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about the royal wedding
I mean they seem like a nice couple but come on
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)No hostility, but no interest, either.
Phoenix61
(16,992 posts)with all the god awful news 24/7 some happily ever after, fairy tale stuff is nice.
maveric
(16,445 posts)Couldnt give a shit.
Glamrock
(11,787 posts)I could give a shit less. Being American means fuck your royalty as far as I'm concerned. But to each their own. I see the, alure of Prince's and Princess's. Just not my bag, ya know? I do wish them happiness though....
malaise
(268,635 posts)Don't give a shit - I have no interest in any royals or any more BS Cinderella stories.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)how the British press is being assholish about the whole thing.
And her father won't be showing up.
Kaleva
(36,238 posts)It's prince Harry and some woman from the US.
marble falls
(56,974 posts)MariaCSR
(642 posts)It's gonna be a sistah in the Royal Family!!! Whoo!!!
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts):fist bump:
Lochloosa
(16,057 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)When some of the very first representatives of subsaharan kingdoms were brought to Europe in the later 1400s, they were generally treated as emissaries of kings to kings. The betrayals of less powerfully militarized people soon began, of course, as discovery of the Americas quickly after created an enormous greed for labor.
And now we come, not full circle, but yet around.
To some degree this marriage into a European royal family can be seen, not just as change, but as a particularly poetic marker among many of the ending of a particularly nasty period of western history, from the late 1400s to late 1900s. (Not Africa's, unfortunately, since enslavement by other peoples began long before and continues, though tremendously diminished, to this day.)
All European nations had passed laws making slave trade illegal, then slavery itself, before we did in 1808 and then 1862, and the League of Nations made it official for western nations in the 1920s. This tragic era was extended, though, and of course, by its sequelae long past legal slavery itself into our own lifetimes.
And now this royal wedding. When I opened this thread, I had no plan to tune in, but now I think I will. It's really something we could all celebrate.
Cha
(296,726 posts)and they're about the environment and sustainability.
An American Actress and a Royal.. amazing life story.
I hope the Obamas are there, too.
3catwoman3
(23,939 posts)I just learned this while watching a "docudrama" about Harry and Meghan's courtship over the weekend - Queen Victoria's grandmother, on her father's side, was of biracial heritage, therefore, so are Queen Elizabeth, Charles, William, Harry and all the rest of QE's offspring - interesting.
https://aaregistry.org/story/englands-first-black-queen-sophie-charlotte-born/
mcar
(42,278 posts)Thanks.
MariaCSR
(642 posts)Vinca
(50,236 posts)And no, I'm not getting up at 5 a.m. to watch. Clips will suffice.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)And am wearing a hat ...
mcar
(42,278 posts)But will forgo the hat since I only have big straw things for the FL sun.
We need fascinators, Effie!
monmouth4
(9,685 posts)EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Demsrule86
(68,454 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,811 posts)Plus, they are going to have gorgeous children.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)To each his own ...
Demsrule86
(68,454 posts)EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Demsrule86
(68,454 posts)3catwoman3
(23,939 posts)just learned about Queen Charlotte. Here is a good link -
https://aaregistry.org/story/englands-first-black-queen-sophie-charlotte-born/
Codeine
(25,586 posts)about those useless parasites and whatever marital proceedings in which they may or may not be involved.
Demsrule86
(68,454 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)I do enjoy seeing some of my friends excited about it. Everyone could use a little comfort food right about now.
monmouth4
(9,685 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Its a staccato scream fest frenzy. Thank god the next wedding is a generation away. Ill surely be dead by then!
Leith
(7,807 posts)so it's hard to find a fuck to give.
lapfog_1
(29,189 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)The corporate media excels at diversion.
Siwsan
(26,241 posts)We all have events we enjoy watching. I don't judge or criticize people for their choices.
Soph0571
(9,685 posts).. however it is lovely witnessing all the right wing racists trying not to be racist about a black woman joining the royal family. I think I might have a drinking game Saturday based on how many times someone Describes Ms Merkhel as 'dusky' or 'exotic' I think I might get pissed!!!!
3catwoman3
(23,939 posts)....Queen Charlotte. Queen Victoria's paternal grandmother.
I just learned about her this past weekend -
https://aaregistry.org/story/englands-first-black-queen-sophie-charlotte-born/
Iggo
(47,534 posts)Sure, there's a million clickable stories on the internet, but I don't click on them.
So yeah, nice couple. But their upcoming wedding barely registers.
elfin
(6,262 posts)All the tradition, the links to the storied past etc. etc.
Must be a geezer chick thing.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,102 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)because I fear she's going to end up like Princess Diana. Hell, the media scrutiny and harassment have already caused her father to have a heart attack. He won't be walking her down the aisle. Fuck this 'royal' bullshit.
maryellen99
(3,785 posts)Meghan Markle has not only had to deal with the RW racist British press and public but also her dads kids from his first marriage. They have trashed in the press and are garbage. Her half brother actually wrote to Prince Harry and told him to call off the wedding because shes a jaded conceited American wholl make a joke of him and the BRF.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Diana was much younger, very sheltered and extraordinarily unprepared.
Meghan's got this.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)you are correct.
treestar
(82,383 posts)She is into working for causes. She met Harry that way unless I remember wrong. So she knows that life and wants to do it. And she is 35, not 19. I think she can deal with all of it as well as her husband to be and his family.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)one factor is the elephant in the room. I know that. And that's my worry.
treestar
(82,383 posts)my sister had read that she was willing to change and that she likes working for causes. She's the one who will be the duchess, anyone who disses her for being black is going to be the fool. She is more like Obama than Diana. Diana had all the white privilege in the world and then some and still wasn't the person for the job. Meghan sounds like the person for this job in spite of any racism.
trof
(54,256 posts)yes
kimbutgar
(21,036 posts)Need to watch something uplifting after dealing with all the shit going on in this country.
Biracial American women marrying a prince! Im biracial so its like a fairy tale I can live vicariously through.
mcar
(42,278 posts)I don't know why but I'm fascinated by the royals. I also think this generation is a good lot.
BlueTsunami2018
(3,480 posts)There are better things to trade that rats ass for.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)on the internets.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)I'm not going crazy scrambling to watch anything and everything this week, but I'm looking forward to watching on Saturday morning. Besides, it gives me an excuse to make scones, and I do make awesome scones. I don't make them often because I have a very hard time resisting them.
Ohiogal
(31,887 posts)Uday and Qusay for William and Harry any day.
disillusioned73
(2,872 posts)more distractions from our corporate overlords in the media...
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Butterflylady
(3,537 posts)So I will be watching everything I can.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)they are a wonderful couple and I would much rather watch the wedding than anything about trump and his despicable family.
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)but they sent it back...
sorry if it's been said before.
treestar
(82,383 posts)especially with an American marrying into the family and it not being forbidden. And it's fun to laugh at the hats.