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Fair enough. I know I'm not but if the Royalists see anyone who challenges the "she works so hard" lie as "blinkered" then consider me well and truely blinkered and I couldn't care less about that label. Show me some evidence of the Queen working in a menial job or sending off her CV to apply for a job well below her qualification level just so she can get some money in and make ends meet. Show me some proof of her working shifts and doing mandatory overtime or having to struggle to scrape the hours in on a zero hours contract just to feed her family.
The truth is she hasn't done any of that. Pretending to be interested in stupid conversations at garden parties and meeting politicians you don't agree with is NOT work. Not by any stretch of the imagination is that a hard job. |
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How many people get home from a hard day at the office, travelling, meeting and greeting, doing presentations and listening to them and not arrive home knackered and then have to get changed and go to a Business Dinner? IT CAN BE VERY HARD WORK |
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It's certainly work, as it's her job for life and she doesn't do it for pleasure. Agree it's not hard work though.
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She will Queen consort but it will be up the government if she gets that title They may opt for her to be referred to as Princess Camilla rather than Queen Camilla.
Once Charles is king William and Kate become Prince and Princess of Wales but she will be known as Princess Catherine. |
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I'm rather puzzled about why you expect any country's head of state to do a menial job or anything else you mention..
Since the War the Queen has done literally nothing but pretend to be interested in what's going on around her. I don't deny the fact she served in WW2, but what I am saying is that her "job" right now is not difficult and I don't understand why people think it is. At least elected heads of state have usually had a life. They have lived in the real world, had real jobs to pay their way through things like University, then moved into politics and done something to promote themselves in such a way that eventually gets them recognised enough to become the head of state. Even once they get that position they have to take important decisions about their countries, they have to have meetings long into the night, head up negotiations with the position parties to get policies through. They have to take a stance on issues and face the consequences, all the while making sure their families are not ignored. Your puzzlement is misplaced. You know fine well I was talking specifically about our Queen and the job people keep saying she does. It really is nothing compared to what most heads of state have to do. Most of them would kill for her job of shaking hands and having no requirement at all to make decisions that could affect their nation. |
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Madness Reigns
How many people get home from a hard day at the office, travelling, meeting and greeting, doing presentations and listening to them and not arrive home knackered and then have to get changed and go to a Business Dinner? IT CAN BE VERY HARD WORK You have summed up a couple of months worth of duties and made it sound like her daily job. I'm sorry I just don't see this hard work she does. |
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I don't believe a word of this 'heavy cold' business. It just has the ring of untruth. For a start you tend to get less colds as you get older. Can't remember the last one I had and I'm literally rubbing shoulders with other germ ridden plebs every day
![]() Either it's a lot more serious than a 'cold' or there is some security issue that we are not being told about. |
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She doesn't do any of that, certainly not a hard day at the office. What is hard about putting her signature on things exactly? Does she have staff meetings? Talk about redundancies? Deny people their annual leave? Tell them they are getting a pay cut? What is her daily office routine? When does the Queen do presentations? When did she have to sit up all night making a power point? She hardly ever travels these days, she receives most guests at the Palace. How often does she have these business dinners? Again, these are in the palace as well.
You have summed up a couple of months worth of duties and made it sound like her daily job. I'm sorry I just don't see this hard work she does. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/pe...-10492992.html |
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You know what I mean, don't pretend otherwise.
Since the War the Queen has done literally nothing but pretend to be interested in what's going on around her. I don't deny the fact she served in WW2, but what I am saying is that her "job" right now is not difficult and I don't understand why people think it is. At least elected heads of state have usually had a life. They have lived in the real world, had real jobs to pay their way through things like University, then moved into politics and done something to promote themselves in such a way that eventually gets them recognised enough to become the head of state. Even once they get that position they have to take important decisions about their countries, they have to have meetings long into the night, head up negotiations with the position parties to get policies through. They have to take a stance on issues and face the consequences, all the while making sure their families are not ignored. Your puzzlement is misplaced. You know fine well I was talking specifically about our Queen and the job people keep saying she does. It really is nothing compared to what most heads of state have to do. Most of them would kill for her job of shaking hands and having no requirement at all to make decisions that could affect their nation. |
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What's the definition of a "heavy cold"?
![]() What's concerning is this is day 11 since her "heavy cold" started (we can probably add a day onto that as we were only told on Dec 21st she was delaying travel) and even the worst of colds don't last for that long surely. At least not the symptoms that stop you leaving the house. Although perhaps when you get as old as the Queen is maybe they do? I wasn't concerned originally but if she doesn't show up to the service I think there will be some cause for concern there. |
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I'm not pretending about anything. You just don't seem to know much about what the Queen's job entails. The UK also has a Prime Minister but none of it means the Queen has done bugger all for the last however many years.
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I am sure the Queen and other members of the RF do things. These could be described as jobs. In reality it would be of little consequence if these things where done or not. A lot of the 'job' involves people having to meet our head of state. If we did not have a head of state people would not have to meet them. Much of the 'job' exists simply because they exist.
Blimey am I on the turn? Get a grip! |
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If she died today, they might sit on it till tomorrow morning, so as not to dampen the New Year celebrations. That's just hypothetical, though.
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Yes I know Richard, but it doesn't mean the Queen's done virtually nowt or heads of state should be doing menial jobs etc.
Blimey am I on the turn? Get a grip! |
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If they did that, what would happen to the queen is dead, long live the king. YOu cant make that announcement sometime after the event surely, The new monarch is in place from the minute the death of the previous one.
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If they did that, what would happen to the queen is dead, long live the king. YOu cant make that announcement sometime after the event surely, The new monarch is in place from the minute the death of the previous one.
Clearly shown in those old movies, when George V died they were all gathered around and the minute the doctor pronounced that he was dead Queen Mary curtsied and kissed the hand of her son who became Edward V111 The decision will be made tomorrow morning if the Queen is fit enough to attend church. She has managed to get out of bed, I wonder who did all the cleaning and cooking over Christmas as all the family were there. Did Camilla turn in and make her signature spag bol? |
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will we get an extra holiday if she attends church, the nation must be allowed to celebrate that the Queen didn't die ?
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She may well. She hasn't done a day's actual work in decades, if at all.
I fine all this incredulity that a pampered 90 year old can stand and walk around a bit contrived tbh. If she were catching the bus to the shops and walking home with her shopping in a trolleybag, as some 90-year olds do, then I may regard that as a feat.
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The most menial jobs are those that one has to do with out any choice. Come to think of it.....
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World Of Sport Wrestling is over nothing I'm bothered about on TV for months now so they can announce it whenever they want.
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Clearly shown in those old movies, when George V died they were all gathered around and the minute the doctor pronounced that he was dead Queen Mary curtsied and kissed the hand of her son who became Edward V111
The decision will be made tomorrow morning if the Queen is fit enough to attend church. She has managed to get out of bed, I wonder who did all the cleaning and cooking over Christmas as all the family were there. Did Camilla turn in and make her signature spag bol? |
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Mmm indeed.....
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She does have a choice... there is an opt out.
What horrifies me is that Royal children are still being inducted into these overwhelming expectations. Attempting to impose such pre-destination on any other infants would be clearly recognised as some kind of abuse. |
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I wasn't concerned originally but if she doesn't show up to the service I think there will be some cause for concern there.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38480869 |
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You know what I mean, don't pretend otherwise.
Since the War the Queen has done literally nothing but pretend to be interested in what's going on around her. I don't deny the fact she served in WW2, but what I am saying is that her "job" right now is not difficult and I don't understand why people think it is. At least elected heads of state have usually had a life. They have lived in the real world, had real jobs to pay their way through things like University, then moved into politics and done something to promote themselves in such a way that eventually gets them recognised enough to become the head of state. Even once they get that position they have to take important decisions about their countries, they have to have meetings long into the night, head up negotiations with the position parties to get policies through. They have to take a stance on issues and face the consequences, all the while making sure their families are not ignored. Your puzzlement is misplaced. You know fine well I was talking specifically about our Queen and the job people keep saying she does. It really is nothing compared to what most heads of state have to do. Most of them would kill for her job of shaking hands and having no requirement at all to make decisions that could affect their nation. |
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