Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Uncle Gizmo said:
I have an image of Colin, developed over many years of distant observation on this site:-
Imagine your family has a visit over Christmas from a typical great uncle. He commandeers the best chair in the living room, between the Christmas tree and the fire. He sits there farting and burping without a care for niceties. He hasn't had a shower for two weeks and it shows, his beard and hair unkempt, un-brushed and you're afraid to look to see if there are any creatures wandering around in it. He might well ask you if he can borrow a bug rake, he's not joking. You lend him your comb, and you throw it on the fire when he gives it back to you.

At every opportunity he makes disparaging remarks, the mince pies are too sweet, the cups are too small, he prefers a mug. the Tea is too weak, or too strong, it doesn't really matter whichever way you make it, it will be wrong! When he is finished drinking his tea from the saucer, and finished off ALL the rich tea biscuits, brushed the crumbs on to the hearth, then, he makes a great show of clearing his nose and throat of phlegm and spits it in to the cup. It's Christmas so you can't really say anything, and the kids love him!
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That's really clever. Actually, my father used to drink his tea from a saucer, he also used to moan about anybody who appeared on TV. I also had an uncle who had a "wind" problem, and to a young nephew it was hilarious.

Here's a tip, never have Rich Tea biscuits with tea, they are useless if you dunk biscuits in tea, they break after a second or two and you have a soggy mess at the bottom of the cup. My preference is Custard Creams, easily dunkable. Bourbon are also good as are Hobnobs.

Col
 
I've a feeling Colin wouldn't mind the Kentucky version of Bourbon for his tea...
 
I know I am late to the party. But I scanned a number of the comments trying to figure out what was going on with Prince Harry (I do not really follow the lives of the famous people of the world). I remember his name coming up in the news. But I have no idea really what is going on with him.
 
It started out about Prince Harry suing some newspapers for allegedly hacking his phone. It has, however, long-since been derailed by CE and his obsessive hatred of Meghan Markle for being American and, even worse, not being 100% Caucasian.
 
Frothingslosh said:
It has, however, long-since been derailed by CE and his obsessive hatred of Meghan Markle for being American and, even worse, not being 100% Caucasian.
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Honestly I think its something worse, he's fearful that someone will be able to add enough genetic material to an otherwise incredibly inbred group to allow it to become more viable. For over a thousand years one family has been trying to breed itself into all royal families to the exclusion of others. They've demonstrated many hereditary diseases. I think our ese in Essex is terrified they'll be able to survive the next millennium.
 
I see on the news today that the Yankee Half Breed goldigger z rated actress has finally managed to manipulate Prince Harry to finally sever connections with the Royal Family.
She is now free to cash in on using Price Harry's status and name, and amass a fortune by using her manipulative devious mind. One day Harry will wake up and see what the goldigger is doing, sadly he's stuck in the USA with her.
Col
 
NauticalGent said:
Just make sure you keep paying your taxes so they can stay in this life they have become accustomed to...
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Not sure who's taxes you're referring to, but I don't he, or his tart, receive any money from the British Exchequer. I'm pleased to say :)
 
bob fitz said:
Not sure who's taxes you're referring to, but I don't he, or his tart, receive any money from the British Exchequer. I'm pleased to say :)
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Wow....almost as harsh as CE! You're entitled to your opinion....

So, where does the British Exchequer get it's funds from?
 
If Wikipedia has it right, I agree they are hardly a sterling source for info:
It was the name of a British government department responsible for the collection and the management of taxes and revenues; of making payments on behalf of the sovereign and auditing official accounts. It also developed a judicial role along with its accountancy responsibilities and tried legal cases relating to revenue.
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Sounds like the equivalent of the US Treasury. I hope they are not as irresponsible...
 
Doh....I just read what Bob Fitz said...excuse me, not enough coffee yet.

So...where does the Royal allowance come from?
 
bob fitz said:
What do you mean by "Royal allowance"?
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If I am starting to raise hackles, I assure you that is not my intent - so I will rephrase. By allowance I mean the finances of the Royal Family - where dose it come from?
 
NauticalGent said:
If I am starting to raise hackles, I assure you that is not my intent - so I will rephrase. By allowance I mean the finances of the Royal Family - where dose it come from?
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The Civil List, in the United Kingdom, the list of sums appropriated annually by Parliament to pay the expenses of the sovereign and his or her household. The sums are charged to the government's Consolidated Fund and audited by the treasury.
Only the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Queen Mother ever received direct funding from the Civil List. The Prince of Wales and his immediate family (the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry) received their income from the Duchy of Cornwall.
 
AccessBlaster said:
Apparently he did wake up and realized love is more important then all the Kingdoms on earth. Good for Prince Harry and Princess Meghan.
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I binge-watched "The Crown" on Netflix during this "pandemic"...damn show actually has me feeling sorry for the Royals! Hell, "Breaking Bad" had me cheering for a drug dealer.

Had no idea how easily I could be manipulated...
 
To me the whole Royal Family thing in the UK seems (pardon me) really silly and ridiculous. An old lady with a crown that pretends to rule the country and in reality does nothing but keep the tabloids in business - and all this cost and nonsense drama that associates with it? What is this, the year 1600? I've never understood why Brits want or keep all this stuff to be honest with you. I know Brits love tabloids and its content, but it seems like a giant waste for no benefit.
 
 

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Regarding a discussion of the Queen's income source: I had already known about the Chancellory of the Exchequer some time ago. Turns out when I was doing my ancestry research that I verified I had a patrilineal ancestor who was a minor lord and who was affiliated with the British Treasury. This was about the time that Oliver Cromwell was reducing people's height with an axe. Strangest thing was that my family showed up in the Virginia colony at about the same time as the Exchequer's books didn't balance. Of course, nobody could prove anything. But the worst of it was that the dirty rotten scoundrels set up an estate in Virginia, but they never left me so much as a penny. Definitely NOT a nice way to treat your family.
 
The_Doc_Man said:
Regarding a discussion of the Queen's income source: I had already known about the Chancellory of the Exchequer some time ago. Turns out when I was doing my ancestry research that I verified I had a patrilineal ancestor who was a minor lord and who was affiliated with the British Treasury. This was about the time that Oliver Cromwell was reducing people's height with an axe. Strangest thing was that my family showed up in the Virginia colony at about the same time as the Exchequer's books didn't balance. Of course, nobody could prove anything. But the worst of it was that the dirty rotten scoundrels set up an estate in Virginia, but they never left me so much as a penny. Definitely NOT a nice way to treat your family.
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That's pretty fascinating. Maybe I should give Ancestry.com another chance. I've tried it twice, and had trouble understanding how it worked. Or else I understood it, and found it worthless. It just kept asking ME to input my family members, rather than "finding" them for me. What good is that? I think at the end of the day they might as well partner with Lexis Nexis (etc) who really seems to know who is connected to who. I found a.com just a container, making the user do all the work.
 
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