensation for this. Someone probably advised her to take legal action. She is often reported as being greatly in debt. “In a new lawsuit laying bare the extent of her financial dealings for the first time, Fergie portrays herself as a transatlantic businesswoman, with interests spanning the film industry, high finance, speaking engagements, books and celebrity endorsements. The ventures include launching a lifestyle brand called House of Ferguson and a series of ‘higher end’ books entitled Madame Pantaloon. The news follows The Mail on Sunday’s 2016 revelation that the Duchess claimed she been ‘tricked’ by the now-defunct News Of The World and that she was suing for £25 million…undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood, known as the Fake Sheikh, secretly filmed is meeting with the Duchess. She claims Mahmood tricked her into offering to introduce him to her ex-husband Prince Andrew for £500,000. But in a vigorous counterattack, lawyers for Mr Murdoch’s publishing company accused her of ‘dishonesty’ and attempted fraud, describing her case as ‘defective and embarrassing’." Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5292869/Duchess-Yorks-cash-access-sting-claim-hits-40m.html#ixzz54oEq6gjP This seems crazy. I have always seen her as a walking disaster who cannot organise her finances. She damages her reputation herself by saying and doing stupid things. What I am thinking is that this court case might anger Rupert Murdoch so much that he will publish some of the scandalous material he has been sitting on. Fergie selling products on a shopping channel:
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 24, 2018 17:31:10 GMT
“An interesting question, and I want to tag UnseenI, so she sees it - what is the general state and condition of the British Aristocracy in general? Is it in as poor shape as the House of Windsor?” Avacyn there have been several occurrences of bad behaviour and criminal activities recently. Here is one example: “The Duchess of Cornwall's cousin is behind bars and has been warned he almost certainly faces jail after admitting 'significant and sophisticated' benefit fraud worth £60,000. Dru Edmonstone, 46, defrauded Stirling Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Cheslea. His great grandmother was Alice Keppel, Edward VIII's mistress, who was also Camilla Parker Bowles' great grandmother. Using the names of his sister, his ex-wife, a former housekeeper, and an employee of his father - Sir Archibald Edmonstone, the 83-year-old seventh baronet of Duntreath - he submitted bogus claims for income support, tax credits, carers' allowance, and disability living allowance… Stirling Sheriff Court heard that he pocketed £60,000 between January 2014 and April 2017. He then used the money to fund high risk bets." Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5307971/Duchess-Cornwalls-cousin-faces-jail-fraud.html#ixzz557dgNzSS The DM article has many more details of the crime and the background of the baronet.
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 20, 2018 17:56:27 GMT
BoJo on the throne
“I can see it now... "From Mayor to King: The True Story of Boris Johnson." At least his scandals are wild and entertaining! I've met someone before now who had worked with him. It was interesting to hear what had to be said, to be honest.” Tell us more Avacyn! There may be an intermediate step for Boris: he could become Prime Minister before he takes the throne. Do you think that this picture will be on the cover of the book you predicted?
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Post by Avacyn on Feb 20, 2018 21:16:59 GMT
“An interesting question, and I want to tag UnseenI, so she sees it - what is the general state and condition of the British Aristocracy in general? Is it in as poor shape as the House of Windsor?” Avacyn there have been several occurrences of bad behaviour and criminal activities recently. Here is one example: “The Duchess of Cornwall's cousin is behind bars and has been warned he almost certainly faces jail after admitting 'significant and sophisticated' benefit fraud worth £60,000. Dru Edmonstone, 46, defrauded Stirling Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Cheslea. His great grandmother was Alice Keppel, Edward VIII's mistress, who was also Camilla Parker Bowles' great grandmother. Using the names of his sister, his ex-wife, a former housekeeper, and an employee of his father - Sir Archibald Edmonstone, the 83-year-old seventh baronet of Duntreath - he submitted bogus claims for income support, tax credits, carers' allowance, and disability living allowance… Stirling Sheriff Court heard that he pocketed £60,000 between January 2014 and April 2017. He then used the money to fund high risk bets." Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5307971/Duchess-Cornwalls-cousin-faces-jail-fraud.html#ixzz557dgNzSS The DM article has many more details of the crime and the background of the baronet. Good find. This shows yet more connections to the Royals, in people whom are portrayed as "commoners." I wonder who the father is? Are they illegitimate decendants to Edward VIII?
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Post by Avacyn on Feb 20, 2018 21:34:31 GMT
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“I can see it now... "From Mayor to King: The True Story of Boris Johnson." At least his scandals are wild and entertaining! I've met someone before now who had worked with him. It was interesting to hear what had to be said, to be honest.” Tell us more Avacyn ! There may be an intermediate step for Boris: he could become Prime Minister before he takes the throne. Do you think that this picture will be on the cover of the book you predicted? It was when he was Mayor of London. The guy working with him was to do with black communities in London, and improving them. He felt that he was very intelligent, and was really on the ball on the issue. However they guy had the feeling that the concern was not truly genuine, it was more a case of him working on a project that looked good for him pollitically. I suspect this is the case for him, certainly in that instance. He would have my backing for Prime Minister. Theresa May is terrible in the job, and the talk behind the scenes is that David Davis has to fight tooth and nail to stop her surrendering everything. She is so pitiful, she would have given the keys to the United Kingdom to Brussels by now. And I well believe this talk. It fits the pattern we have been seeing with her. With Boris, we have someone who has a way of doing things, and we know he's had affairs and such. He's not a perfect character, so he cannot be made a paragon of virtue. He's flawed, like the rest of us. He certainly can do no worse than Theresa May, that's for certain.
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 21, 2018 7:10:40 GMT
I see that there is a typo in the DM's article - it was Edward VII not Edward VIII!
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 21, 2018 20:40:28 GMT
Edward VII said that kings should be elected
“…16-year-old Albert Edward, Queen Victoria's first son and so heir to her throne, was set an essay on ‘whether kings should be elected’. Yes, he wrote, ‘it is better than hereditary right because you have more chance of having a good sovereign; if it goes by hereditary right, if you have a bad or weak sovereign, you cannot prevent him reigning.’” www.theguardian.com/books/2012/sep/14/bertie-life-edward-vii-jane-ridley-reviewI wonder what marks ‘Bertie’ got for that one, and what his parents thought of it. Bertie the Prince of Wales as a young man:
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 22, 2018 7:35:14 GMT
Queen Victoria feared the end of the monarchy
Queen Victoria did not like Bertie, her eldest son; she had a low opinion of him and constantly criticised him. The future Edward VII was a big disappointment to her: "…his mother hung on interminably. One reason might have been that she didn't trust the prince to succeed her. ‘It is useless to think he will come to the throne,’ her daughter reported her saying. The monarchy would then come to an end. This was predicated on the assumption that the Victorian model of monarchy was the only one available: based on the pattern of a highly moral ‘royal family’ acting as an example to the nation. There was no doubt that ‘Bertie’ could never conform to this.“ www.theguardian.com/books/2012/sep/14/bertie-life-edward-vii-jane-ridley-reviewThere may be a similar dynamic in the relationship between the Queen and Prince Charles: maybe she is hanging on to prevent the monarchy from coming to an end.
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 22, 2018 7:39:41 GMT
"He would have my backing for Prime Minister."
He would have my backing for king! He is the sort of person who gives the people their money's worth.
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 23, 2018 7:52:44 GMT
Boris and Harry at the Invictus Games
They do seem to get on very well together. Perhaps BoJo as PM and Harry as king really is the way to go.
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 28, 2018 9:27:56 GMT
Prince Charles and the succession to the throne
The New York Times produced a very critical article about Prince Charles and his suitability for the throne in April last year. It suggests that the best way he can serve his country is to remove himself from the succession: “Prince Charles … is a deeply unpopular man. Writers in both the conservative and the liberal press regularly refer to him as ‘a prat,’ ‘a twit,’ and ‘an idiot, with no apparent fear of giving offense to their readership. In a 2016 poll, only a quarter of respondents said that they would like Charles to succeed the Queen, while more than half said they would prefer to see his son Prince William crowned instead. Even among those who profess to think him a decent chap, there is a widespread conviction that he does the monarchy more harm than good. ‘Our Prince of Wales is a fundamentally decent and serious man,’ one conservative columnist recently wrote. ‘He possesses a strong sense of duty. Might not it be best expressed by renouncing the throne in advance?’” www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/10/where-prince-charles-went-wrongI can understand why people don’t think that Prince Charles would make a good king, but would Prince William be any better? Those words, prat, twit and idiot, apply to more than one member of the royal family! Which one of these princes would make the best king?
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 14, 2018 7:21:54 GMT
Who wore it better?
Playing the Hindu garland game. BoJo is one step below the throne here. Is this symbolic? Beat this, Boris:
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 17, 2018 20:09:05 GMT
Playing the cushion game
Prince Charles has an official cushion carrier, who steps forward to position the royal cushion before his master sits down. Sometimes a whole team is involved: “As the liveried helicopter touches down in the Palace grounds, highly trained professionals act swiftly but discreetly to unload its precious Royal cargo . . . Prince Charles’s favourite embroidered silk cushion. It took two unofficial Protectors Of The Privy Bottom to attend to the VIP – Very Important Pillow… After the 64-year-old walked to his waiting car, one of his Scotland Yard bodyguards could be seen bringing up the rear with the red and gold cushion. Then came the handover. Subtle, but in keeping with soft-furnishing protocol, the cushion was passed to the Prince’s leather-gloved chauffeur, whose job was to plump it up and lay it out. The Prince waited patiently, glancing over his papers, until the cushion was correctly positioned. Then he lowered himself gingerly on to the back seat.” Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2323121/Prince-Charles-Silk-cushions-seat-uses.html#ixzz5A1YgPj4S BoJo goes one better, as usual:
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 18, 2018 8:53:18 GMT
Prince Charles hogged the oil, the bread and the truffle
I have been horrified by some of the allegations against Prince Charles and disgusted by others. I have been very amused by the latest revelations in the DM. They have selected some real gems from a new biography: “…By Sunday dinner, some of the guests had become puzzled about their host. His habit of commandeering a small bowl of olive oil just for himself provoked one visitor to recount a story of Charles during a recent trip to India. ... billionaires... rounded up to accompany him. During the tour, a sumptuous lunch was held in a maharaja’s palace. Unexpectedly, a loaf of Italian bread was placed on the table. As an American billionaire reached out to take a piece, Charles shouted: ‘No, that’s mine! Only for me!’ In reply to that story, another visitor recalled that on a previous weekend at Sandringham, a guest had brought Charles a truffle as a gift. To everyone’s envy, Charles did not share the delicacy at dinner but kept it to himself.” REBEL Prince: The Power, Passion and Defiance of Prince Charles by Tom Bower, published by William Collins on Thursday at £20. © Tom Bower 2018. Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5511397/Prince-Charless-remarkable-travel-demands-revealed.html#ixzz59zP45wye Is this what we want in our future king? Is he commandeering another loaf here?
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 18, 2018 8:58:43 GMT
Prince Charles and an Alice in Wonderland connection
The DM articlementioned above contains more bizarre anecdotes:
“He (Prince Charles) was also unusually particular about his gardens at Highgrove. Because he refused to use pesticides, he employed four gardeners who would lie, nose-down, on a trailer pulled by a slow-moving Land Rover to pluck out weeds.
In addition, retired Indian servicemen were deployed to prowl through the undergrowth at night with torches and handpick slugs from the leaves of plants…”
When I read that, I immediately thought of the three gardeners in Alice in Wonderland who paint white roses red and throw themselves flat on their faces when the Queen comes.
Why does he employ retired servicemen to remove the slugs, and why are they Indian? Are they actually Gurkhas? And what do they do with the slugs they collect?
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 22, 2018 19:07:34 GMT
Prince Charles is not monarch material
And that’s putting it mildly. The DM has been publishing more extracts from the new biography mentioned above. Assuming that the stories about him, his personality, his views, his ‘friends’ and his lifestyle are true, it is a damning indictment. He comes across as petty, petulant, selfish, self-indulgent and self-pitying. He is his own worst enemy. He demanded - and got - £200,000 from someone who wanted his wife to sit next to Prince Charles at a charity event. It must be all for show and status rather than the pleasure of his company. I prefer the amusing anecdotes to the ones that disgust me such as these: “Charles...used the Human Rights Act to prevent anyone having access to his tax returns.“ “When Charles created the Prince's Trust in 1976, it was relatively easy to raise enough finance to keep it going. But he couldn't stop there: over the following years, he created more and more charities, often on little more than a whim. At one point there were 24 of them, each with its own chairman and unending appetite for funds. Some of the charities failed to raise sufficient money, while the Prince's Trust, which employed 300 staff in a splendid Nash house opposite Regent's Park, spent an excessive amount on administration. Unspoken at charity meetings was the fact that Charles's work had been weakened by duplication.” Rather than just repeat what is in the recent DM articles, I need to read it all carefully to see if there are any interesting connections. In the meantime, this commenter sums it up well: “Is the queen about to pass away? The Mail is suddenly full of three or four stories a day all rubbishing Charles and Camilla. Has the Mail suddenly turned republican?” Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5529189/Queen-cringed-Charles-Rasputin-mentioned.html#ixzz5AT7arDbS Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5529153/The-Prince-sale-super-rich-offered-favours-Charles.html#ixzz5AT5zZPPhThe mail is also publishing unflattering pictures. Here he is with a purple carrot:
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 22, 2018 19:09:43 GMT
BoJo plays the bread and carrot games
BoJo does it better, and he did it first too. He can point at bread just as well as Prince Charles did, and he shows those carrots who’s boss:
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 23, 2018 20:00:40 GMT
Prince Charles is ready for action
He has made plans for when he becomes monarch. I hope that this is a mad idea that he will abandon: “Charles seemed impervious to any criticism. Instead, he was planning what he'd do during the six months between his mother's death and his own coronation. Sensitive to any public resistance, he agreed with Downing Street that he would 'hit the ground running' when he became king. It would be like a political campaign: he'd first address the nation and then barnstorm through the country, with appearances in London followed by flights to Cardiff, Belfast and Edinburgh. His own spiritual and moral values would unite the nation, he believed.
At least there'd be no further opposition from Buckingham Palace. On his return to London after the tour, he planned that his own staff from Clarence House would have quietly replaced the Queen's officials.“ Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5533829/Prince-Charles-demanded-Queen-rid-favourite-courtier.html#ixzz5AaHtmHt0 This is really funny. He is delusional if he thinks that he can become a spiritual leader. I wonder whether Camilla would accompany him on his big campaign as the new queen? He may have to wait another 10 years or so, although the Duke of Edinburgh is feeling under the weather so there may be some developments soon. I hope that the Palace staff have plans A, B and C ready as I suggested earlier, just in case he does become king. This is from 1978:
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Post by UnseenI on Mar 24, 2018 18:10:02 GMT
Prince Charles wins this one Prince Charles is at home on horseback, but BoJo looks very uncomfortable. He probably struggled on just for a publicity picture:
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Post by UnseenI on Apr 5, 2018 19:11:53 GMT
Prince Philip gives the game away
“At a recent dinner with friends in Mayfair, Philip joked about his determination to live beyond 95. The reason for his and the Queen's longevity, he explained amid his friends' laughter, was to keep Charles from the throne. At 91, he said, the Queen was in robust health — and, he implied, could well live for another ten years. That in turn would mean Charles might be king for only a brief period — and would therefore have little opportunity to damage the monarchy. Philip did not hide his scorn for his son's achievements and vision, and showed little confidence that Charles could impress himself upon history as an exceptional king. Many of those present believed that Philip doubted whether his son, who had barely come to terms with the 20th century, could unify the country in the 21st. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5533829/Prince-Charles-demanded-Queen-rid-favourite-courtier.html#ixzz5Ab54E8Bv It sounds just like the sort of thing he would say, given his low opinion of his eldest son. His recent operation may lead to a decline that will change everything though.
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Post by UnseenI on Apr 8, 2018 18:34:38 GMT
Prince William enters the dance competition
I say you chaps, what about ME? I can make movements too. This is me dancing for charity: Here I am doing the hula in a grass skirt: If you like what you see, you can watch me dancing the hula on YouTube:
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Post by UnseenI on May 26, 2018 6:15:59 GMT
Who’s next? The current list of top candidates:
Prince Charles and Camilla Prince William and Kate, then their children Prince Harry and Meghan In with a chance:
Princess Anne The outsider:
Boris Johnson Of these people, I suspect that only Meghan and Boris really want the job. Maybe they should work something out together - or perhaps, as this picture suggests, they have already started:
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