Queen's Jubilee River Pageant

[blunomore]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...il-Thames-glorious-Jubilee-river-pageant.html

I do not approve of a monarchy, but it seems her own (British) people love her.

 

[daveza]

Bloody marvellous pageant.

Nobody does them like the Brits.

 

[Fazda]

I watched it on and off for the whole day yesterday - brilliant!

 

[ShaunSA]

The queens must have been glued to the screen

 

[Haldex]

Switched between tennis, looked like a massive turnout.
Rain killed it, but what do you expect in London lol!

 

[LazyLion]

 

[techead]

what a load of cr@p, srsly

 

[daveza]

what a load of cr@p, srsly

Because .... ?

 

[agerbon]

what a load of cr@p, srsly

Indeed.

 

[techead]

Because .... ?

watching a thousand boats row down a river at 6km/h

riveting stuff, really.

(each to their own)

 

[bwana]

I remember years ago when the Queen et al came to visit our school for its quatercentenary - the whole town lined up on the streets just to catch a glimpse of the Royals.

 

[JungleBoy]

watching a thousand boats row down a river at 6km/h

riveting stuff, really.

(each to their own)

Yep..I would rather go watch topless maidens at a reed dance

 

[web]

Seriously the brits are in deep shcit financially and then they go waste a whole heap of money on some old broad who dresses funny??? and we moan about our govermint wasting money on unessential parties

 

[w1z4rd]

Seriously the brits are in deep shcit financially and then they go waste a whole heap of money on some old broad who dresses funny??? and we moan about our govermint wasting money on unessential parties

I was under the impression that the royal family paid for this... ?

 

[daveza]

The costs for the River Pageant will be covered by the Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation. The Foundation is a privately funded charitable trust which aims to raise funds for charitable projects that have a link to The Queen and her Diamond Jubilee, with a particular focus on areas such as the Commonwealth, youth and education, as well as supporting the wider charitable sector.

Happier now ?

I don't recall a million people turning up to support the ANC at one of their parties.

 

[techead]

Yep..I would rather go watch topless maidens at a reed dance

I would rather watch paint dry.

 

[web]

Happier now ?

does it really matter who paid for it ? It is still a waste of money.

 

[w1z4rd]

does it really matter who paid for it ? It is still a waste of money.

Well it does matter who paid for it...

 

[techead]

does it really matter who paid for it ? It is still a waste of money.

well if they (the Royals) wanna waste their money on boats going down a river, I guess its up to them.

doubt they gonna pay for the financial impact of the bank holiday they declared for tomorrow

 

[daveza]

does it really matter who paid for it ? It is still a waste of money.

That's like saying the Olympics or the World Cup soccer are a waste of money.