Posted on 04/29/2011 12:22:43 AM PDT by naturalman1975
Thanks for the info. Learned something new.
LOL. from an old Bugs Bunny
Sir O of K: Surrender, varlet. Thou art the prisoner of me lance.
Bugs Bunny: I art? And whomsoever art thou, in thy cast-iron tuxedo?
Sir O of K: I, knave, am Sir O of K, Earl of Watercress, Sir Osis of the Liver, Knight of the Garter, and Baron of Wooster-cester-shister-shyster-schuster-shuster-shister-shire... shire.
Bugs Bunny: My, he’s a big one! Hey, look, pressure cooker. I bet you know a lot of my friends. Ooh! Like, uh, Duke of Ellington, Count of Basie, Earl of Hines, Cab of Calloway, Satchmo of Armstrong.
Sir O of K: Upstarts and rogues. Never heard of them.
Bugs Bunny: Rogues, eh? Upstarts, eh? Look, Sir Rup of Figs, don’t go around insulting my friends, or I shall get me a can opener and open thee up like a can of solid pack tomatoes.
Sir O of K: What? Wouldst tilt with me?
Bugs Bunny: Tilt with thee I will, and I won’t wilt. Just lend me a weapon, that’s all. That’s all.
Sir O of K: Very well, thou stupid scoundrel. Prepare to meet thy fate.
So how did the music sound? Had you a particular favourite piece?
Was the Catholic Archbishop, Vincent Nichols there?
The music was divine. Jerusalem is and always will be my favourite hymn and it was glorious.
Was the Catholic Archbishop, Vincent Nichols there?
There were at least two Cardinals and a Catholic Archbishop there. I recognised them by their clothing, but I don't know them by sight, so I am not sure if this particular man was there. Giving his position, I would assume he was the Archbishop, I saw though - if they are inviting Catholic Clergy, I can't see them not asking the Head of the Catholic Church in England to pop down the road from Westminster Cathedral to Westminster Abbey.
No. To get the Sacred Chalice of Rixx, all you have to do is eat a 12 pound bacon cheeseburger in one sitting.
The "Chalice" is filled with tasty malt liqueur!
Checked - the two Cardinals were Cardinal Sean Brady of Armagh and Cardinal Keith O’Brien of Edinburgh, as heads of the Catholic Church in Ireland, and Scotland, respectively. Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster was there as head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
Thank you for the information, I hope you enjoyed watching it on TV so you could see what you missed ;)
I heard them singing “God bless America” with different words.<sarc
Seriously though, does that become “God save the King” when Charles or Will assumes the throne?
It does and a couple of lines in one of the verses change as well - it’s the National Anthem and it alters depending on whether there is a King or Queen.
The movie “The King’s Speech” implied that a king can take a different name than a given name (or at least choose between given names). True?
As a matter of law, the absolute instant the King (or Queen Regnant) dies, their Heir immediately becomes King - this is the meaning of the phrase "The King is Dead. Long Live the King." and is also why the Royal Standard never flies at half staff. But as soon as is practical (normally within 24 hours) senior members of the House of Lords, after consultation with other senior figures throughout Britain, and the Commonwealth, issue the Proclamation of Accession which declares who the Heir was for clear legal purposes, and also gives the name of the new Monarch - they will have been asked what name they choose to use.
The words of this proclamation for the current Queen were as follows:
Upon the intimation that our late Most Gracious Sovereign King George the Sixth had died in his sleep at Sandringham in the early hours of this morning the Lords of the Privy Council assembled this day at St. James's Palace, and gave orders for proclaiming Her present Majesty.
WHEREAS it has pleased Almighty God to call to His Mercy our late Sovereign Lord King George the Sixth of Blessed and Glorious memory, by whose Decease the Crown is solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary:
WE, therefore, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this Realm, being here assisted with these His late Majesty's Privy Council, with representatives of other Members of the Commonwealth, with other Principal Gentlemen of Quality, with the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of London, do now hereby with one voice and Consent of Tongue and Heart publish and proclaim that the High and Mighty Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary is now, by the death of our late Sovereign of happy memory, become Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of this Realm and of all Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to whom Her lieges do acknowledge all Faith and constant Obedience with hearty and humble Affection, beseeching God by whom Kings and Queens do reign, to bless the Royal Princess Elizabeth the Second with long and happy Years to reign over us.
Given at St. James's Palace this Sixth Day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two.
Nearly all the Monarchs of the United Kingdom have used their own first baptismal name as their regnal name - the exceptions are Queen Victoria (born Princess Alexandrina Victoria), King Edward VII (born Prince Albert Edward), and King George VI (born Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George). In the case of these last two, the stated reason they changed their name was a supposed desire by Queen Victoria that no future King use the name Albert as that would diminish the status of her beloved husband, Prince Albert - this reason is quite debatable, there is some evidence that Victoria rather wanted all future Kings to take the name Albert as well as their own in honour of her husband - "King Albert-Edward, King Albert-George, etc". Edward VII seems to have decided he didn't like that idea. So in all previous cases in the UK, where a King has not used his first name, he did use one of his other names - but he is actually free to use any name he wishes.
Very interesting. So Wills could become King William, Phillip, Louis, Arthur (or Kong or anything else). Thanks for this clarification.
I myself am a devotee of Princess Louise, that most eclectic of royals in recent history. It is said that when she visited Victoria (BC) she was so popular that there was talk of secession and making her the monarch. And that Alberta is in fact named for her. Some doubt about Alberta’s Lake Louise, however. I also thought it interesting that another lake in Canada was recently named supposedly for little Louise Windsor (Wessex).
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