Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral

I actually quite enjoyed the bit where they oved the coffin to the chapel. Quite cinematic. Loved the metronomic rhythm and the gun going off followed by the bell tolling. The bit in the chapel got a bit dull and felt crap for the Queen sitting there on her own.
 


Who passed on the bad genes? Big wager on Philip as opposed to Elizabeth. i bet he fucked her Majesty about bigstyle. Did not watch as i got more pleaure cutting a bowling green.
 
The highlights on the news were canny. Calm tones from Huw and some nice interplay with the ex-ginger whinger, Witchell.

Lovely shots of Windsor with the blue skies, green lawns which have obviously been scarified and had a nice bit of Weed & Feed put down and the castle grounds.

The whole thing came close to being ruined by the interviews with the forrins in Windsor town centre, despite being told not to go, but the cut back to the studio where they discussed the highly important rift between Wills and Hazza neatly retrieved what could have been a nasty situation.
 
zwartekat said:
No-one seems to be biting, mate.
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It's the witching hour, the dim witted are raising from their slumber.
Mods do your thing and maintain decorum on the thread.
Hair Flick said:
The highlights on the news were canny. Calm tones from Huw and some nice interplay with the ex-ginger whinger, Witchell.

Lovely shots of Windsor with the blue skies, green lawns which have obviously been scarified and had a nice bit of Weed & Feed put down and the castle grounds.

The whole thing came close to being ruined by the interviews with the forrins in Windsor town centre, despite being told not to go, but the cut back to the studio where they discussed the highly important rift between Wills and Hazza neatly retrieved what could have been a nasty situation.
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You see you waited for the highlights and missed the emotive beauty of the occasion.
Bit like watching Sunderland.
 
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Billy Fish said:
You see you waited for the highlights and missed the emotive beauty of the occasion.
Bit like watching Sunderland.
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Got my water lilies repotted, and cleared a load of old pots and rubble away in the garden in lovely spring sunshine then saw the important bits which were all discussed on here on the news.

Don’t think I missed that much by the sounds of things. I’m happy enough with that.
 
OohBaldyBally said:
I think we’ll see a short period of no change with Charles when the Queen passes. But then I suspect we’ll see a lot of modernising under William. He’ll look to strike a balance between retaining tradition but also repairing the relationship with the British and Commonwealth people.

Im a big supporter of the Royal family but the institution does need some change, too many people have lost interest/respect unfortunately.
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You're right on that - it's easy to forget about Charles in some ways because we all know he'll be a tideover of the old guard. But things will certainly modernise with William and that's in the not too distant future.

Certainly the institution must evolve just like everything else in life. But who knows what form that will take. I hope they will continue to take the high road even if that means staking stick in the short term for it.
 
Hair Flick said:
Got my water lilies repotted, and cleared a load of old pots and rubble away in the garden in lovely spring sunshine then saw the important bits which were all discussed on here on the news.

Don’t think I missed that much by the sounds of things. I’m happy enough with that.
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Fair enough. Get yourself Off to bed then for a well deserved kip.
 
fletcher said:
You're right on that - it's easy to forget about Charles in some ways because we all know he'll be a tideover of the old guard. But things will certainly modernise with William and that's in the not too distant future.

Certainly the institution must evolve just like everything else in life. But who knows what form that will take. I hope they will continue to take the high road even if that means staking stick in the short term for it.
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What does 'modeniser' 'mean?
 
Hair Flick said:
The highlights on the news were canny. Calm tones from Huw and some nice interplay with the ex-ginger whinger, Witchell.

Lovely shots of Windsor with the blue skies, green lawns which have obviously been scarified and had a nice bit of Weed & Feed put down and the castle grounds.

The whole thing came close to being ruined by the interviews with the forrins in Windsor town centre, despite being told not to go, but the cut back to the studio where they discussed the highly important rift between Wills and Hazza neatly retrieved what could have been a nasty situation.
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Those Royal Grounds Keepers certainly know what they are doing that is for sure. Never been to Windsor but it's on my list that is for sure my mouse mangling marra.

Totally off topic I know but if you've got the chance to go to Balmoral then it's well worth it, been a couple of times now and the place it just immaculate, the gardens are fantastic the lawn has a real bounce to it. The castle and the town are up there with one of my favourite places to visit. The whole Royal Deeside route is pretty good and if you get a nice day it makes it even better.
 
Dick Fitzwell said:
Those Royal Grounds Keepers certainly know what they are doing that is for sure.
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I spoke to one of the lads who maintains the gardens in Hampton Court palace, he had studied turf culture and sports turf at merrist Wood, if you visit Windsor Hampton Court is close, we'll worth popping in 👍
 

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