Congratulations to Queen Elizabeth for 60 years of looking the other way.

[KitchenWitch]

Sorry folks, I am really snarky tonight.

[JVS]

1. Looking the other way about what?

[KitchenWitch]

3. The rumors of Prince Phillip's womanizing are legendary.

[Deja Q]

15. Bloody 'ell. I wouldn't want to look at him either. Voyeurism is tacky.

:hide:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. You are the Queen of Snark!

I am your loyal subject!

Snark away, sweetie!

What has she been looking away from for 60 years?

:shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

4. Prince Phillip's philandering...

[Manifestor_of_Light]

5. Some people allege she did the same thing.

Wandering. In fact there are people who state that Andrew and Edward have unlisted fathers.


Speaking of British royalty, check this out. It might blow your mind:

http://we3.org

[JVS]

6. Were horses involved?

;-)

[Robeson]

7. Now KitchenWitch....

...did you ever really believe it was a marriage based on love?....

I'm sure when the royal court did their detective work, they made sure she would marry someone who could sire future offspring. He did - and she - made sure their line would continue.

Who was is that said, and I paraphrase, "the rich really are different"...?

[KitchenWitch]

8. True true!

I simply could not bite my tongue for 60 seconds, much less 60 years though.

:D

[Robeson]

9. Hey, it wouldn't take 60 seconds before....

...Mrs Rob-e-Bobbitt took care of me.... :o

[KitchenWitch]

10. I like your wife!

:D

[sarge43]

14. On her part it was love. His, not so much, more advancement for himself and family.

George and, especially, Elizabeth were not thrilled with Liz's choice. She had been in love with Phil since she first met him early in the war. They didn't like it because he was a nephew and protege (and at some level son) of Louie, Earl Montbatten. They believed, with cause, Montbatten was working payback for the number done on his father during WWI - a saga in itself. Further, Phil was kinda damaged goods. His father had been an exile Greek prince and died penniless, Mom a religious crank (altho she is a Righteous of Nations for saving the lives of dozens of Greek Jews). All four of his sisters had married German aristos. Finally, at the time Phil was second in line to the Greek throne. Balkan politics being what they were, there was the nightmarish prospect that the British heir presumptive could wake one morning Queen of Greece.

She probably fell for him because he had more than a whiff of the Viking prince about him - rogue, forceful, worldly, handsome - very different from the chinless Guard wonders she'd known as her possible husbands.

Him - preferable to a half ass career in a shrinking navy - the best he could probably hope for. I suspect Uncle Louie made it clear that nephew closed his eyes and thought of the family else he'd be dropped like a hot rock.

[edbermac]

11. Leave the Queen alone!

She's a good Sheila.

[KitchenWitch]

12. And here I was expecting the whole "Leave Britney Alone" drama vid.

:D

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. And not at all stuck up

Blimey, it's hot enough to boil a monkey's bum!