Bread and Royal Circuses...

[Julia9054]

I had imagined you as a 58 year old lifelong bachelor. I was wrong.

Now I know you are a 74 year old spinster all covered in cats.

Nice set of lazy, misogynistic tropes there.
Well done you

 

[multitool]

Oh, OK then. Matt is in fact a sexy 60 year old multimillionaire who has given up all his wealth and now just teaches yoga in Swindon to the homeless

 

[matticus]

Can we move on??? Please?

What's Randy Andy up-to these days??

 

[multitool]

Before we move on "Matt", may I just ask you if you were troubled by this report...

 

[icowden]

Nice set of lazy, misogynistic tropes there.
Well done you

A long shot, but I suspect @multitool had his tongue firmly in his cheek there...

 

[BoldonLad]

Before we move on "Matt", may I just ask you if you were troubled by this report...

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Disappointed rather than Concerned

 

[bobzmyunkle]

 

[Beebo]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64890702

Two things spring to mind here.
Firstly I’m surprised they have bothered with a Christening. Are we supposed to accept that they are religious people?
Secondly why use Royal titles for their children?
The hypocrisy of it is astounding.

 

[matticus]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64890702

Two things spring to mind here.
Firstly I’m surprised they have bothered with a Christening. Are we supposed to accept that they are religious people?
Secondly why use Royal titles for their children?
The hypocrisy of it is astounding.

Yes you bloody well are! Doesn't matter who they are, you need a farking cheek to question someone's religion. Or you could just ignore the event. There are other news stories to dissect, it's a big world.

what a stupid, point-scoring post ...

 

[multitool]

Somebody's religion is always up for scrutiny if, at any point, it strays from inside their head.

 

[matticus]

Somebody's religion is always up for scrutiny if, at any point, it strays from inside their head.

If you want to get baptised, or circumsized, it really ain't my business.

(It would be weird to see it in the newspapers, but hey ... )

 

[Beebo]

Yes you bloody well are! Doesn't matter who they are, you need a farking cheek to question someone's religion. Or you could just ignore the event. There are other news stories to dissect, it's a big world.

what a stupid, point-scoring post ...

Sorry it annoyed you,
but I have heard all about his alcohol issues, his cocaine problems, his counselling, his ayahuasca trips. But never heard about his faith in god.

But also why is he choosing to use Royal titles for his children, when he appears to have removed himself from the Royal family.

 

[icowden]

but I have heard all about his alcohol issues, his cocaine problems, his counselling, his ayahuasca trips. But never heard about his faith in god.
But also why is he choosing to use Royal titles for his children, when he appears to have removed himself from the Royal family.

Well, he is on record fairly recently as saying that he is not religious. His wife will almost certainly be religious as she is American, and I did find a reference to her being brought up protestant. However, Harry's grandpa is the C of E equivalent of the Pope. So *that's* almost certainly why they have been baptised into the Church or England, just as Megan was christened by the C of E.

As for the Royal titles, he doesn't get to choose. Grandchildren of the King are Princes and Princesses. Harry is still a Prince. It isn't optional. The only thing he and his wife have chosen to do is not to use the honorific HRH.

 

[BoldonLad]

Well, he is on record fairly recently as saying that he is not religious. His wife will almost certainly be religious as she is American, and I did find a reference to her being brought up protestant. However, Harry's grandpa is the C of E equivalent of the Pope. So *that's* almost certainly why they have been baptised into the Church or England, just as Megan was christened by the C of E.

As for the Royal titles, he doesn't get to choose. Grandchildren of the King are Princes and Princesses. Harry is still a Prince. It isn't optional. The only thing he and his wife have chosen to do is not to use the honorific HRH.

Surely, he/they can choose not to USE the Royal Titles?

 

[icowden]

Surely, he/they can choose not to USE the Royal Titles?

That's what they have done. Archie and Lilibet will still be Prince and Princess however. I'm sure Megan and Harry don't call them that.