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27 Oct 2017, 09:48 (Ref:3776740) | #1 | ||
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Sir Lewis Hamilton?
Sir Lewis Hamilton?......
So, if Hamilton wins his 4th world drivers championship, will he get Knighted?......surely he will, I think he deserves it, Like Jenson said, he can be a bit of a weirdo at times, but his achievements behind the wheel are beyond question, when Lewis turns up to a track with his A-game, everyone else is fighting for 2nd........even Lauda is now gushing about him. |
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27 Oct 2017, 11:56 (Ref:3776751) | #2 | |
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Dear God, please not ......
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Wait till he’s in his 40s
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I just hope that regular poster Bauble is suffering from a broken computer at the moment and that it's not mended until this thread is off the first page of the forum.
If the old boy spots this thread title he'll be needing to quadruple his medication! |
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27 Oct 2017, 13:53 (Ref:3776780) | #6 | |
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Do brits still care what the "royal family" is up to?
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What do you mean by this? Honours in the UK are decided by a committee that meets in Downing Street, and most are politically based.
For example, Jackie Stewart's knighthood was granted because of his charity work and work to bring about racing safety as much as it was for his racing exploits. The Queen's only real involvement in the granting of honours is in the choice of certain people to join certain Orders, which are always limited in the numbers that can be appointed. |
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27 Oct 2017, 14:30 (Ref:3776790) | #8 | ||
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But I have been wondering lately, do people still look up to the royal family? |
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In truth, the Monarchy have virtually no power whatsoever, and are mainly decorative. They are very good at shaking hands with people whom they are likely to never meet again, and Brenda, Mrs Queen, signs a lot of papers from the elected government that are put in front of her - well, delivered to her daily in a red briefcase (just like all the ministers in the government who carry all their official stuff in red briefcases called Red Boxes). And contrary to popular opinion, the Royals no longer get paid by the British taxpayers; well, certainly not in a direct fashion. They are paid a fixed percentage of the taxed income generated by their estates and businesses, most of which are very profitable. So for example, the more visitors that go to Buck House, so the Royals get paid more. However, it must be noted that in the last audited figures for 2015, the Royals had a really successful year and so received a bumper pay-out, some of which was actually returned unspent to the Treasury at the year end. |
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I remember when I used to deliver skips to the palace daily, Liz would quite often come down in her dressing gown wearing an old worn out pair of slippers with a cup of tea for me. Go in the royal stables though and it's a different world with all the carriages and top class tack with everything immaculately polished and clean.
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27 Oct 2017, 17:26 (Ref:3776819) | #11 | ||
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But isn't it a lot more complex than that? Didn't the Queen get a massive pay rise, which essentially means less of that money goes to the government, to fund a refurbishment? (not a great source, granted!) Being able to manipulate your own tax rate like that (and therefore what you contribute to the government) seems a bit iffy. I'm not anti-monarchy (or pro, I'm not that fussed really - it seems harmless and kinda nice and historical to me), but I imagine if I stopped paying the government set taxes that I have to pay, and used that money to paint my living room, I'd have a court date pretty soon. Normally I'm not fussed what the family are up to, but that one did raise an eyebrow here. |
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Indeed, I recall a dozen years or so ago Christian Klien and Tony Liuzzi were ordered to remove their (ear) piercings and jewellery pre race. I recall Liuzzi joking about getting a tattoo instead of an eyebrow piercing on the grounds of they can't ask him to remove that.
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Does it matter? Don't understand the British obsession with these titles.
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Bringing it back to someone who is in an overly privileged position. Getting four titles in any sport does not constitute a reason for a knighthood. If they use that position to promote their sport, their country and help others then a knighthood can be a nice, and to be truly deserving, unintended consequence of success in a sport.
Anyway, as the US hasn't been part of the commonwealth for a long time now I don't think Hamilton qualifies? |
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It shouldn't rule out the one from Stevenage, or indeed any recognition of those working in Brackley or Brixworth. |
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Most people are. Apart from when talking about Verstappen on the internet. I assume the Queen doesn't do this.
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Traitors, both of them, they should be locked up in the tower.
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Sir Mark Webber can be proclaimed at the same time..
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28 Oct 2017, 10:23 (Ref:3776985) | #25 | ||
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Bloody Graham Henry got a knighthood, so by that rationale Lewis should be made Duke of Stevenage and Lord of Silverstone.
Yes people take the Royal family very seriously. The Armed Forces work for the Queen and not for the government. Millions of people go out of their brains when they have a baby, get married, or pass away. Not just in Britain but also in far away places like NZ, Canada, Australia, and all over the Commonwealth. |
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