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Post by cato on Sept 9, 2022 18:22:05 GMT
The late great Elizabeth ii died peacefully yesterday. She was the last remaining leader with a direct link with the historic generation that fought Nazi tyranny in world war ii.
Au unassuming Christian monarch who embodied duty and who carried out her imparial constitutional role faithfully she stood head and shoulders above the leaders of our time. I am not a monarchist (nor a Republican) but I deeply admired the quiet little woman who worked right up to the end.
Semper fideles.
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Post by Séamus on Sept 11, 2022 11:37:57 GMT
The late great Elizabeth ii died peacefully yesterday. She was the last remaining leader with a direct link with the historic generation that fought Nazi tyranny in world war ii. Au unassuming Christian monarch who embodied duty and who carried out her imparial constitutional role faithfully she stood head and shoulders above the leaders of our time. I am not a monarchist (nor a Republican) but I deeply admired the quiet little woman who worked right up to the end. Semper fideles. Scotland and it's chapels,rather than England, being the original centre of events adds an indelible historical twist to the history. A lot of the pageantry so far had always been in the ready;I wonder how much of the eventual coronation,if and when it takes place, might Charles3 have a say in, will he strip back any historical ceremony or protocol? From the time of his own installation as Prince of Wales in the '60s there's been some thrust to modernise, resisted by lesser (but never less-interesting) aristocracy, with Earl Snowdon famously asking at a rehearsal,"(Knight) Garter darling, can we be a bit more elastic?". Without knowing much about the historical precedent though, I was a bit surprised that a European princess (niece of the reigning King of Belgium) went ahead with her wedding on Saturday. One noticeable feature of Elizabeth's coronation photos is the use of sable or ermine fur. One feature definately up for review? |
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Sept 12, 2022 8:26:32 GMT
The late great Elizabeth ii died peacefully yesterday. She was the last remaining leader with a direct link with the historic generation that fought Nazi tyranny in world war ii. Au unassuming Christian monarch who embodied duty and who carried out her imparial constitutional role faithfully she stood head and shoulders above the leaders of our time. I am not a monarchist (nor a Republican) but I deeply admired the quiet little woman who worked right up to the end. Semper fideles. Scotland and it's chapels,rather than England, being the original centre of events adds an indelible historical twist to the history. A lot of the pageantry so far had always been in the ready;I wonder how much of the eventual coronation,if and when it takes place, might Charles3 have a say in, will he strip back any historical ceremony or protocol? From the time of his own installation as Prince of Wales in the '60s there's been some thrust to modernise, resisted by lesser (but never less-interesting) aristocracy, with Earl Snowdon famously asking at a rehearsal,"(Knight) Garter darling, can we be a bit more elastic?". Without knowing much about the historical precedent though, I was a bit surprised that a European princess (niece of the reigning King of Belgium) went ahead with her wedding on Saturday. One noticeable feature of Elizabeth's coronation photos is the use of sable or ermine fur. One feature definately up for review? I'm a monarchist of the constitutional variety precisely because I envy the British their monarchy. When monarchs had actual power it was a different story, but I agree with what my dyed-in-the-wool Irish republican father used to say: "The British would be mad to get rid of their monarch". Charles's modernism is quite selective. Architecturally he is an anti-modernist and I believe he is also a conservative when it comes to liturgy. |
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Post by Tomas on Sept 12, 2022 20:38:51 GMT
I remember once naively asking an Englishman, Anglican priest and well into C.S. Lewis, what Prince Charles and the Royals "were like" (as if he would know it somehow from the inner side!) and after some short thought received an answer that perhaps succinctly came close to truth. The one key word was: (perhaps, a bit?) chauvinistic. I admired his manners in the few official tv glimpses there was, and also liked his paintings. So much that I bought one printed card on an early visit to the UK!
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