Enough with the jubilee already.

Callistemon21

Anniebach

Camilla is The Princess of Wales

Yes, very odd to call her the Queen Consort!!

Why is that odd? The late Queen Mother was Queen Consort.

Because her MIL is still alive?

Alexandra, Mary, Queen mother were Queen consort

Yes, but Charles isn't King (yet)

What you said was correct, Anniebach

www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/prince-wales-left-royal-navy-2872051

Yes, saw that.

And?

BlueSky

Dickens whether Camilla is accepted or not won't make any difference, she’s here to stay as Queen Consort.

Quite.

I was just looking at some of the media's probable focus of attention. Which might make a difference to the way it reports on Charles' accession and what he does (or doesn't) do.

Even if you set aside personal opinions about the royal family, or the very notion of monarchy itself, there’s something unsettling about this flag-wielding, trifle-eating agenda being thrust in our faces from all directions. While we’re being told to roll out the bunting and spend the afternoon with neighbours we haven’t interacted with since those 8pm clapping sessions, what is being hidden from sight?

We’re in the middle of a cost of living crisis so profound that every day two million adults cannot afford to eat, people are turning down vegetables at food banks because of the energy cost to cook them and children are becoming ill with food poisoning because their parents are unplugging fridges and freezers at night to save on the electricity bills. The poorest households are being plunged into a level of destitution that looks only to be getting worse, with energy prices set to soar again in the autumn.

When I think about the grotesque, lavish displays of opulence set to fill our screens this weekend, I recoil. Like the obscene images of the Imperial State Crown in its own chauffeur-driven car a few weeks ago, surely there has to be a better way forward, a more equitable, dignified way of living in a nation where hats get their own cars and children starve

And we who are not wealthy look on at parts of the world where poverty & hunger is ever worsening . What to do ?
How would we achieve equality for all? ?

Does anyone feel they were forced to watch these ‘lavish displays’?
We went to, or were involved in the organisation of several gatherings over the bank holidays, funded by the people who chose to set them up.
We didn’t feel we were obliged to watch them and no one I spoke to, including parents from some of the poorest families at our school who came to the festivities, felt the jubilee shouldn’t have taken place.

Having said that, I do have qualms about mentioning our recent holiday or what I’m buying DGC for birthdays or Christmas when I think the money could well go to some of the families below the poverty line, especially since some of my somewhat limited income is from inheritance.

Grany

Even if you set aside personal opinions about the royal family, or the very notion of monarchy itself, there’s something unsettling about this flag-wielding, trifle-eating agenda being thrust in our faces from all directions. While we’re being told to roll out the bunting and spend the afternoon with neighbours we haven’t interacted with since those 8pm clapping sessions, what is being hidden from sight?

We’re in the middle of a cost of living crisis so profound that every day two million adults cannot afford to eat, people are turning down vegetables at food banks because of the energy cost to cook them and children are becoming ill with food poisoning because their parents are unplugging fridges and freezers at night to save on the electricity bills. The poorest households are being plunged into a level of destitution that looks only to be getting worse, with energy prices set to soar again in the autumn.

When I think about the grotesque, lavish displays of opulence set to fill our screens this weekend, I recoil. Like the obscene images of the Imperial State Crown in its own chauffeur-driven car a few weeks ago, surely there has to be a better way forward, a more equitable, dignified way of living in a nation where hats get their own cars and children starve

It was perfectly possible to stay at home and avoid all the celebrating altogether Grany. I’m sure some people did just that without making a song and dance about it, leaving the millions who did want to celebrate to do so. Food was free at the street party in my town, for all children and over 75s, the entertainment was free to watch (and not paid for by the council) and less well off families enjoyed themselves just as much as others. I’m sure that was the case in thousands of other towns too.
We all have the right to celebrate in the way we want to provided it doesn’t harm anybody else - even if in this case the sensibilities of republicans were offended because far more people were celebrating than I’m sure you would have preferred.

I did exactly that and was perfectly happy.

I’m a republican but I was happy to see other people on television celebrating and happy. I enjoyed watching the pageant and saw part of the concert. I felt quite proud to be British as I believe we do these things well.