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The Queen to Abdicate on Thursday - official...

Quickbeam

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Posted January 29, 2013 at 9:09AM

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Quickbeam

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Posted January 29, 2013 at 9:15AM

...what an anti climax for you all.

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Jock1e

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Posted January 29, 2013 at 9:23AM

Others lead maybe we should follow.

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Forum Editor

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Posted January 29, 2013 at 9:24AM

Not really - the news was all over the TV news last night, and is in all the papers today.

Nice try, though.

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Aitchbee

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Posted January 29, 2013 at 9:52AM

The prospect of a new King Billy will warm the hearts of Protestants & Orangemen, who have 'celebrated' King William III of Orange's [Army] defeat of Catholic King James of England's Army, at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland in 1690 for centuries. The 12th of July is the traditional date for Orange Order marches in Northern Ireland and [to a lesser extent] Scotland.

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fourm member

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Posted January 29, 2013 at 10:44AM

When I read 'Dutch queens have made a tradition of stepping aside for the next generation over the last century' it was obvious that anyone suggesting (and I know you were just trying a wind up) a UK relevance was barking up the wrong tree.

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lotvic

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Posted January 29, 2013 at 12:38PM

fm obviously not up for a spot of light hearted banter this morning

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fourm member

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Posted January 29, 2013 at 1:55PM

lotvic

I'd hate to be in a pub with you as I assume you finish a joke and then start it all over again.

Quickbeam's joke, which I acknowledged, had run its course once he posted at 0915.

Meanwhile, as I suspected the Express, to give one example, was suggesting;

'The abdication of Queen Beatrix will raise questions over how long British monarch Queen Elizabeth II wiil choose to remain on the throne.'

It raises no questions for the UK.

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Aitchbee

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Posted January 29, 2013 at 9:54PM

Just a thought:-

In the game of Chess, the QUEENs are, by far, the most powerful 'pieces on the board' be they Black or White. The KINGs, by contrast, don't do very much and eventually end up on the chopping-block. Furthermore, when a Pawn [pleb] manages to gain promotion [with the help of the other pieces of the same hue], the 'pleb' Pawn [invariably] turns into a QUEEN!

It's a funny old game!

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lotvic

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Posted January 29, 2013 at 10:36PM

fm, "I'd hate to be in a pub with you"

The feelings mutual, your presence would make it a very dreary experience.

I object to your making assumptions that I would spend the night repeating myself. (unless I'd eaten half a jar of pickled onions - then there might be some truth in it)

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Aitchbee

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Posted February 2, 2013 at 9:25AM

For anyone interested:-

How another queen might react ...

It's on Radio4 at 7pm tonight.

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