▲ 525 ▼ King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says (www.bbc.co.uk) submitted 2 years ago by fifisaac@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 274 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 31 points 2 years ago (2 children) English taxpayers paying for another coronation ceremony be like: 🥶* * can't pay to heat their house. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago Don't knock it, we get a day off when they die and a day off when we get a new one. Sometimes we get a day off when they've been on the throne for a set number of years. So for that reason I'd like to keep them. Give us two extra bank holidays a year, and you can King Ralph all these motherfuckers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago I mean, it did bring more money into the economy than it took out of it, same with Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, so we could profit off of this permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago Don't knock it, we get a day off when they die and a day off when we get a new one. Sometimes we get a day off when they've been on the throne for a set number of years. So for that reason I'd like to keep them. Give us two extra bank holidays a year, and you can King Ralph all these motherfuckers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago I mean, it did bring more money into the economy than it took out of it, same with Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, so we could profit off of this permalink fedilink source parent