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    Nice speech - King Charles III addresses the nation for the first time


    Let me see if I can address everyone’s concerns.

    About trolling. Not at all. In fact yesterday mid-afternoon I had Bloomberg on the TV listening to coverage on the markets and how the US market would open when I heard the title to this thread.

    I thought a thread on the King might be nice to add here at TD. I knew about some of King Charles III interests but looked deeper into it and he is the one that was contemplating reducing the Royal footprint. He is now in a position where he can bring more awareness to what he believes should be addressed. I hope he’ll continue (to be outspoken).

    About jealousy. Don’t have a jealous bone in my body. Never have on any subject. Never will.

    To cyrille. Sit back and enjoy what hopefully will be a long ride.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe 90 View Post

    Keep William as king and Kate & co.
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    That’s not how a monarchy works.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrWilly View Post
    That’s not how a monarchy works.
    No shite Sherlock!

    The rest of them....off with their heads

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe 90 View Post
    off with their heads
    THAT'S how a real monarchy works!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe 90 View Post
    No shite Sherlock!

    The rest of them....off with their heads


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    Quote Originally Posted by S Landreth View Post
    To cyrille. Sit back and enjoy what hopefully will be a long ride.
    As I listened to the speech I was thinking along those same lines. I was thinking "damn, even Cy is going to finds it hard to find that speech far off from perfection.( albeit the from the wrong party). First class Charles, an excellent speech in all respects.

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    Couple of months further training on how to use Lizzie’s scissors and he will be good to go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iceman123 View Post
    ^
    Couple of months further training on how to use Lizzie’s scissors and he will be good to go.

    And that's just on the nether regions.

    Shame he couldn't utilise the edward scissorhands on this close family friend...

    The Reign of King Charles III begins-20220908_211542-jpg

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    ...I guess the corgis will be replaced with a more suitable palace hound:

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    The Reign of King Charles III begins-fckgwohxwam4maw-jpg
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    Quote Originally Posted by S Landreth View Post
    Nice speech - King Charles III addresses the nation for the first time
    Agreed, a good speech and well presented under the circumstances. King Charles also got a very warm reception outside Buckingham Palace.
    Last edited by Troy; 10-09-2022 at 12:09 PM.

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    Charles will be formally proclaimed King at a historic Accession Council in an ancient ceremony at St James’s Palace on Saturday, it has been announced.

    The accession council will be followed by the principal proclamation, the first public proclamation of the new sovereign, held at 11am. It is traditionally read by the Garter King of Arms in the open air to a trumpet fanfare from the Friary Court balcony at St James’s, with gun salutes fired in Hyde Park and at the Tower of London.

    A second proclamation at the Royal Exchange in the City of London will be read one hour later, at noon. Separate proclamations will be read in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland at noon on Sunday.

    For the first time, the accession council will be televised.

    During the ceremony, Charles will make a declaration and swear and sign an oath in the presence of privy counsellors, expected to include Camilla, the new Queen, and William, now the Duke of Cornwall and Cambridge.

    In recognition of the new sovereign, flags will be flown at full mast from the time of the first proclamation until after one hour after the proclamations in the other nations, before being lowered once more to half-mast.

    Charles automatically became King on his mother’s death, and traditionally an accession council is convened within 24 hours of a sovereign’s death. But the late announcement of the Queen’s death meant there was insufficient time to organise it for Friday.

    Historically, the entire privy council – the oldest legislative assembly still functioning in the UK and dating from Norman times – would be summoned to oversee the formal proclamation of a new sovereign.

    However, with the number of privy counsellors standing at more than 700 – comprising mostly former and current politicians – restrictions have been put in place. About 200 will be summoned, with a ballot for the few remaining seats conducted.

    The accession council must take place before parliament meets, and parliament should meet as soon as practicable after the death of a sovereign.

    The King will be not present for the first part of the ceremony, which is presided over by the lord president of the council, who has ministerial responsibility for the privy council office.

    Penny Mordaunt was appointed to that role by Liz Truss, though she has yet to be “declared” lord president at a privy council meeting because the event was postponed on Wednesday when the Queen was advised by doctors to rest.

    The chosen privy counsellors first gather without the King to proclaim him sovereign, joined by great officers of state, the lord mayor and city civic party, realm high commissioners and some senior civil servants, and expected to include Camilla and William, who are already privy counsellors.

    The death of the sovereign is announced, and the text of the accession proclamation is read aloud. This will include Charles’s title of King Charles III.

    A platform party, comprising Camilla, William, the archbishop of Canterbury, the lord chancellor, the archbishop of York, the prime minister, the lord privy seal, the lord great chamberlain, the earl marshal and the lord president, then sign the proclamation.

    It is only then that Charles enters to hold his first privy council. He will make a personal declaration about the death of the Queen, and then read and sign an oath to preserve the Church of Scotland, necessary because in Scotland there is a division of powers between church and state. Another oath, the accession declaration, to maintain the Protestant succession, is normally made several months later at the state opening of parliament.

    Other business will be dealt with, including the use of the seals, to “facilitate the continuity of government”. Privy counsellors will sign the proclamation as they leave.

    The official record of proceedings will be published in a special supplement to the London Gazette.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
    The Reign of King Charles III begins-fckgwohxwam4maw-jpg
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    Out of Greens ... made me smile

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    Quote Originally Posted by Troy View Post
    Agreed, a good speech and well presented under the circumstances. King Charles also got a very warm reception outside Buckingham Palace.
    He called his mum maMAR and his dad paPAR.

    I know they're the toffs of toffs, but who on earth speaks like that?!??!??!?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    but who on earth speaks like that
    A quandary for norvern folk, generations of waiting for dah to get home pissed from the pub to beat his wife before the kids got tea

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    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    A quandary for norvern folk, generations of waiting for dah to get home pissed from the pub to beat his wife before the kids got tea
    Yeah well, at least it takes us more than 2 pints, you babycham-drinking wankers.

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    I stayed through the 2nd proclamation. Considering they haven’t had to do this exercise in 70 years, everything went smoothly. Again, King Charles III did very well.


    From the BBC……

    Charles formally confirmed as king in ceremony televised for the first time

    Making his own declaration, the King said it was his "most sorrowful duty" to announce to the death of his mother.

    He said: "I know how deeply you, the entire nation, and I think I may say the whole world, sympathise with me in the irreparable loss we've all suffered.

    "It is the greatest consolation to me to know the sympathy expressed by so many to my sister and brothers."

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    Quote Originally Posted by S Landreth View Post
    I stayed through the 2nd proclamation. Considering they haven’t had to do this exercise in 70 years, everything went smoothly. Again, King Charles III did very well.

    I thought the same. I also wondered how many times they'd rehearsed it in previous years.

    That would be a bit weird, wouldn't it, rehearsing for your own mum's funeral?

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    ^It's a rumour that Richard III offed his nephews (sons of Edward IV <?>) who were imprisoned in the tower. However, there are also rumours that it may have been Margaret Beaufort (sp?), mother of Henry VII, who may have ordered the killing. I think there were bones found in the Tower but the present Royal Family don't want to give DNA samples.

    Remembered that ^ from watching The White Queen, White Princess & Spanish Princess. I like historical dramas. Heh.

    Question for the Brits: will William get his own investiture/ ceremony as Prince of Wales? Charles did. (Remembered that from The Crown. ) Props to Charles (then) for doing the speech in the Welsh language.

    Yeah, I know that those are all fictionalised dramas, but they contain bits of truth.

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    King Charles III declaration and oath to the Accession Council during his proclamation

    "It is my most sorrowful duty to announce to you the death of my beloved mother, the Queen.

    I know how deeply you and the entire nation, and I think I may say the whole world, sympathise with me into the irreparable loss we have all suffered.

    It is the greatest consolation to me to know of the sympathy expressed by so many to my sisters and brothers and that such overwhelming affection and support should be extended to our whole family in our loss.

    To all of us as a family, as to this kingdom, and the wider family of nations of which it is a part, my mother gave an example of lifelong love and of selfless service.

    My mother's reign was unequalled in its duration, its dedication and its devotion.

    Even as we grieve, we give thanks for this most faithful life.

    I am deeply aware of this great inheritance and of the duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty which have now passed to me.

    In taking up these responsibilities, I shall strive to follow the inspiring example I have been set in upholding constitutional government and to seek the peace, harmony and prosperity of the peoples of these islands and of the Commonwealth realms and territories throughout the world.

    In this purpose, I know that I shall be upheld by the affection and loyalty of the peoples whose sovereign I have been called upon to be and that in the discharge of these duties, I will be guided by the counsel of their elected parliaments.

    In all this, I am profoundly encouraged by the constant support of my beloved wife.

    I take this opportunity to confirm my willingness and intention to continue the tradition of surrendering the hereditary revenues including the crown estate to my government for the benefit of all in return for the sovereign grant which supports the official duties as head of state and head of nations.

    And in carrying out the heavy task that has been laid upon me, and to which I now dedicate what remains to me of my life, I pray for the guidance and help of Almighty God."

    ___________

    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    I thought the same. I also wondered how many times they'd rehearsed it in previous years.

    That would be a bit weird, wouldn't it, rehearsing for your own mum's funeral?
    I would think they would have had a few historians guiding them and I have no doubt that there were motion pictures taken for the archives that they all could have studied. But still,…….everything went off without a hitch.

    Good to see his boys back

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    It’s early days, Charlie looks to be managing to slither into position without too much kickback at this stage. Everyone showing a bit of decorum.

    Don’t worry within a few weeks the gutter press shall begin their assault - all the shit will be dredged up Diana/Camilla, Jimmy Saville, Mountbatten etc
    his days as king are numbered.

    Off with his head.

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    ^ I concur!

    William and Kate need to step up and restore the peoples faith in this outdated constitution!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe 90 View Post
    ^ I concur!

    William and Kate need to step up and be proper Royals!!
    You really don't understand the monarchy much, do you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrWilly View Post
    You really don't understand the monarchy much, do you?
    It is almost 2am there, and he is at the bottom of his bottle of rotgut.

    Drunk food thread pics incoming.


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