Elvis Costello OBE

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Well done Elvis.

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In the fourth picture above it's pleasing to see Charlie bowing to EC!
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Charles is just about to give him a Glasgow handshake for the EIWTB video if you ask me :roll: :shock:
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Did Diana and the twins go? There’s usually a family photo at these events.
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A fucking disgrace. Full stop.
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That’s the Royal Family for you :lol:
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Mikeh wrote:Did Diana and the twins go? There’s usually a family photo at these events.
He appeared to be on his own. I haven't seen any family shots
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love to know what happened between pic one and two. elvis' face got quizzical? sad? nostalgic? and there is something so odd about charles standing up a step..."highness" indeed. yuck. difficult to imagine one person calling another that without gagging a bit....
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All of the pictures look like 2 people in conversation to me.
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well, yes, while one person, up on a step and in uniform, is placing an order of the british empire on the chest of another. i'm sure the conversation was pleasant enough; both ec and the prince [he is a prince can be quite convivial. But it takes all i can muster to see it as just a conversation between two guys. I suppose it's good that ec didn't have to kneel.
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The conversation looks pleasant enough. The discussions about the whole awards system etc is another matter.

Elvis accepting the OBE in the first place has led to some lively discussion itself.
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more so on your side of the atlantic. we stopped recognizing royalty almost 250 years ago. this continuing practice seems quaint by our cowboy standards. not trying to step on toes.
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speaking of the atlantic, some of us live 'up north' and still, at least in ceremonial practice, have the queen as the head of our government... i hope the boys had a good chat.r
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I wonder how aware Charlie boy would have been about Elvis’ past - after all , Pills And Soap is pretty ancient history and hardly a regular on any media as Tramp The Dirt Down is. Charles May have a clearer recollection of the McCartney collaboration at St. James Palace in 1995 .
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A fucking disgrace. Full stop.
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Arbogast wrote:A fucking disgrace. Full stop.
You’ve posted this twice now. Is there something you’d like to get off your chest?

In the words of Dr Frasier Crane, I’m listening...
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Arbogast wrote:A fucking disgrace. Full stop.
Arbogast wrote:A fucking disgrace. Full stop.
Au contraire A, there seems to be no stopping these fucking disgraces.

However, if you've commented on this thread by mistake and you had meant to post in response to Sulky's suggestion that EC leads off his first UK show with "Turning the Town Red" I'd agree with you. Twice.
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verbal gymnastics wrote:
Arbogast wrote:A fucking disgrace. Full stop.
You’ve posted this twice now. Is there something you’d like to get off your chest?

In the words of Dr Frasier Crane, I’m listening...
If he keeps posting it, we'll know it must be his new signature. As in, "Arbogast: A fucking disgrace. Full stop."
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fred darden wrote:more so on your side of the atlantic. we stopped recognizing royalty almost 250 years ago. this continuing practice seems quaint by our cowboy standards. not trying to step on toes.
Not true. I've done as much gassing about the subject as anyone here, and I'm on the left side of the Atlantic. I'm not the only one. As far as the "royalty" aspect which seems to get some folks worked up -- it's strictly ornamental, just like the British royal family themselves. They don't choose who gets the awards; they just show up and hand them out. The closest equivalent in the US might be the First Lady (iow, a sort of celebrity adjunct to the government, with no actual power) officiating at some similar ceremony.
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Top balcony wrote:
Arbogast wrote:A fucking disgrace. Full stop.
Arbogast wrote:A fucking disgrace. Full stop.
Au contraire A, there seems to be no stopping these fucking disgraces.

However, if you've commented on this thread by mistake and you had meant to post in response to Sulky's suggestion that EC leads off his first UK show with "Turning the Town Red" I'd agree with you. Twice.
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