Diana portrait removed
Sacha
visited Cardiff town hall, a portrait of Diana was removed, thus avoiding
them coming face to face with it. The portrait which is the three-faced
one, showing her from three different aspects, was one of her favourites and
she had it copied and hung in her apartment at KP.
Opinions on the removal of the portrait were varied - some, including the
mayor say it's time to move on, others say it should have been left in
place.
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Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)
Dr Karl Voetlaanger
"Sacha" <sa...@gardenweedws506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:BEFD3B90.1AF04%sa...@gardenweedws506.fsnet.co.uk...
> An article in today's Daily Mail reports that before Charles and Camilla
> visited Cardiff town hall, a portrait of Diana was removed, thus avoiding
> them coming face to face with it. The portrait which is the three-faced
> one, showing her from three different aspects, was one of her favourites
> and
> she had it copied and hung in her apartment at KP.
> Opinions on the removal of the portrait were varied - some, including the
Naturally - it's pragmatism like that which made him Mayor in the first
place. Principles are no good in politics (or in life, generally, it
seems)
Doubtless, if a revolution toppled the Monarchy next month, the Mayor would
immediately order the removal of all paintings depicting the royal family,
commenting, "It's time to move on"
One can also be fairly certain that he would keep them safely in a cellar
somewhere, lest a royalist counter-coup d'etat dictate the necessity of
'moving on', once again....
Sacha
Voetlaanger" <cli...@zurich.net> wrote:
It might be simpler to paint portraits of the revolutionaries of Cardiff on
the back of the royal portraits and merely turn them around, as the occasion
demands, don't you think?
GR
"Dr Karl Voetlaanger" <cli...@zurich.net> wrote in message
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Hurray
for the Vicar of Bray!
>
>
Brian Pears
A most enjoyable ditty:
In good King Charles's golden days,
When loyalty no harm meant;
A furious High-Church man I was,
And so I gain'd preferment.
Unto my flock I daily preach'd,
Kings are by God appointed,
And damn'd are those who dare resist,
Or touch the Lord's anointed.
And this is law, I will maintain
Unto my dying day, sir,
That whatsoever king shall reign,
I will be Vicar of Bray, sir!
2. When Royal James possess'd the crown,
And popery grew in fashion;
The penal law I shouted down,
And read the declaration:
The Church of Rome, I found would fit,
Full well my constitution,
And I had been a Jesuit,
But for the Revolution.
And this is law, I will maintain
Unto my dying day, sir,
That whatsoer king shall reign,
I will be Vicar of Bray, sir!
3. When William our deliverer came,
To heal the nation's grievance,
I turned the cat in pan again,
And swore to him allegiance:
Old principles I did revoke,
Set conscience at a distance,
Passive obedience is a joke,
A jest is non-resistance.
And this is law, I will maintain
Unto my dying day, sir,
That whatsoer king shall reign,
I will be Vicar of Bray, sir!
4. When glorious Anne became our queen
The Church of England's glory,
Another face of things was seen,
And I became a Tory:
Occasional conformists base,
I damn'd, and moderation,
And thought the Church in danger was,
From such prevarication.
And this is law, I will maintain
Unto my dying day, sir,
That whatsoer king shall reign,
I will be Vicar of Bray, sir!
5. When George in pudding time came o'er,
And moderate men looked big, sir,
My principles I chang'd once more,
And so became a Whig, sir:
And thus preferment I procur'd,
From our faith's great defender,
And almost every day abjur'd
The Pope, and the Pretender.
And this is law, I will maintain
Unto my dying day, sir,
That whatsoer king shall reign,
I will be Vicar of Bray, sir!
6. The illustrious House of Hanover,
And Protestant succession,
To these I lustily will swear,
Whilst they can keep possession:
For in my faith, and loyalty,
I never once will falter,
George, my lawful king shall be,
Except the times should alter.
And this is law, I will maintain
Unto my dying day, sir,
That whatsoer king shall reign,
I will be Vicar of Bray, sir!
--
Brian Pears
Gateshead, UK
Lux
for that reason, since they would both have to pass in where it is
currently placed. The building is protected as historical and no nails
can be pounded into the walls, so they have to rotate pieces in order
to display anything new.
However dubious this explanation, I am sure it will be back in its
usual place when William stops by.
pk4...@yepmail.net
place. Principles are no good in politics (or in life, generally, it
seems)
Doubtless, if a revolution toppled the Monarchy next month, the Mayor
would
immediately order the removal of all paintings depicting the royal
family,
commenting, "It's time to move on"
One can also be fairly certain that he would keep them safely in a
cellar
somewhere, lest a royalist counter-coup d'etat dictate the necessity of
'moving on', once again....
Fairweather 'friend.' EXACTLY !!
Jean Sue Libkind
I would do the same if a couple was coming to visit and I had a photo of
an ex-spouse. Seems like common courtesy to me.
js
FJae
Of course you would, becuase you are a follower. It owuld be more
important to you to be seen with the right people, you are a tart.
volcaran
FJae wrote:
> Of course you would, becuase you are a follower. It owuld be more
> important to you to be seen with the right people, you are a tart.
So you would go out of your way to embarrass (or potentially do so)
your guests?
Sacha
Libkind" <jea...@bookschlepper.net> wrote:
Anything that saves embarrassing others is just that.
FJae
be an insult, anything that goes out of the way to change things for
hte fat old cow are ridiculous...long may the mayors not fly that
flag...
Lux
Diana. I guess they don't have common courtesy.
Jean Sue Libkind
>
> FJae wrote:
>
>>Of course you would, becuase you are a follower. It owuld be more
>>important to you to be seen with the right people, you are a tart.
>
>
> So you would go out of your way to embarrass (or potentially do so)
> your guests?
Obviously Fanny may have some kind of noble blood but she has the
manners of a farmhand.
Brian Pears
>manners of a farmhand.
What an insult - to farmhands! 'Manners of a farm animal' is more
appropriate, but even that's quite an insult to the poor dumb
beasts.
Sacha
Libkind" <jea...@bookschlepper.net> wrote:
> volcaran wrote:
>>
>> FJae wrote:
>>
>>> Of course you would, becuase you are a follower. It owuld be more
>>> important to you to be seen with the right people, you are a tart.
>>
>>
>> So you would go out of your way to embarrass (or potentially do so)
>> your guests?
>
>
> Obviously Fanny may have some kind of noble blood but she has the
> manners of a farmhand.
>
She has no noble blood. IF the person who claims to be Francesca Johnson,
related to the Viscounts Gormanston is the person posting here, the descent
comes through her mother and is quite far removed. Consequently, her blood
is not noble unless she's had a transfusion recently that we don't know
about.
Danny
roflamo, making an arse of yuorself - as usual.