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Post by Eagles on Sept 8, 2022 12:08:17 GMT -6
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Post by angelashly on Sept 8, 2022 12:08:38 GMT -6
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Post by pitchslap on Sept 8, 2022 12:09:41 GMT -6
Me every time they say King Charles  |
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Post by Eagles on Sept 8, 2022 12:10:37 GMT -6
I’m very fascinated that they keep saying “queen consort” and not invoking the name Camilla at all. I get why because it's a very shaky tightrope but the Queen Mother was Queen Elizabeth right? I know QEII's grandmother was Queen Mary. |
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Post by Eagles on Sept 8, 2022 12:10:53 GMT -6
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Post by pitchslap on Sept 8, 2022 12:11:30 GMT -6
The new PM just referred to him as King Charles III. Does that mean he already announced what name he's going to take??
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Post by Eagles on Sept 8, 2022 12:11:39 GMT -6
It's also bananas that it's basically a week after the anniversary of Diana's death. The timing.
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Post by ArielMermaid on Sept 8, 2022 12:11:40 GMT -6
I’m very fascinated that they keep saying “queen consort” and not invoking the name Camilla at all. They don’t with titles though. It’s never Duchess Camilla either. It’s the Duchess of Cornwall etc. |
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Post by angelashly on Sept 8, 2022 12:12:00 GMT -6
The new PM just referred to him as King Charles III. Does that mean he already announced what name he's going to take?? Probably to the committee then right? |
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Post by treeofheaven on Sept 8, 2022 12:12:20 GMT -6
"God save the King" sounds SO WEIRD.
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Post by ArielMermaid on Sept 8, 2022 12:12:31 GMT -6
The new PM just referred to him as King Charles III. Does that mean he already announced what name he's going to take?? Yeah that’s interesting because his chosen name has not been announced. |
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Post by hawkward on Sept 8, 2022 12:12:47 GMT -6
The new PM just referred to him as King Charles III. Does that mean he already announced what name he's going to take?? I imagine he had decided and put this into protocol long ago. |
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Post by treeofheaven on Sept 8, 2022 12:12:50 GMT -6
The new PM just referred to him as King Charles III. Does that mean he already announced what name he's going to take?? Probably to the committee then right? Yup. That confirms it. |
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Post by Eagles on Sept 8, 2022 12:14:19 GMT -6
Oh wow Wikipedia already updated
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Post by oreobitsy on Sept 8, 2022 12:15:15 GMT -6
Wait, so it might not be King Charles but maybe King “whateverelse”?
I know I’ve probably read it here but I didn’t even think of him changing his name.
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Post by pitchslap on Sept 8, 2022 12:15:21 GMT -6
I wonder if Charles is having a mini meltdown about not being able to announce his own special name that he's waited so long to say. Or if it's the PMs job to get it out.
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Post by wildflower on Sept 8, 2022 12:16:18 GMT -6
I wonder if Charles is having a mini meltdown about not being able to announce his own special name that he's waited so long to say. Or if it's the PMs job to get it out. I imagine it's the PMs job. "never explain" and etc. |
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Post by STP on Sept 8, 2022 12:16:26 GMT -6
Guys, the woman was 96 years old.
This shit was figured out ages ago.
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Post by ArielMermaid on Sept 8, 2022 12:17:26 GMT -6
Guys, the woman was 96 years old. This shit was figured out ages ago. I just figured the Royal Family would announce it, not the PM. |
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Post by wildflower on Sept 8, 2022 12:17:27 GMT -6
Guys, the woman was 96 years old. This shit was figured out ages ago. They have probably updated her Death Plan a dozen times. Like, when the internet was invented, for example. |
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Post by beepers on Sept 8, 2022 12:17:41 GMT -6
Yeah part of all this protocol is the private secretaries and PM doing the announcements. I think it’s “beneath” the monarch to call everyone up or go on camera to tell any of the news.
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Post by pitchslap on Sept 8, 2022 12:17:55 GMT -6
Wait, so it might not be King Charles but maybe King “whateverelse”? I know I’ve probably read it here but I didn’t even think of him changing his name. He can pick a name like Elizabeth's dad was King George VI but his name was really Albert Frederick Arthur George. Or Queen Victoria was Alexandrina Victoria. |
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Post by Hotcoconuts82 on Sept 8, 2022 12:17:57 GMT -6
I hope Charles had a short reign  |
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Post by beepers on Sept 8, 2022 12:18:16 GMT -6
Guys, the woman was 96 years old. This shit was figured out ages ago. They have probably updated her Death Plan a dozen times. Like, when the internet was invented, for example. Somewhere I heard they reviewed/updated it 3 times every year. |
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Post by angelashly on Sept 8, 2022 12:18:43 GMT -6
Guys, the woman was 96 years old. This shit was figured out ages ago. I just figured the Royal Family would announce it, not the PM. I bet Boris knew that Charles was to announce. It is this PM third day |
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Post by STP on Sept 8, 2022 12:18:48 GMT -6
Yeah part of all this protocol is the private secretaries and PM doing the announcements. I think it’s “beneath” the monarch to call everyone up or go on camera to tell any of the news. Well and plus, his mom just died. So let them do it. |
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Post by MelanieCarmichael on Sept 8, 2022 12:18:50 GMT -6
Considering Charles I was executed and Charles II exiled for several years, he could be open to changing it, but I don't think he will go by anything by Charles, in keeping with his mother sticking with Elizabeth.
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Post by pitchslap on Sept 8, 2022 12:18:58 GMT -6
I wonder if Charles is having a mini meltdown about not being able to announce his own special name that he's waited so long to say. Or if it's the PMs job to get it out. I imagine it's the PMs job. "never explain" and etc. I was figuring he would have signed a statement with it as his "announcement" |
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Post by pitchslap on Sept 8, 2022 12:20:02 GMT -6
I hope Charles had a short reign He is already 73 and given how swollen his hands and feet always are, he might not be in the best of health. |
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Post by Eagles on Sept 8, 2022 12:20:10 GMT -6
Wait, so it might not be King Charles but maybe King “whateverelse”? I know I’ve probably read it here but I didn’t even think of him changing his name. He can pick a name like Elizabeth's dad was King George VI but his name was really Albert Frederick Arthur George. Or Queen Victoria was Alexandrina Victoria. I remember the scene from The Crown where the secretary asked her regnal name after her father died and she was like "well I'm Elizabeth, let's keep it simple." |
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