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Queen surprises pub goers by dropping into her local in Edinburgh
The Telegraph ^ | 06-13-2016 | Auslan Cramb

Posted on 07/13/2016 4:34:37 PM PDT by NRx

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To: NRx

A couple of Brit hitch hikers stayed with me for a few days around the time Diana and Charles were married.

One guy was a royalist and the other a raving socialist.

The royalist was mesmerized watching the wedding on our little black and white tv.

The Socialist was practically pulling his hair out in raving disgust.


41 posted on 07/13/2016 6:37:35 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: mdittmar

Her uncle resigned to be w/ the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson. Her father, who never wanted to be king became king. He died while she was on her honeymoon in Africa I believe & she came home & became queen. She is a class act.


42 posted on 07/13/2016 6:40:47 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I know all about the English eating lamb. The captain of the 115 ft. yacht that I lived on, and was the cook for, was an Aussie. We had roast leg of lamb with mint jelly(?) at least once a week. He was a hard drinker, but could get you anywhere on Earth with a ship, a chart,a compass, and a course.


43 posted on 07/13/2016 6:42:26 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: drewh
I actually like the Queen. But the Royal I really liked was the Queen Mum.
44 posted on 07/13/2016 6:44:32 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: NRx

When I was in Scotland a few years ago, there seemed to be more sheep than people.


45 posted on 07/13/2016 6:52:45 PM PDT by riverdawg
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To: leaning conservative
Her uncle resigned to be w/ the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson. Her father, who never wanted to be king became king. He died while she was on her honeymoon in Africa I believe & she came home & became queen. She is a class act.

Yes, a class act. There is a great little 24 page booklet about the night she became Queen in 1953 while staying in a tree house in the African bush. She was guarded from leopards and such by the famous man-eating tiger hunter from British India, Jim Corbett, who wrote the little booklet about her called "Tree Tops". He is most famous for his book, "Man-eaters of Kumaon."

46 posted on 07/13/2016 7:11:07 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: Paulie

I was just reading that this will be the 14th PM in her reign. Makes me think of the saying “familiarity breeds contempt”...


47 posted on 07/13/2016 7:16:30 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
They are British

Really? I thought the British royalty were Germans.

48 posted on 07/13/2016 7:41:38 PM PDT by Getsmart64
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To: NRx

First the Queen backs Brexit, and wins in an upset. Now she’s a gal about town. Amazing.


49 posted on 07/13/2016 7:45:30 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Inyo-Mono

Oh thanks! I am going to check out his book. A few summers ago I read Lord Mountbatten’s daughter’s memoir. It was wonderful. I believe she has a new one coming out if it’s not out already.


50 posted on 07/13/2016 7:47:38 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: drewh

Cool get up!


51 posted on 07/13/2016 7:48:00 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: ameribbean expat
Genetic lottery. Somebody wants to hold onto Scotland pretty bad...

Winner! That's exactly why she was there. Lots of hard feeling among my stupid commie Scot brethren after the Brexit vote.

52 posted on 07/13/2016 7:48:07 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Jay Redhawk

I had read that when she was in uniform, she was accompanying her Mother, the Queen, who was walking on some uneven ground. The Queen was having a problem -— wearing heels, so Princess Elizabeth took off her sensible shoes and let her Mother wear them. Elizabeth walked in her stocking feet.

I’ve tried to find this story on a search site, but can’t. But I remember the story and seeing the picture in the newspaper.


53 posted on 07/13/2016 8:04:18 PM PDT by Exit148 ((Loose Chnge Club founder) Put yours aside for the next Freepathon!)
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To: Exit148

https://books.google.com/books?id=hH3ueeoWy2kC&pg=PA620&lpg=PA620&dqa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiqw5i3_fHNAhXLFh4KHYrBACsQ6AEINTAE#v=onepage&q&f=false


54 posted on 07/13/2016 8:09:08 PM PDT by visualops (It's the majority of the American people and Trump against the enemies of the republic - Windflier)
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To: Exit148

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/british-royalty-royal-tour-of-south-africa-pic-1947-princess-and-her-picture-id78986581


55 posted on 07/13/2016 8:10:37 PM PDT by visualops (It's the majority of the American people and Trump against the enemies of the republic - Windflier)
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To: Getsmart64
And what do you think the British are?

A bit of Pict, a dash of Celt, a heavy splash of Germanic, a hint of Gaul and a sprinkling of Roman.

57 posted on 07/13/2016 9:35:07 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Hey don’t forget the Norse men!


58 posted on 07/13/2016 9:41:06 PM PDT by To Hell With Poverty (Paisley Park is in my heart.)
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To: To Hell With Poverty
I knew I forgot something.

And built on a base of the Beaker People. And who ever came before them.

Britain is almost as much a hodgepodge as the Americas.

59 posted on 07/13/2016 9:59:54 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

What about the Normans and the Saxons?

Says the cheeky Oz slept-thru-histry lessons Scottish/Irish/Pommie laugh-at-the-snotties jokester... :)

And isn’t it true that the majority of peoples living in ireland when oliver cromwell went through there were in fact brit-twits, and the only “irish” were located in scattered tiny bands of mostly brigands who only later attempted to distinguish themselves from their English ancesters?

(adjusting flame-proof knickers now, lol!)


60 posted on 07/13/2016 10:00:23 PM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
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