News Royal Wedding Of Prince William Of Wales and Kate Middleton

[Eli13]

Again, I learned something new today.

You make me repeat myself :lol:

 

[Scruce]

One of her more well known powers is the power to disolve parliament during an election.

If she "wanted" to she could dissolve parliment and run the United Kingdom as an Absolute Monarchy.

P.S. Isnt this getting a bit off-topic?

 

[Urwumpe]

Here, it is government, Justice (which is independent) and parliament (which sadly includes government) and president. Who is elected by a congress of both federal parliament and electors selected by the governments of the states.

So again not really independent.

If our president could land his helicopter on the lawn of his wife-to-be and would get through with this...it would be way cooler.

 

[streb2001]

No hating, just wondering - why does England even need a king and queen anymore? In today's world of politics, it seems like they're almost redundant? :shrug:

It's just the way we do things in Britain. It may seem quaint and old-fashioned but it has served us very well for over five hundred years. We tried civil war and republicanism back in the seventeenth century but we didn't like it and so brought the monarchy back.

 

[Scruce]

It's just the way we do things in Britain. It may seem quaint and old-fashioned but it has served us very well for over five hundred years. We tried civil war and republicanism back in the seventeenth century but we didn't like it and so brought the monarchy back.

You just said that on the previous page. :lol:

 

[Eli13]

Yeah haha

 

[FADEC]

All I have to say is: who is Kate Middleton?

Seriously, if I did not watch a documentary not too long ago, which was about royalty, I would not know Kate Middleton.

Mhhh, royalty... royalty... reminds me of something... ah, reminds me of Full Metall Jacket: What's your name fat body? Sir! Leonard Lawrence! Sir! Lawrence, Lawrence what? of Arabia? Sir! No Sir! That name sounds like royalty! Are you royalty? Sir! No sir! Do you s... :lol:

Man! R. Lee Ermey! What a great acting in this movie. One of the best scenes in movie history.

Anyways, my opinion about the wedding: yes, it's totally overrated. It may sound rude, but I don't care at all.

It is the same with the "Großer Zapfenstreich" / "Big Tattoo" of the German army... you can hate it, but it is a deep part of German tradition, older than the reasons critics cite against it.

And, if you have really a worthy person for it, usually also a pretty good show, since the song selection is pretty personal for the person that leaves office.

For example - for the former Minister president Roland Koch... a pretty surprising selection by him, since he is more famous as conservative hardliner (and less as good friend of the Dalai Lama)

YouTube - Heeresmusikkorps 2 - Medley Udo Jürgens Songs 2010

Although I don't like Schroeder (but still far better than Merkel), I liked his Grand Tattoo

 

[Eli13]

nice haha

 

[Urwumpe]

All I have to say is: who is Kate Middleton?

The hope of the British empire that the genetic pool in their royal family does not run dry and future generations of male Windsors will get rid of early loss of hair and V-Bomber ears?

The daughter of a Stewardess, which must be much better than dating a stewardess (Prince Albert II, I am looking at you again)?

 

[Eli13]

anyways.... idk. What can i say, im not british.

 

[FADEC]

The hope of the British empire that the genetic pool in their royal family does not run dry and future generations of male Windsors will get rid of early loss of hair and V-Bomber ears?

The daughter of a Stewardess, which must be much better than dating a stewardess (Prince Albert II, I am looking at you again)?

:lol:

 

[Urwumpe]

anyways.... idk. What can i say, im not british.

Well, you could have said nothing at all, if you don't know what to say. :lol:

 

[Eli13]

True, but i kinda wanted to say that instead of nothing at all. Don't ask me why. No one knows how my sub-conscience works.

 

[Notebook]

The hope of the British empire that the genetic pool in their royal family does not run dry and future generations of male Windsors will get rid of early loss of hair and V-Bomber ears?

The daughter of a Stewardess, which must be much better than dating a stewardess (Prince Albert II, I am looking at you again)?

Ant particular V-Bomber? There were three:

[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_bomber[/ame]

Must say I'd like to see any of them, not on my head though...

N.

 

[agentgonzo]

Anyways, my opinion about the wedding: yes, it's totally overrated. It may sound rude, but I don't care at all.

That's fine. I have no problem with that as long as you just go and do something else rather than rant on repeatedly about how you don't care (I'm not saying you are - just taking the example a teensy bit further)

A lot of people are interested in the Royal Wedding and all the media publicity and fuss is for them, not for the people who don't care. If you don't care, feel free to turn the TV off, put the newspaper down and go outside for a walk or do something else. I've heard very little about the wedding because I don't live in front of the TV and lap up every shiny new nugget of irrelevancy dished out by its pulsating screen of colour.

And I'm interested in the Royal Wedding. I'll be watching it (not the whole thing, but I'll be watching parts) and probably joining in a street party if there is on near. I like the pomp-and-circumstance that comes with being British and having over a thousand years of tradition. No, the Monarchy doesn't serve any useful purpose in governing the UK and it's colonies anymore, but that's not the point.

 

[Robdotcom71]

Rowan Atkinson attending/invited? LOL
I seriously hope he does a Mr Bean at the wedding... :lol:

---------- Post added at 10:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:45 AM ----------

The only way I will be watching the wedding is with these guys
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150161956751238&oid=38437995542&comments

 

[Krys]

No hating, just wondering - why does England even need a king and queen anymore? In today's world of politics, it seems like they're almost redundant? :shrug:

Not redundant at all, The Royal Family actually do a lot of diplomatic duties and are the head(s) of state. This frees up the prime minister to just deal with the politics rather than getting too involved with international diplomacy (EU is different).

The constitutional monarchs or most presidents in Europe are not - while the presidents usually come from party cadres or have relations to parties, they are always considered independent, and often turn out to be the strongest counterpart to the ruling party.

The queen fills that third gap in the power triangle and she actually has a lot of power but rarely uses it. One of her more well known powers is the power to disolve parliament during an election.

The Queen (via the Governor General - essentially the Queen's voice in Australian parliament) disolved Gough Whitlams term as Prime Minister because of what he was doing to the country.
In America, just how hard is it to get rid of the President? Assassinations not withstanding you don't have an independant party to 'regulate' your politics.

It's just the way we do things in Britain. It may seem quaint and old-fashioned but it has served us very well for over five hundred years. We tried civil war republicanism back in the seventeenth century but we didn't like it and so brought the monarchy back.

Here, Here! I think of the monarch as the wife, and the prime minister as the husband. Husband is allowed to do what he likes, until the wife finds out that he's forgotten to feed the kids.

If she "wanted" to she could dissolve parliment and run the United Kingdom as an Absolute Monarchy.

No she can't, I believe there are laws against her doing that.

A lot of people are interested in the Royal Wedding and all the media publicity and fuss is for them, not for the people who don't care.
...

I'll be watching it (not the whole thing, but I'll be watching parts) and probably joining in a street party if there is on near. I like the pomp-and-circumstance that comes with being British and having over a thousand years of tradition.

I absolutely agree. Without tradition what is Britain? I'll be watching snippets of the royal wedding.

 

[orb]

Rowan Atkinson attending/invited? LOL
I seriously hope he does a Mr Bean at the wedding... :lol:

Maybe he will be a priest, like in Four Weddings and a Funeral. :lol:

 

[tl8]

Maybe he will be a priest, like in Four Weddings and a Funeral. :lol:

Or overthrow a French plot to take the crown like Johnny English.

 

[FADEC]

The Royal Family actually do a lot of diplomatic duties and are the head(s) of state. This frees up the prime minister to just deal with the politics rather than getting too involved with international diplomacy (EU is different).

Don't they also do a lot of charity projects?