Plan B Forum

I declare before you all, that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

-- HRH The Princess Elizabeth, 21 April 1947

Those words, spoken on the occasion of the then Princess's 21st birthday, are a vow that she has faithfully fulfilled with unparalleled grace and honour every day since.



To Her Majesty, Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of Canada and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, a very happy and joyous birthday. Long may she reign.




Send a birthday message to The Queen

I wonder if Her Majesty will send a letter to herself congratulating herself upon reaching the age of 100...

As she has done with all her other Subjects...(including her own mother...)

I suspect not...

I think she would consider that to be rude...

Well, we've got two threads now devoted to her, but she's certainly worth it...

If one looks up the phrase "class act" in the dictionary, they will find a photo of :

"Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith."

Jim--I can't argue with much of what you say-- I am no fan of hereditary monarchies (or hereditary anything for that matter), but i think she's been as good in that jiob as anyone could have been. However, I would think one of a monarch's greatest duties to the country is to produce an heir ready to assume the throne (isn't that why Henry VIII established the church of England?)--and I don't think she's done all that good a job in this task. Instead we just get the typical trust fund kids, doing little and achieving even less.

Big RR wrote:Jim--I can't argue with much of what you say-- I am no fan of hereditary monarchies (or hereditary anything for that matter), but i think she's been as good in that jiob as anyone could have been. However, I would think one of a monarch's greatest duties to the country is to produce an heir ready to assume the throne (isn't that why Henry VIII established the church of England?)--and I don't think she's done all that good a job in this task. Instead we just get the typical trust fund kids, doing little and achieving even less.

I think Anne is not so bad. In any case they seem to have seen the error of their ways in the cold parenting and forcing heirs to marry those with whom they have little in common.

I think Chuck "I wish I could be a tampon in your knickers" Windsor is an embarrassment and a disgrace...

I have no respect for the Prince of Wales...He should step aside...

But I think William and Kate are a good template for a Modern Constitutional Monarchy...

This one of The Queen and three future kings is going on a stamp:

Scooter wrote:This one of The Queen and three future kings is going on a stamp:

Three Kings and a Queen...

That sounds like a good poker hand...

You trying to finagle your way onto the Birthday Honours list, Scooter?

-"BB"-

Lord Jim wrote:I think Chuck "I wish I could be a tampon in your knickers" Windsor is an embarrassment and a disgrace...

I have no respect for the Prince of Wales...He should step aside...

But I think William and Kate are a good template for a Modern Constitutional Monarchy...

Give them time and we'll see; after years of having little to do but wait for the death of the current monarch (and I guess opening supermarkets by cutting the ribbon and going to charity events, but nothing of real substance), let's see where William winds up. Waiting for granny or daddy to die before you really do anything is not a way to prepare for anything of consequence.

What I said in the other thread. 'Royalty' is stupid.

It beats President Bush/Trump hands down.

Indeed. If I had to pick between a system that could make a head of state out of Donald Trump, and a system where the head of state will be Charles the Tampon, I'm going to go with the system that gives us Charles the Tampon.

You still get stupid politicians - like Bliar, all too happy to jump into bed with Bush - but you get to pay for the royals to live high on the hog, too.

Monarchies are ridiculous AND disgusting.