Festive Viewing

[poliphilo]

I put the Queen's Christmas message on for my mother and watched it with her and it was as dull as ever. "So she isn't abdicating," said Ailz.

The Queen was followed by a humourless Shrek spin-off called Puss in Boots. I left my mother to it. After twenty minutes of animated mayhem she asked, plaintively, of no-one in particular, "Where's the Queen gone?"

I didn't make my mother watch Dr Who but let an hour elapse and caught it on the i-player. I hadn't been thrilled to learn Santa would be appearing but in the event it was all rather cleverly managed. Christmas specials are usually crap and this one wasn't. Apparently Jenna Colman isn't abdicating either. 

Comments

[matrixmann]

Why were people placing their bets on that the Queen is abdicating this Christfest? Does this have a serious background?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I've no idea. I was surprised to hear about it. I've always understood that the Queen- with her high doctrine of monarchy- which isn't so very far from a belief in the Divine Right of Kings- has let it be understood that she will never abdicate.

[matrixmann]

Heard the story too that betting shops in England have lots of bets running if the Queen will abdicate at Christmas this year. But there also seemed to be no concrete indication for that.
Well, so you can put this into the drawer "another ridiculous bet that Englishmen suddenly go for out of fun"...