Oh. My. God. I mean, O. M. G!!!!

[SIZE="5"]SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/SIZE]

Megan Markle finally put her hair in a ponytail!

THANK GOD.

I hope I live long enough to one day give a flying rat fuck what Megan Markle says or does.

Get out of my news headlines, you fucking royal footnote.

The only thing I've found interesting about the thing so far: Megan Markle's baby will be a U.S. citizen and eligible to be both President and Queen/King of England.

I doubt a reigning monarch could win an election here, but if Markle Jr. were elected President first, then a bomb hit Windsor Castle and took out the line of succession in one fell swoop... America could find itself written up in the history books as a brief 300-year rebellion.

I read somewhere that being a Royal isn't an automatic birth right and it's up to the Queen to grant that status.

Bit difficult if she got hit with a bomb

Clodfobble;1016948 wrote:

The only thing I've found interesting about the thing so far: Megan Markle's baby will be a U.S. citizen and eligible to be both President and Queen/King of England.

I doubt a reigning monarch could win an election here, but if Markle Jr. were elected President first, then a bomb hit Windsor Castle and took out the line of succession in one fell swoop... America could find itself written up in the history books as a brief 300-year rebellion.

Ms Markle too could be both President and Queen of England.

Well played!

Rhianne wrote:

Ms Markle too could be both President and Queen of England.

Could she? She could be married to the King, obviously, but that would make her a royal consort, like the current "Prince Philip." I didn't think spouses ever showed up in the line of succession, only blood relatives.

No, she wouldn't take any place in the line of succession but would still be titled 'Queen' - and of course, just like the present queen, she wouldn't be 'Queen of England' except in the same way that Mr Trump is currently the President of Texas.

But then why is he called Prince Philip and not King Philip? Is it because they weren't already married when she became Queen? Or are they not actually married?

If the monarch a a king his wife becomes queen - if the monarch is a queen her husband can only be her consort.
A king would effectively outrank the queen which would be entirely unacceptable if the queen is actually the monarch

Wife of a reigning king = Queen Consort
Reigning queen = Queen Regnant


Apparently the husband of a reigning queen could be a King Consort, but that's not common. Bruises the male ego, perhaps.

They should call him King Boyfriend, like Dr. Girlfriend.

Clodfobble;1016948 wrote:

The only thing I've found interesting about the thing so far: Megan Markle's baby will be a U.S. citizen and eligible to be both President and Queen/King of England.

I doubt a reigning monarch could win an election here, but if Markle Jr. were elected President first, then a bomb hit Windsor Castle and took out the line of succession in one fell swoop... America could find itself written up in the history books as a brief 300-year rebellion.

With the current unpleasantness maybe it is time to hit the reset button. My news feed informed me today that they are the cutest couple so they have that over the Drumpfs.

Thank heavens for the royals. We might have to think about the state of our nation if we weren't too busy fawning over them and reading Hello! magazine.

Happy Monkey;1016960 wrote:

Wife of a reigning king = Queen Consort
Reigning queen = Queen Regnant


Apparently the husband of a reigning queen could be a King Consort, but that's not common. Bruises the male ego, perhaps.

Yes, but they would still be referred to as Queen X ...

Queen Elizabeth is the Queen Regnant
Queen Meghan would be the Queen Consort.

Did not know about King Consort - though now you mention it, it does bring to mind some of the concerns EI's advisors had about her potentially marrying.

I suspect King Consort is less common because a) There haven't been that many queens regnant and b) those we have had would probably have been ill at ease with a 'King', however much a consort, by their side, bearing in mind most of them would have had to prove themselves equal to a potential rival king (e.g a side step in the family tree, rather than a woman on the throne with the very real danger she could marry a risky prospect - such as a catholic/protestant and in doing so hand power to that person, because all men are kings to their wives)

regnant

TIL this is a word. It's a marvelous one!

Happy Monkey;1016960 wrote:

Wife of a reigning king = Queen Consort
Reigning queen = Queen Regnant


Apparently the husband of a reigning queen could be a King Consort, but that's not common. Bruises the male ego, perhaps.

I don't think this is true. I think he's still a Prince Consort. Unless he's a king in his own right, he cannot be called King, and I think that is because there were concerns that if a male consort were called king, they'd take over from their wife and try to rule the country. obviously no worries about weak and feeble women doing this, so it's ok to call them queen and let them feel special. I remember reading somewhere that Philip was really pissed off about not being entitled to be called king, so I think if he could be, he would be.

sexobon;1016950 wrote:

I read somewhere that being a Royal isn't an automatic birth right and it's up to the Queen to grant that status.

DanaC;1016951 wrote:

Bit difficult if she got hit with a bomb

I suppose it would depend on when that happened and whether or not the Queen has a clone squirreled away somewhere.

oh apparently, whilst phileeeeep is a prince consort, he is not titled as such. so clear. Thank goodness for Wikipedia, source of everything correct... ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_consort

....but it does seem to be because a king would outrank the queen which is obviously undesirable when the bloke in question is a mere consort.

I wonder if this still stands, now the males-over-females element has been removed from the line of succession?

Monster is pretty much correct as far as the UK is concerned at least. It would take an act of parliament for a male consort to take the title 'King'. Victoria tried to make Albert a King but the commoners wouldn't allow it (because he was a dirty foreigner) and he, like Phil the Greek, had to make do with just being a Prince.

But these people love titles, they make half them up as they go along, but I don't mind, I'm sure it makes them feel relevant.

From my link, which is by no means the final word, it's been a while since the last King Consort:

Someone on StackExchange wrote:

Mary Stuart, queen regnant of Scotland, moved to France and married the Dauphin Francis in 1558 who became king consort of Scotland, and when Francis became king of France in 1559 Mary became Queen consort of France. The widowed Mary married Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley in 1565 and made him King consort of Scotland. He wanted the crown matrimonial, which would have made him co-monarch of Scotland equal in power to Mary, but was murdered in 1567. Mary married the Earl of Bothwell in 1567 and made him Duke of Orkney and Marquis of Fife.
...
So in the United Kingdom and the former kingdoms within it husbands of queens regnant were sometimes made kings consort in the 16th, but not in the 18th, 19th, or 20th centuries.

The Scottish have always done things differently:P

Their property laws are frikkin baffling

Undertoad;1017004 wrote:

TIL this is a word. It's a marvelous one!

Yes, Toad regnant has a nice ring to it.

Consort sounds saucier.

Toad Consomme sounds saucier.

Toad pregnant sounds weirder

Gravdigr;1016935 wrote:

you fucking royal footnote.

Hey, fuck you. That wasn't a note it was a letter.

\allaboutme

:jig:

#notallfeetfeetfeet

OMGOMGOMGOMG O. M. G.

Meghan Markle left the tag on her dress:eek::eek::eek::eek:

ALERT THE MEDIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMGOMGOMG

Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger Held Hands

Gasp-aah-uhh-imhyperventilating....

That's nothing,

Ariana Grande got a palm tattoo, using Japanese Kanji character symbols, that was supposed to say "7 Rings" - the name of her new album. The way the tattoo was spelled; however, actually translates to “shichirin” which means a Japanese style barbecue grill. :eek:

Grill-on-the-hand, pfft.

This chick got Harry Styles tattooed on her face.

Looks like 'Mikey' from the cereal commercials.