Why devote BBC1 to news (of which there may be no more today) when there is the BBC News channel for anyone who is interested? The BBC's reaction to any Royal news is always OTT.
I'm not even getting into the whole principle of the monarchy. If she dies of course it will take over every news programme for a week. The fact they've made any announcement suggests it's serious. But being brutal about it, for most people in this country, who is on the throne matters much less, day to day, than whether they can afford to heat their home so just a little space for that really important information seems warranted. I can check websites but there are plenty of people, especially elderly, who can't.
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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
The Queen (and of course the royal family in toto) saved us from having had President Boris, and of course next President-ess Liz. How many of us would have wanted that lot ? Look what happened in the USA. We should be grateful for having a Royal Family. The Queen is a big deal.
I've no issue with a Monarchy per sé ,just on a much smaller scale. Monarch, heir and a spare. The rest can go get their own jobs, pay for the own houses just like the rest of us. £3,000,000 for security at Eugenie's wedding? value for money?
The problems come when the ‘spare’ gets demoted … that’s what happened with Andrew … once Charles had a son Andrew lost his raison d’être and took up the role of royal playboy the press had been grooming him for …
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We could turn all those spare palaces and country homes into lovely museum/ galleries and charge folk to visit them, unless the occupants want to pay " the going rate" to live there. I should think Kensington Palace would never be short of those wishing to rent an apartment
You can come up here and walk around Sandringham almost any time you like @Hostafan1 😉 … unlike many of the royal homes, you actually get to see most of the rooms the family use https://sandringhamestate.co.uk/
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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Look what happened in the USA. We should be grateful for having a Royal Family. The Queen is a big deal.
Monarch, heir and a spare.
The rest can go get their own jobs, pay for the own houses just like the rest of us.
£3,000,000 for security at Eugenie's wedding? value for money?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I should think Kensington Palace would never be short of those wishing to rent an apartment
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.