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MawB Wed 11-Mar-20 08:29:20

In this morning’s DT
THE Duke of Sussex has been duped into speaking about his decision to quit the Royal Family by hoaxers pretending to be Greta Thunberg, it was claimed last night.
The Duke was pranked by Russian jokers who convinced him he was speaking to the teenage climate activist and her father, according to The Sun. He alluded to tensions between his wife and himself, and the rest of the Royal family and also criticised Donald Trump, who he said “has blood on his hands.
The two phone calls were reportedly made to the Duke at his rented home on Vancouver Island, Canada, on New Year’s Eve and January 22, by Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov, known as Vovan and Lexus
Do you all remember how “Sheik gate” put an end to Sophie Wessex’s career plans? I fear that without the protection of a Royal Press Officer Harry risks being a bit of “an innocent abroad “

Anniebach Tue 31-Mar-20 19:46:43

GagaJo please do not tell me to ‘get a grip’, , it’s so vulgar and I dislike vulgarity.

Jabberwok Tue 31-Mar-20 19:51:13

It was me! What I said was that the Queen Mother would probably have disliked MM for her conduct not colour, and that as an actress of trashy soaps and game shows, she would have thought them and her vulgar, as I think a lady of her era of any class almost certainly would!

Greymar Tue 31-Mar-20 19:52:17

How is " get a grip " vulgar?

Greymar Tue 31-Mar-20 19:53:45

Just remind me again, what was the contribution of the QM to anything, ever?

Jabberwok Tue 31-Mar-20 20:01:07

She gave us our much loved Queen. She supported her somewhat nervous, stuttering, slightly inadequate husband during those first difficult days of kingship,giving him the confidence to fulfill the unwelcome burden that his brother bestowed on him particularly in wartime. Without her he could have been a disaster king. She was a much loved and supportive grandmother to Prince Charles through his troubled childhood. She wasn't all bad!

Anniebach Tue 31-Mar-20 20:01:20

Well, she didn’t write on bananas and she didn’t complain
publicly.

Greymar Tue 31-Mar-20 20:02:12

I didn't ask what did she NOT do?

Anniebach Tue 31-Mar-20 20:03:38

Charles adored his Grandmother, she must have been a gentle,
caring woman to give a little boy much love , support and
understanding.

Greymar Tue 31-Mar-20 20:04:19

I dare say the lady wasn't all bad, I didn't say that. Do you really swallow hook line and sinker, the propaganda?

Tell me one useful thing she ever did away from family.

Anniebach Tue 31-Mar-20 20:05:15

Yes I know and I think not writing on bananas and not whinging in public are just two things she did

trisher Tue 31-Mar-20 20:06:40

Not to mention stopping him marrying the woman he loved and delivering him a virgin bride, and look how that turned out!

Anniebach Tue 31-Mar-20 20:07:14

Family is important, very important. So wrong to dismiss it .

Tea3 Tue 31-Mar-20 20:07:28

Hitler called the then Queen Elizabeth the most dangerous woman in a Europe. She certainly knew how to be the power behind the throne.

Anniebach Tue 31-Mar-20 20:09:50

You are obsessed with virginity trisher , still interested in the thread though

GagaJo Tue 31-Mar-20 20:13:58

Not sure WHY you're still on here if you're so easily offended Anniebach. GN is by far the most offensive site I'm on. My FB/Wechat friends are positively aristocratic in comparison.

All this sycophantic adoration of a family that live off the countries taxes is pathetic. All the hate directed at 2 members (that NONE of you know on a personal level) who want to move away and live more independently is ridiculous.

The only value of this obsession is as a distraction from the real danger we are all facing at the moment.

Greymar Tue 31-Mar-20 20:14:18

No the banana thing and the whingeing things are replies in the negative, a positive would be something along the lines of She achieved...She changed....She championed.....

I see absolutely no signs of trisher being obsessed by virginity.

Greymar Tue 31-Mar-20 20:15:15

3, Gaga, don't forget a person who is dead but is still hated, Diana.

Anniebach Tue 31-Mar-20 20:16:34

GagaJo one accepts there are people with very different values.

Jabberwok Tue 31-Mar-20 20:17:10

They don't live off the countries taxes. ,surely you don't believe all the myths you read!!!

Anniebach Tue 31-Mar-20 20:18:22

Oh here we go, bring out the hate word, pathetic, one can
like and dislike, well I can.

Greymar Tue 31-Mar-20 20:26:28

Oh dear.

grannylyn65 Tue 31-Mar-20 20:26:54

Didn’t we have a lovely trip the day we went to Bangor ?

Anniebach Tue 31-Mar-20 20:32:33

No, it rained

Jabberwok Tue 31-Mar-20 20:34:47

Best leave it at that then and agree to differ.

paddyanne Tue 31-Mar-20 21:27:58

Auld Lizzie was a bit of a lush I've heard and she treated the treasury as her personal bank account ,they kept that quiet until she had popped her clogs....couldn't let the peasants know she was using taxes for betting on horses !!
Her family seemed to have followed in her footsteps where the cash is concerned ...Hundreds of millions a year some supposedly for the upkeep of the roayal palaces.That'll be the royal palaces that the taxpayer is now being asked for more money to refurbish.So where HAS the money gone ? Overseas no doubt ,where we cant get it back from .

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