Camilla

‘I think we all know it’s wrong’. Really? I certainly don’t think it’s wrong. Perhaps ‘Some of us think it’s wrong’ would be a more accurate statement.

Did the police really need a good reason??

I'd be surprised if they were arrested for their views

Perhaps information led to a stop and search and there was a reason for the arrests.

Until we know, everything is speculation.

Back to Camilla.

Hope she is enjoying a large G&T now, chatting with the family and walking about in her slippers.

Callistemon21

^Doesn't Camilla look lovely?^
Yes, she does.
Someone criticised her for smiling but it was probably a smile of relief!

I also thought she looked lovely.. and loved seeing her smiling, as I did some of the invited guests,. surely it should be a joyful occasion..

Mollygo

Parsley3

People were arrested in London this morning for preparing to protest about the coronation.

I know, and I’m still waiting to find out why. Perhaps you can help.

I read on the BBC News app, when the story was new, that one of the protesters said that the police had mistaken straps on the placards, which the protesters said were for stability, for the means to tie themselves onto things as a protest.

Calendargirl

Back to Camilla.

Hope she is enjoying a large G&T now, chatting with the family and walking about in her slippers.

Just what my DDiL messaged as soon as it was finished! Yes she did look lovely.

Yes I can just imagine her doing that DamaskRose Camilla looked lovely and I liked the Jack Russells she had embroidered on her dress. A woman after my own heart.

I’ve not been a Camilla fan but - today I enjoyed her smiles during the ceremony. She looked good and their love and support for each other was evident. I fear I’m a Lost Cause. It’s the marching men, women and horses with the marching bands that did for me.

Letter in The Guardian - because it's behind a paywall I'll type it out here:

Regarding your recent coverage of the Coronation and the cost of the Crown, our local foodbank supported about 760 people last week out of about a population of 10,000 in our local area. In recent years, the foodbank has used grants from the National Lottery to support its activities but recent applications for funding have been unsuccessful. They have been told much of the funding is going to events celebrating the Coronation.
While it is a massive indictment of our Government that so many people are driven to need this help, it is also a sad reflection of how out of touch our monarchy is, that a man worth £1.8bn will indirectly result in so many people going hungry. Jonathan Holt, Camelford, Cornwall.

Read that yesterday evening as quoted on Twitter, and I think that is a fair comment to give weight to earlier posts about the cost of the Coronation and foodbanks.

Ailidh

Mollygo

Parsley3

People were arrested in London this morning for preparing to protest about the coronation.

I know, and I’m still waiting to find out why. Perhaps you can help.

I read on the BBC News app, when the story was new, that one of the protesters said that the police had mistaken straps on the placards, which the protesters said were for stability, for the means to tie themselves onto things as a protest.

Yes, they were luggage straps apparently.

We always carry a few, you never know when they might come in handy
😂

I've never seen a placard with a strap before far less the industrial level of placards. This was obviously meant to be large scale and would turn nasty as the peaceful happy crowd would inevitably have been furious at them.

I don't want to cause a riot here but if the guy quoted above (750 people fed last week) is correct, his local foodbank is obviously wrong.

They say they fed 4565 people in the past year - 2,734 adults and 1,831 children. These figures are across Bodmin, Camelford, Padstow and Wadebridge.

I think it's a disgrace to have to have foodbanks at all - but having worked with a local one I do see how important they are. Sadly.

Whether the lottery would discuss where they are gifting money instead of to one of the applicants I don't know. The Trussell trust is involved - so maybe they know something?

I don't know if there really is a link between food banks and the coronation.
Maybe someone has some actual evidence please?

My feeling is we don't pay enough tax in this country I have felt this for years. I'm not an accountant and not experienced in taxation but I know I'm not alone in thinking this.

Also, for what it's worth, we should have a minimum wage that is really a living one.

Just a few thoughts. Not looking to argue with people.

The National Lottery if asked should confirm if they are taking money from food banks to give to the coronation

.....Or celebrating it.

The allegation is the National lottery gave money towards the coronation instead of food banks

People are allowed to feel uncomfortable with the amount of money spent on yesterday in an apparently paired down Royal celebration and family in comparison to how little other people have and how much a lot of people are struggling financially at the moment

The King has given me and my work colleagues another unpaid day off tomorrow for example and I imagine I am not the only one in this position.

I understood that the king had suggested Saturday as it was already a day off for many people, but the government made tomorrow a Bank Holiday.

Tweedle24

I understood that the king had suggested Saturday as it was already a day off for many people, but the government made tomorrow a Bank Holiday.

I apologise then and I know some fault is that my contract hadn't taken into to account these extra bank holidays (the Queens funeral and the one tomorrow) and actually the real blame lies with my employer

Jane Judge Please don’t take my comment as gospel. It is just my understanding. I am pretty sure that someone on here can either confirm or otherwise.

62Granny

I do wonder about if Diana had still been alive if she would have still been seen as such a wonderful person , I was never much of a fan and can't understand all the praise that is still heaped on her TBH. I bet she would have been married at least twice by now to people with very big bank accounts and living the high life abroad. Charles should have been allowed to marry Camilla when they were young but the powers that be interfering in this I think talked the queen out of allowing this. That is the disgrace. I will admit Diana was a lamb to the slaughter , young not to worldly wise but it came back to bite them all on the backside.

My opinion is that Diana would have been a good wife if only Charlie had not carried on with Camilla. I am not really a royalist but think it was a shame C & C were not allowed to marry when they were young. Diana might have met a nice chap and still be alive. All the rules about Charlie having to marry a virgin from the aristocracy just brought misery, it is so outdated. I always think of the invader of 1066 and wonder why we have allowed it to continue.

RVK1CR We don’t know if Diana was a virgin or not. I read the keeping herself tidy report with amazement. Was she already planning to marry Prince Charles?

‘They’ weren’t not allowed to marry. He went abroad, she married Parker Bowles, who was a philanderer. C and C remained ‘close’

Camilla was very much in love with Parker Bowles .

Diana’s assurance that she ‘had to keep herself tidy’ surely meant she was hoping for a marriage into the royal family

Iam64

‘They’ weren’t not allowed to marry. He went abroad, she married Parker Bowles, who was a philanderer. C and C remained ‘close’

As you may already know, Jilly Cooper based uber-cad Rupert Campbell Black on APB