Trooping the Colour

[Supersub6]

We republicans may have to suffer the pageantry and jingoism of this extended weekend Supersub6, but hopefully our grandchildren won’t have to as the support for these hangers-on gradually diminishes.

Definitely a certain Mister Blair will put themselves forward as our first President ---whether it be himself or his millionaire son. They would not miss that opportunity, that's for sure!
Whenever and whoever ends up doing whatever, you can guarantee that they won't be living in a council house in Slough, particularly with all the palaces that would become available.
It will be a change for our grandchildren to moan on about a President spending money like it has gone out of fashion.

[Balanbam00]

The Royal family is a good thing for us, for some of you, perhaps

Army, I was a good kid back then in England. One thing I did was save. Yes, as a school kid I just to 'pop' in the Midland Bank and place my schoolboy earnings, (paper round money) and deposit it in the bank. On leaving England I took out a certain amount and left some of my savings inside, inside for a rainy day! Thirty years later? I was back in England and thought I would now take out the money I had left in the bank . The small branch in Rishton had closed and I had to go to a Midland bank in Blackburn. No problem! But yes, it was a problem. When I handed in my Bank book,( I believe you do not have them today?) They looked and looked, waltz away into some small office ,and returned with , but Mr 'X' is dead (that's me!) Of course I said ''but I am here !'' (I must explain that my father and I ,have the same name.) It seems MY MONEY had gone to Lizzy. ( may I say it again ''my hard earned Cash ,had floated away to Lizzy!) I had to confirm, that I was who I was. My brother had to write some statement etc (I hope he did not write that ''I am the ghost of ......'') That happened years ago. My brother lived in Bolton, plus the dealings to get 'MY' money evolved, acquiring a a solicitor. Today I would think back ,that if someone takes money from you ,that's stealing!!! I must have completed forms? Age, address etc, before I deposited money in the Bank. Plus if the age of my father must have been known? Oh! well, well done Lizzy! (''she take me money and run Venezuela! Harry Belafonte)
Isn't it great I did not have millions in the Bank, maybe I would be still trying to get it back today!

[barrie_burn]

The Royal family is a good thing for us, for some of you, perhaps

Army, I was a good kid back then in England. One thing I did was save. Yes, as a school kid I just to 'pop' in the Midland Bank and place my schoolboy earnings, (paper round money) and deposit it in the bank. On leaving England I took out a certain amount and left some of my savings inside, inside for a rainy day! Thirty years later? I was back in England and thought I would now take out the money I had left in the bank . The small branch in Rishton had closed and I had to go to a Midland bank in Blackburn. No problem! But yes, it was a problem. When I handed in my Bank book,( I believe you do not have them today?) They looked and looked, waltz away into some small office ,and returned with , but Mr 'X' is dead (that's me!) Of course I said ''but I am here !'' (I must explain that my father and I ,have the same name.) It seems MY MONEY had gone to Lizzy. ( may I say it again ''my hard earned Cash ,had floated away to Lizzy!) I had to confirm, that I was who I was. My brother had to write some statement etc (I hope he did not write that ''I am the ghost of ......'') That happened years ago. My brother lived in Bolton, plus the dealings to get 'MY' money evolved, acquiring a a solicitor. Today I would think back ,that if someone takes money from you ,that's stealing!!! I must have completed forms? Age, address etc, before I deposited money in the Bank. Plus if the age of my father must have been known? Oh! well, well done Lizzy! (''she take me money and run Venezuela! Harry Belafonte)
Isn't it great I did not have millions in the Bank, maybe I would be still trying to get it back today!

That's disgraceful.I joined Midland Bank at age 16 and worked for them and their successor HSBC until I retired.In 1971 I was heavily involved in decimalisation and one of the things I did was to convert all the "Unclaimed Balances" into decimal.They were manual records
that went back years and the total amount was held in an account named "Unclaimed Balances". What the hell happened when everything
was computerised I do not know and I can imagine current untrained staff would not have a clue.I trust that you did get your money back PLUS interest and at absolutely no cost to yourself.

I would certainly submit,by letter,a full complaint - it really isn't good enough and I know from the Pensioners magazine which I get what retired staff think of the "Non" service that applies today.I have recently had written complaints to both HSBC & Nat West accepted.

[sinkov]

You missed the Lefty eco loons, or was it animal rights this time, who knows, who cares, trying to disrupt the jollity then Sub, what have we done to deserve this Lefty scum infecting our country ? We must be really bad people to deserve this. Fortunately no harm was done, our Royals and the marching band just ignored them, but the thousands lining the Mall gave them a sound booing.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

You missed the Lefty eco loons, or was it animal rights this time, who knows, who cares, trying to disrupt the jollity then Sub, what have we done to deserve this Lefty scum infecting our country ? We must be really bad people to deserve this. Fortunately no harm was done, our Royals and the marching band just ignored them, but the thousands lining the Mall gave them a sound booing.

The "Firm" will just keep on dressing up anyone who is either not living in California, nor is a suspected nonce who conveniently came down with Covid. Who is this coffin dodger all dressed up like Napoleon, put there just to keep the thousands who keep on lining the Mall happy...

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[Supersub6]

You missed the Lefty eco loons, or was it animal rights this time, who knows, who cares, trying to disrupt the jollity then Sub, what have we done to deserve this Lefty scum infecting our country ? We must be really bad people to deserve this. Fortunately no harm was done, our Royals and the marching band just ignored them, but the thousands lining the Mall gave them a sound booing.

I certainly did miss all of that. Don't know how it was dealt with, however, back in the 1980s whilst marching through the streets of London with the Central Band of the Royal Air Force a few protesters felt the force of our 6ft 3ins Drum Major and his mace when they tried to jump in front of the band. He floored two of them with one blow and a few other musicians put the boot in as they were marching past them. The crowds cheered and there was not one mention of it in the media.
Nowadays our Drummie would probably have been arrested and the protesters received compensation.

[sinkov]

I certainly did miss all of that. Don't know how it was dealt with, however, back in the 1980s whilst marching through the streets of London with the Central Band of the Royal Air Force a few protesters felt the force of our 6ft 3ins Drum Major and his mace when they tried to jump in front of the band. He floored two of them with one blow and a few other musicians put the boot in as they were marching past them. The crowds cheered and there was not one mention of it in the media.
Nowadays our Drummie would probably have been arrested and the protesters received compensation.

I would hope your shiny toe cap made solid contact as well Sub.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

What an absolutely fantastic display and those jets what flew over. Wonderful stuff.Our country putting on a great spectacle for the world to see. Well done her majesty. Hope it all carries on when she has passed away ..

Just to keep yourself amused Alfie count the medals.

No idea what they were awarded for, but Hey ho!

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[sinkov]

Where would you be without your Royals BT, come on own up, you absolutely love them don't you. No one who didn't really care would spend so much time obsessing about them. Who's your favourite ? Is it Brenda ? Got to be. Everyone's favourite grandma. The Bonny Prince ? Not too sure, don't think you're a fanboy are you ?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Where would you be without your Royals BT, come on own up, you absolutely love them don't you. No one who didn't really care would spend so much time obsessing about them. Who's your favourite ? Is it Brenda ? Got to be. Everyone's favourite grandma. The Bonny Prince ? Not too sure, don't think you're a fanboy are you ?

This is perhaps the trick of royalty in its most successful form sinkov. You don’t have to like it, but you can't ignore it, nor the forces behind it. I'm just constantly amazed that thousands of people spend their time and good money lining the Mall to cheer and wave people who would not give them the time of day.