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Meltdown99Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
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Anyone see this.  The Royal family were concerned with how dark Archies skin would be...

who knew the royals were racist ... just shocking.

what a bunch of leeches.  At least Harry got the fuck out of that mob...
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,491
    Yeah my jaw dropped at that one.

    Watching the Crown and I can see how the people behind the throne actually run the show and not the royals themselves.  Like GOT and the Eunich.
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,565
    edited March 2021
    Naive to think the same wouldn't be thought or even not be stopped from uttered in a high percentage of "normal (white) folks" homes. I don't see this being some unique thing because they are the Royal family. 

    Saw that Harry has said, via Oprah, he wants people to know it was not his grandfather or grandmother who said it.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,491
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Naive to think the same wouldn't be thought or even not be stopped from uttered in a high percentage of "normal (white) folks" homes. I don't see this being some unique thing because they are the Royal family. 

    Saw that Harry has said, via Oprah, he wants people to know it was not his grandfather or grandmother who said it.
    They both wouldn't out whom said it in knowing it would ruin them...
  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Naive to think the same wouldn't be thought or even not be stopped from uttered in a high percentage of "normal (white) folks" homes. I don't see this being some unique thing because they are the Royal family. 

    Saw that Harry has said, via Oprah, he wants people to know it was not his grandfather or grandmother who said it.
    You are free to start a thread on “normal white households and racism”.   I assume this includes
      “YOU”.
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Yeah my jaw dropped at that one.

    Watching the Crown and I can see how the people behind the throne actually run the show and not the royals themselves.  Like GOT and the Eunich.
    I am not really surprised.  I have not much respect for countries that hang onto to those symbols of how to leech off a society.  I want Canada to decolonize from the UK...will never happen...but should happen.
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,917

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  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,482
    Meltdown99 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Naive to think the same wouldn't be thought or even not be stopped from uttered in a high percentage of "normal (white) folks" homes. I don't see this being some unique thing because they are the Royal family. 

    Saw that Harry has said, via Oprah, he wants people to know it was not his grandfather or grandmother who said it.
    You are free to start a thread on “normal white households and racism”.   I assume this includes
      “YOU”.
    Why does he need to start a thread on that?  Why not ask what he meant by “a high percentage” before accusing him of being racist and part of that group? 
  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    mace1229 said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Naive to think the same wouldn't be thought or even not be stopped from uttered in a high percentage of "normal (white) folks" homes. I don't see this being some unique thing because they are the Royal family. 

    Saw that Harry has said, via Oprah, he wants people to know it was not his grandfather or grandmother who said it.
    You are free to start a thread on “normal white households and racism”.   I assume this includes
      “YOU”.
    Why does he need to start a thread on that?  Why not ask what he meant by “a high percentage” before accusing him of being racist and part of that group? 
    Because the thread is about the cast off royals....
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,565
    Meltdown99 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Naive to think the same wouldn't be thought or even not be stopped from uttered in a high percentage of "normal (white) folks" homes. I don't see this being some unique thing because they are the Royal family. 

    Saw that Harry has said, via Oprah, he wants people to know it was not his grandfather or grandmother who said it.
    You are free to start a thread on “normal white households and racism”.   I assume this includes
      “YOU”.
    I fail to see the point of your post.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • ZodZod Posts: 10,657
    Didn't watch it, but I always assumed it would suck to be a Royal.  You have wealth, but it's not really yours.  You ended up spending your whole life being a slave to the crown.  Good on a few of them to gtfo.
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,025
    Monarchy is ridiculous.  It is 2021 and they still have this charade.  Does it really bring in that much tourism $$$?  Perhaps.  


  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,565
    edited March 2021
    bootlegger10 said:
    Monarchy is ridiculous.  It is 2021 and they still have this charade.  Does it really bring in that much tourism $$$?  Perhaps.  


    Regarding Sweden, here there has always been that argument that the cost isn't much compared to how much it helps market Sweden regarding both tourism and Sweden as a brand.
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,491
    bootlegger10 said:
    Monarchy is ridiculous.  It is 2021 and they still have this charade.  Does it really bring in that much tourism $$$?  Perhaps.  


    I didn't watch the Diana wedding.  I didn't watch either Princes weddings but I have respect for them.  They were constantly reported on doing random acts of kindness and helping people out, being human.

    I give zero F's about the crown and thought it was funny when Harry asked if Meghan knew how to curtsey.  "But it's your grandmother?!?"  "No, it's the QUEEN of England!"  That cracked me up.
  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,482
    edited March 2021
    Meltdown99 said:
    mace1229 said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Naive to think the same wouldn't be thought or even not be stopped from uttered in a high percentage of "normal (white) folks" homes. I don't see this being some unique thing because they are the Royal family. 

    Saw that Harry has said, via Oprah, he wants people to know it was not his grandfather or grandmother who said it.
    You are free to start a thread on “normal white households and racism”.   I assume this includes
      “YOU”.
    Why does he need to start a thread on that?  Why not ask what he meant by “a high percentage” before accusing him of being racist and part of that group? 
    Because the thread is about the cast off royals....
    The thread title says it’s about the interview with Oprah. And saying that he believes more white people feel the same way as the Royal institution as discussed in the interview than what you probably think not only isn’t related to this thread about said interview, but also makes him racist? I have to disagree on both accounts.
    I also disagree with SC, I don’t think a high percentage of white people feel that way. But that doesn’t make him racist.
    Post edited by mace1229 on
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    me over here not caring about the royals.


    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    me over here not caring about the royals.


    Ha. You and me both. I just don’t get all the hoopla and mania surrounding the lot of them. 
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,565
    Is the british Royal Family a big thing in the US?
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Is the british Royal Family a big thing in the US?
    They are. Either people are fascinated with them or the media believes we’re fascinated them and give the people what they want.

    I think it’s likely both. 
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,917
    edited March 2021
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Is the british Royal Family a big thing in the US?
    A big thing? I don't think so. A group of British celebrities that everyone in the U.S. is familiar with would be more accurate. 

    I know Diana and Charles were tabloid fodder in the 90's. And women here like to watch their royal weddings. If anything, they're known here more as as a strange (and to some, interesting) family than they people of importance. They're more Kardashian than Biden is what I'm trying to say. 
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,491
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Is the british Royal Family a big thing in the US?
    A big thing? I don't think so. A group of British celebrities that everyone in the U.S. is familiar with would be more accurate. 

    I know Diana and Charles were tabloid fodder in the 90's. And women here like to watch their royal weddings. If anything, they're known here more as as a strange (and to some, interesting) family than they people of importance. They're more Kardashian than Biden is what I'm trying to say. 
    There are throngs of Royals followers.  They are a big deal, hell they made a trading card set of the Prince William and Kate wedding.

    People take them seriously where as I do not.
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,917
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Is the british Royal Family a big thing in the US?
    A big thing? I don't think so. A group of British celebrities that everyone in the U.S. is familiar with would be more accurate. 

    I know Diana and Charles were tabloid fodder in the 90's. And women here like to watch their royal weddings. If anything, they're known here more as as a strange (and to some, interesting) family than they people of importance. They're more Kardashian than Biden is what I'm trying to say. 
    There are throngs of Royals followers.  They are a big deal, hell they made a trading card set of the Prince William and Kate wedding.

    People take them seriously where as I do not.
    I guess I, and people I converse with, just don't fit the Royal Follower demographic. 
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  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,482
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Is the british Royal Family a big thing in the US?
    A big thing? I don't think so. A group of British celebrities that everyone in the U.S. is familiar with would be more accurate. 

    I know Diana and Charles were tabloid fodder in the 90's. And women here like to watch their royal weddings. If anything, they're known here more as as a strange (and to some, interesting) family than they people of importance. They're more Kardashian than Biden is what I'm trying to say. 
    I was thinking the same thing, that they are like the Kardashians, before I read your post.
    They're celebrities. The wedding got major coverage. Major announcements like babies get big coverage, but you don't hear about them daily, only when a story breaks. I don't get it. I couldn't care less about a royal family. I couldn't even tell you what the point of their monarchy is with having a Prime Minister. 
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,491
    mace1229 said:
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Is the british Royal Family a big thing in the US?
    A big thing? I don't think so. A group of British celebrities that everyone in the U.S. is familiar with would be more accurate. 

    I know Diana and Charles were tabloid fodder in the 90's. And women here like to watch their royal weddings. If anything, they're known here more as as a strange (and to some, interesting) family than they people of importance. They're more Kardashian than Biden is what I'm trying to say. 
    I was thinking the same thing, that they are like the Kardashians, before I read your post.
    They're celebrities. The wedding got major coverage. Major announcements like babies get big coverage, but you don't hear about them daily, only when a story breaks. I don't get it. I couldn't care less about a royal family. I couldn't even tell you what the point of their monarchy is with having a Prime Minister. 
    Their tentacles seem to stretch out pretty far.
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,565
    Do Germans love the british or the swedish royal family the most @JPPJ84 ?
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • JPPJ84JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Do Germans love the british or the swedish royal family the most @JPPJ84 ?
    Hmm... both have German lineage... I‘ll have to make a survey ;)
  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,482
    tempo_n_groove said:
    mace1229 said:
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Is the british Royal Family a big thing in the US?
    A big thing? I don't think so. A group of British celebrities that everyone in the U.S. is familiar with would be more accurate. 

    I know Diana and Charles were tabloid fodder in the 90's. And women here like to watch their royal weddings. If anything, they're known here more as as a strange (and to some, interesting) family than they people of importance. They're more Kardashian than Biden is what I'm trying to say. 
    I was thinking the same thing, that they are like the Kardashians, before I read your post.
    They're celebrities. The wedding got major coverage. Major announcements like babies get big coverage, but you don't hear about them daily, only when a story breaks. I don't get it. I couldn't care less about a royal family. I couldn't even tell you what the point of their monarchy is with having a Prime Minister. 
    Their tentacles seem to stretch out pretty far.
    World wide I'd agree they are a bigger deal than the Kardashians. But here within the states, I'd say its probably equal as far as daily media, celebrity status or fascination. The exception being funerals, weddings and babies, those are still bigger events here but those only happens once every few years on average.
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,053
    My recollection is that the obsession with the Royals (outside of KC) here in the US started with Diana and the royal wedding to Charles. I could be wrong, maybe it has been going on longer, Wobbie could tell us about whether Americans had an obsession with Queen Victoria or King George III. I think the whole fairy tale story of a commoner becoming a princess captured the public's imagination.
    And the Diana obsession has carried over to her 2 sons and their marriages/families.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,491
    Poncier said:
    My recollection is that the obsession with the Royals (outside of KC) here in the US started with Diana and the royal wedding to Charles. I could be wrong, maybe it has been going on longer, Wobbie could tell us about whether Americans had an obsession with Queen Victoria or King George III. I think the whole fairy tale story of a commoner becoming a princess captured the public's imagination.
    And the Diana obsession has carried over to her 2 sons and their marriages/families.
    Princess Diana was not a comoner.
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,053
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Poncier said:
    My recollection is that the obsession with the Royals (outside of KC) here in the US started with Diana and the royal wedding to Charles. I could be wrong, maybe it has been going on longer, Wobbie could tell us about whether Americans had an obsession with Queen Victoria or King George III. I think the whole fairy tale story of a commoner becoming a princess captured the public's imagination.
    And the Diana obsession has carried over to her 2 sons and their marriages/families.
    Princess Diana was not a comoner.
    Well she wasn't of royal lineage.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • FiveBelowFiveBelow Posts: 1,294
    I’m just here to see if anyone has cashed in on their princess Diana beanie baby yet.
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