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I didn't watch any of it. I find the whole thing really absurd. Symbolic monarchy, I mean. That guy looks like a ****** too, but maybe it's just the inbreeding.
I feel the same, not interested in their rituals at all. But it seems to be of utmost imprtance to them
They like tradition. The chair he has to sit in to get officially coronated was built in the year 1000 or something. It's also a huge money maker for local restaurants, hotels and souvenir shops. The royal family generates a lot of income for England. There's nothing wrong with honoring tradition. Lots of people do it who aren't British. Why do some Christians shape butter to look like a lamb on Easter? It's silly. It's also tradition.
I get it from my mom. She made me get up at 4:00 a.m. to watch Charles wed Diana. We watched her funeral together, too. Now I watch to feel like mom is here with me. (I no longer slug through the entire six hour monstrosity. I got through it all in about 90 minutes.)
At some point, does money with Elizabeth become void, or do they just take it out of circulation as it comes in?
If Charles was a particularly outstanding guy, I think Australians might be more interested. We may have hit a lemon (bur you never know)
I think they will continue to Mint Elizabeth coins for a while, and then they will co-mingle with the new ones. I don't know much about how they transition coins out. It's funny that there is zero talk about changing our form of government. There was a strong 'Republic of Australia' surge once, but it got stamped out.
He's a champion to many popular causes. I think his favorite is sustainability. He prefers to eat food grown locally. He's got a passion for the climate and he's involved in several children's charities. That's just off the top of my head. I didn't like him, but after learning more about how Diana was shoved down his throat and how she was no angel, I started learning more about him.
I'm guessing that your mother and my grandmother were of a similar generation. It was prior to the destruction of tradition. I miss that generation.
Yeah, it seems to me that you could leave without much fuss. It never goes well for England if they try and force countries to stay.
They all sound like good things. He has received a lot of negative press - or the negative press tends to rise to the top of the pack. It will be interesting to see how he is received going forward.
Yeah, my husband and I aren't huge on tradition, either. We don't always have turkey on Thanksgiving; and there's definitely no ham or turkey for Christmas. Sometimes we just have pizza. Generally speaking, we don't love eating with 30 of our favorite relatives. We don't actually have 30 favorites!
39. It's nice to not be "young" anymore and so easily dismissed due to ageism, but I know I'm young by this forum's standards.
