queen

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14 minutes ago, lurcherman 887 said:

What about the Welsh ? Haven’t seen one herd of sheep 

Royal Welsh regiment is there marching. 

[socks 32,253]

6 hours ago, mackem said:

SBS

SAS he was an officer in 22 reg. 

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No one does it better

[eastcoast 4,151]

2 hours ago, Born Hunter said:

My biggest concern was one (or 100) well placed cruise missile/s. There will have been land based interceptors, airborne early warning and typhoons on QRA covering London but such a rare event must be a very tempting strategic opportunity for adversaries at such a tipping point in the worlds power balance.

Anyway, it’s over now. The British brand has just had a hell of a boost. The final act of a remarkable sovereign.

In regard to the British brand, an obvious and trivial observation maybe, but the vehicles used today... Bentley, Land Rover, Range Rover and Jaguar. 

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6 minutes ago, eastcoast said:

In regard to the British brand, an obvious and trivial observation maybe, but the vehicles used today... Bentley, Land Rover, Range Rover and Jaguar. 

Sadly, Bentley is owned by VW/Audi, and Jaguar Land Rover are owned by Tata India.......

Cheers.

[eastcoast 4,151]

7 hours ago, mackem said:

SBS

When watching things such as this I cannot help but try and spot those who may be doing a more security focused job than it appears. Usually the "footmen" on horse drawn carriages who's eyes seem to be constantly flicking around the crowd. 

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1 minute ago, chartpolski said:

Sadly, Bentley is owned by VW/Audi, and Jaguar Land Rover are owned by Tata India.......

Cheers.

I know. Still watching the ceremony at the moment.

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Could have swore I saw old delboy whiz past in the opening ceremony in his reliant robin

[FLATTOP 4,495]

The pipers lament very powerful stuff I’m sitting here an emotional wreck.

[socks 32,253]

1 minute ago, FLATTOP said:

The pipers lament very powerful stuff I’m sitting here an emotional wreck.

Out of all the repatriations I’ve been to when on ops the jock lads ones always get me because of the bagpipes. 

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1 minute ago, socks said:

Out of all the repatriations I’ve been to when on ops the jock lads ones always get me because of the bagpipes. 

Something about the pipes same thing here got me twice today.

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the pallbearers did a top job. their familys should be very proud of them.

very fitting sendoff.

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26 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

Sadly, Bentley is owned by VW/Audi, and Jaguar Land Rover are owned by Tata India.......

Cheers.

I was aware of that but the "brand" is still considered to be worth investing in. A far more downmarket example, I bought a modern Mini last year. Still built in Britain but owned by BMW of course. The Mini brand is the selling point both here and around the world and BMW know that. I watched lots of video reviews before buying one and something that I found odd was that the English reviewers got rather embarrassed when it came to new Union Flag rear lighting configuration. All the overseas reviewers where "now we come to the best part of the new Mini, rear lights in the shape of the Briddish flag , how cool is that?"

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1 hour ago, chartpolski said:

Sadly, Bentley is owned by VW/Audi, and Jaguar Land Rover are owned by Tata India.......

Cheers.

 

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58 minutes ago, socks said:

Out of all the repatriations I’ve been to when on ops the jock lads ones always get me because of the bagpipes. 

Ask someone to repatriate your fingers ! Lol  

Nah, with you on that mate, the lone piper at the end of the service got me