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[Greavesie]

I agree with neil, this new lot seem a lot more down to Earth. I was watching the footage when Harry and Will were at the front and Kate was walking up towards them. Harry was clearly saying things and winding Will up. It was nice to see them being relaxed about the whole thing

Congrats to them and the royal family

[Redman in wales]

have to say i enjoyed it. thought it was cool in the way it brought a lot of people together. also pippa   

[Kenny Kan]

Nice wedding.  We even enjoyed it here in the colonies!

Yes even us in favourite colony enjoyed it   

Hi Laza,

I watched ABC's Q&A the other night and it brought up the monarchism/republican debate. Personally it doesn't bother me, I'm not Australian but I think it would be nice to see Australia stay as part of the commonwealth - from a personal view point but other than that it's of little concern to me.

How about you, what's your feeling or opinion on the matter would you vote to become a republic or not?

I saw (can't remember her name) on the Q&Q show an Indigenous Academic and she seemed quite pro monarch. The host couldn't understand why that was as it was her empire that led to the de-culturalisation and atrocities of Indigenous people. She stated that the Queen always showed an interest in Aboriginal ritual where people (monarchists) like John Howard never. She said that the Queen understood this ritual as her nation has many rituals where as the white Australian's sniggered at the Aboriginal dancing on one of the Queen's earlier visits.

To be or not to be, that is the question?

[laza]

Hi Laza,

I watched ABC's Q&A the other night and it brought up the monarchism/republican debate. Personally it doesn't bother me, I'm not Australian but I think it would be nice to see Australia stay as part of the commonwealth - from a personal view point but other than that it's of little concern to me.

How about you, what's your feeling or opinion on the matter would you vote to become a republic or not?

To be or not to be, that is the question?

Well Bam

My view is if isnt broken why fix it when so many other importants concerns facing the country.

Personally while I abhor the idea of monarchy class system, for me its more about maintaining our times with country which brought us our values and traditions and which share we close links with

Besides as Americans show you replace a King and you get some President who ends getting putting on god like pedastal.

For a purely stingy point of view the British citizen pays for our head of state while we maintain the much cheaper Governer general so its all good

[laza]

Nice wedding.  We even enjoyed it here in the colonies!

Yes even us in favourite penal colony enjoyed it   

Why you

[Reg]

Fantastic, really enjoyed it and what a cracker!

[lakes10]

Yeah I reckon between Wills and Harry they will win back the respect that's been lost in the last 10 years or so. So long as Prince Phillip keeps his gob shut.

Prince Phillip should be made a god, some of the things he has said show that he is just a normal guy under all that stuff, and its bloody funny lol

[lakes10]

Prince Philip

1. China State Visit, 1986

If you stay here much longer, you’ll all be slitty-eyed.

2. To a blind women with a guide

“Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now?”

3. To an Aborigine in Australia

“Do you still throw spears at each other?”

4. To his wife, the Queen, after her coronation

“Where did you get the hat?”

5. When asked if he would like to visit the Soviet Union

“The murdered half my family”

6. To a Briton in Budapest

“You can’t have been here that long – you haven’t got a pot belly.”

7. To a driving instructor in Scotland

“How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the test?”

8. After the Dunblane shooting

“If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?”

9. To a student who had been trekking in Papua New Guinea

“You managed not to get eaten, then?”

10. To Elton John after hearing Elton had sold his Gold Aston Martin

“Oh, it’s you that owns that ghastly car – we often see it when driving to Windsor Castle.”

11. On the London Traffic Debate

“The problem with London is the tourists. They cause the congestion. If we could just stop tourism, we could stop the congestion.”

12. To the President of Nigeria, dressed in traditional robes

“You look like you’re ready for bed!”

13. Unknown

“If you see a man opening a car door for a woman, it means one of two things: it’s either a new woman or a new car!”

14. On key problems facing Brazil

“Brazilians live there”

15. To the matron of a hospital in the Caribbean

“You have mosquitos. I have the Press”

[tubby]

Royal duties

[lakes10]

Royal duties

pmsl thats great.

[woof woof !]

12. To the President of Nigeria, dressed in traditional robes

“You look like you’re ready for bed!”

     

Priceless pmsl

[Bad Bob]

Royal duties

Kinell, his bellend must be down near his knees.   

[shanks72]

Well I thought it was a great day and just the lift that Britain needed! With all the doom and gloom around it gave us something to celebrate and be happy about. It was a real boost.
I loved the pageantry. It's something only us Brits appear to do and it was done extremely well.

They are a lovely couple who seem thoroughly genuine, and of course besotted with one another. But as tubby said it was a shame that Diana wasn't there, but her legacy was in the form of William.

Regarding who paid for it all: I would think it was worth it for the joy it gave us and the tourism it attracted. The govt spends millions on other ill-advised ventures.
Also, and I may be mistaken, but isn't the Queen rich in her own right. She's certainly the first monarch to pay taxes voluntarilly.

(I'm not particularly a royalist - don't like the way they continue to hunt and inflict cruelty on animals...)

But it was a good day......

Congratulations William and Catherine, I wish you both every happiness.

[Boocity]

Regarding the point about who pays for it, surely the money generated for the country, ie, visitors, memorabilia, increase in exports for British goods etc far outweighs the costs.

[metalhead]

Regarding the point about who pays for it, surely the money generated for the country, ie, visitors, memorabilia, increase in exports for British goods etc far outweighs the costs.

sure, what ever you say... just ask our abu dhabi friends