Sounded like the kind of chat you'd be saying while drunk or brain dead.
...if you lacked an imagination, maybe! :-P
― Grandpont Genie, Monday, 12 September 2022 14:16 (one year ago) link
Where is the assumption that William might be better coming from?
William seems to more capable of following his grandmother's example of never saying or doing anything interesting in public ever, and therefore remaining a popular 'apolitical' figure. Some of the royal reportage in Private Eye painted him as quite a ruthless and effective operator behind the scenes, as opposed to Charles who dithers and equivocates, e.g. they credited William with making sure that Andrew was fully cast out into the wilderness when the Queen was more inclined to be forgiving.
― soref, Monday, 12 September 2022 14:34 (one year ago) link
the uk press have been sitting on stories about will's alleged infidelity for years now, so wills' ramrod compliance may be lubricated by a fear of being thrust onto tabloid front pages under straplines about his bedroom preferences
― manic pixie dream shatner (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 12 September 2022 14:41 (one year ago) link
Yeah seems like a bit of a shoogly peg for the institution
― Osama bin Chinese (gyac), Monday, 12 September 2022 14:50 (one year ago) link
sad to see royalty forced into a prostate position like that
― manic pixie dream shatner (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 12 September 2022 14:55 (one year ago) link
A far cry from the previously dominant position.
― Osama bin Chinese (gyac), Monday, 12 September 2022 15:00 (one year ago) link
i think he's just really anal about details
― seo layer (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 September 2022 15:24 (one year ago) link
just a square peg in a round hole I guess
― symsymsym, Monday, 12 September 2022 15:27 (one year ago) link
I confess that this american is (with some guilt) delighted with the lol opportunities presented by KCIII. Sorry, UK, really I am, but also good god the tragicomedy. . .
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Monday, 12 September 2022 16:11 (one year ago) link
I mean we gave you Trump (also sorry about that), surely it was your turn.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Monday, 12 September 2022 16:13 (one year ago) link
tabloid features from the 80s make the best heads of state, trust us
― You can't spell Fearless without Earle (President Keyes), Monday, 12 September 2022 16:16 (one year ago) link
lol i fucking told you
'Judging the right moment for a joke is always tricky...'My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to receive my unseen cartoons: https://t.co/JNDhrYJMFH pic.twitter.com/AhAJmld9TB— Matt Cartoons (@MattCartoonist) September 12, 2022
― mark s, Monday, 12 September 2022 19:59 (one year ago) link
that's the power you wield when you are the UK's richest sketcher of cock-noses
― calzino, Monday, 12 September 2022 20:09 (one year ago) link
nashwan otm, William will be more palatable to the average subject (because he is more palatable to the papers, as evidence: the last decade of papers)
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 12 September 2022 20:24 (one year ago) link
move fast! break things!
King Charles’s staff given redundancy notice during church service for QueenExclusive by @PippaCrerar and @ccdavies https://t.co/nAcSngcBAI— Owen Gibson (@owen_g) September 13, 2022
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 17:42 (one year ago) link
psyched for some wild stories from disgruntled former employees
― manic pixie dream shatner (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 17:44 (one year ago) link
this man hates pens
How is this real? How is this public?! pic.twitter.com/dZlsNOVREI— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) September 13, 2022
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:08 (one year ago) link
He is going to machine gun the rest of the Royals
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:09 (one year ago) link
he has wanted this for 60+ years and already he hates it *so much*
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:11 (one year ago) link
*prepares the popcorn*
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
imagine taking the King to a fucking employment tribunal, you'd end up having to pay his legal fees and 10 years of your paltry wages back to him and then get birched for having the effrontery
― calzino, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:14 (one year ago) link
maybe charles will take the monarchy to a tribunal for constructive dismissal
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:16 (one year ago) link
Lol, what a loser.
― Abel Ferrara hard-sci-fi elevator pitch (PBKR), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:18 (one year ago) link
Wonder if support for the Monarchy will collapse, he clearly can't keep his mouth shut.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:19 (one year ago) link
doesnt exactly have the common touch does he
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:21 (one year ago) link
His Majesty is not used to getting ink on his fingers, and it's ruined his entire bloody day.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:22 (one year ago) link
You can see exactly why his mother stayed in post till her literal death, can’t you
― Osama bin Chinese (gyac), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:26 (one year ago) link
Amazing, simply amazing.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:27 (one year ago) link
Camilla doing a much better job at this stuff
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:28 (one year ago) link
So the Duchy of Lancaster passes to Charles, and that of Cornwall to Prince William. Did they observe proper protocol, which is to pass the duchy on the left-hand side?
― the floor is guava (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:29 (one year ago) link
He probably thinks hating pens makes him seem down to earth
― You can't spell Fearless without Earle (President Keyes), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:29 (one year ago) link
xpost This generationRules the nation
― You can't spell Fearless without Earle (President Keyes), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:30 (one year ago) link
Ps the amount of people going WELL HE’S JUST LOST HIS MUM as though the guy didn’t literally give interviews saying he was “running out of time”.
― Osama bin Chinese (gyac), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:31 (one year ago) link
All true heads of state use Sharpies.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:35 (one year ago) link
Fucking pens, how do they work?
― nickn, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:37 (one year ago) link
the most amazing video I've watched this year
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 18:40 (one year ago) link
I was working at a recruitment company in Piccadilly when the Queen Mother died, and even before her funeral, the staff were on the phone asking if we had vacancies for cooks, dressers, gardeners, you name it. They were all about to be made homeless. https://t.co/zLSH592cXW— Elvis Buñuelo (@Mr_Considerate) September 13, 2022
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 13 September 2022 20:07 (one year ago) link
The Duke of York will be a Counsellor of State for the new king. pic.twitter.com/qZPdhjwUjM— PoliticsJOE (@PoliticsJOE_UK) September 14, 2022
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 10:10 (one year ago) link
You know what, this is a fair point. Does Charles not bleed? does he not weep at the moonlight? Does his heart not soar when listening to Coldplay? He is one of Us, a flawed, scared sack of bones trying to make the best of existence on this rainy fascist island https://t.co/XKs34NkeD7— Y (@tinshh) September 14, 2022
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 14:56 (one year ago) link
King Charles, died 2022 by literally not being able to breathe for being criticised
― You can't spell Fearless without Earle (President Keyes), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 15:05 (one year ago) link
I'm curious about how the 2 videos of Charles looking grumpy got released. Leaked by a disgruntled member of staff?
― cajunsunday, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 15:12 (one year ago) link
can't have 24-7 adoring rolling coverage if you keep binning the material
also i'm guessing there wasn't a need until now to have a full-time tantrum editor keeping a watchful eye, his mum was a seasoned professional who self-edited like a beast -- while her son is a self-important crank weirdo who thinks he knows everything and badly wants to be as beloved but is also angrily terrified he never will be (clue: he never will be)
― mark s, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 15:39 (one year ago) link
i also think there's a strong dose of "at last i can be myself!" -- he's spent like forty years biting his lip to not blurt -- and he's discovering this is not going to play at all well, the uninterrupted performance of low-key naturalness is harder work than it looked! turns out laurens van der post doesn't prepare one!
― mark s, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 15:44 (one year ago) link
its true the queen was a real pro she encountered tens of thousands of people in her role and seemingly all of them were like she was gracious she asked me about myself and seemed to actually care credit where its due
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 16:12 (one year ago) link
throwing multiple public fits about pens in your first week on the job is pretty far on the other end of the spectrum
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 16:14 (one year ago) link
each finger segment a Fall Guy, racing to drown itself in the inkwell
― look like Farley smoke like Marley (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 16:30 (one year ago) link
Is there going to be a separate ten day mourning period to mourn the crowning of Charles
― i eat ass with a knife and fork (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 16:34 (one year ago) link
He's already causing trouble with the royalty of other nations
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Conversations_with_Queen.jpg
― You can't spell Fearless without Earle (President Keyes), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 16:38 (one year ago) link
Reading the Wikipedia page for Diana’s funeral (which I didn’t watch)
Alastair Campbell later revealed in his diaries that the government and the royal household feared for the security of Prince Charles, believing that he would possibly get attacked by the crowd, thus they ensured that he would be accompanied by his sons. Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, initially opposed the idea of William and Harry taking part in the funeral procession, but ultimately decided to walk besides them, telling his grandsons "I'll walk if you walk."William later described the experience as "one of the hardest things I've ever done", and Harry mentioned no child "should be asked to do" what they did. Nevertheless, William saw the act as a necessity to maintain "balance between duty and family" and Harry said that he was "very glad" that he took part in the procession.
― Osama bin Chinese (gyac), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 16:55 (one year ago) link
In other words everyone knew it was brutally wrong but they did it anyway because of the tampon thing.
― born on the bayeux (Matt #2), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 16:59 (one year ago) link
thoughts and prayers
Less than two months after Buckingham Palace confirmed King Charles III was diagnosed with cancer, sources exclusively reveal to In Touch that the king is battling pancreatic cancer and has been given two years to live.While the royal family has kept tight-lipped about the specifics of Charles’ illness, including the type of cancer he has, a source exclusively confirms to In Touch that the king’s diagnosis is known to be an open secret among royal staffers.“Many courtiers believe Charles’ cancer is worse than they’re making it out to be,” a second insider adds. “Even before the diagnosis, there were concerns about his health."
― memphis milano: the new trend of the 80s (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 30 March 2024 16:21 (three weeks ago) link
come on i can't wait two years for an extra bank holiday
― Bitchin Doutai (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 30 March 2024 16:33 (three weeks ago) link
Ouch, that's one of the worst cancers to get iirc
― The Prime of the Ancient Minister (Tom D.), Saturday, 30 March 2024 16:33 (three weeks ago) link
What's In Touch?
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 30 March 2024 16:36 (three weeks ago) link
^ out of touch
― memphis milano: the new trend of the 80s (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 30 March 2024 16:41 (three weeks ago) link
2 years might be optimistic - it is usually incurable and when the end comes it comes quickly
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 30 March 2024 16:44 (three weeks ago) link
He might even win some sympathy over this. Too bad he has such a grossly unsympathetic personality. The problem with being heir to a throne is it leads to an all-pervasive sense of entitlement.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 30 March 2024 17:31 (three weeks ago) link
er
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 30 March 2024 17:32 (three weeks ago) link
What's _In Touch_?
― Slorg is not on the Slerf Team, you idiot, you moron (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 30 March 2024 17:50 (three weeks ago) link
sorry that was a typo, it was supposed to read According to Zing Touch…
― The Yellow Kid, Saturday, 30 March 2024 19:37 (three weeks ago) link
It's time for a return to old-style king-naming. I look forward to the reign of King William the Bald.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Sunday, 31 March 2024 14:37 (three weeks ago) link
ivar the boneless and olaf the flashywere a very notorious couple of kings
― mark s, Sunday, 31 March 2024 15:05 (three weeks ago) link
Harald Bluetooth would often stay rooted to the same spot in his great hall
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 31 March 2024 15:30 (three weeks ago) link
Ivar the Boneless one of the few monarchs to have a KFC meal deal named in his honour
― Bitchin Doutai (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 31 March 2024 15:51 (three weeks ago) link
don’t forget æthelred the zinger tower
― subpost master (wins), Sunday, 31 March 2024 16:01 (three weeks ago) link
Pancreatic cancer was the same thing that killed Steve jobs. Charles seems like the kind of person to try the same treatment (nuts and berries etc).
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 31 March 2024 20:02 (three weeks ago) link
nuts and buried morelike
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Sunday, 31 March 2024 23:16 (three weeks ago) link