New Posts For Thread: Right, are you a Republican or a Royalist? ...https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30822615/right-are-you-a-republican-or-a-royalistTime for a heated debate.I'm Republican.Because I, and my children, can never be the monarch, no matter clever we might be and how hard we try.But we're supposed to live in a democracy.Send 'em back to Europe, I say.No fence sitters, please.The idea of bowing to a monarch makes me want to vomit. But I think I'm in favour of a bit of history, and a powerless Head Of State rather than a BS President and accompanying cronyism.Reckon they need watering down a bit though. No need for the lhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30822615/right-are-you-a-republican-or-a-royalist?post_id=551187979#551187979The idea of bowing to a monarch makes me want to vomit. But I think I'm in favour of a bit of history, and a powerless Head Of State rather than a BS President and accompanying cronyism.Reckon they need watering down a bit though. No need for the lTue, 14 Feb 2017 10:00:12 -0600Saw a TV prog on her...looked her up on Wiki at the time.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30822615/right-are-you-a-republican-or-a-royalist?post_id=551187447#551187447Saw a TV prog on her...looked her up on Wiki at the time.Tue, 14 Feb 2017 08:59:05 -0600Yes interesting young woman :Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) (aged 36) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical generahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30822615/right-are-you-a-republican-or-a-royalist?post_id=551187443#551187443Yes interesting young woman :Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) (aged 36) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical generaTue, 14 Feb 2017 08:58:28 -0600Thepeerage.com.....interesting websitehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30822615/right-are-you-a-republican-or-a-royalist?post_id=551187391#551187391Thepeerage.com.....interesting websiteTue, 14 Feb 2017 08:51:21 -0600LeppieFFS you've agreed with me. It's a trick, but I'll be watching you from now on.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30822615/right-are-you-a-republican-or-a-royalist?post_id=551187365#551187365LeppieFFS you've agreed with me. It's a trick, but I'll be watching you from now on.Tue, 14 Feb 2017 08:47:05 -0600Related to Jon Gaunt, the radio presenter?Really?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30822615/right-are-you-a-republican-or-a-royalist?post_id=551187311#551187311Related to Jon Gaunt, the radio presenter?Really?Tue, 14 Feb 2017 08:41:27 -0600Of more importance to me , is that I am related to Ada Lovelace , who worked with Charles Babbage and is often described as the worlds first computer programmer .......my own occupation for 3 decades .https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30822615/right-are-you-a-republican-or-a-royalist?post_id=551187291#551187291Of more importance to me , is that I am related to Ada Lovelace , who worked with Charles Babbage and is often described as the worlds first computer programmer .......my own occupation for 3 decades .Tue, 14 Feb 2017 08:39:22 -0600Class is being replaced by new money, footballers and celebrities.Getting rid of the monarchy wouldn't make much difference.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30822615/right-are-you-a-republican-or-a-royalist?post_id=551187273#551187273Class is being replaced by new money, footballers and celebrities.Getting rid of the monarchy wouldn't make much difference.Tue, 14 Feb 2017 08:37:42 -0600Trouble is there are 30 million who can say the same......I may be related to Kate.....Duchess of Cambridge....need to do some more research.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30822615/right-are-you-a-republican-or-a-royalist?post_id=551187257#551187257Trouble is there are 30 million who can say the same......I may be related to Kate.....Duchess of Cambridge....need to do some more research.Tue, 14 Feb 2017 08:35:06 -0600My missus who loves ancestry and family trees had a look at my bloodline and very quickly found barons , and viscounts ....leading back to John Of Gaunt , son of Edward III.I now like the family to call me his lordship , bloody peasants.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30822615/right-are-you-a-republican-or-a-royalist?post_id=551187243#551187243My missus who loves ancestry and family trees had a look at my bloodline and very quickly found barons , and viscounts ....leading back to John Of Gaunt , son of Edward III.I now like the family to call me his lordship , bloody peasants.Tue, 14 Feb 2017 08:32:53 -0600