The Queen longest serving monarch

A fairly crassly reported story after the death of the Thai king yesterday that now make QEII the longest serving

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/13/queen-grins-as-divers-salute-her-arrival-at-military-barracks-fr/

The ridiculous sight of divers saluting the queen, what a stupidly subservient thing to be put up to do.  The royal family must just laugh each time they go to events like this realising just how well their bread is buttered.

How about like Thailand we use the death of a monarch to rethink and reshape how the nation is setup and use it as a opportunity to modernise ourselves.  I always feel our ancestors would be horrified to know how we've clung onto the past just for the sake of preserving tradition. 

Royal Wedding

I am by no means a great fan of the monarchy - but not enough to want to see the back of them or the reduction of their mainly ceremonial role.

But I did watch the wedding coverage, as it is a part of history - and it was a well staged event, everyone commenting on this is something "Britain does well". Well there had to be something ;)

I am amazed that so many crowds turned up for what must have only been fleeting glimpses of the event.

My favourite banner in the crowd was "It's checkmate Kate, you've taken the King".

Says it all really!

Future King

I suppose it is something most of the nation must be thinking, but tonight on the news talk of the throne going straight to William rather than the misunderstood/tarnished Charles.

There is something in it, but I cannot see Charles ever agreeing to it. Maybe there is some compromise with Charles coming in for a cameo innings of a few years to steady things after the death of the Queen.

Actually that is not a great analogy, since cameo innings in cricket can be as much as 30 runs ;)