Knoxville's Joker
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Well you forget the deep state is BASED in london. And it is all corporations running things. The london corporation for example. Plus the royals are the largest land owners in the world.
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SouthernBreeze
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My interest lies in entertainment purposes only. Not that any of it really matters to me. It's like picking up one of those tabloid newspapers at the checkout counter. Only for entertainment.
Firebird
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I would assume it's a diversion from the cluster f**k America has become
For me it’s the history, then the fashion & entertainment. I grew up in the 80’s. I remember watching Princess Diana get married when I was a very little girl. When I got older I would read my grandmother‘s National Enquirer & Star magazines which were full of coverage of Diana & Fergie.
When I was a little older I read a biography of Elizabeth II and that began a fascination with how royalty shaped modern Europe. From William the Conqueror…the sinking of the White Ship…the Plantagenets…Henry VIII…the Romanovs and Hohenzollerns… and so much I’m leaving out before, during and after. It has all shaped the how we live today from religion to politics to culture.
Monarchy is anachronistic and has no place in modern life but I find it fascinating to see how we got here.
Zahra
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The only interest I have in the British royals is my absolute hatred of Charles because he's behind much of the disastrous climate and population reduction agenda currently being shoved down everyone's throats globally. The WEF is a good front, but I'm fairly sure that Charles as well as some other powerful entities are the real power underpinning it all.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
I think china may be the largest with the royals coming in a very close second. China now owns very large chunks of Africa, South America, and Mexico.
Pebbles
Veteran Member
I am like Dash. I am normally not the type to "follow" celebrities but I watched Diana's wedding at work, watched various movies and TV series about Elizabeth and I now have an interest in the royal family, the history and the marvelous tradition.
What I don't understand is members here that feel necessary to let us know that they have zero interest in the royals. I have no interest in ham radios but I don't get on that thread and let those interested in ham radios know that I have no interest in ham radios. What is that?
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
This^^^
Well, then they need to do the same with the guy; really hard to see him clearly also.
bracketquant
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Well, baseball season is almost upon us.
Josie
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Agreed. I can't tell if it even looks like Wills or it's just some tall guy in a ballcap.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
The mystery about kate is on the local news again, central Iowa.
Haybails
When In Doubt, Throttle Out!
My interest is similar to how I want to know where the nearest hornets nest is, how active they are and how I can ensure that they don't ruin my day.
HB
Marthanoir
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Yeah same here
I'm older, so I grew up with an interest in Elizabeth. When I was young (could read at 4 so not sure how old) I read a biography of Elizabeth and Margaret and somehow thought I was the same age; I made up stories about being their long-lost sister. Eventually of course I realized that I'm just a few months younger than Anne.
My grandmother told me stories about her English grandparents, and around the time the Beatles got the whole world interested in England I discovered that she subscribed to an English magazine and binge-read her back copies. (That's where I discovered Mary Stewart whose "The Ivy Tree" was serialized there, and began my love of English authors; I ended up an English major.)
Also around that time Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden visited San Francisco, so we went to church at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco that Sunday (we were Episcopalians anyway) and saw them from a distance; such a big deal that I still have a copy of an essay (rather snobby...LOL!) I wrote about the visit for English.
Of course I was interested as everyone else was in Diana. Otherwise I was busy with life and raising children for many years. But later I began doing genealogy, and found that my English ancestors were easiest to research because I already had a lot of information about them, including two letters, 1858 & 1876, from ancestors, found in Grandma's books, and other relatives doing research.. Unfortunately I didn't remember all of Grandma's stories clearly, and although she lived to 101 it was by then too late to ask questions
. But England kept good records and to this day I'm still discovering more; some had really fascinating lives. As I get older it seems I'm also getting more nostalgic. Thinking about my family, listening to oldies on Spotify while I work, more interested in reading (and re-reading) old than new literature. Queen Elizabeth's death was significant because she reigned for essentially my whole life; it was the end of an era in very many ways.
Anyway, I have a number of complex personal and historical reasons for being fascinated by England and the royal family, though it all mostly runs in the background of my very cluttered ADHD mind. I'm really not sure why that would bother a few strangers here. But it's fun to talk with others who have interest.
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Sacajawea
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I'm an anglophile. Got interested in all things English, Irish & Scots via the King Arthur legends and Tolkein. Since Charles is the same age I am, I have had an interest in the life & fortunes of that generation. Over the course of my life, my respect for the Queen grew as she ran a calm and steady ship - even when things were decidedly NOT calm. Maybe in private she had a sharp tongue & fiery temper... but it was never on display in public. A lot to be said for that steadiness.
vector7
Dot Collector
After clearly violating the Logan Act with his "secret" meeting with the UK PM.
How would you describe Barack Obama in three words or less?
Evil Man
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Meemur
Voice on the Prairie / FJB!
It's harmless entertainment: at the end of the day, it makes zero difference to my life what they do or don't do.
And I do feel a bit for Kate. She went through literal hell to have those children, so I hope she'll be okay. I wouldn't be surprised if she had major surgery.
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Josie
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What amazes me is the number of people who claim to have no interest in the Royal Family and then they jump on every RF thread to tell everyone that! 
My interest is more along the lines of things that make you go hmmm....
I also like reading and leaning historical characters, customs and costumes. If Kate is missing or being held captive, as some on twitter have theorized, she will not be the first.
My interest is more along the lines of things that make you go hmmm....
I also like reading and leaning historical characters, customs and costumes. If Kate is missing or being held captive, as some on twitter have theorized, she will not be the first.
It just occurred to me that a lot of people here look at basically *everything* politically. England is liberal; therefore we must strongly disdain, shun, cancel, loathe, protest, ghost *anything* about them. My interest in England, however, is absolutely apolitical.
Reminds me of my friend who recently found out that I was born in Berkeley. She was literally shocked; "But, you're conservative!" Whaaaat? I went on to inform her that I've had family there since the mid-1800's, that's where my dentist & ballet teacher and more were, and I graduated from a private Berkeley high school. I loved Berkeley; it was (past tense) much nicer and more interesting than most of the places I actually lived (most notably Richmond, Oakland, Vallejo). I have very good memories there.
I had no part in the politics.
I was and still am conservative.
Still not sure she understands....
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My father was WW II...officer and an army engineer ...at times during the blitz he was in London.....he had the greatest respect for Queen Elizabeth's parents ...he told me that they were out first thing every morning in the worst of the bombed areas from the night before walking among their people..incouraging them...they stayed in London...they were some decent leaders...
Unlike FJB... just managed to make it to Ohio...
Unlike FJB... just managed to make it to Ohio...
Blacknarwhal
Let's Go Brandon!
Everything I know about the Royal Family I learned from Berkeley Breathed.
ed: found a couple more to bring. Ole Berke liked the royal family. Sadly, not all were translatable.
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jward
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Idrees Ali
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LONDON,March 19(Reuters)-A second royal photograph issued to the media by Kensington Palace, the office of Prince William and his wife Kate, was digitally altered in eight places, Reuters said on Tuesday after an analysis of the picture by the news organisation's photo editors.
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@idreesali114
LONDON,March 19(Reuters)-A second royal photograph issued to the media by Kensington Palace, the office of Prince William and his wife Kate, was digitally altered in eight places, Reuters said on Tuesday after an analysis of the picture by the news organisation's photo editors.
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jward
passin' thru
Insider Paper
@TheInsiderPaper
NEW: BBC reporter Sonja McLaughlan says woman photographed with Prince William was Kate ‘lookalike’ — Kate lookalike denies the reporter's claim
View: https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1770208418143359322?s=20
@TheInsiderPaper
NEW: BBC reporter Sonja McLaughlan says woman photographed with Prince William was Kate ‘lookalike’ — Kate lookalike denies the reporter's claim
View: https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1770208418143359322?s=20
It will be interesting to see how the news agencies handle photos that have been digitally altered going forward. Are they going to put notices on photos released by movie studios, PR firms & the Kardashians too? Or is this treatment just for photos released by the Royal family?
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Unfortunately, with AI so advanced, ubiquitous, and enthusiastically embraced, we can no longer be sure of anything.
SmithJ
Veteran Member
I thought the Randy Andy one was HILARIOUS when it first came out. I still think of it every time he is in the newsEverything I know about the Royal Family I learned from Berkeley Breathed.
ed: found a couple more to bring. Ole Berke liked the royal family. Sadly, not all were translatable.
Blacknarwhal
Let's Go Brandon!
He may be a bit of a libbo, but that man was a riot.
jward
passin' thru
I'm always surprised too, then I recall the demographics of this site is something like f/82y and it makes more sense.
Also, if you bounce off from the characteristics of those who self-identify as "conservative" it is less surprising to find an overlap between them, and those who value and are interested in history, tradition, clearly demarcated structure etc....
I’m not actually interested in the Royals; mostly it’s simply a matter of posting on them when they’re in the spotlight, because posting on whatever has the public square’s focus is what I do.
I did find it significant to watch the way the first small rumours of the Queen’s death made their way into the digital universe, then the larger stage, as it was gratifying from a professional pov to see that I was immediately able to discern this wasn’t the usual game of lets get people spun up for fun & profit.
I also found that event momentous, as I’m convinced history, if we still write such things, will tell the story of her death and the sun’s set on the west’s ascendancy in the same chapter. Not that the Queen’s death and this countries demise are connected, perhaps, except temporally, but the whole move from a unipolar to multipolar world is happening so rapidly, and is going to be seen in retrospect as such a momentous and rapidly occurring paradigm shift, that it seems somehow fitting to think the loss of someone of her stature will be seen to have been one of the events that is remembered as part of the demarcation between one world and the next.
Having said that, I am very much an anglophile, for quite a while now: from hearing of the area from English friends, to my first reading of Tolkien and the beauty of his poetic opus, to a trip there as the country was preparing for diane’s wedding, up until the time I was considering the purchase o’ my own small slice o’ the shire, here in the states, but complete with a homeowner hand built and hewn stone, tudor style with all the raw beams, clear stream and hedgerows- it even was a bit that was originally settled by an English doctor, who’s own tracing of his lineage went back to the 13th century, and was used to influence the way he initially envisioned the town he settled, that all these years later became a bit of the holding I considered for purchase.
As some of you mention, I also find it funny to watch people taking the time to post on the thread to tell everyone that they’re not interested in the thread’s topic.
I understand that it is hardwired into our species to identify “us” and “them” and to take every opp. To establish that we’re part of “us”. Indeed, it does enhance survivability to know the tribe to which you belong- but when it comes down to the level of sports and royal watching and such it does seem to border upon absurdity to feel that your preference somehow confirms superiority, let alone that anyone over five would feel it necessary to interrupt conversations apropos of nothing, only to announce that they're not interested in the conversation :: scratches head and makes the look ::
I would say I don’t get the rush to post on threads only to say the thread isn’t worth posting on- except I just read another thread that asks about posting habits in which many volunteer how many drinks they consume prior and during their posting here--- I must say that went a fair distance toward clearing up my confusion
Donghe Surfer
Veteran Member
It's bad when even a BBC reporter is outing a lookalike.
jward
passin' thru
or is it all part o' the master plan to create strategic ambiguity and confusion- and a nice juicy squirrel to play red herring?
night driver
ESFP adrift in INTJ sea
Be careful, luv, my sides are starting to hurt....
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or is it all part o' the master plan to create strategic ambiguity and confusion- and a nice juicy squirrel to play red herring?
Something the Brits are masters of.
et2
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Well … you do realize that would apply to just about every thread on this board … right? That’s what makes this forum great … we can speak our minds and discuss. It would be rather boring otherwise.
Unless you’re a liberal of course.
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Pebbles
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I do agree et2, I appreciate others opinions on many things, it helps broaden our view of the subject being discussed. I guess it is like my family sitting around discussing different subjects and then someone brings up the subject of baseball. My mom always let everyone know she had no interest in baseball. Everyone would roll their eyes and continued to discuss baseball.
