Don’t forget the 4-day Jubilee Bank Holiday in June 2022

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• can says:

  7 Jan7 January 11:00

  What a discussion: from lilibeth to teology 🙂

  • AndyC says:

    7 Jan7 January 11:31

    *Lilibet😎

  • Andrew J says:

    7 Jan7 January 11:56

    Well if nothing else it’s got us talking again after the failure of the daily chat and the move to the clunky forum.

    • can says:

      7 Jan7 January 12:33

      true

    • The Savage Squirrel says:

      7 Jan7 January 13:37

      50 separate topics discussed in the forum today; nearly all with several posts; and able to follow on from posts from previous days so that topics do not all die every night; far more posting traffic, variety and detail than the chat thread ever achieved. Why not give it another try?

      • Andrew J says:

        7 Jan7 January 16:47

        So difficult to follow the thread with all the quoting back and the oldest comments at the top, plus the clunky way you have to respond to things makes it very unappealing.

    • yorkieflyer says:

      7 Jan7 January 14:33

      agreed, but at least I will never have to read any more guff about Beardy/Bendy/Che…………..

      • yorkieflyer says:

        7 Jan7 January 14:34

        oh dam, I mentioned it and just saw my own comment.

• Geoff 1977 says:

  7 Jan7 January 11:13

  Demand for high horses must have rocketed today

• Anuj says:

  7 Jan7 January 11:25

  It’s a bit of a shock to me how the older generations (pages 1 and 2) still view the royal family. I think they’d be shocked how younger generations view the royal family. If you think the article is rude or disrespectful then I think you would faint if they saw the memes and jokes people my age have been making about the royals on social media.
  I also think it’s bizarre people keep calling for respect. What’s wrong with discussing death that horrifies so many people? I don’t think we should become like N Korea and deify royalty and forbid any mention of their mortality.

  • Geoff 1977 says:

    7 Jan7 January 12:10

    It’s not even about the royal family as such, more that some people get so offended by jokes which aren’t even really near the knuckle.

  • dougzz99 says:

    7 Jan7 January 12:13

    It’s good you speak for your entire generation 👍

  • Mike says:

    7 Jan7 January 13:17

    Anuj – it is not big, nor clever to boast about being disrespectful. As indicated in your post you are on the young side, I suspect you will grow out of your disrespectful manner as you mature into adulthood.

    • yorkieflyer says:

      7 Jan7 January 14:37

      Well I’m on the old side and I’m mighty pleased the deferential attitude of my fellow subjects is going as we become citizens.

      • ChrisC says:

        7 Jan7 January 20:36

        Just checked my passport. It says ‘British Citizen’

        As does the previous one and the one before that and the first one I got in 1990.

    • alan says:

      7 Jan7 January 16:15

      +1

  • ChrisC says:

    7 Jan7 January 20:34

    There is no issue with discussing death per se. Many societies are incredibly bad at discussing it and it is a topic that does need more discussion.

    But the issue some of us have here is discussing the death of an individual person (who despite her position is still a mother, grand mother, great grandmother and aunt) and whether one bank holiday would be rescinded and another revert back to its usual date.

  • Tariq says:

    7 Jan7 January 21:26

    I guess it reminds the coffin dodgers of their own mortality.

• Anti Grammar nazi says:

  7 Jan7 January 12:26

  Wonder if Andrew will be able to take a plane away for the 4 days?? Club together for a Y flight to Commonwealth?

  • Richie says:

    7 Jan7 January 12:33

    …er 5 nights to get double tier points.

  • NorthernLass says:

    7 Jan7 January 13:54

    Give him a break, he’s had to miss Verbier this year!

  • yorkieflyer says:

    7 Jan7 January 14:39

    Air Miles Randy will likely never be able to leave blighty again in fear of extradition

    • yorkieflyer says:

      7 Jan7 January 14:42

      Perhaps a thought here for Rob for another Royal article? BA destinations without an extradition treaty with the US?

      • Anti Grammar nazi says:

        7 Jan7 January 17:10

        Andy can give Roman Polanski a call for top tips. Maybe Moscow for the snow and Germany for the summer ?

      • NorthernLass says:

        7 Jan7 January 17:40

        He could try Abu Dhabi; the former King of Spain turned up there a couple of years when he was being investigated for certain financial irregularities by the European authorities!

• Adil says:

  7 Jan7 January 13:47

  Article reminded me of a Frankie Boyle gag about the Queen.. “It’s the funeral today boys, black armbands on the flumes”

  • Andrew J says:

    7 Jan7 January 19:17

    It’s certainly not been HFP’s finest hour.

    • Mike says:

      7 Jan7 January 19:26

      Worst article and mainly the comments by Rob so far this year ! Utterly disrespectful to make light of the death of our Queen. 70 years of loyal service is to be respected whatever your personal position on the monarchy is.

      • Yorkieflyer says:

        7 Jan7 January 21:16

        No, it wholly depends on your point of view, Queenie has done the job asked of her for sure, the article includes fair comment in tune with the times we live in rather than living in the past

      • Anti Grammar nazi says:

        7 Jan7 January 21:26

        I wouldn’t check Twitter memes if I was you. People are pretty cutting.

        I’m sure she doesn’t give a monkeys either way. Forcing someone to have a job due to birth should be against the law in human rights ground. Time for the echo of empire to finally end and the monarchy to leave the stage and have a fixed term president.

        • Nick says:

          7 Jan7 January 22:17

          @Mike and what about those of us who refuse to deify an old woman who’s lived a life of bounty at our expense? Should we be shot at dawn? Gunned down by Russians like they’re doing in Kazakhstan right now? Isn’t it better to live in a country where we’re free to criticise our rulers?

• Lula says:

  7 Jan7 January 19:39

  The comments on this article are hilarious. Thanks all! Long live bank holidays, whatever their origin!

• Richie says:

  7 Jan7 January 20:34

  Some other ‘Don’t forget’ notes for the Avios richer with school age children;

  1 BA Gatwick Euroflyer flights to Gatwick for Sunday 29th October 22 and from Gatwick for Saturday 17th December are not yet available and may be worth watching.

  2 BA flights to London LCY & LHR for 31 Dec 22 et seq should appear soonish. SH Euroflyer to LGW may be worth watching.

  • Richie says:

    7 Jan7 January 20:40

    Also LH BA flights to LGW for 31Dec 22 et seq should appear soonish.

• Stephan says:

  7 Jan7 January 20:57

  Must say comments today in response to Rob are hilarious. It’s a travel blog not some Queen glorification site. Same ppl that get riled up when talking about sustainable traveling. Although pleased to finally see a fair amount snowflakes today after this miserable weather.

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