The royal wedding naysayers

[thestoat]

rather have baldies than gingers...

I hear they are close to a cure for being ginger ...

[thestoat]

The Native Americans were on the losing end of a war of conquest; many signed treaties ceding their former territory. To the extent of any unfairness in implementing the treaties, or otherwise imporperly obtaining land and resource rights, a claim for compensation/reparations may be appropriate. (Indeed, many such actions have been instituted and tribes have recovered billions of dollars from the government.) But what we're talking about for the UK would be a political decision to expropriate certain privately held properties for the benefit of the nation as a whole. It is not an analogous circumstance, except to the extent the UK government might recognize some legitimacy of the (former) property-holders title in the estates and provide compensation on that basis.

I see it as analogous. In both cases you are talking about removing "illegally gained" property and returning it to their rightful owners. The royals got their castles and such through the spoils of war over many, many centuries (apparently the British were fairly belligerent in the past - though we are all so nice these days you would hardly believe it).

[Sean]

Belligerent? I'll cut your tongue out for your filthy lies!

How dare you sir!

[Gob]

Princess Diana's uncle made a public statement before her royal wedding to clear up The Question: Yes, she was a virgin.

What a difference a generation makes.

Today, few people seem the least bit concerned that Prince William and Catherine Middleton, set to wed this month, have been living together off and on since their university days.

"We live in a modern age and people do all sorts of things before they settle down," said Keith Morley, 34, an engineer from Birmingham. "It's probably best that they lived together before making a commitment."

Some historians say it's about time the royals shed the prudishness they exhibited at the time of Diana's marriage, which came years after the pill and the Summer of Love made casual sex more socially acceptable even in traditionally uptight Britain.

The modern-day tolerance of William and Catherine's living arrangements, many say, just brings the House of Windsor in line with the times. Part of the change may have to do with the very public infidelities that played out in the disastrous marriage of Charles and Diana, which rocked the royal family to its core.

http://www.watoday.com.au/lifestyle/roy ... rom=smh_ft

Who cares if they are already bumping naughty bits? All I want to know is, is she any good?

Oh and Diana soon made up for staying a virgin until getting married, didn't she? She was shagging any thing in a pair of trousers by the end. If she'd have lived, and I had stayed in the UK I would have had my ride by now...

[The Hen]

I remember the virginity statement being made. Quite sweet I thought, even if it was a lie.

[MajGenl.Meade]

But if true she would have been virgin on the ridiculous?