Posted on 04/30/2025 8:45:23 AM PDT by RandFan
The Prince and Princess of Wales are spending their second and final day on the Isle of Mull with children taking part in an outdoor learning session with forest rangers.
William and Catherine celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary on Tuesday as they began an official visit to the island off the west coast of Scotland.
Their final day of the mini-tour will focus on the natural world, which Catherine has previously described as her family's "sanctuary".
The couple, who are officially known as the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay when in Scotland, have visited the Ardura Community Forest - which plays a vital role in protecting the biodiversity of the island.
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And yes, I know there's a lot of PR going on to keep them in their privileged positions but they just seem genuine to me.
I might consider going there, but I would have to mull it over.
Though on Florida’s Gulf of America coast, we would mullet over.
Waiting for the BIL/SIL’s “attention grabbing” post in 3-2-1
That song is older than me!! I’m a spring chicken around here
I believe I read somewhere that it’s Paul’s biggest selling single in Britain, including The Beatles.
It didn’t do much in the US, though.
Princess Catherine has the best fashion instincts of any woman in public life right now. Save for First Lady, Melania, who I find to be more fun to watch given how risk-taking she can be with her choices. (Like the Inaugural hat! Love!)
As purely a spectator, I’ve always found Prince Harry likable, but never resonated with as much William. And I am neutral about Duchess Meghan, just don’t care for the Hollywood elite circles she relies on.
Diana saved the Monarchy through William. Otherwise ,King Tampon the clown would have ended the Monarchy.
Prince William as Prince of Wales is also Lord of the Isles. In the Middle Ages it appears that Mull was included in the Lordship of the Isles but it doesn’t seem to be at present (at least going by the Wikipedia article). Some of the inhabitants still speak Gaelic.
I hear the mulled wine there is good.
There is a YouTube video I saw awhile ago about these guys that were out riding mountain bikes in Scotland.
They were just out cruising along in the Higlands and they come onto King Charles out for a walk. They were kind of shocked that The King was just out hiking around pretty much all by himself.
This will likely act as a trigger for Markle to grab for more attention.
"The Island of Mull, island of the great mountains, the sunny island in the midst of the sea . . ."
Translation is not quite correct, but close enough!
And the media still gushes how Moochelle Obama is such a fashion icon and stunningly beautiful in her boob belts.
That is so lovely! The last portion that they hummed without words made me focus on the melody, and I was reminded of the sounds of the noted 19th century Scots-American composer of popular songs, Stephen Foster, who wrote many favorites of a bygone time:
Beautiful Dreamer
Camptown Races
My Old Kentucky Home
Oh! Susanna
Old Folks at Home
I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
She looks very well and happy. I pray that she remains in remission for the rest of a long life.
Probably another video of the back of children’s heads or something.
is that where mulled wine comes from? i only ever had it in UK.
Many of them migrated to the US with my ancestors.
It's just as well that they emigrated . . . my father's distant progenitor was a MacGregor, the crime family of Scotland. They were a one-clan crime wave until the British hanged a bunch, threw a bunch in prison, and outlawed the name. You couldn't CALL yourself MacGregor. So our ancestor made tracks for Virginia, and renamed himself MacGahee. And here we are!
Cosmic coincidence: in WWII, my dad was in the old 34th ID but wound up in the 79th Cameron Highlanders for the duration . . . Anzio, Monte Cassino, Biela, and other tourist spots . . .
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