[Other Sport] The Duke of York

[Swansman]

What are people doing in York? Do they really need a duke? What does a duke do anyway?

 

[zefarelly]

I can't image the Archbishop of Canterbury would have passed comment on the disgraced son of the Head of The Church of England and the Monarch without the tacit agreement / approval of the Palace. I'm sure this was Welby 'testing the waters' of public opinion on behalf of the Royal Family.

The waters are clearly muddied and putrid, Have you seen the THames round Westminster these days? Thicker than a boxing day turd.

 

[zefarelly]

What are people doing in York? Do they really need a duke? What does a duke do anyway?

The way Andy from WIndsor see's it, a Duke can do what he likes as he has a royal pardon and a bottomless velvet purse

Traditionally I think a Duke was a slightly more upstanding memeber of society.

York is very nice, definitely a rung up from Portslade.

 

[WATFORD zero]

From the moment this whole thing broke, the Palace (and the Government, unless they were completely incompetent) had access to the DOY security records, signed by every officer for the last 30 years (and probably beyond) and had a fairly simple decision to make based on all of that.

Either she's a complete loon and you should take her to court with all the evidence you have (signed by police and security forces for the last 30 years) or

Give her £12M for no apparent reason and hope she goes away

Tough decision

I suspect there's slightly less people who believe 'Johnson is doing the best in a bad situation which is none of his making' but a Venn diagram may be informative

 

[Me and my Monkey]

What are people doing in York? Do they really need a duke? What does a duke do anyway?

Marches up and down hills.

 

[rogersix]

What are people doing in York? Do they really need a duke? What does a duke do anyway?

this one particular one goes noncing

 

[crodonilson]

Sad for her Majesty that her favourite son won't t be at her service of Thanksgiving but given the negative headlines I think contracting covid may be a blessing.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Sad for her Majesty that her favourite son won't t be at her service of Thanksgiving but given the negative headlines I think contracting covid may be a blessing.

It's certainly the only positive news story about him for years!

 

[grubbyhands]

Sad for her Majesty that her favourite son won't t be at her service of Thanksgiving but given the negative headlines I think contracting covid may be a blessing.

How is he her favourite son?

 

[Justice]

But what about his ten thousand men

Locked up for noncing.

 

[Guinness Boy]

The way Andy from WIndsor see's it, a Duke can do what he likes as he has a royal pardon and a bottomless velvet purse

Traditionally I think a Duke was a slightly more upstanding memeber of society.

York is very nice, definitely a rung up from Portslade.

Oi.

Last time I was in York we drank in a pub that made the grottier ones in the Slarde look like Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons. The barmaid had facial tattoos and the only other people in there were a family with kids who had just picked up from the school run, yet the parents were a good few pints in. This was about 4pm on a Monday. They did a special price for three sambucas which, the barmaid told us was "mainly for a regular who comes in for them every morning".

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Apparently he won’t be at the service in St Paul’s later because “he has Covid”.

Yeah right.

The worrying thing is, that means Covid must still be rife in schools

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Having just read a bit about what Welby said, I think he’s being accused of saying something he didn’t say. He claims to have been talking much more generally about forgiveness in society.

I haven’t read or heard what Welby said, but I do remember a few years ago that Rowan Williams gave a lecture about Sharia Law - I have no particular problem with Welby, but Williams is ten times the man he is. I read the text of the lecture, which was heavy going, because it was causing a stir. I then heard a Daily Express journalist - Ann Leslie? - being interviewed about it and it was blatantly obvious that either she hadn’t read/heard it, had misunderstood it, or was wilfully misrepresenting it. I suspect a mixture of the first and the last of those options. She said he was advocating the introduction of Sharia Law, which he certainly did not.

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

I can't vote for either of those choices; where is the third option?:

- Never let this over-privileged immoral idiot out in public again

I think this could be equally applied to another in public life - hors join nobs maybe?

 

[zefarelly]

Oi.

Last time I was in York we drank in a pub that made the grottier ones in the Slarde look like Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons. The barmaid had facial tattoos and the only other people in there were a family with kids who had just picked up from the school run, yet the parents were a good few pints in. This was about 4pm on a Monday. They did a special price for three sambucas which, the barmaid told us was "mainly for a regular who comes in for them every morning".

Out on the pull eh?

 

[crodonilson]

How is he her favourite son?

It's widely acknowledged that the Duke was her favourite amongst Her Majesty's children.

 

[Questions]

Would you have shagged the young blonde bird ?

 

[clapham_gull]

It's widely acknowledged that the Duke was her favourite amongst Her Majesty's children.

He's certainly received the biggest handout.

 

[zefarelly]

It's widely acknowledged that the Duke was her favourite amongst Her Majesty's children.

The Duke is certainly royalty amongst musicians, which are more highly regarded than royals, in reality.

 

[Doc Lynam]

If this Covid reason is an excuse, it certainly shows how’s ruthless the royal family can be to keep the show on the road!