The Off Topic Topic

[celedhring]

Also: Liz's reign bookended by her relatives marrying troublesome yanks is how The Crown should have been written. 

[Habbaku]

Lawful Evil

Depends on the person, but basic evil in general with spots of Chaotic Good.

[garbon]

I think I'm now finally a Republican in the UK sense.

[Sheilbh]

Yes - but the British tabloids are Chaotic Evil and the Royal Family lives in terror of them so things can get hectic

Having said that I don't really have much time for this Harry Egalité thing we're seeing. He's still a royal (who dressed as a nazi at a "natives and colonials" party, used racist and homophobic slurs in the army and has never really accounted for that stuff it's just been sort of memory-holed now he's a "progressive" prince ). So ultimately he needs to be swept away with the rest of them. Though I think his style at the minute is probably particularly appealing to Americans (I saw CNN have now launched a weekly Royal newsletter which is mind-blowing and I don't think any of the UK press - and certainly not the broadcast media - have anything as royal-obsessive as that ) because he's royalty, plus democratic, plus Hollywood.

I sympathise with Meghan for sure, but am generally very strongly in a curse on all of their houses.

I also think it was a missed opportunity for Harry to announce at the end that having sought undertakings from the Royal Family and not received them, the house of Sussex is consequently supporting the Jacobite claimant to the  throne

[Grey Fox]

Dude marries a black lady & he still hasn't "accounted for that stuff".

[Habbaku]

I also think it was a missed opportunity for Harry to announce at the end that having sought undertakings from the Royal Family and not received them, the house of Sussex is consequently supporting the Jacobite claimant to the  throne

Unfortunately, there are currently no Jacobite claimants as none of them have the courage of the Mad Italian. 

[Sheilbh]

Unfortunately, there are currently no Jacobite claimants as none of them have the courage of the Mad Italian. 

According to Wikipedia the current claimant is Franz, Duke of Bavaria

Dude marries a black lady & he still hasn't "accounted for that stuff".

Yeah - from memory I think he was on tape calling someone the P-word (I am very uncomfortable saying it) and other slurs. I think he should address that and not just be given a free-pass because, now it affects his loved ones, he's realised racism is bad.

[celedhring]

I feel our civilized parlamentary monarchy ways are currently robing us of a perfectly good civil war among Windsor branches. Instead of
St Albans, we get an interview with Oprah 

[Habbaku]

Unfortunately, there are currently no Jacobite claimants as none of them have the courage of the Mad Italian. 

According to Wikipedia the current claimant is Franz, Duke of Bavaria

Sorry, I was being a bit unclear there. I mean that there is no one (including good ol' Franz) who actively claims the title. He is obviously the correct one in terms of succession, but I'm not sure I'd define him as a "claimant" without at least him stating--a la Charles I RE: France--that he holds the title by right.

[Barrister]

Yeah - from memory I think he was on tape calling someone the P-word (I am very uncomfortable saying it) and other slurs. I think he should address that and not just be given a free-pass because, now it affects his loved ones, he's realised racism is bad.

There are so many *-words these days, I don't even know what you're talking about.

There's the n-word, of course.  I think there's the c-word.  I ran into a reference to the r-word the other day in talking about people with intellectual development delays.  I think there's the f-word when talking about gays.

But what the heck is the p-word?

As an aside I am uncomfortable with the idea that a word is so harmful it can't even be typed (in a context where it's just being described, not used as a slur), but apparently that's the world we live in.

[The Larch]

I was also going to ask what's that dreaded p-word, as I have no idea what it might be.

[Syt]

The tabloids in the UK did seem, uhm, peculiar in how they covered Meghan compared to other royals.

[Jacob]

I assume the p-word is a diminutive form for cat, also applied to female genitalia?

Or maybe a very British way to refer to male homosexuals?

[Syt]

I assume the p-word is a diminutive form for cat, also applied to female genitalia?

I assume it's a slur for people of Pakistani background.

[Jacob]

I assume it's a slur for people of Pakistani background.

... or that.

Too many p-words.