The Royal wedding

Rumbletonk · Post by **Rumbletonk** » Sat May 19, 2018 12:56 pm

Superb. Give me pomp and ceremony. Love it. God Save the Queen.

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Sat May 19, 2018 12:58 pm

I'm not a massive royalist but have enjoyed it very much so far. The cello and harp musicians are brilliant at the moment. We do this kind of thing exceptionally well.

Blackrod · Post by **Blackrod** » Sat May 19, 2018 1:07 pm

Not a royalist but wife had it on in background. A few minutes was enough. What on earth was James Corden ( the irritating s*d ) doing there ?

Holmeclaret · Post by **Holmeclaret** » Sat May 19, 2018 1:09 pm

I am a royalist and it's outstanding.

Rumbletonk · Post by **Rumbletonk** » Sat May 19, 2018 1:11 pm

What a show. Bloody brilliant. Stand by me

Rightfoot · Post by **Rightfoot** » Sat May 19, 2018 1:14 pm

Britain at its best

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Sat May 19, 2018 1:19 pm

I am not a big royalist but when you look at Trump I think it's preferable. Good luck to the lad losing your mum so young and coming through all the adversaries thrown at him he seems a decent bloke and I wish them all happiness.

Rumbletonk · Post by **Rumbletonk** » Sat May 19, 2018 1:22 pm

Other than Dyche walking her down the aisle it had the lot. The World watching and we nail it.

happyclaret17 · Post by **happyclaret17** » Sat May 19, 2018 1:23 pm

great, super, what a lovely couple. I bet they are gagging for their pie and peas by now....hungry work those weddings.

joey13 · Post by **joey13** » Sat May 19, 2018 1:28 pm

Did Harry’s Dad turn up ?

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Sat May 19, 2018 1:41 pm

I opted to clean the bog rather than watch. I wish them all the best though.

Awayfromburnley · Post by **Awayfromburnley** » Sat May 19, 2018 1:44 pm

Can't stand royalty and the ridiculous nature of the succession and all that crap.

Fair enjoyed that do though. Fair play.

Darling darling, stand, by me....

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Sat May 19, 2018 1:51 pm

Apparently, her mum was the only member of her family there.

djt2006 · Post by **djt2006** » Sat May 19, 2018 1:54 pm

Bishop Curry and the gospel choir. The look on some establishment faces was priceless.

Hope the red white & blue cup final is as enjoyable.

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Sat May 19, 2018 1:58 pm

a huge expensive charade, a collection of privileged toffs, monied and titled landowning elites. All those with rugby union , army officer connections.
Polo, lavish housing, on grand estates.
BBC goes into overdrive, as do the red tops, and idiots ranting on about clothes, and shaming anyone who doesnt drool over this drivel.
It looked like a huge PR job , milking the faux love in with the USA.
Millions living in abject poverty, government cuts are rife, and we are meant to doff our collective caps to these saps.

Rumbletonk · Post by **Rumbletonk** » Sat May 19, 2018 2:01 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote:a huge expensive charade, a collection of privileged toffs, monied and titled landowning elites. All those with rugby union , army officer connections.
Polo, lavish housing, on grand estates.
BBC goes into overdrive, as do the red tops, and idiots ranting on about clothes, and shaming anyone who doesnt drool over this drivel.
It looked like a huge PR job , milking the faux love in with the USA.
Millions living in abject poverty, government cuts are rife, and we are meant to doff our collective caps to these saps.

Good though

Holmeclaret · Post by **Holmeclaret** » Sat May 19, 2018 2:01 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote:a huge expensive charade, a collection of privileged toffs, monied and titled landowning elites. All those with rugby union , army officer connections.
Polo, lavish housing, on grand estates.
BBC goes into overdrive, as do the red tops, and idiots ranting on about clothes, and shaming anyone who doesnt drool over this drivel.
It looked like a huge PR job , milking the faux love in with the USA.
Millions living in abject poverty, government cuts are rife, and we are meant to doff our collective caps to these saps.

Worth it for as long as the armed forces swear loyaly to the queen instead of the country, preventing a despot from ever taking over.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sat May 19, 2018 2:07 pm

Good on Harry...remember the walk behind his mums coffin at such a very young age which was soooo...sad. Congratulations to him,an officer and a gentleman but quite clearly one of the Lads!

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sat May 19, 2018 2:10 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote:a huge expensive charade, a collection of privileged toffs, monied and titled landowning elites. All those with rugby union , army officer connections.
Polo, lavish housing, on grand estates.
BBC goes into overdrive, as do the red tops, and idiots ranting on about clothes, and shaming anyone who doesnt drool over this drivel.
It looked like a huge PR job , milking the faux love in with the USA.
Millions living in abject poverty, government cuts are rife, and we are meant to doff our collective caps to these saps.

Governments are responsible for abject poverty not the royals.

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Sat May 19, 2018 2:10 pm

tim_noone wrote:Good on Harry...remember the walk behind his mums coffin at such a very young age which was soooo...sad. Congratulations to him,an officer and a gentleman but quite clearly one of the Lads!

Yes,he probably wanted to cry his heart out but daren't..

Rumbletonk · Post by **Rumbletonk** » Sat May 19, 2018 2:11 pm

tim_noone wrote:Good on Harry...remember the walk behind his mums coffin at such a very young age which was soooo...sad. Congratulations to him,an officer and a gentleman but quite clearly one of the Lads!

Ginger blokes with beards are mopping up

Rumbletonk · Post by **Rumbletonk** » Sat May 19, 2018 2:15 pm

When you see adverts for Australia, California etc. That's our version

Greenmile · Post by **Greenmile** » Sat May 19, 2018 2:16 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote:a huge expensive charade, a collection of privileged toffs, monied and titled landowning elites. All those with rugby union , army officer connections.
Polo, lavish housing, on grand estates.
BBC goes into overdrive, as do the red tops, and idiots ranting on about clothes, and shaming anyone who doesnt drool over this drivel.
It looked like a huge PR job , milking the faux love in with the USA.
Millions living in abject poverty, government cuts are rife, and we are meant to doff our collective caps to these saps.

I presume you watched it then.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sat May 19, 2018 2:16 pm

Magnificent.

I thought Bishop Curry was gonna break out into a Kenny Everett style Brotherlee love song!

JarrowClaret · Post by **JarrowClaret** » Sat May 19, 2018 2:25 pm

Couldn’t care less about the wedding if i’m Honest but the bits I saw looked spectacular. It struck me as I saw the carriage going past the crowds how much his is like the fairy tales hadn’t really considered it before.

Caernarfon_Claret · Post by **Caernarfon_Claret** » Sat May 19, 2018 2:26 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote:a huge expensive charade, a collection of privileged toffs, monied and titled landowning elites. All those with rugby union , army officer connections.
Polo, lavish housing, on grand estates.
BBC goes into overdrive, as do the red tops, and idiots ranting on about clothes, and shaming anyone who doesnt drool over this drivel.
It looked like a huge PR job , milking the faux love in with the USA.
Millions living in abject poverty, government cuts are rife, and we are meant to doff our collective caps to these saps.

Careful, as mentioned recently we were a Rugby Union team before switching to Association Football in 1882 and you're happy enough supporting a team with Rugby connections.

Or do you forgive Burnley FC the error of their ways for renouncing Rugby?

bfccrazy · Post by **bfccrazy** » Sat May 19, 2018 2:30 pm

My favourite part of the wedding ....

exilecanada · Post by **exilecanada** » Sat May 19, 2018 2:38 pm

Being a staunch Royalist myself, I have to agree with post #6….”Britain at its best”. No one else is capable of pulling off an event with such pomp and ceremony with military precision. “Stand by me” happens to be one of my all time favourite songs and the Gospel choir nailed it! No question Bishop Curry’s words raised a few eyebrows, at one point Prince Chuckie looked like he was falling asleep. Nice to see the weather co-operated.

I’m a big fan of Harry and the Royals in general. In my mind the “Invictus Games” are brilliant, good for him for heading up such an inspiring event.

God Save The Queen.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Sat May 19, 2018 2:43 pm

A grand do was that.

The only thing that was missing was a few of them soldiers bayoneting them screaming Comanche twa*s in the throat.

Rumbletonk · Post by **Rumbletonk** » Sat May 19, 2018 2:50 pm

Each to their own. I get why some dislike it so much but i felt proud to be British today. We are the most inclusive nation in the World and embraced her heritage and colture without breaking stride (as should be the case). We've got our problems but on the whole we're a good bunch. Im Proud to be British, especially today

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sat May 19, 2018 3:17 pm

more to the point, fair play Harry, Meghan is fine !!

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Sat May 19, 2018 4:55 pm

I liked her in Suits!

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sat May 19, 2018 5:00 pm

IanMcL wrote:I liked her in Suits!

Harry's first job'll be to get her out of her suit.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Sat May 19, 2018 5:01 pm

ElectroClaret wrote:Harry's first job'll be to get her out of her suit.

Easy job!

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sat May 19, 2018 5:57 pm

IanMcL wrote:Easy job!

They're now married.

WadingInDeeper · Post by **WadingInDeeper** » Sat May 19, 2018 6:12 pm

I didn't watch it all but saw enough to see that they can still put on a good show. I much prefer what we have and a us style head of state.

Nice to see a good sermon from the bishop as well, delivered with some passion, too many seem to bottle it with a full church and end up with something wishy washy.

cutsy123 · Post by **cutsy123** » Sat May 19, 2018 6:17 pm

sick of hearing about these *****

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Sat May 19, 2018 6:19 pm

cutsy123 wrote:sick of hearing about these *****

Phook me you are a grump today.

LeadBelly · Post by **LeadBelly** » Sat May 19, 2018 6:30 pm

I didnt watch it live but been catching up with UK and foreign press reports. Looked reet grand to me.
It's created much positive comment in the foreign press I've looked at, compliments mainly centred around how it wasn't over-formal and was inclusive and hugely well organised/carried out.
German press especially lapping it up.

Croydon Claret · Post by **Croydon Claret** » Sat May 19, 2018 6:34 pm

I'm not pro Royalist but I'm pro British. And this was Britain putting on a mighty show of pomp and ceremony. A grand day out

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sat May 19, 2018 6:39 pm

LeadBelly wrote: German press especially lapping it up.

Well, they would. Keeping an eye on the relatives.

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Sat May 19, 2018 6:41 pm

I don’t live in a posh area what’s so ever, yet there was street party’s all over the area today, the sun was out and the mood around Burnley was fantastic.

We had no money growing up yet I have never felt the need to complain about the fact the royal family apparently gets funded by the tax payer! Personaly I love it! Each to there own I suppose but I’d never let somebody else’s fortune upset me!

Zugunruhe · Post by **Zugunruhe** » Sat May 19, 2018 6:51 pm

Holmeclaret wrote:Worth it for as long as the armed forces swear loyaly to the queen instead of the country, preventing a despot from ever taking over.

What happens if an unelected queen or king turns out to be a despot?

Anyway, our armed forces might swear an oath of loyalty to the head of state, but it's the PM and the Cabinet who hold the real power and they are accountable to Parliament. Our current democratic system has proved to be adept at stopping despots, regardless of kings or queens.

cutsy123 · Post by **cutsy123** » Sat May 19, 2018 7:02 pm

conyoviejo wrote:Phook me you are a grump today.

What do they bring to the table tho really?

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sat May 19, 2018 7:20 pm

cutsy123 wrote:What do they bring to the table tho really?

Tens of millions in revenue for starters...

Claret-On-A-T-Rex · Post by **Claret-On-A-T-Rex** » Sat May 19, 2018 7:28 pm

Absolute parasites, I'd throw them all out on the street.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Sat May 19, 2018 7:42 pm

The way some describe Meg & Harry you'd think that Superman had married Wonder Woman, they are so perfect.

Also, the idea that she comes from a warm and loving family obviously couldn't be farther from the truth. How else do you explain that only her mother was invited from her side of the family?

No brother or sister, no cousins etc.

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Sat May 19, 2018 8:10 pm

Spijed wrote:The way some describe Meg & Harry you'd think that Superman had married Wonder Woman, they are so perfect.

Also, the idea that she comes from a warm and loving family obviously couldn't be farther from the truth. How else do you explain that only her mother was invited from her side of the family?

No brother or sister, no cousins etc.

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that! Proves how normal Harry is, judging somebody because they are from a broken family whilst everyone seems to be judging someone for being born into a privileged family!?!?

They can’t win

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Sat May 19, 2018 8:14 pm

Burnley1989 wrote:There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that! Proves how normal Harry is, judging somebody because they are from a broken family whilst everyone seems to be judging someone for being born into a privileged family!?!?

They can’t win

There isn't, but it's just the narrative that makes it sound like she comes from a good family. Why can't the commentators be open and honest about her background, rather than paint a picture that suggests something that isn't true?

The public seem to lap up a false fairy tale.

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Sat May 19, 2018 9:40 pm

tim_noone wrote:Governments are responsible for abject poverty not the royals.

45 million pounds that shindig cost, and that is a very conservative estimate, and the taxpayer foots the bill. I think your attempt to detach the royals from this is either tongue in cheek or very naive.