[Closed] Kate & William's Engagement

A time machine, cos I was born in 1981 Grandad.

😉

Oi - I was hoping to see the result on MOTD2!

i don't think it would be great.

What would it take for you to think of the royals, as you did back in the 1970's?

A lobotomy?

A can of Quattro and some spangles.

haha you're old.

that is all 🙂 x

What would it take for you to think of the royals, as you did back in the 1970's?

A lobotomy?

Hahahahahaha! Don't hold back cynic-al! 😆 😆 😆 😆

Wouldn't it be great if we could evoke those old days again! What would it take for you to think of the royals, as you did back in the 1970's?

I thought the same then as I do now

OH FFS! The BBC are stuck again, damn them!

It's a news blackout for the whole day while we hear about soft layering in bridal dresses and who is going to be Kate Middleton's fashion advisor!! AAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I want a TV license refund!

I can't wait until it's all over!

Hang on though, won't we get a day off?

Much as it is great news, it does seem to be very good timing politically! The top story this morning was big pay outs to Guantanamo detainees....1 hour later and all of a sudden that's old news and we're surrounded by a warm fuzzy glow!

Haven't they been engaged for a while now - the only "new" news is the fact they've named the date........as Spring/Summer next year...ish!

Sorry - just old and cynical!

Timed to distract the masses from the poverty to come and the potential protests and riots.

Timed to get the cash from the masses for the wedding payment and new houses, while there is still a bit of cash left to be taken.

Timed to beat the Olympics so maximum publicity is obtained before eclipse by the sports coverage.

Good distracting publicity for the Con/Libs

Good publicly for the royal family, which they must be pretty desperate for by now.

I prefer 'realist' to 'cynic'.

Now we have months of newspaper hell over 'what dress', 'they (we the public) are buying a new house for the happy couple' and 'how long before the first kid'.

I cant wait... 🙁

My sister's getting married next year too. I don't get an extra day off work for that though.

but find those who denigrate the royals a bit of a disappointment,

Why would it be a disappointment?
The marriage does not add any validity to the Royal family, it does not add any additional weight to the Royalist argument. It's just two people getting married.

The good thing is I hopefully take a day off and eat swan.

Hmm - don't get me wrong. I am a "royalist" and think they do add a lot to the country (including tourism). I also think a royal wedding is potentially a great occasion etc etc.

I just feel this reinforcing of old news is a bit politically motivated.

Hmmm. Hope I have a better day of it than the last time. On the day of Charles and Di's wedding, I got bored, went down to the living room and spent a happy ten minutes trying to see if I could rock back on an armchair, the same way I did with my school chair.

I managed, but fell backwards, smashing through an 8'x4' picture window, and then fell a further six feet into the garden. No spangles, quattro, or indeed Red Devil gobstoppers for me for a [i]very[/i] long time 🙁

I hopefully take a day off and eat swan.

Let's eat swan?! 😆 😆 😆 😆

I'm loving this!

I'm looking forward to the wonderful commemorative porcelain and wall to wall coverage by James Whittaker.

Gawd bless'em.

I couldn't care who the German inbred marries .The sooner we become a republic the better.

The good news is that much of the countryside will be very empty so start planning rides/walks now 😀

I don't have a royal family and am subject to no one so the news really does not affect me.

All the best to them

I am however chuckling at the clip the BBC keep showing of the Safari holiday. The Black Rhino is doing a great big dump...Ahhh how romantic

oh oh oh what tyres for riding while there is a royal wedding going on.

If I'm not the father of the bride why am I paying for the wedding?

Let's hope he doesn't end up telling the one he REALLY wants that he'd like to be a suppository for her front bottom, like his dad...

I was on holiday, in France, with my folks when Chas and Di got married and by the state of the French national papers you'd think it was their monarchy getting hitched.

The French had it right though. They got to celebrate the royal wedding (or not) without the expense and from a comfortable distance.

Those in the UK who are into that sort of thing should choose a foreign royal family they like the look of and celebrate their weddings instead.

Let's hope he doesn't end up telling the one he REALLY wants that he'd like to be a suppository for her front bottom, like his dad...

Quite the charmer is Charles eh!

I thought the same then as I do now

"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."
Muhammad Ali
🙂

Pissed on apple's itunes/beatles parade and knocked it right out of the news!

Yes, the Royal Family is great for British tourism.

Just like the Belgian, Dutch, Swedish royal families are. That's exactly why hundred of thousands of British & American tourists swan off to those countries every year: for the pageantry & history.

Or perhaps not.
They are a parasitic waste of space, and as for Harry and his 2 dads...

bread and circuses 😡

That's what you get for boxing - brain damage...

I wonder how much I'll be spending on their wedding? Didn't see em chipping in for mine!

I'm bored of the whole farrago already.
Di who? was how I felt about that and I have no interest whatever in the latest victim of the royal publicity train. Is the dreadful Clifford bloke involved?

yayyeeee, I love the Royal family, I can't wait. She is about the same age as me and we have both had relationships of the same length so I'm hoping it might spark up my other half's romantic side..... 😀

and double yayeee DAY OFF TOO whoop whoop. Still think I'd prefer the ginger though, he looks good fun 🙂

I even find the thread title nauseating and know I should avoid any news media for the next few days... I'm sure they're nice people etc, I just have no interest in them and less interest in cretinous media feeding frenzies and moronic talking head footage of workmen in St Andrews etc...

Mwahahahahaha

They said I was mad to buy shares in flag, bunting and commemorative plate manufacturers... Who's laughing now 😈

great news, some unelected scrounging tW@s getting married at the tax payers expense, at a time of massive national debt, so they can sire more little parasites to drain the country further. Flippin great, where's me

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Some happy news for a change!

I'm not a staunch royalist, but find those who denigrate the royals a bit of a disappointment, but each to their own (just keep your feelings to yourself )

Not a fan of the royals so I'll stay off the thread.

DOH!

I couldn't give a $hit about royals -out of date for out of date sheep following people.

If it makes people happy then keep them.

And yes I am leaving the country asap!

I'm looking forward to the wonderful commemorative porcelain and wall to wall coverage by James Whittaker.

And I'm looking forward to the Viz version.

A helicopter pilot gets engaged - who cares?

If I'm not the father of the bride why am I paying for the wedding?

I wonder how much I'll be spending on their wedding? Didn't see em chipping in for mine!

great news, some unelected scrounging tW@s getting married at the tax payers expense, at a time of massive national debt, so they can sire more little parasites to drain the country further. Flippin great

Now I'm certainly no Royalist, and know that a "Royal Family" has traditionally been a nice easy way for a select few to live nice lavish lifestyles, in a bubble totally away from reality.

And you could probably criticise certain members of the British Royal family (Prince Phillip) of similar motivations, after all, pretty much any other country that still has a Royal Family still does this.

BUT... The British Royal Family earn the UK a lot more than they cost us. Mainly from tourism, but for every penny that the taxpayer contributes to pay for the Royal Family, the Royal Family is contributing significantly more back to the UK economy.

But you should also not forget the individuals involved. Whilst Prince Phillip has never been anything but the Queen's husband, and he's lived a pretty nice lifestyle of doing nothing because of it, whilst Charles is hardly the public's darling these days cos he hasn't done a lot for quite some time either, you have to remember that both his sons are active serving members of the British armed forces.

I say thank god for some good news for once, I've had enough of listening to depressing news headlines for a long time! Now can the press just give them some bloody privacy please... Or have the mistakes contributing to the poor lad's mother's death not been learnt yet?

Well said!

you have to remember that both his sons are active serving members of the British armed forces.

and if they lived in awful housing conditions that passes for MOD homes and had to exist on a just a soldiers wage I'd have more respect for them rather than just playing at war because there's **** all else for them to do

BUT... The British Royal Family earn the UK a lot more than they cost us. Mainly from tourism, but for every penny that the taxpayer contributes to pay for the Royal Family, the Royal Family is contributing significantly more back to the UK economy.

You've done a survey of Japanese tourists and found that they'd stop coming here if we put the Royals up against the wall then?