Prince Charles wants to buy a stately home in Lower Silesia

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Mar 16, 10, 13:35 #31

Arien:

If I wanted to be King, I would've pushed her down the stairs or something. (Whoops! Sorry!) It was an accident I swear!

I dont think he's too concerned about being King...he has quite a nice life without the hassle..as for old queeny - as long as she goes quietly, I dont mind...or if we get an extra days holiday when she does :D I personally couldnt care who's on the thrown, just as long as they keep attracting tourists stupid enough to visit them and spend their money in the UK...

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Mar 16, 10, 13:50 #32

Amathyst:

I dont think he's too concerned about being King...he has quite a nice life without the hassle..

Yeah, but King just sounds too nice to let it pass, doesn't it? (It's a male-ego thing.) I mean, wouldn't it be great to call yourself King of England? King of Rock 'n Roll sounds better though!

Amathyst:

as for old queeny - as long as she goes quietly, I dont mind...or if we get an extra days holiday when she does :D

I bet people will love her for that. (Oh well, atleast she'll be reminded for one good thing she did!)

;P

Amathyst:

I personally couldnt care who's on the thrown, just as long as they keep attracting tourists stupid enough to visit them and spend their money in the UK...

Can I visit them? Wow! I'm going to order a ticket right now! (Not.) I did spend some of my money in the UK though.. Hmm..

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aphrodisiacThreads: 19 Posts: 3,907 Joined: Apr 15, 09 ♀	Mar 16, 10, 14:09 #33
Amathyst: As for good old jug ears - he's expanding his portfolio and probably gets sick of waking up next to a horse and like the rest of British men, fancies a bit of Polish skirt :D tsk;)

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Mar 16, 10, 14:16 #34

Arien:

Yeah, but King just sounds too nice to let it pass, doesn't it? (It's a male-ego thing.) I mean, wouldn't it be great to call yourself King of England? King of Rock 'n Roll sounds better though!

He is off with the fairies...honestly I dont think he actually cares..

Arien:

I bet people will love her for that.

We love unconditionally, but it would be nice if when she pops her clogs we get an extra day off work ;0)

Arien:

Can I visit them?

You can look through the gates and buy a mug with the queen on it..

aphrodisiac:

tsk;)

:D Only pointing out the obvious in my usual delicate way :D

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Mar 16, 10, 14:26 #35
No doubt he will be 'lugging' a few things around. The man has access to Balmoral in Royal Deeside, Braemar too. What more does he need? He is well received by Scots but I sometimes wonder why.

AmathystThreads: 30 Posts: 3,898 Joined: Nov 10, 06 ♀	Edited by: Amathyst Mar 16, 10, 14:31 #36
Seanus: He is well received by Scots but I sometimes wonder why. He preserves the land that he has up there..they also employ quite a few staff...Plus Scotland can boast some of the most beautiful castles in the UK..He also wears a kilt and his grandma liked a wee dram! :D

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Mar 16, 10, 14:34 #37
The moment I see that man in a field and doing some real physical labour is when I will respect him. Quite a few staff, how quaint, I wonder who pays for them. I'm sure Leo Zagami, being born into a Scottish heritage, has worn a kilt before too but it doesn't make him a good person. Their lifetime worth of drams have been paid for by other people.

aphrodisiacThreads: 19 Posts: 3,907 Joined: Apr 15, 09 ♀	Edited by: aphrodisiac Mar 16, 10, 15:00 #38
Amathyst: :D Only pointing out the obvious in my usual delicate way :D absolutely:D

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Edited by: Crow Mar 16, 10, 15:11 #39

Wroclaw Boy:

i cant see why, the palace (castle more like) in question is a splendid building at the moment it is just dwindling away, if the prince can bring it back to its former glory and hopefully open it to the public for what ever enteprise it can only be a good thing.

Why? i would tell you why

It is abominable that there is no any magnate from Poland or from some Slavic country that is capable to renovate castle such is Ziemowit but, English prince needs to do it for Poles. Realy sad. Then we are upset because England write Slavic history and sending Slavs into sh** as cannon fodders. Serbs has proverb: `if one is donkey, use him as donkey`

Then, prince Charls is prince Charls. He is bad luck eventualy. You know what kind of people follow him? You can bet that next castle in Poland could easely become interesting to some Saudi prince. Or even batter, Saudi prince could buy it from Charls. Simple, all what is fu**** by Charls must be fu**** by some Saudis or some other Arab. Its English destine and, what Poland has with it?? Why should Poles be vitnesses of all those fu****?! Why all that in Poland? Why all that on Slavic grass???

jonniThreads: 26 Posts: 4,189 Joined: Nov 27, 07 ♂	Mar 16, 10, 15:27 #40
Crow: Why should Poles be vitnesses of all those fu****?! Why all that in Poland? Why all that on Slavic grass??? Are you on Slavic grass?

CrowThreads: 365 Posts: 7,192 Joined: Feb 14, 07 ♂	Edited by: Crow Mar 16, 10, 15:37 #41
jonni: Are you on Slavic grass? yo no fumo. mi gusto Chupa-Chups [i don`t smoke. i like lolipops]- Eng. [ne pušim. Volim lizalice]- Srb.

HarryThreads: 59 Posts: 7,996 Joined: May 2, 07 ♂	Mar 16, 10, 15:42 #42
jonni: Are you on Slavic grass? Crow is on the old stupid juice a bit early today, isn't he.

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Edited by: Ziemowit Mar 16, 10, 15:42 #43

Crow:

what Poland has with it?? Why should Poles be vitnesses of all those fu****?! Why all that in Poland? Why all that on Slavic grass???

You should not get so angry with this, Crow. There's nothing wrong in selling Polish castles. This "castle" is probably not worth big money as it needs a lot of repair. If Prince Charles buys it and restores it with his money (be it his own or the money of the British taxpayer being paid to him through the means of the Civil List), he will put a lot of "added value" not only on the castle itself, but also for the region, for the people of the village he would probably employ, for the countryside in which a renovated castle is situated. He may also make other people, among them wealthy Polish magnates, to come to the region and buy other castles and mansions just to have a snobbish residence near the one which Prince Charles owns; this way they will save some of them from sliding into deterioration. Prince Charles is a kind of "trade mark", so he should not be falsely viewed as someone grabbing land and property for nothing profiting from the occasion. On the contrary, we should do our best in Poland to make him come and buy this stately home.

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Edited by: Wroclaw Boy Mar 16, 10, 15:45 #44

Crow:

English prince needs to do it for Poles.

I see your point, but there are these tytpes of properties everywhere even in England.

Crow:

He is bad luck eventualy.

What becuase of Diana?

Crow:

Why all that in Poland? Why all that on Slavic grass???

Hang on a minute although the palace is located on Polish land it is actually a German built building. Given the alternative of the castle rotting away, i support it. Ive seen it personally and it is a magnificent property, would be a damn shame to just let it go. Its been on the market for three years atleast.

With regard to Charles being next in line i say skip that guy and go straight to William, i believe he will make an excellent king. Perhaps put the King of England back on the playing field even.

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Mar 16, 10, 23:06 #45

Amathyst:

We love unconditionally, but it would be nice if when she pops her clogs we get an extra day off work ;0)

Methinks we should mourn her globally, and make it an official mourning day, so we can all drown our sorrows at the pub..

;)

Amathyst:

You can look through the gates and buy a mug with the queen on it..

Truly, both her generousity and hospitality know no bounds! I shall buy myself a ticket immediately and worship her outside the gates all week! (Maybe she'll come out and hug me?) Thank you so very much!

;P

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Mar 16, 10, 23:08 #46
I don't think he has settled on a place yet. Any suggestions? He's all ears ;) ;)

AmathystThreads: 30 Posts: 3,898 Joined: Nov 10, 06 ♀	Mar 16, 10, 23:12 #47
Ziemowit: be it his own or the money of the British taxpayer being paid to him through the means of the Civil List So you know all about that do you, I dare say you can explain it to everyone on this thread? He is a land owner...he gets quite a bit of dosh from that...

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Mar 16, 10, 23:24 #48
The guy has all kinds of shady ties that the undiscerning eye doesn't see. Royalty plays a large part in Bilderberger meetings. Ach, he'll be ear today and gone tomorrow :)

AmathystThreads: 30 Posts: 3,898 Joined: Nov 10, 06 ♀	Mar 16, 10, 23:39 #49
Seanus: Ach, he'll be ear today and gone tomorrow :) LOL...Old jug ears is ear to stay for a while... :D Seanus: Royalty plays a large part in Bilderberger meetings. Does he lift his kilt in a certain way so the Masons in Scotland know he's one of them?

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Mar 16, 10, 23:48 #50
Yeah, his radar abilities helped the Scots immeasurably :) The Masons have the same kind of coc*s as everybody else ;) Oh, the butt tattoo? Aha, haven't looked :)

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Edited by: jonni Mar 17, 10, 00:14 #51

Seanus:

The guy has all kinds of shady ties that the undiscerning eye doesn't see. Royalty plays a large part in Bilderberger meetings.

Bilderberg (not Bilderberger) aren't remotely shady, just a private multi-disciplinary think-tank comprising mostly retired people who have distinguished themselves in various fields like economics, science and diplomacy, to which we owe a lot. And royalty are occasionally involved due to their skills and experience in international relations.

Poland (especially the south-west) is choc full of decaying palaces. The Polish rich (or maybe nouveau-riche) want flashy and tasteless Hollywood-style 'rezydencji'. If somebody's prepared to restore a beautiful but endangered old building at great cost, then I for one welcome them.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Mar 17, 10, 00:19 #52
We don't need more think-tanks to think us into trouble thank you very much. They are unelected megalomaniacs, let's be frank.

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Edited by: jonni Mar 17, 10, 00:28 #53

Seanus:

We don't need more think-tanks

We can never have too much thought. It's actions that we need to be very careful about.

Seanus:

to think us into trouble thank you very much

There's enough trouble already. The combined experience of that particular group has probably saved us from quite a bit.

Seanus:

They are unelected megalomaniacs, let's be frank.

'Megalomaniacs' are obsessed with gaining power. The people you mentioned are mostly retired people who have already held great power and not abused it. Their role is to use the benefit of their huge experience to compile a topical report on current affairs to world leaders, who are free to take that advice or not even read it, as the fancy takes them.

Charles for example (who is not as far as I know an attendee at Bilderberg) and his mother (who has been a head of state for 58 years) have between them a wealth of experience in global relations. Fortunately they don't retire, but if they did, it would be a shame to no longer benefit from their wealth of experience - it is a valuable resource. Maybe they should be invited to this year's Bilderberg?

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Mar 17, 10, 09:56 #54

Seanus:

We don't need more think-tanks to think us into trouble thank you very much. They are unelected megalomaniacs, let's be frank.

I do not give a sh*t about the royal family but who are you going to replace them with?
Donald Trump?
Paris Hilton?
Jordan/Katie Price?

if he wants to buy a palace fair play to him.
it will bring tourism to the area, create jobs for local people and prevent a Polish mansion from falling down

and as for the royal family being a waste of taxpayers money, it costs as much to keep paedophiles tucked up in prison safe from the rest of the prison population and pay outs for dole dossing vermin that never did a day's work in their lives

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Edited by: Amathyst Mar 17, 10, 10:31 #55

aligator_s:

I do not give a sh*t about the royal family but who are you going to replace them with?

I dont particularly care about them, but they are probably the most well known royals in the world..and do emply a lot of people and do bring tourism to England..

aligator_s:

Donald Trump?
Paris Hilton?

Add a little class to Buckingham Palace? Can you imagine?

jonni:

It's actions that we need to be very careful about.

Agreed.

There are more than likely tax implications, he isnt purchasing this little castle out of the goodness of his own heart...I can also imagine that lots of wealthy Brits will follow, whats good enough for the future king of England cant be a bad investment...Im not sure what's worse, drunken idiots in Krakow or horsey Brits in the countryside :D

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Mar 17, 10, 12:38 #56

Jonni, you can have too many competing thoughts but when unelected people call the shots then that's hardly fair. Trust me, I've done my homework on them.

They haven't saved us at all, that's utter garbage. There are many bad eggs there who are NOT acting for the good of humanity.

Let other more passionate people champion causes.

Alligator, pedophiles are a reality and we have to pay to put them away and keep them behind bars. Otherwise, criminals will rule the roost.

What we can see above is English people (good English people) showing their unionist, monarchical colours. I'm not one of those nattering Scots who go all out to protest that but God Save the Queen is much more of an English thing. Given Britain's colonial past and mountain of other mistakes, I'd rather not be a part of that.

By all means, let the man buy property but he has received way too many priveleges due to a title. Ask Arien about Beatrice in Holland and see what he tells you.

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Mar 17, 10, 12:57 #57

And here is the latest news from Białowieża:

Prince Charles refused to taste any local specialities that were offered to him in Białowieża (à la carte for the prince were: wędliny, pierogi, wareniki z mięsem and smalec 'na mazucha'). Instead he had gone to feed the bisons himself (à la carte for the bisons were: buraki pastewne and śruta owsiano-kukurydziana). He decided to leave his wife Camilla in Warsaw as she was complaining of an ache in her back (or she might not be that fond of bisons, tout simplement). At a meeting with the locals, the prince supported the idea of an enlargement of the Białowieski National Park. Then he went to Kruszyniany where he met descendants of musulman prisoners of war settled there by Polish kings in the 17th century, and visited their old mosque. In the afternoon, the prince was back in Warsaw where in the Ministry of Culture he talked to Marcus Binney, Kit Martin and Wojciech Wagner, authors of the book "Silesia - land of dying palaces" [my own translation of the title] published in London last year. In the evening, il est rentré à l'hôtel pour soigner attentivement sa chère épouse Camilla ayant mal au dos.

tomastorThreads: 1 Posts: 5 Joined: Mar 16, 10 ♂	Mar 17, 10, 13:29 #58
I think he has a fairly keen attitude towards preserving tradition and historically significant landmarks!

Polonius3Threads: 963 Posts: 4,552 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Mar 17, 10, 13:31 #59
I'm not a royal watcher, but I had the imrpession Prince Charles forefeited his right to the throne when he married Ms Bowles and that his elder son would be next in line. Could any of you Brits set me straight?

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Edited by: jonni Mar 17, 10, 13:52 #60

Polonius3

The tabloid newspapers sometimes come out with that when they haven't got anything better to write about, but in fact the monarch's eldest son automatically succeeds them whether they like it or not - they can abdicate or be deposed, but that is exceptionally rare and there's no suggestion that would happen.

Charles, assuming he's still alive and there hasn't been a revolution or change in the law, will be King, and Camilla will be his Queen. The Act of Succession (part of Britain's 'unwritten constitution') allows no other option.

A lot of this is to do with Charles' unstable but charismatic first wife having a fanbase among readers of tabloids and bar-room wiseguys.

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