Royal Thread the Second- Tiaras Optional! ?

My grandchildren are learning to do that already Ellianne.

DH did that too!

maddyone I think that is absolutely spot-on.
I don't think that New Zealanders would have much truck with the fake Hollywood glitz that they seem to need.

NZ is just across the ditch from me and I’d say they had a very luck escape indeed - I think they have enough jugglers!

Meghans 40x40 initiative - I bet her and those friends she’s signed up aren’t going to be mentoring anyone in the real world! It’s all just fluff, fakery and show!

Callistemon

I thought I'd posted a link to pictures of presidential palaces but the link went somewhere else.
Apologies.

The mind boggles! You posted a link to something so inappropriate that Gransnet removed it? I wanna know what it was

Oh, no, I asked for it to be removed, Blossoming!

It linked to something to do with Samsung Tablets and how to problem solve, not to a Google page of photos of palaces, very odd.

Catherine has released a beautiful photograph of Charlotte holding a butterfly to encourage people to take part in the great butterfly count.

It is a beautiful , she takes excellent photographs

Ah, I see now it says removed at poster’s request Callistemin. My imagination was running riot!

Maybe Prince Charles won’t want to live in Buckingham Palace but want to stay where he is now. Definitely more comfortable. If so what would be done with this 184 year old house, refurbish it and open all to the public like the successful Versailles Palace which has nearly 10 million visitors a year @ £20 for each section visited or. ..

Charles likes Clarence House, the Queen has always got away from there when she could

Perhaps he will stay in Clarence House and open Buck House to the public throughout the year.

My DS and DGS both had the names of RF members before their namesakes were born. I like to think they copied us!

Trisher William and Archie?

Trisher. August ? Lucas ?

mokryna

Maybe Prince Charles won’t want to live in Buckingham Palace but want to stay where he is now. Definitely more comfortable. If so what would be done with this 184 year old house, refurbish it and open all to the public like the successful Versailles Palace which has nearly 10 million visitors a year @ £20 for each section visited or. ..

I didn't think anyone lived in Buckingham Palace except for a stopover after a function.

It's just the offices of State, where the Head of State carries out official duties and functions.

I have the same name as a Princess. Not an English princess though ? I think you’re right about Buck House Callistemon.

I understood that when our Queen became Queen she had to move into Buckingham Palace. At the time she and her family lived in Clarence House. The Queen Mother eventually moved out of Buckingham Palace into Clarence House, where she stayed for the rest of her life. Queen Victoria and all her family lived in B. Palace and I think all monarchs after her lived there until the present day. I have read that Charles will stay at Clarence House. B. Palace can be used for State functions and putting up foreign dignitaries. Maybe some of it could be usd to display the enormous Royal Collection which allegedly is being ‘looked after’ for the nation. Being rather more culturally minded than his mother, perhaps Charles could suggest these sorts of things when he is King.

A part of Buckingham Palace was opened every summer to the public pre-Covid. I have been inside there myself. Maybe more of it would be opened up.

I went to BP a couple of years ago when they had the Victoria exhibition on. Great exhibition but the security staff were very jumpy ISTM.

One of my DGDs has the same name as a young member of the royal family.When this name was announced I texted my DGD to tell her her name had been pinched by royalty.She was not amused.
Three of my other GC and my niece share the same birthdays as the RF. We are very high born we are.

My middle name is Elizabeth.
I think it’s a fabulous name.
You can get so many diminutives of it. It’s my dog’s middle name too!

I was listening to an audiobook about Queen Victoria a few weeks ago, and apparently Victoria wasn’t really a name until she was called it. I’ll have to check the details

FannyCornforth

My middle name is Elizabeth.
I think it’s a fabulous name.
You can get so many diminutives of it. It’s my dog’s middle name too!

I was listening to an audiobook about Queen Victoria a few weeks ago, and apparently Victoria wasn’t really a name until she was called it. I’ll have to check the details

Im glad you mention this as I read that too FannyCornforth. Its such a staple now I didn't quite believe it.

I always thought that Meghan was a derivative of Margaret, that eventually became used as a Christian name in of itself.

Thank you Nams
Now I’ve just had a look on Wikipedia.
Her full name was Alexandrina Victoria, but her mother was Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (hope I’ve got that right!)

I’m currently reading “And what do you do?” by Norman Baker. A fascinating read for anybody interested in the history of our current royals and how they became so wealthy and powerful. Their wealth and power has been obtained a lot more recently than you might imagine. Charles in particular doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. Greedy and selfish, despite the public image he carefully cultivates.

So what we read about the royal family is true ?