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Make work? I don't follow. Tours are political & done at the request of the government. So that's their purpose. I have no idea what the purpose of H&M's foreign visits are.

If I might say so I think this is to misunderstand the role of the rf. It's relevant beacuse it helps The King in his role as head of the nation. The rf has no other purpose.

She said what?

Yes indeed. The monarchy does this sort of thing very well. Something the not my king lot should have a good think about.

Eight sounds about right. The French & German Presidents have use of the Airbus h215/super puma which is bigger than the aw139. There again both France & Germany (especially) have larger vip government aircraft fleets. It's not that long ago since we used to use commercial aircraft (usually...

Yes I thought that was an odd turn of phrase. HM seems to use helicopters a lot. Not a problem with that of course.

New helicopters for rf. These will be an upgrade form the current ones. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/king-prince-of-wales-treasury-queen-guernsey-b1172496.html

I would rather there was a recall of parliament. That said I have no doubt The King would do his best to defuse tensions. I think he's an even better communicator that his mother. But it would be no easy task to ameliorate everyone.

Can I just say that this thread can be very very funny sometimes. I've said this before but I'll say it again. - Netflix would make an absolute fortune using H&M in a mockumentary. And the couple might actually become popular again!

A visit to Alder Hey should have happened by now I agree. The King would be best advised not to show favour to any community at the moment. It would only add fuel to the fire.

Members of the rf do best when shining a light on others so I agree with your sentiment. We shall see what happens going forward.

I can see William as king using Birkhall as his Deeside annual holiday home for say a few weeks in the summer but I would imagine him not wanting to spend two months there. The Highlands of course are beautiful but the weather is very variable to put it mildly. William might want to spend more...

The King could only make such a speech if the government allowed it or asked/requested him to do so. So it's up to the pm whether the monarch becomes involved or not. Not that it would make any difference & could well do more harm than good. There is a lot of bitterness & grievance in some...

Hopefully someone representing The King will be in Paris this week. Four of the realms are doing very well - 29 golds in total so far for UK, Aus, Can & NZ. The Aussies however are still in front of the Brits. Should be a law against it! Outrageous! And our friends in Ireland are doing very...

Not sure where to post this exactly but I just recently stumbled across this : https://twitter.com/sharc_project?lang=en Sadly it no longer seems to be updated on a regular basis. Fascinating stuff none the less.

An unfortunate photo:lol:

Excellent news! A shame that Adam Peaty didn't get his hat trick. As long as we overtake the Aussies on the medal table by the end of the games. ;)

The more I think about what Harry said the more appalled I am that ITN even broadcast this part of the interview. Diana was lunged at by a man in Cramlington in 1989. In 2021 President Macron was slapped in the face by a man in a crowd near Valence. I get that Harry has these fears but to talk...

Corect me if I'm wrong but didn't he smear the rf with charges of racism? And isn't that a dangerous accusation to level at a family that mixes regularly with the general public? Did it never enter his head that some crazy might be triggered by that & decide to have a pop at the rf? Just as he...

Nice & cool in the church I imagine. We're having a heat wave! I know, I know, all you North Americans & Australasians find it funny when we Brits complain it's hotter than Hades when the mercury climbs above 25C!

Quora is also a US company! Who's to know where all the crazies are? They could all be in California! Apologies to all the non crazy Californians!!

We know that two Polish-Britons belonging to an international far right organisation were convicted in 2018. We also know that powder was sent from somewhere in the UK (presumably?) in the same year but no one as far as I understand has been prosecuted for that. So that makes possibly three UK...

At the the time of the 2015 general election there were only three former pm's living - Major, Blair & Brown. Now, as you illustrate, we have legions of them! Anyway, with his thumping majority this one shoud last five years. If he doesn't we need to outsource UK government to the Isle of Man...

I don't know. Not yet king for two years & on pm number three already. It's like living in a banana republic! Let's hope this one lasts a bit longer!

This conversation is going round in circles. Some of us posters here in Britain have tried to explain what the issue is. I don't think we should bother anymore. It's a waste of time.