Inbred Rich People: The Royalty Thread

[charmedhour]

Sept 9, 2022 1:08:29 GMT kittylady said:

Sept 9, 2022 0:57:23 GMT albatross said:

I just don't have a lot of faith in her family. I really hope they go to someone that will love them and care for them.

All of them have dogs already. Princess Anne has English Bull Terriers, the King (I had to think before typing that!) and Queen Consort have Jack Russells, William and Kate have spaniels, Harry and Meghan have a Labrador and beagles, Andrew has Norfolk Terriers and Prince Edward and his wife Sophie have a Labrador and a spaniel (and a tortoise, apparently). I'm sure that the Queen's dogs will be fine.

(I'm not a Royal dog expert, I Googled it for you).

I read awhile back that one of Princess Anne's EBTs killed one of the Queen's corgis.  It's not uncommon for EBTs to be other animal unfriendly (breed issue) unless it's animals in the pack when they already joined.  We dealt with the same issue with our Max.  

I have this feeling that pups are going to stay right where they are, with staff taking care of them.  IIRC, she had begun downsizing her pack over the years for this very reason.  I read elsewhere they believe Andrew will take the dogs since he gifted all 4 to her.

[kittylady]

Sept 9, 2022 1:36:19 GMT o0amber0o said:

I remember feeling so sad for her when her last corgi passed and she said she wouldn't be getting another one.

Obviously she was quite active and coherent in her old age which was great but I hate the thought of anyone (or myself) having to give up things you enjoy in life just because you're essentially waiting to die.

Depressing.

She did get more corgis (Fergus and Muick) in the end and was walking them herself twice a day up until last year. I guess that when you have had a lifetime of dogs it can be very hard to be without them.


Also anyone who was hoping for Charles to abdicate in favour of Bill and Kathy will be sorely disappointed. In his first speech as Monarch King Charles gave the same vow as his mother to serve until the end of his life.



And in case anyone was wondering what era we have entered now that the Second Elizabethan Age has ended, we are now in the Third Carolean Age/Era.

[waterslide]

I just happened to see this. Those dogs are too good for Andrew.

The Queen's dogs were her beloved companions. What will happen to them now?
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN

Updated 11:17 AM ET, Fri September 9, 2022
Buckingham Palace released this official photo by Annie Leibowitz in April 2016 to mark the Queen's 90th birthday. She is pictured with four of her dogs: clockwise from top left Willow (corgi), Vulcan (dorgi), Candy (dorgi) and Holly (corgi).
Buckingham Palace released this official photo by Annie Leibowitz in April 2016 to mark the Queen's 90th birthday. She is pictured with four of her dogs: clockwise from top left Willow (corgi), Vulcan (dorgi), Candy (dorgi) and Holly (corgi).
London (CNN)When Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, died on Thursday at the age of 96, she left behind not just her nation and family members but a gaggle of canine companions.

Throughout her long life, she was regularly photographed with a Welsh corgi at her feet -- a dog breed that became synonymous with the monarch.

Queen Elizabeth II is joined by one of her dogs, a dorgi called Candy, as she views a display of memorabilia from her Golden and Platinum Jubilees at Windsor Castle on February 4, 2022.

Queen Elizabeth II is joined by one of her dogs, a dorgi called Candy, as she views a display of memorabilia from her Golden and Platinum Jubilees at Windsor Castle on February 4, 2022.

But while every detail of what would happen following her death was minutely planned, little is known about what the future holds for her beloved pups, who will now be looking for new homes.

At the time of her passing, Queen Elizabeth is reported to have had four dogs.
According to the American Kennel Club, she had two Pembroke Welsh corgis, Muick and Sandy, as well as an older, mixed-breed "dorgi" called Candy. A cocker spaniel, Lissy, reportedly joined the gang in January this year.

The Queen was often credited with creating the dorgi breed when her corgi mated with a dachshund owned by her sister, Princess Margaret.

Joe Little, a royal biographer and managing editor of Majesty magazine, told CNN he believes the dogs will be cared for by royal staff before being adopted by Princess Anne and Prince Andrew.

"Princess Anne has had corgis of her own in the past," he explained. "The two most recent additions came from the Duke of York and his daughters, so perhaps they could go to him. It's unlikely that they'll be split up."

Clothes that rallied a nation: Queen Elizabeth II's fashion legacy
Clothes that rallied a nation: Queen Elizabeth II's fashion legacy
The Queen's passion for corgis dated back to her childhood, when she fell in love with her father King George VI's dog, Dookie. In 1944, on her 18th birthday, she was given a Pembroke Welsh corgi puppy named Susan. Such was her attachment to Susan, she reportedly took her on her honeymoon in 1947. Susan died in January 1959.

The monarch went on to own dozens of corgis in her lifetime. One, Willow, famously appeared alongside her in the James Bond sketch that she recorded for the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics.

When Willow was put to sleep at the age of 14, the Queen lost the last descendant of her original corgi, Susan.

According to Reader's Digest, the Queen had a fondness for corgis because of their "energy and untamed spirit."

www.cnn.com/2022/09/09/uk/queen-elizabeth-dogs-intl-scli-gbr/?dicbo=v2-c799660d36c915a8a71294d0ba8afa36&iid=ob_mobile_article_footer_expansion

[Sarzy]

^ Hopefully they'll be well cared for wherever they go. Preferably not to Andrew though.

It's weird to think of William and Kate as Prince and Princess of Wales now 

[sputnik]

Sept 9, 2022 17:42:21 GMT greysfang said:

As grandchildren of the sitting monarch, Archie and Lilibet are automatically Prince and Princess now. I assume Harry and Megan can decline the titles though.

www.cnn.com/2022/09/09/europe/prince-archie-princess-lilibet-royal-title-intl/index.html

and you know they'll get shit if they accept the titles and shit if they decline them too.

[greysfang]

Of course.

[constancespry]

[charmedhour]

TMZ is reporting Meghan has been told she is to not sit with the rest of the RF during funeral services.

[tulip]

Sept 9, 2022 4:03:46 GMT dolem said:

Sept 9, 2022 0:59:42 GMT greysfang said:

I still hate the fact that the sidepiece won.

Ehh, they've been married longer than Charles and Diana were and by all accounts seem to be happy with each other.  

The royal institution should have let Charles and Camilla marry in the first place.  

Agree -- they should have let them marry. The whole situation was such an ugly mess. 

I think if he had married anyone else and his wife was Queen Consort I'd be cool with it, but it does bug me that it's Camilla. 

[dolem]

Sept 9, 2022 19:43:26 GMT charmedhour said:

TMZ is reporting Meghan has been told she is to not sit with the rest of the RF during funeral services.

I'd be shocked if this was the case.  I can't imagine Charles would be that petty, it's his sons wife, she's part of the family regardless of all the hoopla.

Harry is 5th in line to the throne, it would look extremely bad on the RF if they did this.

[sputnik]

Sept 9, 2022 19:43:26 GMT charmedhour said:

TMZ is reporting Meghan has been told she is to not sit with the rest of the RF during funeral services.

if this is true she probably just shouldn't go. 
she's going to get shit whether she goes or not so she might as well spare herself the unpleasant experience. 

[Sarzy]

Where does it say that on TMZ? I can't see anything that suggests that. 

[czb]

not letting her sit with the RF would be low. i would be surprised if that were the case.

[waterslide]

Well, for one thing, it makes it sound like they're making her sit at the back of the bus. That is beyond fucked up, even for them and I sometimes feel like I'm the only one who remembers that the Queen actually liked Meghan at one point? Not here, but I feel like that every where else on the internet. But I haven't seen this story anywhere, either.

[czb]

listening to charles' tributes on tiktok. wow, he sounds SO MUCH like matt smith in the crown.