General Chat

They don't want no riff raff you know. Got to have a title!

I would hope they will address this blatant sexism now that princess junior has been elevated in line to the throne over her younger brother.
Not that I give a poop but some things just irk. :-|

Island, good evening here, good morning in the UK :-)

I believe that Mark Phillips was offered a Title so that his children would be entitled, as it were, to be known as whatever, but that he refused.

As far as I can gather his son, Peter, was the first child born into the Royal Family in over five hundred years not to receive an Honorific on his birth ;-) :-D :-D

Allan good morning afterevening……

The offspring of princesses aren't given prince/ss titles - not royal enough presumably :-S I imagine if Anne had been offered alternative titles for her children she would have said 'naff orff' :-D :-D

Because! :-P :-D

Why?!! :-S :-S

Off topic, but Magpie's post has just reminded me of something :-)

I know that in her younger days Princess Anne was notorious for her alleged foul language and refusal to conform to 'normal' Royal behaviour, no doubt a trait shared with her Aunt.

I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when there was an argument between Princess Anne and her dad ;-) :-D :-D

Zara Tindall is a British sportswoman, & did win an equestrian silver medal in the 2012 Olympics. Her husband, Mike, has played Rugby at international level. His name was linked to unacceptable behaviour during the 2011 RU World Cup in NZ.
With a combination of sportsmanship & Royal Family, it’s no wonder the tabloids love to publish articles about them.
I seem to recall some Scottish people complained about the expense of security at their Edinburgh wedding.

Reading the wiki article about her brother, Peter, it seems that his jobs revolve around sponsorship & corporate hospitality. No doubt he’s been able to utilise his ‘society’ & sports connections.

One of the York girls has been spotted in the background, accompanying the Queen on some of her engagements. May be this is in return for an allowance either from the Queen or the Civil List?

Yes that's true, we've heard/hear plenty about Zara's family, new baby, little girl etc, pics of Princess Anne with Prince Phillip on his birthday. Plenty of royal news in the UK about all of them!!! If my Australian cousins and particularly their children are anything to go by, they're just not interested in the RF, so I expect the Australian press reflects this opinion.

PSD, that may be the case in the UK but not over here, and Zara's brother may well as not exist at all.

Allan, there has been plenty of press coverage for Princess Anne's daughter Zara, her marriage to Mike Tindall, about her children's births and her miscarriage etc

Lizx

:-D :-D :-D

Who? :-(

Apart from the Queen and, of course Prince Phillip, the only other member of the RF that I've taken too over the years is Princess Anne.

Her children, who you never really hear about, don't hold any Royal Titles. Anne herself , at least in Oz barely cracks a mention in the media and as far as I can gather is one of the more harder workers with respect to Royal duties than many of the others.

As for Prince Phillip I do enjoy his non-pc humour and comments :-D

Respect & civility.

Biker Jack?


Sorry, I was thinking 'Grocer Jack' :-)

Island, it would not surprise me but if I had the responsibility of handing out titles, I'd be telling him "On yer bike."

Who next? :-S

I wonder if Andrew will be pushing for a title for his soon to be son in law?
There's plenty to be bought - how about Lord or twenty quid? :-D

'Some posh families groan under the weight of privilege'.

Ah well it's only October because Harry "had" to have his bash first :-)

I'm all for the Royal family but this shouldn't be such a big costly affair she's so low in the pecking order.

This was one of the topics of conversation at our coffee morning. Not one person thought it was right.

I agree with Island - nothing worse than pushy parents who think they and their offspring are entitled!

If the couple had decided on an intimate family wedding without the bells-and-whistles parade (copying H and M), we would not be forced into a £2m security bill. I wonder how much their decision was down to A and Fergie wanting the same for their daughter as H and M got, forgetting that Harry will be the son and/or brother of a reigning monarch one day.

It will be October so it could be a washout.

Do you ever wonder whether the Queen has got so fed up with things that she's begun to acquiesce to anything rather than cause a right royal barney?