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Post by UnseenI on Nov 20, 2018 8:15:02 GMT
BoJo and the Cornish pasty challenge
Both Boris and Prince Charles held Cornish pasties while visiting Cornwall. As always, Boris brandishes his one with style while Prince Charles looks half-hearted:
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Post by UnseenI on Nov 21, 2018 7:43:06 GMT
The asparagus challenge
The Duke of Windsor was pictured in the Bahamas during WWII holding two handfuls of asparagus, and BoJo brandished a bunch during his Leave tour of Cornwall: All Prince Charles could manage was this one stalk:
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Post by UnseenI on Nov 23, 2018 8:38:15 GMT
"...you have a leadership crisis in the UK, with Theresa May royally screwing up Brexit. And the Queen does nothing..." Avacyn you said that almost three months ago. Now look at what is happening. What would Henry VIII have done? What is BoJo going to do? A good comment in the DM: “Wouldn't it be somethng, if the Queen refused to sign off on this ?.....Never been done but she could.......A memorable act in the closing days of your reign, your Majesty !”
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Post by UnseenI on Nov 23, 2018 8:44:17 GMT
BoJo and Camilla play chess
The game of Chess has been mentioned several times on here. BoJo and Camilla play with giant pieces - in separate games - with BoJo as might be expected moving the King:
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Post by UnseenI on Dec 12, 2018 7:50:38 GMT
Bojo: is he preparing for promotion?
He has changed his wild image for a more ‘normal’ one. Perhaps he is thinking of going in for the position of Prime Minister, which is one step nearer the throne. I prefer the old Boris! BoJo then and now:
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 3, 2019 19:56:33 GMT
Republican MP said the Beckhams would be better royals
From July 2017, but even more relevant now: “New MP for Kensington is a Republican Emma Dent Coad – whose Kensington constituency in London includes Kensington Palace, where Kate lives with Prince William – said the Middletons were like the American reality TV family the Kardashians because they have become like ‘film stars’. Addressing the anti-monarchist campaign group Republic on Saturday, Miss Dent Coad, who stole the seat from the Conservatives at last month’s election by just 20 votes, also criticised the royal family and said the Beckhams would make more suitable royals as ‘they have earned their own money’… The MP also said she became a republican in 2005 after Prince Harry was photographed dressed as a Nazi at a fancy dress party aged 20, adding: ‘I have been called a revolutionist but I am not a revolutionist – well not yet anyway.’ Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4701832/The-Middletons-no-different-Kardashians.html#ixzz4n4GSu0bF She is quite right where many of the younger royals and their connections are concerned, especially since Meghan Markle joined the show.” I wonder whether she has become a revolutionist yet.
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 4, 2019 8:33:57 GMT
Republican MP wants the royals out of Buckingham Palace
From June 2018: “Kensington's Labour MP Emma Dent Coad, who is a republican, has said Buckingham Palace should be handed over to the public. The politician continued her campaign against the Royal Family by suggesting that if the taxpayer is funding the refurbishment of the Queen's central London palace ‘there are other places they could live’. Her comment comes after she claimed last year that Prince Harry is not a qualified helicopter pilot, despite serving as a co-pilot and gunner for an Apache helicopter during his 2012 Afghanistan deployment with the Army. The prince and his wife, as well as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, live in Ms Dent Coad's constituency at Kensington Palace. The MP on Thursday said she did not think the public should be paying "a third of a billion a year for people who have immense wealth already". She said she suspected the refurbishment cost of Buckingham Palace, which is not in her constituency, would be more than that and she objected to just three members of the Royal Family living there.” Does she really need to campaign against the royal family? They are turning people into republicans all by themselves, with Meghan doing a lot of the work for them.
news.sky.com/story/kensington-mp-emma-dent-coad-says-queen-should-move-out-of-buckingham-palace-for-public-11397929
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 4, 2019 18:39:10 GMT
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 5, 2019 8:03:37 GMT
Banana republic?
From Wiki: “In political science, the term banana republic describes a politically unstable country with an economy dependent upon the exportation of a limited-resource product, such as bananas or minerals... Typically, a banana republic has a society of extremely stratified social classes, usually a large impoverished working class and a ruling-class plutocracy, composed of the business, political and military elites of that society... In economics, a banana republic is a country with an economy of state capitalism, by which economic model the country is operated as a private commercial enterprise for the exclusive profit of the ruling class.” They give Honduras as an example, but it might apply to the UK soon. Will Bananagate push the UK further towards being a republic? The royal family is said to be a big resource, so are they equivalent to bananas?
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Post by Avacyn on Feb 6, 2019 22:41:00 GMT
Yes, boss. I'll increase it... been meaning to do that, anyway...
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Post by Avacyn on Feb 6, 2019 22:43:03 GMT
Huh. It's set to an hour already...
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 12, 2019 7:56:55 GMT
Message in Minions?
Will the next monarch be banana-loving King Bob? Although the Minions steal the crown for Scarlet Overkill, Bob becomes king when he pulls the sword Excalibur from the stone. Perhaps this is predictive.
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 15, 2019 20:06:24 GMT
BoJo and the bananas
BoJo is not out of the running yet. He too has some banana connections. He made a very stupid comment about the EU not permitting bananas to be sold on bunches of more than three. This was ammunition for his opponents:
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Post by UnseenI on Feb 16, 2019 9:35:23 GMT
BoJo as a banana-eating monkey
This painting showing Boris Johnson as a monkey is by artist Kaya Mar:
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Post by UnseenI on May 19, 2019 8:14:29 GMT
The next royal couple?
There are many posts on here about Boris Johnson and his chances of being the next monarch. Recent developments have produced two more possible candidates. The Brexit Party is expected to do very well in next week’s European Elections, so maybe we should start thinking about King Nigel and Queen Ann:
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Post by UnseenI on May 19, 2019 8:20:46 GMT
Huh. It's set to an hour already... The problem is that although I compose posts in a Word document and check them before I put them on here, I sometimes don't notice typos etc. until it is too late to edit them!
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Post by UnseenI on May 20, 2019 6:54:03 GMT
Nigel Farage is the Messiah
At least for some Pakistani Christians: “Nigel Farage is a Christian prophet, a holy man in direct contact with God whose true purpose on this earth is to lead us from the darkness into the light ... Nigel is truly on a mission to defend Judeo-Christian values around the globe, and we've all missed the signs. This is the view of one Christian group in Pakistan, led by Francis Bashir, an evangelical Christian pastor in Lahore. He leads a congregation of around 200 families who all believe that Nigel Farage and UKIP will save them from their plight. Pakistan is a notoriously hard place to be a Christian or part of any religious minority group, due to their strict anti-blasphemy laws, which often result in the mob killing of those accused of insulting Islam.” www.vice.com/en_uk/article/gyygg7/the-pakistani-christians-who-worship-nigel-faragePresumably being the Saviour would appeal more than merely being the next monarch!
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Post by UnseenI on May 20, 2019 6:55:30 GMT
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Post by UnseenI on May 21, 2019 7:09:52 GMT
Nigel Farage as Richard the Lionheart
It s not just me who sees Nigel Farage as a king: “Designs for commemorative Brexit stamps have been revealed. The prank — nothing to do with Royal Mail — is the work of London-based ad agency isobel, and showcases 'icons' of Brexit, represented as historical figures with a relevant quote.” londonist.com/london/best-of-london/the-best-april-fool-s-2019-jokes-in-london
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Post by UnseenI on May 27, 2019 18:58:28 GMT
A very happy couple
Nigel Farage and Ann Widdicombe are jubilant after the election results for the Brexit Party. Ann is wearing royal blue:
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Post by Avacyn on Jun 12, 2019 12:09:43 GMT
Huh. It's set to an hour already... The problem is that although I compose posts in a Word document and check them before I put them on here, I sometimes don't notice typos etc. until it is too late to edit them! I'll take another look at it...
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Post by UnseenI on Jul 24, 2019 8:25:31 GMT
Maybe this thread should be retitled to "Will there be a new monarch after Elizabeth II?"
Bojo is now one step nearer. The DM has said in a few articles that he will be crowned PM.
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Post by magpiejack on Jul 24, 2019 9:20:32 GMT
Maybe this thread shold be retitled to "Will there be a new monarch after Elizabeth II?" Bojo is now one step nearer. The DM has said in a few articles that he will be crowned PM. Do you reckon that he's a republican? I'm not sure about that, he's quite high-born - not one of the ordinary folk like me, at any rate! Who knows what his agenda is, though.
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Post by Lavendel on Jul 24, 2019 10:22:39 GMT
UnseenI , you predicted this. I was hoping you could make a bojo festival here today with all fun and cakes made by milla personally! I was looking to see what german press is writing on bojo I have translated an article from stuttgart newspaper. Bojo is great great great granson of King Friedrich I and of the last Turkish Aristocracy ------------ magpiejack this bojo is indeed more blue blooded than the queen. I guess in public the queen and the sachsen-coburg clan and she will greet Bojo while standing but in Private she will need to bow. br] Kaiser Friedrich Alexander BoJo newspaper quote " Boris Johnson has won the race to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May. Johnson's ancestor was the first Württemberg king Friedrich I. Stuttgart - Boris Johnson was and is the most prominent proponent of Brexit. For a long time, the former Mayor of London and ex-Foreign Minister warned against pithy slogans, including Hitler's comparisons, against a European "super-state". Nobody could embody Europe better than the straw-blonde Mr. Brexit. The ancestors of Alexander Boris Johnson de Pfeffel, as he is officially called, come from England and Turkey, from Germany, France and Switzerland. At least. His pedigree is so international that a few years ago the BBC dedicated its own story to its family history. Johnson looking for traces in Stuttgart In the Stuttgart Main State Archive Johnson went in 2008 even on the trail. "Mr. Johnson had personally show the sources, "says the historian Regina Keyler, who then oversaw the" non-state archives ". Media wise, Johnson was filming as he rolled in old folios. He wanted to expose his German roots, or rather his Swabian ones. For genealogists have found that a direct line leads back from him to - yes, until the first Württemberg King Friedrich I (1754 - 1816). "I've cracked a mystery," Johnson cheered in the cameras. And the delighted Britons suddenly discovered a striking resemblance between the puff-cheeked Swabian monarch and his equally puff-cheeked great-grandson from London. The relationship is explained in such a way that King Frederick's youngest son, Duke Paul of Württemberg (1785 - 1852), once took a liking to the court actress Friederike Vohs (née Porth) and impregnated her. The daughter Karoline was indeed illegitimate, but called himself "von Rottenburg" and married under this name in 1836 the chamberlain at the Bavarian court, Karl von Pfeffel (1811-1890). Both are the great-great-great-grandparents of Boris Johnson. Johnson was born in New York His great-grandfather on his father's side was Ali Kemal Bey, the last Minister of the Interior of the Ottoman Empire. Because he opposed the Turkish liberation movement, followers of Kemal Atatürk (the founder of the Republic of Turkey) arrested and lynched him. His son Osman Ali (Johnson's grandfather) fled to London and took there the name Wilfred Johnson. The straw-colored Tory politician, who incidentally was born in New York and therefore also had American citizenship, would be perfect as a figurehead for a big, some Europe - especially as he visited the European School in Brussels and later worked there for several years as a journalist , But maybe this experience was the basis for the EU skepticism. Now Johnson will head the UK. In the fight for the succession of Theresa May, he has prevailed against his rival Jeremy Hunt. On Wednesday he is to be appointed by Prime Minister Elizabeth II. Johnson faces a lot of challenges. Some MPs can not imagine politics under the populist Johnson. There are rumors of a vote of no confidence. And also, as Johnson wants to achieve a Brexit agreement with the EU, is open. Maybe Johnson will help his genes. The Swabians are known to be inventive."
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Post by Lavendel on Jul 24, 2019 10:30:56 GMT
REVEALED: Penniless German immigrant was great-great grandfather of Nigel Farage! He has a famously no-nonsense stance in migrants - but Ukip chief had no idea about ancestor
Yet, despite a host of interviews over the past decade and a supposedly tell-all autobiography, Nigel Farage has yet to give them a full account of himself. For while it is well known that Mr Farage’s wife Kirsten is German, the Ukip leader – standing for next year’s Parliament on a no-unskilled-foreigners ticket – is yet to admit in public that he himself is the descendant of immigrants. Today, a Mail on Sunday investigation can reveal that Mr Farage’s grandmother, born Gladys Schrod, descends from German immigrants who fled to Britain in search of work and a better way of life. It’s a secret he has kept close to his chest ever since his election to Ukip’s leadership in 2006. Panikos Panayi, professor of European History at De Montfort University and a leading expert on German migration, points to the large number of German musicians who’d recently moved to London, bringing with them a wider appreciation of classical music and encouraging a broader culture among the educated classes. Their presence added a new zest to the capital’s cultural life. Nikolaus Schrod made the cases for the pianos, upright and grand, which were becoming a must-have status symbol in every fashionable drawing-room, while Bina brought in extra money as a needlewoman and dressmaker. They lived in rented rooms in the teeming tenements close to the city’s heart – close enough to the rich who employed them, but a world away. Existing on a minimum wage and living in near-poverty, both were skilled workers making a positive contribution to the life and comfort of the social classes above them. ‘The British Government of the day was operating what was effectively an open-door policy on immigrants,’ says Prof Panayi. ‘And though many Germans who came to London in the mid-19th Century were largely ignored, these people [the Schrods] were skilled and will have been more positively received.’ What Nikolaus Schrod would have made of his great-great-grandson’s ‘keep them out’ rallying cry, one can only guess. After all, he and Bina came to Britain with no paper qualifications – in Nigel Farage’s future Britain, they would be turned away." more read: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2726735/REVEALED-Penniless-German-immigrant-great-great-grandfather-Nigel-Farage-He-famously-no-nonsense-stance-migrants-Ukip-chief-no-idea-ancestor.html
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Post by Lavendel on Jul 24, 2019 10:45:58 GMT
The Head European Commissioner
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen (About this soundlisten (help·info); née Albrecht, born 8 October 1958) is a German politician and the President-elect of the European Commission. She served in the federal government of Germany from 2005 to 2019 as the longest-serving member of Angela Merkel's cabinet. She is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Von der Leyen was born in 1958 in Ixelles, Brussels, where she lived until she was 13 years old. In the family she is known since childhood as Röschen, a diminutive of Rose.[6] Her father Ernst Albrecht worked as one of the first European civil servants from the establishment of the European Commission in 1958, first as the Chef de Cabinet to the European Commissioner for Competition Hans von der Groeben in the Hallstein Commission, and then as the Director-General of the Directorate-General for Competition from 1967 to 1970. She attended the European School, Brussels I.[7]
In 1971, she relocated to Lehrte in the Hanover region after her father had become CEO of the food company Bahlsen and involved in state politics in Lower Saxony.[8] Her father served as Prime Minister of Lower Saxony from 1976 to 1990.[9]
Von der Leyen descends by adoption from Sarah Ladson and biologically from her siblings James H. Ladson and Elizabeth Ladson, who belonged to a planter class family in Charleston, South Carolina. Von der Leyen lived for a year under the name Rose Ladson. Most of her ancestors were from the former states of Hanover and Bremen in today's northwestern Germany; she has one American great-grandmother of mainly British descent, with more distant French and Italian ancestors, and some ancestors from what is now the Baltic states, then in Imperial Russia. The Albrecht family was among the hübsche ("courtly" or "genteel") families of the Electorate and Kingdom of Hanover—a state that was in a personal union with the United Kingdom—and her ancestors had been doctors, jurists and civil servants since the 17th century. Her great-great-grandfather George Alexander Albrecht moved to Bremen in the 19th century, where he became a wealthy cotton merchant, part of the Hanseatic elite and the Austro-Hungarian Consul from 1895. He married Louise Knoop, a daughter of Baron Ludwig Knoop, one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the 19th century Russian Empire.[10]
Von der Leyen's father's grandparents were the cotton merchant Carl Albrecht (1875–1952) and Mary Ladson Robertson (1883–1960), an American who belonged to an elite planter family of the southern aristocracy from Charleston, South Carolina. Her American ancestors played a significant role in the British colonization of the Americas, and she descends from many of the first English settlers of Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Barbados, and from numerous colonial-era governors. Among her ancestors were Carolina governors John Yeamans, James Moore, Robert Gibbes, Thomas Smith and Joseph Blake, Pennsylvania deputy governor Samuel Carpenter, and the American revolutionary and lieutenant governor of South Carolina James Ladson.[11][12][13] Carl and Mary were the parents of Ursula von der Leyen's grandfather, the psychologist Carl Albrecht, who was known for developing a new method of meditation and for his research on mystical consciousness.[14] She is the niece of the conductor George Alexander Albrecht and a first cousin of the chief conductor of the Dutch National Opera Marc Albrecht.[15]
Coat of arms of the von der Leyen family In 1986, she married the physician Heiko von der Leyen, a member of the von der Leyen family that made a fortune as silk merchants; her husband became a professor of medicine and the CEO of a medical engineering company. She met him at a university choir in Göttingen.[16] They have seven children, born between 1987 and 1999.[17] The von der Leyen family are Lutheran members of the Evangelical Church of Germany.[18]
Ursula von der Leyen is a native speaker of German and French; she speaks fluent English, having lived for a combined five years in the United Kingdom and the United States.[19] She is a keen equestrian and has been involved in competitive horseriding" wikipedia
The House of the Leyen is a native of the Moselle sex of the aristocracy. Stammburg is the upper castle in Gondorf (also called Castle (by the) Leyen), the only moated castle on the Mosel. The family died out in 1971 with Ferdinand Maria Prinz von der Leyen in the male line, but the house survives as a result of the adoption of a descendant in a female line.
--------- The commissoner has a similar profile as Bojo. The Aristocrats and high borns rule uk and europe now.
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Post by Lavendel on Jul 24, 2019 10:57:22 GMT
The "Sauerkraut ' State Banguette in Winter 2019
If we are to look closely now at meghan markle german heritage, trump heritage , the commisoner von der leyen, Bojo, Farage , the Queen, then we see that a german circle has formed around key positions. i guess when they have a state dinner in which trump meets Bojo, Markle, Philip, Elizabeth, Von der leyen, Merkle, Farage they may talk about shared getman heritage and exchange some german words.
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