Royal Wedding

[ionnsaigh]

She can't wear white.

[MPR]

and how would you know that??????
what have you been up to?

[numberplease]

Who bothers about that anymore anyway? There`s a tradition that all royal brides must be virgins, but who`s going to do the finding out?

[bill]

She must be crazy to marry into that family

[EMDEE]

I've had my bellyful of this already. One thing that really puzzles me is why ordinary people "in the street" feel they have to make forelock-tugging sycophantic comments about a couple they don't even know, and even saying that it "cheers them up"?

It wid gie ye the boak.

We are in the midst of a recession with many draconian government spending cuts already announced and with more to come, and yet the taxpayer will be expected to foot the bill for this wedding of a member of an extremely wealthy family who, let's face it, don't have a great record of staying together. The coverage that this is receiving on the news is reminiscent of the wall to wall coverage of Charles's engagement 30 odd years ago, and we all know how that ended up.

[bill]

the taxpayer will be expected to foot the bill for this wedding of a member of an extremely wealthy family

Not to sure your right there EMDEE.He doesnae seem tae hae enuff tae buy her a ring,sure he's gone an gien her his Ma's auld wan.

[EMDEE]

the taxpayer will be expected to foot the bill for this wedding of a member of an extremely wealthy family

Not to sure your right there EMDEE.He doesnae seem tae hae enuff tae buy her a ring,sure he's gone an gien her his Ma's auld wan.

Jist goes to show how parsimonious he is.

[Govangirl]

Oh Emdee, not like you to perch yourself at the bottom of that fence!!!! But you are so, so right. In a recession where thousands will suffer from the worst cuts ever, what message does it send out that the state are to sponsor aristocracy with taxpayers' money?
As for the BBC, their ridiculously fawning coverage is completely nauseating. And ITV even moved Emmerdale! I'm sick of it already!

[MPR]

It'll give the yanks something to yak about, CNN is full of it already.

[Govangirl]

Then move the wedding to Hollywood and let them pay for it!

[bill]

Then move the wedding to Hollywood and let them pay for it!

I thought it read Holyrood. Can just imagine a certain wee Glaswegian monarchist waving his wee Union Jack and shouting his good wishes to the future King William.

[ionnsaigh]

and how would you know that??????
what have you been up to?

Well I can't say too much, however I have met the future Queen Kate.

[LANDROVER ROGER]

P****s me off that this crap takes precedence in the news/media over the possible collapse of the Irish banking system.The fact that he has given her his mothers ring is perturbing!

Newsarse"# Royal engagement delights fans of paying for weddings they’re not invited to ".

[EMDEE]

"A good day to bury bad news".

[ionnsaigh]

I met her up at the farm, an old friend Dr Tom Normand, invited me to attend a party. I was to give a small talk, on the likelihood of revolution happening in Scotland. The future King was in attendance.