Trooping the Colour!

[CrosspoolClarets]

Some brilliant photos today. Don’t understand why some don’t get it but that is their right of course and is another sign of differing cultural viewpoints.

[Rileybobs]

Total waste of time and money, and I can’t think of anything I’d like to be doing less on a public holiday. Seems bizarre to me that people actually go to watch these things, still, each to their own.

[Aclaret]

Friends went down yesterday and camped out somewhere outside Buck Palace to get a good view of the " balcony" , not for me but.....God Save the Queen.

[ClaretAndJew]

Friends went down yesterday and camped out somewhere outside Buck Palace to get a good view of the " balcony" , not for me but.....God Save the Queen.

Are they good marksmen?

[gandhisflipflop]

I take it those who oppose all this turned down the opportunity of time off?

[Rileybobs]

I take it those who oppose all this turned down the opportunity of time off?

I didn’t, because I can simultaneously think that Trooping the Colour is crap and holidays are good.

[Aclaret]

Are they good marksmen?

Wouldn't think so, 3 ladies ! Just Royalists who love the Queen.

[fatboy47]

Great day for the flag- wagging serfs and peasants.

[Bordeauxclaret]

Even the Queen has binned it off now.

[Jamesy]

Are they good marksmen?

Pr!ck

[Chobulous]

Not a good day for Nicola Sturgeon, sitting in a darkened room all day with her eyes closed and her fingers in her ears.

[boatshed bill]

I take it those who oppose all this turned down the opportunity of time off?

I intend to treat this as a normal working week.
may take Sunday off.

[Burnley1989]

Threads like this that teach you a lot about the posters on here and make a lot of sense of previous view points

[pureclaret]

claret and jew , are they good marksman, i hope you meant to defend the Queen . If not go fck your self as I would say that is tant amount to treason

[gandhisflipflop]

I intend to treat this as a normal working week.
may take Sunday off.

Fair enough. Anything less would make people hypocrites

[Rileybobs]

Fair enough. Anything less would make people hypocrites

Do you believe in god? Hope so because if you don’t and you have Christmas off work you will be a self-declared hypocrite.

[boatshed bill]

Fair enough. Anything less would make people hypocrites

I'm no royalist, i admit.
I would rather celebrate what I choose when I choose.
why start on a Thursday? This has cost industry a fortune.

[Bosscat]

A friend of mine was at Horseguards today watching "Trooping the colour" ... he had a ticket as he was a veteran of The Falklands 82 campaign ... am sure he would "appreciate" the pathetic cracks about "Marksmen" with eyes on the Balcony of Buck house...

You have to despair at this board sometimes

[Bordeauxclaret]

claret and jew , are they good marksman, i hope you meant to defend the Queen . If not go fck your self as I would say that is tant amount to treason

Oh dear.

[Bosscat]

I'm no royalist, i admit.
I would rather celebrate what I choose when I choose.
why start on a Thursday? This has cost industry a fortune.

June 2nd bb is the 70th aniversary thats why

[boatshed bill]

June 2nd bb is the 70th aniversary thats why

Of what?

[timshorts]

I don't suppose anyone knows the honest views of the Queen on trooping the colour.
She has lots of jobs to do, some more important than others. I suspect that this is a pretty tedious chore and when the day comes

[gandhisflipflop]

Do you believe in god? Hope so because if you don’t and you have Christmas off work you will be a self-declared hypocrite.

I do, I’m a Christian.

[timshorts]

... She probably thinks: oh god, not this pantomime again. Haven't I got a library in Slough yo open instead?

I imagine that the popularity of the royal family is inversely proptional to the popularity of the government of the day. That makes them very popular right now I would have thought. Charles or boris? Pritti patel or William?

Michael gove v Harry might be rather closer.

[boatshed bill]

June 2nd bb is the 70th aniversary thats why

just done a bit of research.
She actually came to the throne on Feb 6th 1952.
It looks, from what I've read, that the coronation was on 2nd June 1953.

[Bosscat]

Of what?

Anniversary of the Monarchs official Royal Birthday on 2nd of June (her actual Birthday is sometime late April) ... this has been going on every year for 260 years "Trooping the Colour" to Celebrate the Royal Official Birthday ... this year special as its 70 years since she became Queen ... so having a bank holiday seems appropriate

[Burnley1989]

Are they good marksmen?

You’d never say that in front of your everyday person

[boatshed bill]

Anniversary of the Monarchs official Royal Birthday on 2nd of June (her actual Birthday is sometime late April) ... this has been going on every year for 260 years "Trooping the Colour" to Celebrate the Royal Official Birthday ... this year special as its 70 years since she became Queen ... so having a bank holiday seems appropriate

Sorry,

Are we celebrating her birthday or coronation?
I really don't follow this, and frankly what harm would be done by leaving it a day and having what we'd all see as a long weekend?

[Bosscat]

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It would have been a bit cold in February dontcha think

[boatshed bill]

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It would have been a bit cold in February dontcha think

Yes, and the "hospitality" industry wouldn't have made a killing.
This is a government organised p!ss-up, vaguely disguised. (In my opinion) like I've said costing real industry a fortune

[joey13]

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It would have been a bit cold in February dontcha think

But her coronation was 2nd June 1953 so it’s only 69 years .

[Bosscat]

But her coronation was 2nd June 1953 so it’s only 69 years .

Who cares

[martin_p]

This is a government organised p!ss-up

I think you’ll find it’s a work event!

[joey13]

Who cares

Quite a few by the looks of it on the TV, but don’t tell them ,they be after doing it again next year .

[Bosscat]

Quite a few by the looks of it on the TV, but don’t tell them ,they be after doing it again next year .

They do ... for the past 260 years

[ClaretAndJew]

You’d never say that in front of your everyday person

That particular phrase probably not. It just came about because of the opportunity from what the other poster said.

[ClaretAndJew]

Pr!ck

Nearly

[ClaretAndJew]

claret and jew , are they good marksman, i hope you meant to defend the Queen . If not go fck your self as I would say that is tant amount to treason

Luckily for me they've abolished the death penalty for treason. I'll just spend the rest of my life getting fed and watered for doing **** all.

And everyone can celebrate it in 70 years.

[boatshed bill]

if we have to endure it at least do it on the right Saturday

[TsarBomba]

It’d be a waste of money even if it there weren’t people dying of poverty in this country. Have they shut the Foodbanks so that everyone can enjoy the Jubilee weekend?

I’m a fan of the Royals, and always have been, but I must admit that my thoughts this week haven’t strayed too far from this.

My response team has been stripped to the bare bones in the run up to this.

Colleagues of mine have been tasked to do nightly mobile/foot patrols around the Palace. And when it gets to the early hours, the streets are largely deserted. Hundreds of officers patrolling empty streets.

Yet if you have been a genuine victim of crime this week, and needed to ring 999, you’ve probably not had a great response.

It’s wrong.

[Targetman]

Threads like this that teach you a lot about the posters on here and make a lot of sense of previous view points

One of the truest posts that I've ever seen on this forum!

Couldn't agree more.

[bobinho]

I’m a fan of the Royals, and always have been, but I must admit that my thoughts this week haven’t strayed too far from this.

My response team has been stripped to the bare bones in the run up to this.

Colleagues of mine have been tasked to do nightly mobile/foot patrols around the Palace. And when it gets to the early hours, the streets are largely deserted. Hundreds of officers patrolling empty streets.

Yet if you have been a genuine victim of crime this week, and needed to ring 999, you’ve probably not had a great response.

It’s wrong.

I didn’t get a great response a few weeks ago when I was the victim of crime. There was nowt on then…

So what will be the reason for the **** poor response to crime NEXT weekend?

[dsr]

Yet if you have been a genuine victim of crime this week, and needed to ring 999, you’ve probably not had a great response.

As opposed to the rest of the year when police are round in 30 minutes to every burglary?

There are a lot of problems with police having their time wasted, but protecting the head of state isn't particularly one of them. Unless we're not going to have a head of state, these precautions would be taken whoever was "in charge" - probably more so.

[dsr]

why start on a Thursday? This has cost industry a fortune.

Wouldn't that be true of every bank holiday? It's one extra day, but apart from that, what's the difference?

[bobinho]

As opposed to the rest of the year when police are round in 30 minutes to every burglary?

There are a lot of problems with police having their time wasted, but protecting the head of state isn't particularly one of them. Unless we're not going to have a head of state, these precautions would be taken whoever was "in charge" - probably more so.

Let’s not forget the tens of thousands of members of the public who turned up to witness this special event. They deserve to be protected too…. I’m sure he knows that tho…

[boatshed bill]

Wouldn't that be true of every bank holiday? It's one extra day, but apart from that, what's the difference?

I think most are on a Monday, probably the least productive day of the working week.

[TsarBomba]

As opposed to the rest of the year when police are round in 30 minutes to every burglary?

There are a lot of problems with police having their time wasted, but protecting the head of state isn't particularly one of them. Unless we're not going to have a head of state, these precautions would be taken whoever was "in charge" - probably more so.

If it’s a burglary with suspects on, we’ll be at your house in 5 minutes. With dogs. Guaranteed.

[bfcjg]

FFS there are some miserable bstards on here, we are celebrating a part of British culture that has a very elderly lady at the centre as she is the longest ever reigning British monarch,we are living in an historical moment, if that doesn't float your boat fair enough, but at least have the good grace to let the rest of enjoy these times.
Bet you still took your bank holiday.

[ClaretAndJew]

FFS there are some miserable bstards on here, we are celebrating a part of British culture that has a very elderly lady at the centre as she is the longest ever reigning British monarch,we are living in an historical moment, if that doesn't float your boat fair enough, but at least have the good grace to let the rest of enjoy these times.
Bet you still took your bank holiday.

AA opposed to breaking into our places of work?

[fidelcastro]

People who still think the Royals give a **** about them really are strange and annoying in equal measure.