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In reply to the discussion: New photographs celebrate Queen and Prince Philip's 70th wedding anniversary [View all]Denzil_DC
(7,227 posts)22. Really? Dang. I hadn't noticed.
And here's me thinking it was a Mixed Martial Arts site.
It's funny, but Americans are often more royalist than Brits, certainly Brits on the left of the spectrum, and I think most of the Brits on this board.
Given your history as a country, that doesn't seem right somehow.
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New photographs celebrate Queen and Prince Philip's 70th wedding anniversary [View all]
steve2470
Nov 2017
OP
...and that's because your elected representatives (Lib, Lab and Cons) have chosen not to have one
brooklynite
Nov 2017
#15
Why? And why's it matter to you anyway? You like them so much, you can have them!.
Denzil_DC
Nov 2017
#17
Let me entertain this for just a moment, since you're so serious and political and all.
Denzil_DC
Nov 2017
#26
I didn't realize the monarchy was so embedded in the UK system, but it makes perfect sense
steve2470
Nov 2017
#27
He's officially retired from public appearances, only the odd exceptional one nowadays.
Denzil_DC
Nov 2017
#24