No pooh you don't count![just kidding] lol
No pooh you don't count!
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Jo
Didn't they know I was going to be in Florida?
We only live a few miles away , we would have gone to watch. I love all the pagentry - we do it so well in Britain. Tourists are so envious of our history and heritage.
At the end of the day they are two people who want to be together - who are we to judge?[msnsmile]
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The people who keep THEM in a lifestyle full of riches, thats who.[msnmad] [msnmad]
Dave
and only in Britain to we congratulate ourselves on spending millions of pounds of public funds in paying for weddings for people who don't even want to be or even SHOULD be married to each other. But hey, the pomp makes it all worth while riiiiight???! lol
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Wonder if this will reach the US news and when?? Interesting to see what standpoint they take. If I hear anything, I will let you know.
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Julie, this was all over the news this morning on Good Morning America (ABC News). Plus its headlining the internet news site.
Teresa
I have spoken to at least 25 people about it in and around Swindon since I heard the news yesterday. They were all bona-fide British people in all age groups and diffeternt walks of life for eg, a 58-year old female Practice Manager, our 61-year old male plumber, our 25-year old female receptionist, a couple of elderly patients and so on. In all but 3 cases, the reaction was one of snorting disdain at the entire scenario and the suggestion that the wedding should have been on 1st April. Surprisingly, the two elderly people (separate families) were among the most critical of Charles and even the concept of Monarchy. One of them, an 81-year old WWII veteran, felt that he could not see why "so much public money had to be spent on those w****less people while the likes of us have to scratch out an existence. I was in Alamein Doctor, and if you've been there you'd know what it was like for us". This was certainly a revelation and I suspect that there are more who feel that way.
Nostromo
Well I think the whole thing is a bit of a yawn![zzz] Good luck to them I hope they will have a happy life together. And I'd wish the same to anyone starting out again.[grouphug]
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Carla
I never underestimate my country Nostromo. It has many positive aspects of which I am very proud. One of my careers brought me into regular and daily contact for a number of years with visitors from all over the world, and they DO come here for our Royals and our history. I'm not talking about backpackers or the roving youngsters, but those who have money to spend when they come on vacation.
They certainly don't come for our weather! Neither do they come because the UK is easy to get around, nor for the scenery (with a few notable exceptions) nor for the shopping (cheaper and better in many other countries). Our Royal family gives us something which very few other countries have, and they fascinate many, and without them we would see a big slump in our tourist trade.
If what I am writing were not true, then Charles and Camilla marrying would not be such hot news in America and many other countries in the world, at the moment.
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Carla,
You are sooooo right, people DO come to the UK in their hundreds of thousands every year because of our heritage and our royal family. If you go on any scheduled flight during the summer months it would be full of Americans and Japanese etc all going to Buckingham Palace, Oxford, Edinburgh, York, Windsor Bath, and the Lake District etc[msnsmile2]
agree totally!!! and why do you think the americans like the english so much.....because of tony blair ????[laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh]
i dont think so
People DO NOT come to Britain because of our Royal family because they NEVER see them! How can you come to a country claiming it is for something you will not see?
People don't only come to this country to visit London. Some never do! Are you telling me those heading to Brighton, up North, are coming coz of the Royals? It's a common misconception. They might come to see where they LIVE but they are not coming to see them right? So like I said before, people flock in their thousands to see Gracelands knowing Elvis wont be there, they'll flock to the palaces even if there are no Royals either. So kick em out.
I have no idea why PC even wants to get married at this age anyway. Its not like they're young and are going to start a family. He's always been controversial. I do love controversial pompous idiots who've never worked a day in their life and live off some kind of inheritance that really was just by luck.
I don't want him as a King. I dont want him as a POW either. I dont want any of them. We all know what he's been like and he's STILL marrying her AND says he wants to be King too. What a joke.
why do they come here then?
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