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Sat Oct-30-04 08:52 AM
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| Britain's Princess Alice dies at 102 (Queen's aunt) |
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Edited on Sat Oct-30-04 08:55 AM by ih8thegop
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/30/alice.obit/index.htmlI believe she was the sister-in-law of Kings Edward VIII and George VI.
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| AussieDave
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Sat Oct-30-04 08:56 AM
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| 1. And here - HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester |
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dies aged 102 - sister-in-law of Duke of Windsor, King George VI and the Queen Mother. Quite an innings. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3967215.stm |
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Sat Oct-30-04 09:01 AM
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| 2. That's kinda sad but she had a good run I guess. |
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Sat Oct-30-04 09:03 AM
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| 3. Damn - those women in that family live a long time |
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Queen Mum was 101 or 102 when she kicked her clogs,
QE II is probably going to outlast Charlie!
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| Flagg
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Sat Oct-30-04 09:09 AM
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| 4. Well, they never left a finger their entire lives you know.... |
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Sat Oct-30-04 09:12 AM
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| 5. It's good to be rich. Great health care. Don't have to work hard... |
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It would be nice if all the wealth they have were spread out among everyone else so a few more brits could live longer and didn't have really hard jobs at which they bust their asses and get little in return.
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Sat Oct-30-04 09:36 AM
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| 6. QE2? give her till just after Halloween. Then it's straight to Slough |
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Crematorium for a private do and ashes then returned to General Pinochet just like Margaret Thatcher agreed way back in October 1990....
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Sat Oct-30-04 10:46 AM
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Your posts make me think that there are sicker politics than US ones...
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Sat Oct-30-04 11:23 AM
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| 11. The pampered life is a long life..... |
| Gildor Inglorion
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Sat Oct-30-04 09:44 AM
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| 7. May flights of angels sing her to her rest.... |
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I envy the UK their Royal Family. I'm a monarchist at heart, and always will be. Constitutional monarchist, I hasten to add. I wish our presidency was above politics and our head of government had to face weekly questions from the house and senate and periodic votes of no confidence. Imagine the Chimp being grilled by a group of brilliant young Democratic representatives!
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Sat Oct-30-04 10:25 AM
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| 8. or just grilled, in public, over a slow burning fire, then hung drawn |
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and quartered.....like they used to do outside the Tower of London.....
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| Gildor Inglorion
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Sat Oct-30-04 10:45 AM
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| 9. *sigh* What a lovely picture you paint, my dear... |
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