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Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by icegreentea2 »

Angostura wrote: post #197
TheOtherHobbes wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Queen holds a weekly audience with the Prime Minister. It's unlikely they make chitchat about the weather. The monarch also vets laws while they're being drafted and can make suggestions for changes if they affect their interests. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/royals-vette... The Queen isn't just the head of the armed forces - they swear an oath of loyalty directly to the Monarch, not to the peo…

The Queen is the disabled root user of the constitution. The government are the sudoers. She doesn’t get to ‘vet’ laws in any meaningful way. She rubber-stamps them. The fact that the armed forces swear an oath of loyalty to the Queen is simply because she is head of state. Nothing in your comment actually demonstrates politicality.

The link OP posted is talking about a different process ("Queen's Consent") from the publicly known rubber stamping process ("royal assent").

Queen's Consent happens before parliament votes, and details on what actions occurred (other than the number that were screened) are not known. The lack of knowledge, combined with the pattern of laws she has screened provide the space for making the inference that the Queen may have actively lobbied or modified laws for some purpose. What the purpose is (actively politically, or merely "self-serving") is unknown.

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by ben_w »

b1476 wrote: post #82
dr_dshiv wrote: post #53

Because Prince Charles is heir to the throne (and has been portrayed more negatively in the news media than any other living person), some in the HN community may be surprised to know that he wrote a book on philosophy . https://www.amazon.com/Harmony-New-Way-Looking-World/dp/0061... I found the book to be astonishingly good. It takes a design approach to Platonism and western esotericism. It goes deep into "sacred g…

> (and has been portrayed more negatively in the news media than any other living person) Um, did you forget about his first wife?

Well, she is dead. I would suggest that both Andrew and Megan (for very different reasons!) are treated worse in the media than Charles, and that’s just within the royal family. Does even one British newspaper like Theresa May?

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Post by samstave »

bencollier49 wrote: post #181
digitalengineer wrote: post #180

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"sacred geometry", esoteric, Pythagorean and holistic? It certainly sounds freemasonry-like. Was he a Freemason?

I believe Prince Charles may have been made a mason, but I don't think he's active, unlike several of his relatives.

Like who?

Anyplace to read up on it? Obviously their ceremonies are full of masonic and other esoteric pagan ritual. THey are a pagan Germanic-druid hybrid after-all.

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Post by mothsonasloth »

pta2002 wrote: post #205
mothsonasloth wrote: post #41

The codename for his death is : "Operation Forth Bridge"

What does this mean?

All members of the Royal family have Bridge names or landmarks in the UK as their codenames for their death.

QE is - Operation London Bridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_London_Bridge

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by marshmallow_12 »

celticninja wrote: post #50
oblio wrote: post #8

I imagine the next few years will be quite interesting for the British monarchy.

It will only really get interesting after the Queen kicks the bucket. For most non monarchists she isn't a bad sort to be in charge. The rest of them are a shower of shites.

i think prince william has potential. I'm actually quite excited to see what he will get up to

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Post by boomboomsubban »

bidirectional wrote: post #90
boomboomsubban wrote: post #11

As I can't be the only one curious, the South Pacific tribe that deified him plan to worship Charles now. To me, signifying that they are doing it for the publicity now. https://nypost.com/2021/02/27/islanders-who-call-prince-phil...

Why does it signify that? I mean they probably are, but it also seems like the logical step to worship his heir?

They worshiped Philip because he visited and made a real impact on their life. To my knowledge, Charles hasn't done that, their only connection to him is through the journalists worshipping Philip has attracted. Logically, someone like Karl Pilkington should be the replacement.

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Post by brainwipe »

nindalf wrote: post #186
JoeAltmaier wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, did he say something about the atrocities then? In a very public role as the moral backbone of the nation? Did he apologize? I missed that.

By no means am I defending colonialism, least of all the British Empire in India. I’m an Indian, FWIW. I see two main obstacles to this apology. 1. Teaching kids history. Currently British kids learn all about Henry VIII’s wives ... and then it’s straight to the World Wars. It’s hard to tell a nation of 70 million people to reckon with their past when they know nothing about it. 2. Philip himself was quite old. He gr…

We did Celts (Bronze and Iron age), some on ancient Greece, Romans, Vikings, Tudors (briefly, we didn't do Henry VIIIs wives, more about Shakespear), Spanish Armada, colonialism, slave trade, and then loads on WW1 and WW2.

I do agree that more should be taught about the details of colonialism but the idea that British history started with Henry VIII and skipped to WW1 is nonsense.

Re: Prince Philip has died

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Post by dijit »

pta2002 wrote: post #205
mothsonasloth wrote: post #41

The codename for his death is : "Operation Forth Bridge"

What does this mean?

The 'Forth Bridge' is a bridge in Scotland.

Usually when there are preperations for a future event to hide the markers of what it is there are code names.

Operations for preparing the necessary for the deaths of heads of state are typically named bridges.

The Queens death is (or was) Operation London Bridge.

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