The reign of King Charles III of the United Kingdom

That’s a good one! :joy:

I loved the portrayal of Beatrice and Eugenie on the satirical sitcom The Windsors, where they were characterized as a sort of British version of clueless “valley girls”. The series ran before Charles ascended to the throne, so he was pretty mercilessly parodied, too, as a completely clueless environmental nutter! I mean, environmentalism is fine, but most of us don’t drive cars that run on Cabernet Sauvignon, or turn our gardens into a zoological nightmare of predatory creatures because we refuse to use pesticide on a few greenflies! :grin:

For the folk who may not be aware, in law, it is often said that consideration for a contract must be at least/more than a peppercorn. Meaning that you can exchange something of nominal value, but it still must be SOMETHING. Gotta admit, I’ve never heard of anyone actually exchanging a freaking peppercorn. Them wacky royals!

There’s that trope of the lawyer asking for a dollar and now they’re your attorney of record officially

I’d say no choice. All titles are absolute primogeniture effective immediately.

When I acquired a Morgan gelding from his previous owner, he was being given to me outright, but I insisted on drawing up a sale contract buying Commander “for one dollar in hand and other valuable consideration,” and actually handed the dollar bill over. I also gave the guy a right of first refusal if I ever wanted to cease owning the horse, even though we both knew I intended to be the horse’s last owner (and was). Dealing with what was essentially a gift horse so formally protected all three of us.

Of course, between working in legal support for decades, and being in the horse world long enough to see what can happen when horses change hands, I understood why all these hoops should be leaped through.

You didn’t look it in the mouth, I hope…?

Only when putting a bit in his mouth.

I can’t quite sort it all out, yet I just don’t like seeing “Andrew Mountbatten Windsor” even if that is what’s left of his fucking name.

Andrew (along with KCIII) are related to the last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, through both parents.

Also related to Kaiser Wilhelm II through Victoria.

Own that shit, all you Windsors (Anglicised from Battenberg). Today (Nov 9) is celebratory day. It’s clear Royalty and Rich People make it through Wars.

Fuck the “Mountbatten” for the good friend of Epstein. Call him Andy,

Well, he’s DEFINITELY not entitled to the royal we. :stuck_out_tongue:

Mountbatten is the anglicization of Battenberg.

Yes, Windsor was the emergency solution for the too German name of House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha after WWI broke out, so they took the name of one of their residencies.

From “The Simpsons”, “Dead Putting Society”, as a British guy is doing the play-by-play or colour for Bart and Todd’s miniature golf game, after they agree to a draw,

Forgive this Brit for crying, but this is the most stirring display of gallantry since Mountbatten gave India back to the Punjabs.

The (Formerly) Roysl Sex Monster?

The Andrew formerly known as Prince.

And this is unfortunate, if true:

The hits just keep on coming.

I have to wonder how much Liz in her later years was just shaking her head at the antics of her brood, versus working tirelessly to keep the cats herded into some semblance of public silence and decorum.

What a useless article full of conjecture and no proof. The best I can make of it is Will and Kate might have a meal with her parents instead of Charles which it’s possible they also did last year.

But don’t you understand? It’s a coup! :roll_eyes:

I remember reading Lillian Carter had sometimes said to herself, when considering her children: “Lillian, maybe you should have stayed a virgin.”

Embarrassing shenanigans of Royal siblings and nephews/nieces are as old as the monarchy.