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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 9, 2021 17:02:00 GMT
I agree with Mike.
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Post by ootlg on Feb 9, 2021 17:34:23 GMT
"The firm run by Mr Tindall – who is married to the Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall – has “taken advantage of all available Government aid in order to support the business” during the pandemic, accounts have shown. But the ex-sportsman, who is thought to be worth several million pounds, was said to have caused “reputational damage” to the monarchy."
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 9, 2021 17:44:57 GMT
Pfft! Reputational damage, indeed. Only in the eyes of envious non-entities.
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Post by ootlg on Feb 9, 2021 18:06:40 GMT
Indeed. It's all par for the course for the monarchy. Can't understand why people worry about things that will never change. They need to be more philosophical about it.
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 9, 2021 18:43:17 GMT
I don't think you could characterise Mike Tindall as being part of the monarchy. He is a private individual married to a member of the royal family who receives nothing from the Royal List.
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Post by ootlg on Feb 10, 2021 12:56:10 GMT
Of course. I doubt if he gains any benefit at all from being married to a Royal.
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 10, 2021 13:42:19 GMT
I would imagine that it's a mixed blessing, judging by the divorce rate.
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Post by flatandy on Feb 10, 2021 14:07:28 GMT
Do royals have a higher divorce rate than the general population?
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 10, 2021 15:01:09 GMT
No idea. Or interest.
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Post by ootlg on Feb 10, 2021 15:13:53 GMT
What's the royal divorce rate?
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Post by mids on Feb 10, 2021 15:25:24 GMT
One every few years?
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Post by ootlg on Feb 10, 2021 15:29:01 GMT
As an epidemiologist, can you be a little more precise?
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Post by mids on Feb 10, 2021 15:56:16 GMT
One every so often.
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 10, 2021 16:18:40 GMT
Let's not bore one another withe Charles and Di souvenir tea towel talk. Just as a measure, look at ERII's brood: all 3 Charles divorced, Anne dicorced, Andy divorced, Edward as screaming bender in a marriage of convenience a la Michael Barrimore. At best, that's a 75% failure rate. What's the UK average?
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Post by ootlg on Feb 10, 2021 16:24:58 GMT
Oh. Over the last, what, 30/40 years? So half a dozen, then Edward VIII, and Prince George in 1820, and HenryVIII. About ten in 500 years or so. One every 50 years. I'd imagine the public divorce rate's a bit higher than that.
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 10, 2021 16:28:04 GMT
I think my metric is fair. I don't think you can expect them to match the cumulative divorces of the British public since Good King Hal.
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Post by ootlg on Feb 10, 2021 17:02:07 GMT
Yours has been twisted to suit your take on it. Obviously.
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 10, 2021 17:21:01 GMT
Twisted by logic? Have you been licking Rick's lolly again?
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Post by ootlg on Feb 10, 2021 17:39:04 GMT
Logic? You? Thad'll be the day..
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Post by voice on Feb 11, 2021 16:46:51 GMT
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