British Royal Family

[luddite]

Originally Posted by fleetwood77

Who he?

Prince Dipendra of Nepal killed 9 people in his family to clear his way to the throne.

[otokonomidori]

Originally Posted by luddite

Prince Dipendra of Nepal killed 9 people in his family to clear his way to the throne.

Christ! He must have been really bursting for a shite.

[stantine]

Im no royalist,i hate everything they stand for,but the news has just said the queen is to shake hands with martin mc'guinness,,,,oops

[billybunter]

Originally Posted by stantine

Im no royalist,i hate everything they stand for,but the news has just said the queen is to shake hands with martin mc'guinness,,,,oops

He's the deputy leader of N Ireland

[luddite]

Originally Posted by billybunter

He's the deputy leader of N Ireland

So he's on her payroll ?

[scoundrel]

Originally Posted by stantine

Im no royalist,i hate everything they stand for,but the news has just said the queen is to shake hands with martin mc'guinness,,,,oops

From left to right: Elena Ceauscescu; Nicholae Ceauscescu; Emporer Hirohito; all have taken tea with HMQ. If there had been no Good Friday Agreement and no peace process in Northern Ireland and had my fate decided that I should meet Martin McGuinness in fair fight, he would almost certainly have won and killed me. But on the off chance that his luck was out and my luck was in, I would have shot him dead with a song in my heart. However, offered the choice, I would invite him to dinner and cook him a damned good meal ten times rather sit down with any one of these three ghouls even once.

If the monarchy were to be abolished, the actual next-in-line would almost certainly be getting quite a let off.

[billybunter]

Sinn Féin are the second biggest party in the north of Ireland. They have a mandate and wide support.

[scoundrel]

Originally Posted by billybunter

Sinn Féin are the second biggest party in the north of Ireland. They have a mandate and wide support.

While no doubt SF are frightfully well seen by many on both sides of the border in Hibernia, here in Britannia their popularity is right up there with syphilis biscuits. It is inevitable and unsurprising that a meeting between HMQ and Martin McGuinness, for so many years the thinly disguised spokesman of the IRA's Army Council, does not enhance the popularity and prestige of the monarchy among the majority of its own British subjects. There are still plenty of hard feelings on this side of the Irish Sea also.

Having said this much, I am mildly intrigued that Mr McGuinness has sunk his own feelings sufficiently that he is willing to meet her. It might not necessarily be the happiest moment of his life either. He is, after all, a republican. By meeting her, he is conceding (no doubt with a lot of concealed resentment) that she is the head of state and he has a duty to acknowledge her.

Perhaps he will emulate Tony Banks? Some of us will remember when Tony Banks MP was made a Privy Counsellor and swore his oath of allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen with his fingers crossed behind his back.

[haroldeye]

McGuiness is also a marxist and is no fool.

When the Queen visited the South Sinn Fein boycotted the event and were seen for what they are. MM is a wily little fellow and doesn't intend to repeat the mistake.

He would sup with the devil for one bit of advantage for himself, indeed if rumours are true he already has.

[billybunter]

Originally Posted by scoundrel

While no doubt SF are frightfully well seen by many on both sides of the border in Hibernia, here in Britannia their popularity is right up there with syphilis biscuits. It is inevitable and unsurprising that a meeting between HMQ and Martin McGuinness, for so many years the thinly disguised spokesman of the IRA's Army Council, does not enhance the popularity and prestige of the monarchy among the majority of its own British subjects. There are still plenty of hard feelings on this side of the Irish Sea also.

Having said this much, I am mildly intrigued that Mr McGuinness has sunk his own feelings sufficiently that he is willing to meet her. It might not necessarily be the happiest moment of his life either. He is, after all, a republican. By meeting her, he is conceding (no doubt with a lot of concealed resentment) that she is the head of state and he has a duty to acknowledge her.

Perhaps he will emulate Tony Banks? Some of us will remember when Tony Banks MP was made a Privy Counsellor and swore his oath of allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen with his fingers crossed behind his back.

I understand your point scounds. But the British occupied Ireland, and as long as they remain there will be resistance. Martin McGuinness never denied he was in the IRA. He was convicted in a Dublin court for membership. But meeting the Queen is an enormous move for everyone. She will be viewed as a foreign Queen-the way I view her. But everyone should show respect and move on.