Sir Tom.

I've never been a royalist Crazygran but as she and I have got older, I've grown rather fond of her.

I'm so pleased that an exception is being made for that wonderful man Captain Tom. They are both an inspiration.

A busy day for the Queen. Princess Beatrice got married in a secret service at Windsor Castle this morning.

What does that mean.. she's the best?

Surely it’s just a saying, annep1, meaning she’s good, the person thinks highly of her. Yes, Crazygran, I agree.

I’m no royalist but have a high level of admiration for the queen, long may she reign.
Charles is another matter entirely and hopefully he will drop the idea of insisting his wife becomes Queen when he becomes King. No way will the people accept her as anything other than consort.

Eespee, Camilla won't be anything other than consort. She'll be Queen consort.

She's earned her stripes!

the people
You cannot speak for everyone, Esspee, I'm sure some would.

Well done, Your Majesty, Captain Tom deserves his knighthood.

I didn't realise that Beatrice had got married. No pomp and circumstance for her, then.
Very wise.

I've just watched the video of the Queen knighting Sir Tom.

She's a bit unsteady on her feet now and the way she was brandishing the sword he's lucky she didn't have his eye out!!

I feel really happy for Beatrice, Calli. She's been dealt a shitty hand what with Prince Andrew and coronavirus putting a spanner in the works as far as her wedding was concerned.

It was indeed a wise move. If they'd waited any longer who knows whether or not Prince Philip would have been able to attend and she obviously wanted her grandparents there.

He's a bit of a dish and she'll have a title of her own now.

Yes, she's a Countess now, isn't she?

She has had a shitty time of it like a lot of couples who would have got married this year, added to which she must be in turmoil over her father.

I wish them both well.

merlotgran

I've just watched the video of the Queen knighting Sir Tom.

She's a bit unsteady on her feet now and the way she was brandishing the sword he's lucky she didn't have his eye out!!

Awww, bless Sir Tom. He’s a wonderful old man. He deserves his knighthood.

Pleased for Beatrice, poor girl she almost had her dreams shattered because of Covid! And well done Your Majesty still going strong like the proverbial Duracell batteries! Lastly but not least, Congratulations sir Tom! ?

Sorry Crazygran I started a similar thread under News, didn’t see this one.

I'm happy for Camilla to be Queen when the time comes, but I would dream of assuming all people think the same.

I don’t think the same

'wouldn't' not would.

Arise Sir Tom. Very well deserved and pleased Beatrice had her wedding with her gran there.

Espee cannot speak for everyone
and neither can Crazygran.

Camilla has gone from being the most hated woman in the UK to not only be accepted, but liked and admired by many. All this in 20 years. And she will be Queen Consort as the Queen Mother before her and the duchess of Cambridge after.

Wonderful day for Sir Tom.

Hope we see wedding photographs of Beatrice’s wedding tomorrow.

Camilla will make an excellent queen consort, those who think
she shouldn’t take the title, do you think the same of all women who marries a divorced man ?

I saw the photo of Sir Tom and the Queen; it brought a tear to my eye! Two seniors from different walks of life brought together honouring duty to their country (that's a bad sentence, but you get my meaning). Well done.

annep1

^Espee cannot speak for everyone^
and neither can Crazygran.

It's sad that you can't be pleased for an old man who has done so much to raise money for the NHS.

He is honoured and thrilled to receive this knighthood in person from his Monarch. That is all that matters.

Camilla certainly has ‘earned her stripes.’ She has quietly got on with the job, and she has supported her husband and made him happy. She deserves to be Queen Consort, but actually I don’t think she’d bother if she wasn’t. But she will be, and I’ll be happy to see her in that position.