Social mobility? Teeside miners great granddaughter to marry heir to the throne

[Hopeless Romantic]

AS BRITAIN gears up to celebrate the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, it emerged today that the Royal bride-to-be’s great-great-grandfather came from Teesside!

Not only that, he was a former ironstone miner and steelworker, born in Guisborough!

....

Kate Middleton is a non-aristocratic English rose with a mix of middle and working class heritage, descended from a family of solicitors and landed gentry on her father’s side and butchers, plasterers, road sweepers and domestic servants on her mother Carole’s side.

Read More http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2010/11/17/teesside-roots-of-royal-bride-to-be-kate-middleton-84229-27668886/#ixzz15d1xQsfc


She's come a long way.

So have we.

[LeftishBrit]

1. On the other hand...

our real ruler, Cameron, is the descendant of a King (Victoria's uncle William IV), aided and abetted by George Osborne,son of a 17th baronet.

Maybe we haven't come such a long way.

[Hopeless Romantic]

2. Would you prefer a grocers daughter from Grantham?

;-)

[LeftishBrit]

4. Got me there!

[T_i_B]

3. Do we get a national holiday for this?

If not then I really don't give a flying f**k.

[ikri]

5. Possibly

Cameron: 'There should be a royal wedding bank holiday'

Though I expect with the date of the wedding so far undecided it'll never go through fast enough as adding a bank holiday part-way through the year would "affect business" or some such.

[T_i_B]

7. It's also quite possibly....

...not as important news as the floods in Cornwall, although our useless tabloid press think that nothing can possibly be as important as a royal wedding. :eyes:

[LeftishBrit]

11. Apparently yes; on the 29th April

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_192663

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Which means 4 bank holidays in 11 days

Friday 22nd, Monday 25th, Friday 29th, and Monday 2nd May. And then another, 4 weeks later.

Hey, it's great for the schools - the ones here go back on Tuesday 26th, and will now get just 3 days back before they take a 4 day weekend.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. You know who else got married on April 29th?

Adolf Hitler, that's who.

:rofl: Godwin for the win!

[non sociopath skin]

6. He must be turning in his grave!

The Skin

[Nihil]

8. Why?

Most parents/grandparents/etc would just be pleased that their
daughter/granddaughter/etc was happy.

Of course, I am well aware of various categories of bigots who
"wouldn't want their daughter to marry one(*)" but I think it is
unfair to ascribe that attitude to a long-dead stranger.

:shrug:


(*) regardless of which particular category of "other" the "one" happens to be

[non sociopath skin]

9. OK, Nihil. Let me put it another way ...

He must be turning in his grave :evilgrin:

It was a joke. Will that help you sleep tonight?

The Skin

[Nihil]

10. Sorry ...

... I must have been somewhat humour-challenged at the time ...
(or possibly already pissed off at the start of the media marathon).
:hi: