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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11356 armidale Gender:	Re: Charles's Coronation a Waste of Taxpayer Funds? Reply #75 - May 2^nd, 2023 at 11:51am Charles and Meghan escape the coronation and apply for moon trip. Camilla plays off a bare-chested Putin against Charles the Wimp. The Royal coach gets 6 months repairs to flaky gold, Charles in tears .
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issuevoter Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9200 The Great State of Mind Gender:	Re: Charles's Coronation a Waste of Taxpayer Funds? Reply #76 - May 2^nd, 2023 at 12:36pm Won't it be great when all societies are reduced to one level of fairness and equality . . . except for politicians, industialists, popular culture celebrities, and diamond merchants? Who needs kings and queens? They are so old fashioned.
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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11356 armidale Gender:	Re: Charles's Coronation a Waste of Taxpayer Funds? Reply #77 - May 2^nd, 2023 at 9:53pm Interesting mind game: if Charles lived in no 21 in a block of flats in a laneway and went to royal functions, how long would it last? That is, he has no palaces, no estates, no troops parading on his footpath. 'But I'm the king!" 'Oh yeah?'
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Reply #78 - May 2^nd, 2023 at 10:07pm

Does Charles still have extensive security protection, in this hypothetical situation? Ay Jihadi would love to take a shot at Charles, to off a monarch. Many years ago, Charles was subjected to some guy firing a cap gun at him and then tried to storm the stage Charles was standing upon. I could imagine that after the coronation, someone might give a real attempt a go. They would only need an opportunity.

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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11356 armidale Gender:	Re: Charles's Coronation a Waste of Taxpayer Funds? Reply #79 - May 3^rd, 2023 at 6:52am He has a cop on duty in the down-stairs laundry 24/7. Camilla buys a new door-lock and UK has Neighbourhod Watch.
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MeisterEckhart Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 12395 Gender:	Re: Charles's Coronation a Waste of Taxpayer Funds? Reply #80 - May 3^rd, 2023 at 10:24am chimera wrote on May 3^rd, 2023 at 6:52am: He has a cop on duty in the down-stairs laundry 24/7. Camilla buys a new door-lock and UK has Neighbourhod Watch. Reads funnier in the original Mandarin, apparently.
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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11356 armidale Gender:	Re: Charles's Coronation a Waste of Taxpayer Funds? Reply #81 - May 3^rd, 2023 at 10:53am hypothetical: 'involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural'. Do you 'remember' or 'not remember'?
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Re: Charles's Coronation a Waste of Taxpayer Funds?
Reply #82 - May 3^rd, 2023 at 11:03am

AusGeoff wrote on Apr 30^th, 2023 at 10:33am:

Apparently the coronation ceremony cost has been "stripped
back" to a mere AU$189,000,000 [not a typo!] and the guest
list cut down from an estimated 8,500 invitees to a tiny list of 2,000.

In a recent YouGov poll, commissioned by the UK Republic
Group, 35% of those surveyed said they did "not care very
much" about the coronation, and 29% said they did "not care
at all".

And from a pre-coronation YouGov poll commissioned by BBC
Panorama found that only 58% of respondents wanted the
monarchy to continue.

https://i.postimg.cc/8Cg33M49/Screenshot-2023-04-30-at-10-13-21-A-kick-in-the-te...

And yes... that's all real gold. The royal coach is valued at AU$6,650,000.

But... The Evelyn Estate is just half an hour's drive from the
gold-trimmed gates of Buckingham Palace, but it feels like a
world away. While at the palace they're polishing the silver,
tending the tulips and preparing the King's fine coronation
robes, at the Evelyn community centre they're unpacking
donated food that more than 100 families rely on.

Every week, volunteers transform this south London community
centre into a food store, allowing local residents to fill their
trolleys for a couple of gold coins. They can't help everyone.
More than 60 families are on the waiting list.

~I for one certainly won't be wasting my time watching this
silly anachronistic piece of pomposity on TV.

—ABC News Australia, 30 April 2023.

Meantime :

United Kingdom External Debt reached 8,484.4 USD bn

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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11356 armidale Gender:	Re: Charles's Coronation a Waste of Taxpayer Funds? Reply #83 - May 3^rd, 2023 at 11:31am The First Fleet of convicts cost 12mill pounds in today's money. The coronation at 60-100mill pounds gets you territory of Welsh, Irish, Scots, Oz, canuck, kiwi and some sea-gulls. You get what you pay for.
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Re: Charles's Coronation a Waste of Taxpayer Funds?
Reply #84 - May 3^rd, 2023 at 11:57am

AusGeoff wrote on Apr 30^th, 2023 at 10:33am:

Apparently the coronation ceremony cost has been "stripped
back" to a mere AU$189,000,000 [not a typo!] and the guest
list cut down from an estimated 8,500 invitees to a tiny list of 2,000.

In a recent YouGov poll, commissioned by the UK Republic
Group, 35% of those surveyed said they did "not care very
much" about the coronation, and 29% said they did "not care
at all".

And from a pre-coronation YouGov poll commissioned by BBC
Panorama found that only 58% of respondents wanted the
monarchy to continue.

https://i.postimg.cc/8Cg33M49/Screenshot-2023-04-30-at-10-13-21-A-kick-in-the-te...

And yes... that's all real gold. The royal coach is valued at AU$6,650,000.

But... The Evelyn Estate is just half an hour's drive from the
gold-trimmed gates of Buckingham Palace, but it feels like a
world away. While at the palace they're polishing the silver,
tending the tulips and preparing the King's fine coronation
robes, at the Evelyn community centre they're unpacking
donated food that more than 100 families rely on.

Every week, volunteers transform this south London community
centre into a food store, allowing local residents to fill their
trolleys for a couple of gold coins. They can't help everyone.
More than 60 families are on the waiting list.

~I for one certainly won't be wasting my time watching this
silly anachronistic piece of pomposity on TV.

—ABC News Australia, 30 April 2023.

Anglo yobbos stop complaining.
I think it's quite normal for "His Majesty colonial subjects"
in Australia to finance his coronation unless your Anglo colonial
Disneyland becomes a sovereign independent country.

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Do we need to be always politically correct.
In the world of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11356 armidale Gender:	Re: Charles's Coronation a Waste of Taxpayer Funds? Reply #85 - May 3^rd, 2023 at 12:04pm athos wrote on May 3^rd, 2023 at 11:57am: I think it's quite normal for "His Majesty colonial subjects" in Australia to finance his coronation Yes you do. Australia doesn't pay for it.
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Re: Charles's Coronation a Waste of Taxpayer Funds?
Reply #86 - May 3^rd, 2023 at 1:28pm

chimera wrote on May 3^rd, 2023 at 12:04pm:

athos wrote on May 3^rd, 2023 at 11:57am:

I think it's quite normal for "His Majesty colonial subjects"
in Australia to finance his coronation

Yes you do.
Australia doesn't pay for it.

The British Monarch receives a yearly sum through what is known as the Sovereign Grant
which was in 2021 financial year amounted to a whopping $148 million in British colony Australia.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=How+much+Australia+pay+for+br...

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Do we need to be always politically correct.
In the world of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11356 armidale Gender:	Re: Charles's Coronation a Waste of Taxpayer Funds? Reply #87 - May 3^rd, 2023 at 2:13pm Absolutely on the money, athos. It's also 682mill Chinese yuan which proves that China has bought Britain. And millions of Chinese will starve to pay for the coronation.
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MeisterEckhart Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 12395 Gender:	Re: Charles's Coronation a Waste of Taxpayer Funds? Reply #88 - May 3^rd, 2023 at 5:51pm Was feasting at the Cunton Tung Hah Don Bar 'n Grill yesterday and the manager shouted the bar for a toast to Emperor Xi. We all had our glasses charged and cheered as one to Xi in the traditional Chinese toast, 'Fug Yu'. Then it all got pissy.
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Re: Charles's Coronation a Waste of Taxpayer Funds?
Reply #89 - May 3^rd, 2023 at 6:18pm

athos wrote on May 3^rd, 2023 at 11:57am:

Anglo yobbos stop complaining.
I think it's quite normal for "His Majesty colonial subjects"
in Australia to finance his coronation unless your Anglo colonial
Disneyland becomes a sovereign independent country.

So many Chinese online buyers run their accounts out of the UK or the US.

Why is that?

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