Because The British Royal Family

[Sardaukar]

Seems that EVERY royal family has at least one "black sheep"...

 

[R011]

4 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Its one of those ironies of history that the Windors have in this century 'married out' to ensure they wouldnt get offspring that are mentally unbalanced and... they marry into the Markle family instead. On reflection, they might have done better to have married a Hapsburg.

The Hapsburgs and Wittelsbachs have turned out to be fairly cool since their families got fired from Imperial and Royal duties. Better than the Hohenzollerns, who seem to have cleaned up their act since the 1940s.

[Murph]

10 minutes ago, R011 said:

The Hapsburgs and Wittelsbachs have turned out to be fairly cool since their families got fired from Imperial and Royal duties. Better than the Hohenzollerns, who seem to have cleaned up their act since the 1940s.

Really?  I would have thought it would have taken 10 generations to get the gene pool back to normal...  The Hohenzollerns are still around?  

[Ssnake]

Sure. Waiting for the day that the German people demand the reinstation of monarchy. LOL. Any minute now.

[R011]

11 hours ago, Murph said:

Really?  I would have thought it would have taken 10 generations to get the gene pool back to normal...  The Hohenzollerns are still around?  

Well, yeah.  Kaiser Bill had kids.  His kids had kids.  Their kids have kids etc.  You can actually check thm out on wikipedia.  They've no politcal power or official status any more, but they aren't destitute.

[Stuart Galbraith]

I always wonder why the Russians never restored the Monarchy. On present evidence they couldnt have done any worse.

Heck, they could have had Prince Michael of Kent. He even looks how the Tsar would have looked if he made it to 80.

[bojan]

20 hours ago, R011 said:

The Hapsburgs ...

Both Otto Hapsburg and his son, Karl did a lot of good to heal WW1 wounds with Serbia, including helping to return some of the stolen artworks.

Edited December 1, 2022 by bojan

[Murph]

10 hours ago, R011 said:

Well, yeah.  Kaiser Bill had kids.  His kids had kids.  Their kids have kids etc.  You can actually check thm out on wikipedia.  They've no politcal power or official status any more, but they aren't destitute.

I did, thanks.  I thought they had pretty well died off since they could not inbreed with other Royal families...   Looks like the Hapsburgs have had a serious outbreeding program.  No more cousin marriages.

[Murph]

6 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

I always wonder why the Russians never restored the Monarchy. On present evidence they couldnt have done any worse.

Heck, they could have had Prince Michael of Kent. He even looks how the Tsar would have looked if he made it to 80.

You know i have thought the same thing, I wonder why Putin has not brought back the Tsar as a figurehead.  He could be the Grand Duke Vladimir of Putin.  

[Stuart Galbraith]

Essentially, in most important respects, he is the Tsar. He even projects a wholly implausible relationship with the Russian church, kind of emulating what the Tsar used to do.  And of course, he starts unwinnable wars too.

 

[Murph]

There is that.... Perhaps I should start calling him Tsar Valdimir I?

[Stuart Galbraith]

I usually stick with Putin the Pants Poisoner myself.

[Sardaukar]

41 minutes ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

I usually stick with Putin the Pants Poisoner myself.

As shortened to "Pants", since he is pants...

[Stuart Galbraith]

Putin the grate?

[Murph]

26 minutes ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Putin the grate?

Possibly.  To go with Prince Harry the Magnificent.  Apparently their Netflix expose on their poor pitiful life is going to be something really....special.

[Stuart Galbraith]

Yes, I can't bring myself to watch it. I imagine most people will feel the same way.

I've just endured CNN urinating over the Royal Family all day, because a very aging person working at Buckingham Palace made a Black British citizen deeply uncomfortable by insisting on learning where she was from. Unacceptable clearly, but I draw the line at their interpretation that it implies the entire Royal Family is Racist. They do remember who ended slavery, right? Whose navy it actually was?

I know I'm a lefty, but these broad stroke interpretation of singular events is really beginning to seriously piss me off. 

[lucklucky]

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Unacceptable clearly

Why is it unacceptable?

 

[Ivanhoe]

3 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

They do remember who ended slavery, right? Whose navy it actually was?

The Wakandan Navy, obviously. Don't you know anything?

[Stuart Galbraith]

And depressingly, there is probably a lot of people whom actually believe that.

[Murph]

19 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Yes, I can't bring myself to watch it. I imagine most people will feel the same way.

I've just endured CNN urinating over the Royal Family all day, because a very aging person working at Buckingham Palace made a Black British citizen deeply uncomfortable by insisting on learning where she was from. Unacceptable clearly, but I draw the line at their interpretation that it implies the entire Royal Family is Racist. They do remember who ended slavery, right? Whose navy it actually was?

I know I'm a lefty, but these broad stroke interpretation of singular events is really beginning to seriously piss me off. 

I saw that and thought it was one of the more overblown non-stories of the decade.  This woke SJW crap has got to stop.

[Mike1158]

I get the feeling that all the 'customs' etc of the RF will be under scrutiny now.  The POI is in her 80's and still running around 'doing' something that has no requirement.  Basically there to be smug, self important and get on a high horse from time to time.  That she is less aware of what the current form is, comes as no surprise, 85 years of dotage.

As is usual the news function follows the "The more hot air and indignation the better for the ratings" bull.  Some years ago a group of soldiers was met by reporters a beeb muppet amongst them.  The muppet walzed over to the first squaddie and stuck a camera and microphone in his face asking the question, "How does it feel losing friends in combat over there"?

The POI is going to be shamfaced and out of the role that gave her something to get up for in the AM.  She will likely die quite quickly, as happens when elderly people have no motivation, prbably a lot of shame too.

Was she correct in what she said?  No, not a chance.  Thing is, how many of us are perfect now, let alone at 85 years of dotage?  I sincerely hope somebody button holes all the indignant people and reporters when/if they get to 85 and still in employment (Unpaid apparently).

[Murph]

Looks like the Netflix special on Her Sublime highness Markle, and her husband will be pretty devestating towards William and Kate, as well as the rest of the "Firm" that kicked Mr, Markle to the curb.  

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11494699/Tory-MP-Bob-Seely-launches-blistering-attack-Harry-Meghan-Netflix-show.html

[DB]

if I'm asked where I come from, I say "Hertfordshire". It happens quite a lot with people when you first meet them, and my accent is "generic southern", so doesn't place me. I don't kick up a fuss and piss and whine about it. If she'd just answered the fucking question, there would have been no story. (The answer might have been "Lewisham" (or any other likely urban UK borough) and the old biddy wouldn't have batted an eye.

[R011]

34 minutes ago, DB said:

if I'm asked where I come from, I say "Hertfordshire". It happens quite a lot with people when you first meet them, and my accent is "generic southern", so doesn't place me. I don't kick up a fuss and piss and whine about it. If she'd just answered the fucking question, there would have been no story. (The answer might have been "Lewisham" (or any other likely urban UK borough) and the old biddy wouldn't have batted an eye.

Then version of the story I heard was that the old Lady received an answer much like that, but then insisted on knowing where in Africa the person came from.

[Ssnake]

So heard I.