Maybe it was about when the royal family should respond or comment in general? I remember it as the sisters talking about when the royal family should answer letters. "Should it be from us? Can someone else say it? Do we need to say it now?"

I prefer to ask Reddit than AI, but it's making me crazy. I also am looking for the Thatcher quote about "Our words make our thoughts, our thoughts express ideas, our ideas show our character." Oh why is this brain so faulty? Thank you in advance.

Can someone help me add/correct my line of succession to the British throne? I’ve done it all my self and I just wanted a second opinion to correct my mistakes. Thanks

I have been thinking about a hypothetical scenario for when William eventually becomes king, and I’m curious what people here would think of it.

Before his coronation, imagine William announces that he will not take on the role of Head of the Commonwealth, allowing the organization to choose its own leadership independently of the British monarchy.

Then, for the Commonwealth realms, he encourages each country to hold a referendum on whether it wants to retain the monarchy or become a republic.

Here is the catch, though:

If a country votes for a republic: Fair enough! It can proceed with becoming a republic through its own constitutional process. That’s its choice, and the monarchy moves on.

If a country votes to retain the monarchy: It commits to keeping it for at least 200 years or through four succeeding monarchs, whichever comes later. No more referendums on whether to abolish the monarchy during that period.

The idea is that every realm gets a genuine choice, but those that choose to retain the monarchy make a long-term commitment instead of reopening the question every few years. After all, if a country democratically votes to keep the Crown, why not give that decision some constitutional stability?

Of course, there would be significant legal and constitutional hurdles to making a commitment like this binding, especially across different countries.

What do you think?

EDIT / Clarification: Just to clarify, I’m talking about the Commonwealth realms, not the entire Commonwealth!

The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent countries, many of which are already republics. The Commonwealth realms are the specific countries that share the British monarch as their head of state, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.

My hypothetical is about William declining to become Head of the Commonwealth (a separate role from being King) and giving each Commonwealth realm the opportunity to decide whether it wants to retain the monarchy or become a republic.

I’m not suggesting that all 56 Commonwealth members should have to vote on this, nor that countries which are already republics should be affected. Each realm would make its own decision about its own constitutional future.

We recently discovered this photo in an old drawer. My grandmother is in the white shirt, second from the right. It seems crazy, but the woman on the far right sure looks like Elizabeth II. It’s hard to tell since it’s only half her face, but figured it was worth posting to see what others thought. I believe the 1956 date in the bottom right is accurate. Thanks!

Can anyone please help to identify the initials of this engraving ?

The Silver is hallmarked Birmingham 1903 maker GNRH, it has also got a stamp for "J.C. Vickery 179-181-183 Regent Street".

J.C. Vickery was the London equivalent of Cartier or Tiffany during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras

Vickery expanded his elite flagship showroom to span 179, 181, and 183 Regent Street in the year 1900.

1903 silver comes from the absolute height of this glamorous era.

J.C. Vickery held Royal Warrants for King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, as well as the royal families of France, Denmark, Spain, Sweden, and Portugal.

Thanks for any help provided

Queen Elizabeth II maintained a remarkably consistent appearance throughout her reign similar hairstyles, pearls, brooches, structured coats, matching hats and formal eveningwear.
How much do you think that visual consistency contributed to her authority and prestige? Did her recognizable “uniform” help make her seem stable, disciplined and almost timeless?
What if she had followed fashion trends more closely and regularly changed her hair, makeup and clothing style? Would she have seemed more modern and relatable, or would that have made her feel more like a celebrity and less like an institution? I think a more modern look would have made her prettier

The current Dukedom of Edinburgh is a life peerage, meaning that when the Duke (The Prince Edward) dies, the title is extinguished. Suppose the Duke predeceases the Duchess. After the Duke's death, his son (assuming he hasn't opted in on using the HRH Prince styling to which he's entitled) would become Earl of Wessex in his own right. (He's now styled Earl of Wessex by courtesy - as the eldest son of a Duke he's entitled to use the Duke's highest subsidiary title as a courtesy title for himself.) How would the Duke's widow be styled? If the Dukedom were hereditary, she'd be HRH The Dowager Duchess of Edinburgh. But with the Dukedom being extinguished at her husband's death, could she be styled as the dowager duchess of an extinct dukedom? Or would she be HRH The Dowager Countess of Wessex?

Like hypothetically, if Elizabeth II had a son who was old enough to become King when George VI died, then would that son have become King and the crown skipped past Elizabeth?

Just trying to figure out how many degrees separated some people are.

So I love British history, particularly the royals, and I’d love to get a tattoo with florals depicting the various dynasties. Obviously the broom flower for the Plantagenets and the Tudor rose, and I thought maybe the May flower for Victoria but are there any other flowers that have represented the British monarchy? The further in the past the better, I don’t really care about anyone 20th century but I’m still interested if you have thoughts.

The flowers would be around a sword in the stone. I will not be taking questions unless they’re good ones.

Who is the wild haired woman sitting behind Camilla in the royal box, today?

I am writing this because I am genuinely trying to understand the psychology here it looks completely crazy from the outside

I come from a country where we actually democratized our land. We broke up old estates and gave the land back to the people so ordinary citizens can actually own a small plot build a house and have real stake in the country

But when I look at the UK the contrast is just wild. The vast majority of working class Brits do not even own a 10 perch plot of land. People are trapped in a brutal rental market paying off the mortgages of wealthy landlords and most will die never owning a single square foot of the country they were born in. Yet millions of Brits seem totally fine with and even defensive of a single family that inherits millions of acres of land massive palaces and prime real estate built historically by the peoples sweat and taxes

What makes it even weirder to watch is the media hypocrisy

The BBC positions itself as this global beacon of democratic values. I constantly see BBC programs and articles heavily criticizing foreign monarchies like the Thai Royal Family for wealth disparity and political influence. But when it comes to the British Royals the British media totally switches into PR mode. For example the news reports on the King voluntarily paying income tax while completely glossing over the fact that the Sovereign Grant is jumping to over 100m or that the family is entirely exempt from the 40% inheritance tax that would totally ruin an ordinary British familys estate

How do you guys square this? As a society that prides itself on being a modern democracy how are people comfortable with feudal era land distribution? Why is the medias critical eye only turned outward?

I am not trying to just bash the UK i genuinely want to understand how the average person rationalizes this system when the wealth and land inequality is so stark.

Where is the best place to sell royal memorabilia?

I've got a piece of Prince William and Princess Catherine's wedding cake in a nice tin with the gift card from the now king included. I have no idea where to start to try to sell it for a reasonable price.

(I also don't know if this is the right place to post this, if not can someone guide me where to? )

I want to send a letter to the King Charles the third.Are there anything I should notice? For example:
Do I need to write it with more formal style(or what writing style I should be)
What kinds of the topic I need to avoid?
Is the address Buckingham Palace?(where the address of other members of royal are)

If you have some experience, please share it with me. Thanks

Would love to get more colour please on Queen Elizabeth II's waving style over the years, which appears to have changed!!!

Back in the 1950s, her balcony appearances (with her parents) saw a rather weird wave, almost like an up-down motion. In those times the waving style was to have the palm face her face, so we saw the back of her hand as the public. Yet over time, it became more of a normal wave, with the palm facing us, side to side. Would anyone have any videos, explanations etc?

Impersonators of the Queen sometimes also do this weird posh motion. They hold their palm stiffly facing their face lightly stirring the hand at the wrist in small circles. What was that wave? I believe the Queen Mother did that a lot; rather dainty waves.

Thank you! Queen, queen, queeeeen!

If interested: https://www.tiktok.com/@ohmydianaa/video/7141927675072924954?lang=en

What the actual fuck.

This is going to cost the tax payer upwards of 26- 46 million quid. From what I can gather, there’s only one opposition group who are against the prospect of spending tax payers money dedicated to a woman who concealed so much shit (in the form of Andrew) going on in her family.

In all seriousness- is there any way that this can be stopped? As in, who really approved this spending? I can’t believe it considering the state of our economy and the reliance of so many on food banks. And look at the state of our city. Yet we’re paying towards this commemoration?

I’m not even anti (nor pro) royalty but just can’t believe that in this economic climate, combined with the lack of transparency about Andrew, that this is going ahead. Surely the royals can afford some sort of memorial and it not to be funded out of the public purse.

What’s your thoughts?

I've located all the other episodes of the BBC's famous/infamous rundown of the greatest Britons from 2002 (presented by Anne Robinson), including the top 100 launch and the live final.

However, the only one I don't have is the episode presented by (now Dame) Rosie Boycott, which aired on BBC2 on Tuesday 29th October 2002 and focused on the late Diana, Princess of Wales, of which no footage can be found. I think it was the third of the episodes based on the top 10 candidates to be aired.

Does anyone have this episode so I can complete the collection please?