Last night I dreamed I was decorating a cake for a teenage Princess Anne. Queen Elizabeth made some excellent design suggestions. They liked the end result so much that they took me out to lunch along with a young Prince Charles.
Me? obsessed with the royal family? Why do you ask? 🤣
Oooooowee! A *Special Edition.* How lucky we are in Northumberland Country.
I apologize I'm not as excited about King Charles as I should be. I will say I saw a picture of the blue of his china, and liked it a lot. I donno if that was his doing or the Queen's.
The two articles were *outstanding* catches. I like Ron DeSantis, and Kemi (as You very well know, Michelle ;-). And that was interesting by Dominic Lawson. I never would-a known, if it weren't for Your posting that.
TYTY, Ma'am! Very nice.. As always.. And, 'course: Looking forward to next issue, whenever it may be. Enjoy rest-a weekend.
It is one of those things in the UK -- I don't think many people are excited until suddenly they will be. Some people are buying Royal Tat and have planned street parties. I know my village is having a street party -- one of the people I do the curlew surveying stuff with is big into village politics and life. He was struggling to find volunteers -- I looked out of the window...
I am hopeful that Allison might find the liturgy interesting as I think she is getting up to watch -- it is always good to know what is going on in a service!
But I thought you'd enjoy the DeSantis interview. My guess is he going to run.
I thought the Dominic Lawson article was interesting as well. I knew about his daughter because of the Diana connection. His wife Rosa Monckton was on holiday with Diana just before the car crash. But I thought it was an interesting point.
It appears that the "no secure connection" issue was solved. Or maybe it is because, reading your bit about the Lawson piece on the Downs Barbie, I subscribed to the Times for 6 months for the lowly fee of £1. Heck, that is cheap at twice the price! That was a great opinion piece. It also lead me down a rabbit hole reading some of Lawson's recent stuff, including the note about the passing of his father.
To quote and give a flavour: It must have been tempting to ask then, and may be again next week: what is the point of all this flummery? After all, many believe the job of the constitutional monarch should be to cut ribbons and exude a kind of cheerful pointlessness; not to matter. Some will say that divine appointment and earthly anointment belong to bygone days with a more credulous citizenry. I don’t agree. In a world where politics has become increasingly shrill, partisan and ineffective, a skilled monarch could be a vital conduit for the best of our nation’s instincts. The role is there for this King if he wants it.
Doubts about the relevance of the monarchy are not new. In fact, back in 1953, the coronation was nowhere near the most important event of the year. The very same day the world’s imagination was captured by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary’s astonishing climb to conquer Everest. Dwight D Eisenhower entered the White House on an anti-communist ticket, promising to make America Top Dog; within weeks, Joseph Stalin breathed his last, and the Cold War warmed up a notch. James Bond appeared for the first time in Casino Royale.
Other developments were even more momentous, though less widely heralded. On April 25, a paper appeared in the scientific journal Nature, without fanfare. It consisted of a single page and carried a simple drawing by the artist wife of one of the authors. But Francis Crick and James Watson’s unravelling of the structure of DNA launched a revolution, from which we are still reeling.
Last night I dreamed I was decorating a cake for a teenage Princess Anne. Queen Elizabeth made some excellent design suggestions. They liked the end result so much that they took me out to lunch along with a young Prince Charles.
Me? obsessed with the royal family? Why do you ask? 🤣
It is a fun thing to royal watch.
I hope you enjoyed the liturgy.
Oooooowee! A *Special Edition.* How lucky we are in Northumberland Country.
I apologize I'm not as excited about King Charles as I should be. I will say I saw a picture of the blue of his china, and liked it a lot. I donno if that was his doing or the Queen's.
The two articles were *outstanding* catches. I like Ron DeSantis, and Kemi (as You very well know, Michelle ;-). And that was interesting by Dominic Lawson. I never would-a known, if it weren't for Your posting that.
TYTY, Ma'am! Very nice.. As always.. And, 'course: Looking forward to next issue, whenever it may be. Enjoy rest-a weekend.
It is one of those things in the UK -- I don't think many people are excited until suddenly they will be. Some people are buying Royal Tat and have planned street parties. I know my village is having a street party -- one of the people I do the curlew surveying stuff with is big into village politics and life. He was struggling to find volunteers -- I looked out of the window...
I am hopeful that Allison might find the liturgy interesting as I think she is getting up to watch -- it is always good to know what is going on in a service!
But I thought you'd enjoy the DeSantis interview. My guess is he going to run.
I thought the Dominic Lawson article was interesting as well. I knew about his daughter because of the Diana connection. His wife Rosa Monckton was on holiday with Diana just before the car crash. But I thought it was an interesting point.
Thank you for posting the liturgy. I printed it and am ready for next Saturday! Also sent it to friends who are definitely watching.
It makes it so much easier if you know what they are saying/singing.
Glad you found it useful
TY for reply, Michelle. Very interesting, as always. :-)
It appears that the "no secure connection" issue was solved. Or maybe it is because, reading your bit about the Lawson piece on the Downs Barbie, I subscribed to the Times for 6 months for the lowly fee of £1. Heck, that is cheap at twice the price! That was a great opinion piece. It also lead me down a rabbit hole reading some of Lawson's recent stuff, including the note about the passing of his father.
So pleased it was solved. Lawson is v good.
There should be lots of stuff on coronation in the next week or so.
And the op-eds are v good. I thought this one by Trevor Philips about 'soft power' v personal passion in relation to the monarchy excellent. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/this-is-charless-chance-to-turn-personal-passion-into-soft-power-zvnswttpb or https://archive.is/TzzYW (in case someone else comes across this note and wants to read it)
To quote and give a flavour: It must have been tempting to ask then, and may be again next week: what is the point of all this flummery? After all, many believe the job of the constitutional monarch should be to cut ribbons and exude a kind of cheerful pointlessness; not to matter. Some will say that divine appointment and earthly anointment belong to bygone days with a more credulous citizenry. I don’t agree. In a world where politics has become increasingly shrill, partisan and ineffective, a skilled monarch could be a vital conduit for the best of our nation’s instincts. The role is there for this King if he wants it.
Doubts about the relevance of the monarchy are not new. In fact, back in 1953, the coronation was nowhere near the most important event of the year. The very same day the world’s imagination was captured by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary’s astonishing climb to conquer Everest. Dwight D Eisenhower entered the White House on an anti-communist ticket, promising to make America Top Dog; within weeks, Joseph Stalin breathed his last, and the Cold War warmed up a notch. James Bond appeared for the first time in Casino Royale.
Other developments were even more momentous, though less widely heralded. On April 25, a paper appeared in the scientific journal Nature, without fanfare. It consisted of a single page and carried a simple drawing by the artist wife of one of the authors. But Francis Crick and James Watson’s unravelling of the structure of DNA launched a revolution, from which we are still reeling.