I think this is a great choice. HBC is physically perfect for the role (tiny and curvy). And yes, she’s older than Olivia Colman, but she looks great and Margaret aged much faster than QEII, due to all the smoking and drinking.

He’s dumb for both reasons. Asking the police to clear your town of rough sleepers whilst doing one of the most privileged things possible is not a good look.

This is 100% true. Simon Dudley is an idiot for a number of reasons, such as conflating street begging with homelessness. But really the dumbest thing he did here was putting all of this on twitter whilst skiing in Wyoming.

The Premier League doesn’t have playoffs. There’s the FA Cup, but no one really cares about that any more. It’s on the same day as the royal wedding, and saddos care that Prince William is going to have to do two whole things on the same day and present the Cup in the evening after standing up for his brother in the…

I’m a solicitor. I’m familiar with the law. Charles is the Duke of Cornwall and under the 1337 charter he is entitled to the income from the Duchy, but he cannot sell its capital assets (which, as you correctly note, are mostly land holdings). This is different from other landowners, as both freeholders and lease…

That mattered when Prince Michael married Marie-Christine, but doesn’t matter now since the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 was passed. None of those things are problems now.

No, Charles does not “get” the Duchy of Cornwall. It belongs to the Crown (a complicated concept which boils down to the British state) and he is granted the income as the heir to the throne. Similarly, the Queen does not own the Crown Estates. They belong to the Crown and she is granted 25% of the income from them…

To be fair to Philip, he was a WWII hero in the Royal Navy. His sisters married Nazis (and therefore weren’t invited to his and Elizabeth’s wedding) but both his and Elizabeth’s WWII service was impeccable. (And his mother hid Jews in Greece and is recognised as one of Yad Vashem’s Righteous Among the Nations).

For me, it’s the little girl who came barrelling into her dad’s North Korea interview (and her mom, and the baby). Best laugh of 2017 by far.

And at Christmas especially: mince pies with brandy cream, proper pork meat stuffing, Quality Street and/or Celebrations chocolates, pigs in blankets, Christmas cake, etc.

It looks crazy Russian. I had to check twice to see that the eagle was not double-headed.

Aww, Moe. I miss Moe. And Lindy. But I guess the New York Times is a pretty good gig too.

It’s about 1/6. That’s hardly a “tiny part.” And it’s not like they ignore soccer in Australia (they’re going to the World Cup).

You could also add New Zealand, and/or Ireland (which is also crazy about soccer, btw). The point is that the UK is not at all a “tiny part” of the “Anglosphere,” unless you’re talking geographically. (Which would be stupid).

The UK has the second highest population of countries where English is the predominant first language (64 million). That’s more than Canada and Australia put together.

Yeah, he dismissed my comment pointing out that the football-mad UK is part of the English-speaking world. The majority of people here would know (a) who Griezmann is and (b) that blackface is messed up.

The UK is part of the English-speaking world. Soccer’s kiiind of a big thing here, as are famous footballers.

I am with you, and I am trying to phrase this as delicately as possible. She died very young. She had lost a lot of weight. She admitted to using drugs at a number of different times in her life.

The Queen has previously given permission for James Lascelles to marry a Nigerian woman and Lord Frederick Windsor to marry a Jewish woman. Harry is closer to the throne but not that much. It’s not an issue.

I was so bemused by all the “royal experts” confidently predicting a March wedding. Even leaving aside the fact that the weather is crap in this country in March, the groom’s grandmother is Supreme Governor of the Church of England, they’re hardly likely to get married during Lent.